Re: Re-inventing the GNOME Marketing team

["Ken VanDine" <ken vandine org>]

Oh yeah definately.  I have held a number of these already.  Clear,
well communicated agenda before hand.  Action items leaving the
meeting, summary type minutes sent out after the meeting and an irc
log for folks that wish they could have made it.

I will work on this tonight, and hopefully send more info out tonight.

Thanks,
--Ken

On 4/24/07, Vincent Untz <vuntz gnome org> wrote:
> Le mardi 24 avril 2007, à 10:10, Shaun McCance a écrit :
> > On Mon, 2007-04-23 at 22:37 -0400, Ken VanDine wrote:
> > > Based on the feedback the GMAE thread, let me suggest we re-invent
> > > ourselves.  I think it is obvious we are needed, but right now we
> > > really don't have a direction.  Let's fix this!  We have the power to
> > > do it... we just need to do it.
> > >
> > > Let's organize a brain storming session to get the ball rolling.  We
> > > should gather a list of major areas of responsibilty, and then get
> > > folks to take some organization around them and define real goals and
> > > measure our success.
> > >
> > > How does a IRC meeting sound?  I know that can be hard with all the
> > > timezones, but the initial brain storming might be more effective
> > > live.  I am happy to organize this and do whatever else I can do to
> > > get us moving forward.  I truely believe we can make a difference, but
> > > without goals we are going no where.
> > >
> > > Thoughts?
> >
> > Speaking from personal experience, I can tell you the
> > following two things are critical to making IRC meetings
> > work well:
> >
> > 1) Have an agenda and follow it.
> > 2) Send details minutes to the mailing list afterward.
>
> and 3) Assign clear actions to real people during the meeting
> (as some people already pointed out)
>
> Vincent
>
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