On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 2:02 AM, Nathan Haines <nhai...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > There are two important, conflicting concerns. One is that regular, > predictable meetings are an important part of checking in and working > together. A LoCo team is a community, and by meeting regularly, we stay in > touch and and engaged. Plus, regular, predictable meetings are easy to > commit to attending.
This is pretty much where I land, and why I've felt there's value in having meetings even when there is no agenda. Typically the team can come up with *something* to talk about for a few minutes, whether it's reminders about global events we should consider planning for (releases, jams) or other local events or conference participation we're planning. We also have a kind of informal agenda item of "upcoming events" which is a nice opportunity to mention the upcoming Ubuntu Hours that are held once a month, and having the meeting every 2 weeks means we can actually mention them in a timely manner, rather than monthly meeting + monthly mention of an Ubuntu Hour that may be up to 3+ weeks away. It also means that I can miss a meeting here and there and know it's not a big deal to just follow up at the next meeting, since it's only a couple weeks away. This has been important to me because I travel a lot and don't always have internet access during the meeting. That's just me, but there are various reasons why folks can't make every meeting, because life, work, etc. > The other concern, of course, is that everyone's time is valuable and a 10 > or 15 minute meeting on Sunday when people would otherwise be getting ready > for the work week or spending time with family is a questionable use of time > when we're all unpaid volunteers. I don't really find popping in for a quick IRC meeting to be all that disruptive, but I guess others feel differently? I can multitask (unlike voice/video calls, the worst!) and there are a variety of ways to log in to a meeting even if I'm not home at that moment. -- Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph || Lyz || pleia2 -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
