[Eg-oversight-board] Conference Call

[Ben Hyman]

Interesting discussion,

The conference call coordinates for today's meeting were provided with the agenda on the governance listserv; anyone watching that list could have dialled in, and that was the intent, though I'll acknowledge that had we actually said that ... ;)

It goes without saying that the call was recorded and minutes will be made available shortly, just as they are when the EOB meets in person at the conference each year.

Any communication channel has strengths and weaknesses - this community has erred on the side of IRC in virtually all things. While I personally totally respect the virtues of IRC as outlined here already, voices and ears are wonderful tools for effective communication, and I value them highly. At the end of the day, effective communication is essential. 

I'm grateful that we are enabled to try different approaches now and then.
Cheers!
Ben

On Sep 18, 2014, at 1:50 PM, Kathy Lussier <klussier at masslnc.org> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I also think today's call went well (much better than some of the conference calls from times past), but just to add on to what Dan and Rogan said, I've already had two community members ask me how the meeting went today, which points to the fact that there is community interest in these meetings beyond those who are Board members. +1 to the transparency that is seen in IRC.
> 
> It was nice to hear everyone's voices. :)
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> On 9/18/2014 4:40 PM, Rogan Hamby wrote:
>> And that was one of the primary motivators (at least for me) when I voted for moving meetings to IRC.  Yes, I do happen to like the IRC format but honestly I can sit on a phone and mute it when I need to.  I do it all the time.  I think having the full transcription and that folks can sit in on it easily is an important part of transparency which has been my ongoing objection to taking the meetings back to phone conferences.
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>> On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 4:37 PM, Dan Scott <dan at coffeecode.net> wrote:
>> Here's the downside: as a community member, I have no idea what was discussed today.
>> 
>> While I'm sure there will be minutes, those tend to be much less visible than the immediacy of a public IRC meeting.
>> 
>> On Sep 18, 2014 4:21 PM, "Chauncey Montgomery" <montgoc1 at oplin.org> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> It was nice talking to everyone today.  I know that IRC may be a little more convenient for meeting, but I wouldn't be opposed to future conference call meetings. I think it went really well.  Just my two cents.
>> CM
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