Peter Weller wrote:

> On Sun, 2008-06-08 at 13:41 +0100, Alex Howells wrote:
> [snip]
>> I often don't agree with him, but can't help but respect the work he
>> does.
>> 
>> I would like to see Council move towards a more compressed meeting
>> format -- people presenting arguments need to work out their stuff
>> before bringing it up in the meeting, and to allow for quick
>> turn-around of decisions I'd suggest fortnightly meetings which are
>> time-limited to 60 minutes each.  A prioritized schedule determines
>> which order we deal with issues in and anything not getting attention
>> is bumped 2 weeks, with the priority adjusted if necessary to ensure
>> it gets attention then.
>> 
>> Each issue should be limited to between 5-20 minutes. If people can't
>> get through the politics and debate in the allotted time then it
>> should either get bumped 2 weeks and given another 5-20 minutes, or we
>> should table a special meeting to allow a full 60-90 minutes *just* to
>> decide that one issue and nothing else.
>> 
>> Sitting around in #gentoo-council for 3-4 hours every month isn't
>> conducive to progress, it's going to make people get tired/bored and
>> not pay proper attention and/or not bother to turn up, which just
>> leads to elections. Endless cycle?
> 
> ++ From me on this one. If I were elected to the Council, I would do my
> best to get this happening.

++ from me too. Along the lines to what I wrote in gentoo.project.



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