Sorry you feel blindsided Alex. You're correct that I should have done things better procedurally (this is important). Specifically, it should have been discussed earlier in the meeting with everyone on the board, and/or on Loomio.
I've added a thread to Loomio to make sure everyone's voice can be heard. On Mon, 5 Apr 2021 at 21:58, Alex Leith <alexgle...@gmail.com> wrote: > While I don’t have a problem with open meetings, I had to leave this Board > meeting before this decision was made and feel blindsided by it. There’s no > context that I can find in the minutes behind the decision. > > I suggest that in the future when we make these kinds of major decisions > that we explicitly minute a motion, with movers and seconders and a vote, > or put them on Loomio still. > > I don’t think that a decision that makes us more open gets to skip the > process. > > > > On Tue, 6 Apr 2021 at 2:24 pm, John Bryant <johnwbry...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Well done OSGeo Oceania! It's wonderful to see the board opening up its >> processes. A big step in the right direction! >> >> On Tue, 6 Apr 2021 at 11:10, Edoardo Neerhut <eneer...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi everyone, >>> >>> *Open board meetings* >>> In our last board meeting >>> <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mDVp-6-0jwI-ho-cxmLv5-mSEXxRxCJL/view?usp=sharing>, >>> the board agreed that board meetings will be open so that anyone who is >>> interested can attend. This has been discussed in the past, but to be >>> perfectly honest had slipped our minds in some of the recent board >>> meetings. There may be sections of the board meeting that need to be >>> discussed in private, but these are few and far between. >>> >>> *Public calendar for OSGeo Oceania* >>> There has been an OSGeo Oceania public calendar >>> <https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=dgea06cf2tu9ukl2f7nmfqjp98%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America%2FLos_Angeles%5C> >>> for >>> a little while now which contains all our scheduled board meetings, but it >>> needs more visibility. Feel free to add events to it and let me know if you >>> have trouble accessing it. >>> >>> *Next board meeting* >>> The next board meeting is on April 15th at 2:00 am UTC and a far more >>> reasonable hour in Oceania! The agenda is very much a WIP, but can be found >>> here >>> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1d_Onmg6B7jvYwVxnL_2mAScIqmKq0-6Lyg0A3um6wus/edit#>. >>> Feel free to add comments if there are things you are curious about and we >>> can work them into the agenda. >>> >>> Best, >>> >>> Ed >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Oceania mailing list >>> Oceania@lists.osgeo.org >>> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/oceania >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Oceania mailing list >> Oceania@lists.osgeo.org >> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/oceania >> > -- > Alex Leith > m: 0419189050 >
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