Casper.Dik at Sun.COM wrote:
>> I am giving notice, 7 days prior, that there shall be a "regular
>> meeting" of the OGB on Jan 30th, 2008 at Noon PST, as is our tradition,
>> to conduct OGB Business. Please arrange to be present and I'd recommend
>> planning for a call that may exceed 1 hour; I had 5 agenda items of
>> which 3 were main motions, I expect to have more due to the 1 week delay.
>>
>
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> There are people among us who cannot overrun the alloted time because of
> other meetings; so I suggest that we get the materials well in advance and
> that we plan another meeting if we run out of time.
>
Furthermore, in the interest of the community, I think it better if
intended motions were published ahead of time, to facilitate community
discussion in advance. While sometimes these discussions can be
counter-productive, I think it is probably better for everyone involved
if the OGB at least has some understanding of how the community feels
about a particular course of action, before voting on said course of action.
It may also help avoid controversy by at least giving the semblance of
being discussed openly, even if ultimately the meeting where the
decision is not itself open.
Attempts to sidestep controversy by keeping motions private until the
time they are put forth are IMO more likely to just delay controversy
than prevent it.
-- Garrett
