On 18 Aug 2009, at 22:25, Frederik Ramm wrote: > Hi, > > Peter Miller wrote: >> I suggest that conference calls and IRC are only used for those >> issues >> where email is not working or getting to an resolution on a difficult >> subject. > > +1 > > Telephone calls are too intrusive. Someone might have to pick up their > child from school at the time you have scheduled the call; someone > might > have a hard time following people in a foreign language over a > distorted > voice link (mind you, the Cloudmade-sponsored telcos are vastly better > than any intercontinental VOIP stuff I've been participating in, but > still). > > I can see a role for Telcos where decisions need to be made quickly > but > there's no reason not to give ample time to everybody in the Local > Chapters issue.
Just a small observation but if conf calls aren't allowed then I think complaints that things move too slowly should also be banned. John _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
