I'm just writing to say I've been following the thread but don't feel like I have anything of value to contribute outside of what others have said. Just don't want people to think I'm sleeping at the wheel here. :)
Cheers, Josh
On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 3:31 AM, Bryce Harrington <bryce@...2...> wrote:
On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 07:41:14PM +0100, Johan Engelen wrote:
I remember Martin's "board-aggravation" email pretty well, and (if perhaps by the wrong method) it made me realize that I, we, the board, should take our responsibilities more seriously (or should step down if I don't want that).
For me, regular meetings could help reach timely responses or decisions. I think it will help underline the responsibilities as a board member, especially now that we start looking into funded development.
Ok, back to the topic of meetings.
I completely agree with you that the "board-aggrevation" emails were a wake-up call that we weren't doing that great of a job. To be fair, up until that point the demands had also been fairly modest, and we were all pretty inexperienced.
To me, the take-away was not a lack of meetings, but a lack of leadership. And that was my fault. I vowed to step it up, and help move us forward on some of the various needs at hand. It's a ton of work we need though, and my freetime is pretty sparse, so it's been a slow slog. But I've been driving ever forward through the list, and haven't any intention of stopping.
With all this said, if folks still think regular (non-mandatory) meetings are worthwhile, I'm open to giving it a go. Either formal ones (with agendas, minutes and action items) or just informal brainstorming/bull sessions. Whichever structure, someone will need to take the duty of sending reminders (else I'll guarantee they won't stay very 'regular'), and you'll need to make sure the discussions are logged and posted publically.
Bryce
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