On 10/12/2011 10:04 AM, Chris Wright wrote:
* Anthony Liguori (aliguori@us.ibm.com) wrote:
This came up in today's project planning meeting. How do folks feel about moving the project planning and future board meetings to IRC?
The advantage of IRC meetings are that the full meeting minutes can be posted in a public archive. It's significantly easier for many folks to participate in IRC meetings.
I think the only downside would be if anyone involved is uncomfortable with using IRC. Using IRC for regular meetings certainly doesn't preclude having occasional phone calls if necessary.
The only other downsides I've heard voiced (having just gone through this debate elsewhere):
1) typing == slow for some folks 2) inevitible overlapping conversations
I think the key is to moderate the discussion and make sure there's a clear agenda. Regards, Anthony Liguori
3) more consuming than phone (harder to do 2 things at once) 4) can't do from airport/kitchen/car/...
thanks, -chris