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

[John McKerrell]

On 18 Aug 2009, at 22:25, Frederik Ramm wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Peter Miller wrote:
>> 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.
>
> +1
>
> Telephone calls are too intrusive. Someone might have to pick up their
> child from school at the time you have scheduled the call; someone  
> might
> have a hard time following people in a foreign language over a  
> distorted
> voice link (mind you, the Cloudmade-sponsored telcos are vastly better
> than any intercontinental VOIP stuff I've been participating in, but  
> still).
>
> I can see a role for Telcos where decisions need to be made quickly  
> but
> there's no reason not to give ample time to everybody in the Local
> Chapters issue.

Just a small observation but if conf calls aren't allowed then I think  
complaints that things move too slowly should also be banned.

John