Ted Husted wrote:
>
> Personally, I'm concerned about how much actual work we can
> accomplish in synchronous time. Even with verbal meetings,
> going over the ASF minutes, agenda items were often postponed
> time and again for lack of synchronous time. With the
> granularity being a month, this can be a significant delay.

That's why the agenda should be posted early, and as much discussion as
possible take place prior to the agenda.  If we "rat-hole", I will step in
and defer the discussion.

> If we don't need IRC or verbal meetings to build complex
> software products, why do we need it for the items on this
> agenda?

I'd like to give it a try.  If it doesn't help, we can discontinue.  OK?

> It's been my experience that a recurring deadline for a status
> report can serve the same purpose of a synchronous meeting,
> without the constraint of real-time scheduling.

That's why I want to crystalize this into a an official report.  Without
it, action items tend to linger...

- Sam Ruby


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