On Tue, 2009-01-06 at 23:22 +1100, Magnus Boman wrote:
I'm not convinced about the reasons why it changed. I think that we need someone that drives the stuff that we want and need to do. There are many things that fall between the chair way to often (meeting minutes that are not wikified, discussions that never come to a conclusion etc) In short, I feel that we don't have a strong leadership.
I tend to agree - JP was doing an excellent job bringing everyone together, but he's way overloaded with work these days, and the structure he helped create may be eroding. Other Novell employees are also very busy. IMO the best solution would be to keep the barrier to doing meetings low - i.e. don't insist on agendas, minutes, other wiki updates, etc. As others have mentioned, it might be a good idea to have a "backup" format for the meetings where other productive stuff can be done if there isn't a specific agenda. Something like: * Person A leads meetings, falling back to Person B and then Person C if the former don't show up. If neither A nor B nor C show up, it's ok to elect a leader on the spot on a "sod it, I'll do it" basis. * First ask attendees what they'd like to bring up and make a list. * If anything, go through the items in order. * Sum up action items. * If there's time left, do bug triaging based on a fixed URL or list of URLs. Informal, but easy to maintain. The leader can collect agenda items beforehand if he/she happens to have the time. Minutes are desirable but optional. -- Hans Petter -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+help@opensuse.org