Re: [Debconf-team] Suggestions for improving our IRC meetings

[David Bremner <david@tethera.net>]

Margarita Manterola <margamanterola@gmail.com> writes:

> 1) When there seems to be agreement on something but it's not 100% clear do:
>
> marga suggests: #agreed we should do foo/bar/baz
>
> And then people can state clearly if they don't agree.  This is not just
> for me, anyone can suggest an agreement.  It usually helps if we try to
> formulate what we agree on, so that we stop discussing things that everyone
> already is ok with, and so that people with concerns can raise objections
> explicitly about the part that they don't agree with.

I'd suggest something similar for the cases where it seems obvious to
the chair that there is nothing to discuss or #agree, and the meeting
can move on.  Giving a chance for feedback at that point slows things
down a bit, but it may help prevent people from disrupting the next
topic. If some people are not happy to move to the next topic, but you
feel like time has run out, then you can fall back on the other options
you mentioned (followup meeting, etc).

Hope that is helpful

d