I personally don't think that writing half a page of activities list coul take more then 20 minutes.
This is helpful for several things: - inform the board - inform the community - promote osgeo showing its activities - report in annual general meeting - ..... I think it worth the (minimalist) effort. Maxi Il 20/Ott/2015 03:41, "Venkatesh Raghavan" <[email protected]> ha scritto: > If bi-monthly would be too much of work, I would > suggest quarterly reports for the OSGeo Committee > Chairs with target committees as listed in [1] and > not individual software PSC. > > Just a short report (half page) report on main activities and > issues could suffice. Communicating with the membership > could also be done through the chairs. The 4 quarterly reports > could be published in the OSgeo Journal as annual report. > > Best > > Venka > > [1] http://www.osgeo.org/content/foundation/committees.html > > > > On 10/20/2015 8:13 AM, Jody Garnett wrote: > > Many of our groups vary in activity, the project officers and committee > chairs are available at the boards request (always have been). By the same > token the OSGeo board is available if a committee or project PSC needs help > ... they just add an agenda topic to the meeting. > > Please do not feel as a board member that you have to be across all the > mailing lists. > > I think we had a rough ride this last meeting with a few topics added at > the last moment without adequate communication on the mailing list. Both > topics went back to the mailing list. I know I always feel terrible as > incubation officer when I am not organized enough to present a topic to the > board - I assume other representatives are similarly motivated not to let > their "team" down. > > Aside: If we are going to ask anyone to write a report I would rather do so > to communicate with the membership / outreach (as per OSGeo Journal). > > -- > Jody Garnett > > On 19 October 2015 at 06:57, Massimiliano Cannata > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Dear Broad, > I was discussing this idea with Jachym and Venka some time ago and now I > would like to make my motion to the board in the next meeting, so I want to > start this discussion. > > Board members cannot be subscribed to all the existing mailing lists and > be informed on every things is going on but to take some decision a wide > overview is required. At the same time committee's chair has the role of > leading the work group and organize discussions. > > So the motion I would like to do is: > > "Every committee chair have to report the main activities and actions to > the board at least every two months. The non submission of two consecutive > reports is an index of committee inactivity and lead to the board > discussion on need of replacing the chair and verify if the committee has > still sense or shall be withdrawn." > > Please add your comments before of the next board meeting. > > > Best, > Maxi > -- > *Massimiliano Cannata* > > Professore SUPSI in ingegneria Geomatica > > Responsabile settore Geomatica > > > Istituto scienze della Terra > > Dipartimento ambiente costruzione e design > > Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana > > Campus Trevano, CH - 6952 Canobbio > > Tel. +41 (0)58 666 62 14 > > Fax +41 (0)58 666 62 09 > [email protected] > > *www.supsi.ch/ist <http://www.supsi.ch/ist> <http://www.supsi.ch/ist>* > > _______________________________________________ > Board mailing > [email protected]http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/board > > > > _______________________________________________ > Board mailing > [email protected]http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/board > > > > _______________________________________________ > Board mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/board >
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