[OSM-talk] Local Chapters Meeting Minutes WAS Re: Status of the Local Chapter working group

[Peter Miller]

On 18 Aug 2009, at 09:17, Nick Black wrote:

> John,
>
> I said:
>  so if you can't make it but would like to, please add your name to  
> the wiki so we can have a second call at a better time.
>
> No-one is trying to exclude you - especially not the people who are  
> trying set up local groups and make OSM and the OSM-F more  
> inclusive :-)  If there are people who want to take the call at a  
> Australia/Asia/New Zealand friendly time, I've said that I'll go out  
> of my way to make it and I'm sure some of the other Local Chapters  
> volunteers will as well.
>
> Please add your details to the wiki page, suggest some friendly  
> times and we'll set up a call.  Alternatively, organize the call  
> yourself at any time you want and give you feedback to the Local  
> Chapters group local at osmfoundation.org.

Would a 'local chapters' email list not be a great way to include  
people from all around the world on different time zones for to  
include those for whom English is a second language? A combination of  
email list and wiki allow people to work at a time of there  
convenience, gives people time to read and write at their own speed  
(using translation tools if necessary) and there is a full history of  
the discussion.

I suggest that conference calls and IRC are only used for those issues  
where email is not working or getting to an resolution on a difficult  
subject.

Regards,



Peter

>
> --
> Nick
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 6:40 AM, John Smith  
> <delta_foxtrot at yahoo.com> wrote:
> --- On Tue, 18/8/09, Nick Black <nickblack1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Chapters meetings.  You can find minutes here [1] along
> > with information about the next meeting.
>
> There seems to be more questions posed than answers in the minutes...
>
> > The next meeting is proposed for the 24th August
> > at 18.00 - 19:30 BST.  I know this is not great for a lot
> > of people who are in non-BST friendly time zones, so if you
> > can't make it but would like to, please add your name to
> > the wiki so we can have a second call at a better
> > time.
>
> I did, but it didn't seem to make a difference, also there is at  
> least one other person that would like to have been in the  
> conference but wasn't an insomniac last night either.
>
> > One of the goals of the meeting next week will
> > be to set a timetable for getting local chapters set up,
> > which will be largely dependent on how much we all agree /
> > disagree in the call.  Until then, please read over the
> > Local Chapters wiki page and add as many comments or ideas
> > as possible, so we can discuss next week.
>
> It's a bit exclusionary to state that and then already acknowledge  
> that people can't make it due to time of day.
>
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