On Wed, May 12, 2021 at 4:25 PM Per Jessen
Neal Gompa wrote:
On Wed, May 12, 2021 at 3:26 PM Per Jessen
wrote: Neal Gompa wrote:
Additionally, we intend to have regular public openSUSE Board meetings every other Monday starting on June 7 at 13:00 Europe/Berlin time on openSUSE Meet at https://meet.opensuse.org/OSBoardPublic
Hi Neal,
Bravo! I'm sure that will be most welcome, but 1300 CET seems like a pretty poor choice I think.
In Europe, where most likely the majority of our users/members reside, 1300 CET is in the middle of many/most people's workday, they might well be without the means to even access the meeting. Not to mention they'll be in the middle of their after-lunch coffees :-)
I'm sure the Board did consider it very carefully, and I appreciate deciding on a time was very difficult.
If you are doing it every other Monday, maybe also alternate the time?
There were basically no other times that both Simon Lees and myself would be able to show up. The alternative time (my afternoon, European evening) was extremely early for Simon. The compromise we have now is 7am my time, which is literally the absolute earliest I was willing to commit to.
Consistency for the time is basically mandatory because our schedules are hard to align, so alternating times would be extremely difficult to execute on (at least for me).
Yup, totally appreciate all of that. Still, repeating myself, what is the point of scheduling the public openSUSE board meeting for 1300CET when the vast majority of our members and users are busy with everyday life and work? It seems counterproductive.
If it a simple matter of yourself and Simon being unable to attend concurrently, maybe you ought to take turns?
I think the timing of the public openSUSE board meeting ought to enable the participation of as many users as possible, instead of being mostly convenient for the Board members - after all, you "serve at our pleasure" :-)
It's not just myself and Simon (though those were certainly the most difficult). Everyone's schedules have to be accomodated. There's no point in doing this if nobody from the board can make it. This was the time we could all fit into. We could try to identify another time, but we're *also* volunteers here, and other things rule our lives. -- Neal Gompa (ID: Pharaoh_Atem)