Martijn van Exel <[email protected]> writes: > The newly elected US Chapter board will have its first official > meeting tonight at 5PM PDT / 8PM EDT. We're going to try a Google > Hangout. Everyone is welcome to listen in! > > https://plus.google.com/events/c91rctgp4ia8cq3ffqo914lvvus
(I'm not a member, and I'm not likely to attend these meetings anyway; my time available for OSM is erratic.) I realize google hangouts may be convenient (and free), but I've been concerned by a growing trend in free software (to include open data) projects to use proprietary tools and services, and particularly services that have bad privacy practices. I realize I'm in a minority by declining to have a google account or a facebook account, but I think that from an open project governance viewpoint people shouldn't be encouraged to deal with google/facebook/etc. That said, I don't have any concrete or useful suggestions about alternatives (beyond IRC or XMPP). I just felt compelled to point out the issue.
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