October 2010

October 2010 OSI Board Proceedings

Board Notes — OSI-US Tuesday, October 19, 2010 1:30 – 2:30 PDT

Present: Douglas Germann, Suzanne Daigle, Harold Shinsato, Christine Whitney Sanchez

Absent: Peggy Holman; Phelim McDermott, Ed LaBoy, Douglas Germann, Karen Davis, Christine Whitney Sanchez, Suzanne Daigle, Harold Shinsato, Lisa Heft

Notestaker:  Suzanne Daigle

Moment of silence followed by check-in. A very brief meeting was held due to the limited number of people available this month.

1.      Face to Face Board Meeting
A decision and recommendation was made to hold the Board Retreat in Florida on April 2-3-4, 2011 based on favorable costs in terms of lodging and travel.

In the spirit of recent postings on the OS list about boards, their purpose and role in the context of self-organization, we had an informal conversation about something we want to explore more deeply in April at the face-to-face board meeting. For example we’d want to be asking ourselves: “What is the real purpose of the OSI- US Board?” “What motivated us to join?” This invited other questions about how to attract more participation from the larger community, whether we as a Board are as open as we would want to be, if we have passion for the topics and the work that we do, and if we are too consensual in our approach instead of raising more controversial subjects. We agree that this conversation promised some spirited discussion for our face-to-face board meeting.

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1)      Annual Member Meeting

2)      Face to Face Board Meeting – April 2-4, 2010

3)      Online Web Presence and Identity

4)      Downloadable audio for Understanding OS

5)      Potential for Strategic Collaboration in Open Space Community

6)      Ask letter follow-up

7)      Online Bookstore

8)      Home for OSI-US “papers” – hard and soft copies

9)      Loan Support