On 09/26/2017 03:55 PM, Daniel Pocock wrote:
How do people in the GA and wider community feel about this topic?
Would it be better to have a wider range of community members present around the formal GA meeting in future years, or is it better to have separate events?
In out hackerspace in Aarhus, the tradition is to have open board meetings.
This means that anyone can come to the board meetings and participate in discussions, but of course only board members can vote.
The exception for this is if matters are discussed which require some sort of confidentiality, which is limited to issues relating to members' personal affairs (which is very rare).
I suppose the GA is also not discussing matters of great secrecy, so it might be worth considering have a community weekend with an open GA meeting, i.e. combining the two events?
So I favour the idea.
Best Carsten