Talk:Geohashing General Meetings

I don't see the advantage of a general meeting honestly. That's a tool used in communities before the web existed, meant to get together a plenary capable of taking decisions. I would oppose however, to give decision rights to a general meeting when 1) that implies that people are left out (because of time zone and attendance problems), and 2) better means exists to involve everyone in a discussion. If we needed to take decisions more quickly, we could set deadlines on any discussion in the wiki.
If it's meant to be a nice get-together in the channel to further discussion, that's fine by me. That's what we are doing all the time. :D -- relet 17:20, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

Just to address the points one by one:

1. We can iron out all the little kinks etc before making a decision,

That's what talk pages are for.

2. It's a hell of a lot faster

I suggest voting deadlines, if you want to act quickly, and not exclude anyone in a decision. But generally, a decision is ready when it has been around for a while, and there is no opposition.

3. It allows for full communication of ideas more effectively,

In a chatroom? A detailed write-up of your ideas should get the message across much more easily. And it's permanent. Chatrooms are noisy and lossy.

4. Under discussion topics move so fast and I for one always forget to re-check them.

Didn't you just say that discussions in the wiki were too slow-paced?

-- relet 17:26, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

Full ack to relet here. Timezones alone are reason enough that any real-time communication can not lead to a halfway democratic discussion here. We are a global bunch, with large groups in three general areas that pretty much span the whole day, so no matter at which time you meet, there is always one significant group for which it is during sleepytime. --Ekorren 18:10, 27 May 2009 (UTC)