[ogb-discuss] Meeting Minutes, OGB Call :: Wednesday 4th April

[Keith M Wesolowski]

On Wed, Apr 04, 2007 at 04:00:49PM -0700, Ben Rockwood wrote:

> OGB Meetings should be open, but in any meeting its irregular for
> observers to be involved.  By that rationale I would suggest that so
> long as actual dialog of the meeting, unedited, is available for public
> review it fits the criteria for "open meeting".  Making an audio
> recording of the meeting available following each would be something I'd
> appreciate.

Most governing body meetings have a time set aside after business is
concluded for non-actionable questions from the audience.  This might
be nice to provide.  It's unclear to me whether providing a recording
would satisfy the letter of section 6.7; it depends on the definitions
of 'participate' and 'attend.'  This does seem like a good idea
anyway, since not everyone is likely to be able to attend live even if
the technical problems were solved.

> calls have always worked well.  The only definitive
> advantage/disadvantage of IRC is that if you say something stupid its
> down on record for eternity with little room for later back peddling.

Which is true of an audio recording as well.

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