[wplug-board] January board meeting

[Pat Barron]

The conference call code that we have been using for our meetings (when 
we do so) is actually my own personal conference call code - it's not 
connected with IBM (I won't use my IBM conference bridge for such 
things, as you can imagine...).

The reason we've used this (rather that some kind of VoIP solution) is 
to ensure that the appropriate folks can participate from an actual 
telephone, without having to set up any VoIP solution. (Though the 
conference bridge we've used for these meetings does have VoIP access 
for those who are inclined, as long as they can stomach the requirement 
to access from a browser with a Flash plugin installed....)  It's good 
for people to have the skills to do that (e.g., it's easy enough to do 
this with a number of SIP clients, even if we don't host it ourselves) - 
I just don't want the possession of those skills and the ability to use 
them to be a condition of participation.

--Pat.

On 1/12/2015 1:21 PM, John Lewis wrote:
> You forget that Justin Smith and Terry Golightly can't subscribe to this
> list and would have a hard time communicating their opinion. Their
> opinion matters because they are on committee of the WPLUG board. Justin
> is the head of the investigations committee.
>
> Is there there a valid reason why a committee head can't attend a board
> meeting. Is there a valid readon whay anyone intrested can't attend a
> board meeting when we have an increased participation initiative we are
> trying to fulfill?
>
> IMO, I think the problem is that either you are mis-defining "board
> folks" or we are not using the right list. My understanding is that all
> logistics planning is suppose to be in wplug-plan.
>
> I agree that posting your conference call access code to a public
> mailing list would be a bad thing. I think using comany resources for
> extra curricular activities could also be a bad thing. I know IBM has no
> qualms about using office space for extra curricular, but why should we
> bother with using their phone systems when we have a VPS we can run an
> asterisk or a mumble service on? If the problem is lack of skill then
> that is a problem that has to addressed at the next board meeting for
> sure no matter how we are doing it.
>
> On 01/12/2015 12:19 PM, Pat Barron wrote:
>> I think it's appropriate to confine this discussion (about settling
>> meeting logistics) to the wplug-board list; this would just be "noise"
>> to most other people.  Once we nail down the logistics, we could
>> certainly post an announcement to wplug-plan, so that committee members
>> would be aware and could attend and report their status.
>>
>> If we do end up doing the meeting by conference call, any non-board
>> folks will need to contact us for the call-in info, since posting my
>> conference call access code to an archived public mailing list would be
>> A Bad Thing....
>>
>> --Pat.
>>
>> On 1/12/2015 11:32 AM, John Lewis wrote:
>>> We may want to check an almanac for that day so we can make a decision
>>> and be ready for a conference call if determined necessary. In addition
>>> shouldn't this thread be in wplug-plan and not wplug-board.
>>>
>>> We are doing open board meetings aren't we? We need as many committee
>>> members to attend as possible if we want to increase participation.
>>>
>>> On 01/12/2015 11:24 AM, Pat Barron wrote:
>>>> Done.  Room is reserved 6:30pm to 9:00pm (just to give us some time
>>>> cushion on both sides).  I don't anticipate that anyone will be trying
>>>> to reserve the room after 9:00pm, so if we happen to run past that time,
>>>> it should be fine.
>>>>
>>>> Just as my normal caveat for this time of year ... if the weather is bad
>>>> that day, I may not be able to attend an in-person meeting.  If that
>>>> occurs, we should consider holding the meeting by conference call
>>>> instead, so that people don't have to be out and about in potentially
>>>> hazardous driving conditions.
>>>>
>>>> --Pat.
>>>>
>>>> On 1/10/2015 9:57 PM, Vance Kochenderfer wrote:
>>>>> Pat, can you reserve the IBM conference room for our board meeting on
>>>>> January 20?  Thanks!
>>>>>
>>>>> Vance Kochenderfer        |  "Get me out of these ropes and into a
>>>>> vance at happylemur.com      |   good belt of Scotch"    -Nick Danger
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