Meetings

[Sridhar Dhanapalan]

On Wed, 25 Apr 2007, Melissa Draper <melissa at meldraweb.com> wrote:
> So, I forgot the meeting again tonight.
>
> I admit, it was my fault I forgot. However, in my absence, nobody else
> decided to take the reins. If in future I do forget, you all have my
> phone number (see signature), or you can take chair for the meetings.
>
> Anyway, when I finally realised I had forgotten the meeting again, I
> initiated a belated meeting/discussion with those who were around about
> the meeting problem, and how to fix it.
>
> We decided that it was due mainly to the time the meetings were/are
> scheduled. We decided that we will keep the new day (that has not yet
> worked :P) but try at 1000UTC, rather than the 900UTC that we shifted to
> for DST but never shifted back from when DST ended.
>
> Hence, the next meeting will be Tuesday the 8th of May. I will be in
> Spain at this time, with an unpredictable schedule. If I am not able to
> attend, Kamping_Kaiser will take over the running of it.

Melissa,

You have been doing amazing work for the Ubuntu community, both in Australia 
and internationally. However, one person can only scale so much. Might it be 
wise, for the sake of a more efficiently-running community, for some of your 
responsibilities to be delegated unto others?

I am not proposing that your abdicate from your position as LoCo team leader. 
On the contrary, if you can offload some of your responsibilities, you might 
have more time to devote towards other LoCo activities. I don't think that 
there is any rule stating that the LoCo team leader must chair every meeting.

Delegation is an important part of community-building, as it can allow people 
to take part in managing the group rather than just communicating on a 
superficial level.

-- 
"If people had understood how patents would be granted when most of today's 
ideas were invented and had taken out patents, the industry would be at a 
complete standstill today." - Bill Gates, 1991
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