[RFC] Moving project planning meeting to IRC

[Anthony Liguori]

On 10/12/2011 10:04 AM, Chris Wright wrote:
> * Anthony Liguori (aliguori at 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