John Pinner wrote: > Hi, > > 2009/12/7 M.-A. Lemburg <[email protected]>: >> Michael Foord wrote: >>> M.-A. Lemburg wrote: >>>> Michael Foord wrote: >>>> >>>>> I'll need 'official' approval from the Python-dev crew, but it was >>>>> discussed previously and no-one was against the idea and lots in favour. >>>>> There was also talk of a PSF meeting but I'm not sure if there are >>>>> enough PSF members in Europe. >>>>> >>>> There are a number of PSF members in Europe, but not enough to >>>> get a quorum. > > I'm not sure that a physical presence quorum is necessary. In PSF > discussions earlier this year (in response to a suggest to hold a PSF > meeting at EP) the argument was made (by a US member) that it was not > necessary to hold a PSF members' meeting outside the US as non-US > members can attend and vote virtually. He missed the irony that this > argument can be made the other way round, ie as a reason that holding > meetings outside the US can work fine. > > John > -- > >>>> Still, I believe that having a public meeting without >>>> voting would make a good case for the PSF's goal of getting >>>> more non-US supporters into the boat. >>>> >>>> >>> What would be the purpose and agenda of the meeting? In principle I >>> agree it would be good - nice to get Europe more active in the PSF - but >>> what would we do? >> Discuss a few topics we've recently talked about on the mailing >> list. Then write up a summary to post on the mailing list. >> >> Whether this can be made a public event or not depends a bit >> on the content that gets discussed at the meeting. >> >> Alternatively, we could have an informal and public Q&A >> session. >> >>> If it's just a public q+a on the PSF then we could >>> propose it as a talk. >> We already had talks about the PSF this year. The problem with >> talks is that they are mostly unidirectional. IMHO, a less formal >> approach would lower the bar to get people interested in >> attending such a session. >> I say go for it. Why don't we try and arrange to be quorate by proxy? Even if we can't be we get an idea of the magnitude of the problem ...
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