TownHall

Introduction

Motivation

These meetings are intended to provide a forum for everyone to discuss anything pertaining to LPI, its partners and activities in an open and collaborative fashion.

Meeting Dates

Times will be variable to accommodate our diverse time zones.

Date	San Francisco	Toronto	London	Paris/Berlin	Tokyo	Hong Kong
Tuesday Dec 15, 2015	4am PST	7am EST	12pm Noon GMT	1pm CET	9pm JST	8pm HKT
Thursday Jan 14, 2016	2pm PST	5pm EST	10pm GMT	11pm CET	7am (Friday) JST	6am (Friday) HKT

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Topics

Every meeting will be on a specific topic in order to ensure a tight focus. Currently meetings on the following topics are planned:

• certification and exam development
• global organization, events and volunteering
• opportunities in employment and entrepreneurialism
• professional growth through education and collaboration
• engagement in LPI, FOSS and broader community activities
• partnerships to promote professional use of FOSS

Additional topics may be suggested in the meetings.

Preparation

Before the meeting starts, a brief document summarizing the current situation and some ideas and thoughts that should be discussed. While this is meant as an initial input for the discussion, everyone is invited to bring up additional topics.

Providing Input

Real improvement can only happen with open dialogue and agreement. Though LPI endorses open discussion, we want to offer a confidential way of providing input to everyone in the possession of sensitive information that he/she thinks should be brought to LPI's attention. Therefore, confidential feedback may be sent either anonymously or via an intermediary to TODO / TODO: ANONYMOUS LETTERBOX? IRC anonymous repost bot?