RE: [soa-rm] Future content for Conf calls

["Chiusano Joseph" <chiusano_joseph@bah.com>]

lol

In my orientation class here (almost 3 years ago), we did some sort of
"come up with a slogan" exercise. One of the groups ended their slogan
with "You just can't lose, when you've got Booze":p

Joe

Joseph Chiusano
Booz Allen Hamilton
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C: 202-251-0731
Visit us online@ http://www.boozallen.com
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Duane Nickull [mailto:dnickull@adobe.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 2:28 PM
> To: peter@justbrown.net; SOA-RM
> Subject: Re: [soa-rm] Future content for Conf calls
> 
> +1 - champagne is mine!!!
> 
> D
> 
> Peter F Brown wrote:
> 
> >I'd also suggest:
> >
> >- pre-meeting offer should be made to scribe (avoids that 
> embarrasing 
> >foot-shuffling that you can practically hear on call): first offer 
> >posted to the list, gets the job; No proposal: last one to 
> offer gets 
> >no dessert or has to invite whole TC to dinner at next F2F;
> >- tweaks to the minutes: send a mail to the scribe of the meeting 
> >concerned, copy to list;
> >- on call: minutes of previous meeting(s) deemed approved without 
> >discussion or decision unless before end of meeting there is an 
> >objection (by mail or point of order); -reports from liaisons and 
> >editors in writing to list before meeting (at least the key points)
> >- install webcam on Ken's car so that we can be sure he is actually 
> >driving and keeping his eyes on the road...
> >- a large dose of common sense: it's great to talk to people on call 
> >that you haven't seen at all or in a while, and to keep things a bit 
> >fun, but bear in mind that time is money (and outside the US and 
> >Canada, the call is costing a buck a minute at least - that's 
> >equivalent to my individual OASIS member fee in three meetings) and 
> >that some things really can be dealth with off line...
> >- keep the creative flow of the meeting going by allowing 
> overtalk and 
> >interrupts where appropriate but also keep to the point: the 
> "threads" 
> >on call can be worse than on the list: with the quality of the line 
> >sometimes making this all the worse. Duane, you may have to practice 
> >being a bit more ruthless while you're on parental leave... ;-)
> >
> >All the best, and a glass of champagne in Vienna to the first on the 
> >list to give this a +1 ...
> >
> >-Peter
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Duane Nickull [mailto:dnickull@adobe.com]
> >Sent: 25 August 2005 01:27
> >Cc: SOA-RM
> >Subject: Re: [soa-rm] Future content for Conf calls
> >
> >Example:
> >
> >An unnecessarily long discussion on suggested alternative dates (at 
> >least the portion that could be done prior to the meeting).  A 
> >discussion over the OASIS rules and procedures etc.
> >
> >Both of these can probably be best done using the WIKI or 
> list server 
> >or at least a substantial portion thereof.
> >
> >Duane
> >
> >Chiusano Joseph wrote:
> >
> >  
> >
> >>Sounds good to me Duane. For clarification, can you provide 
> an example 
> >>of what would be considered administrivia (beyond taking roll call)?
> >>
> >>Joe
> >>
> >>Joseph Chiusano
> >>Booz Allen Hamilton
> >>O: 703-902-6923
> >>C: 202-251-0731
> >>Visit us online@ http://www.boozallen.com
> >>
> >>
> >> 
> >>
> >>    
> >>
> >>>-----Original Message-----
> >>>From: Duane Nickull [mailto:dnickull@adobe.com]
> >>>Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 5:16 PM
> >>>To: SOA-RM
> >>>Subject: [soa-rm] Future content for Conf calls
> >>>
> >>>TC:
> >>>
> >>>Matt said something that tweaked my thinking a bit today.
> >>>
> >>>I would like to try and keep the use of the conference 
> calls largely 
> >>>for technical work and confine administrivia to a minimum. 
>  Perhaps 
> >>>most of this can be done via the list.
> >>>
> >>>Accordingly, I would look to the editing team and others 
> to suggest 
> >>>topics that need to be discussed on the next calls.
> >>>
> >>>D.
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