Re: Efficient board meetings, revised

On Sat, Oct 16, 2004 at 11:26:11PM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote:
> > small number of guests attending meeting, being friendly to them cannot
> > harm the organization.
>
> The problem isn't having the guests state their names. The problem is
> having the meeting held up for n minutes for no good reason. I don't
> think this is a huge problem, but it seemed obviously daft to me and
> since the meeting chair didn't do what I wanted putting it my
> resolution and letting the board decide seemed sensible.
>
> `Being friendly' to someone doesn't mean keeping a dozen or two people
> waiting for them to type their name. It means making them feel

What are you talking about? I do not hold up a meeting waiting for
guests to state their names. I have asked them to /msg their name to
David. Making that request takes about 5 seconds. Then we move on.

We only wait for board members to state their names in the channel.

-- John