We spent some time discussing collaboration and communication among the team. We all agreed that working virtually is hard and that team members need support locally (working in a good environment, maybe embedding in other org) and there are ways to strengthen the felling of connectedness between us using technology.
Here are the concrete take-aways from the meeting. If any of these require further discussion, let’s pick it up on the community call. I propose we start adopting these as of now:
- One no-meeting day a week. Each team member to block off one day, without substantive meetings (small check-ins are fine). Please share which day is yours with the team.
- Hipchat is our default. When we are online, we hangout out in hipchat. The goal is to build a stronger sense of social presence, feeling like we are working as a team; and give us a quick way to ask questions for each other. http://www.hipchat.com/gkNTyewyo
- Philipp will stop writing emails during calls unless they are written collaboratively in an etherpad (In my defense, I thought this was efficient - I didn’t realize how annoying it is)
We didn’t get to a conclusion on embedding ourselves in other organizations, but my sense is that everyone thought it was a good idea. If there is anything P2PU can do to help the process (invitation letters, etc.), or you want to talk through good possible hosts, just let me know.
