[OSM-talk] Defining critical mass...

[Frederik Ramm]

Hi,

Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote:
> That doesn't just go for the LWG, it seems that a lot of the people
> involved in the OSMF prefer to do things via conference calls. The
> calls aren't recorded and published (that I've seen)

Recording and making public such conversations would mean that everyone 
would have to choose their words carefully in order to minimise the 
danger of being quoted out-of-context by people with a limited 
understanding of English (wo might, for example, not immediately 
understand the humour in certain expressions). It would also discourage 
straight talk in many cases (people would say "someone has contacted me 
about this-and-that" instead of saying who that someone was, and so on).

The telephone calls are already, as you say yourself, time-consuming and 
thus not for everybody; they are also, if I may add from my tiny little 
personal exposure, tedious and not something one likes to do.

Your suggestions would make the telephone calls even more tedious, more 
time consuming, and rob them of the last bit of fun (in the form of a 
humourous remark here and there). It would be even harder to find people 
doing the work if you expect that from them.

Bye
Frederik