<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div></div><div>I'll be in London for InnerSource Commons that day. Could do a week later.</div><div><br></div><div>D</div><div><br>On Apr 4, 2016, at 10:37 AM, Leslie Hawthorn <<a href="mailto:lhawthorn@opensource.org">lhawthorn@opensource.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>Hello everyone,<br><br></div>As many of you no doubt know, the OSI Board Members attempt to convene sidebar meetings for the community along with each in person board meeting.<br><br></div>With the beyond-licensing group getting into swing, I figure it would be an excellent opportunity to hold a Town Hall style event in Boston to coincide with our next BOD in person meeting. <br><br>The goal of this event is to invite our members (and other local interested parties) to join us for an evening of networking & moderated discussion on how the OSI could best serve the open source world.<br><br></div>Our call to action would be to get interested parties to join the beyond-licensing list and work group (which I believe will grow out of this list if it has not already).<br><br></div>We're working to make this event possible the night of 21 April. If you will be in or around Boston, please join us. We'll send an invitation to all of our members but I will also update this thread when details are confirmed.<br><br></div>If you cannot join us in person but there are questions you would like posed to the audience, please reply back privately on in thread and I will ensure these are asked at the event.<br><br></div><div>If there is interest from folks on list I can see what options might be available for dial-in or video conferencing, with accompanying discussion occurring in #osi on Freenode. <br></div><div><br></div>Thank you in advance to one of the OSI's new Board Members, Molly DeBlanc who is working diligently to find us meeting space on the MIT Campus, and to our Board President, Allison Randal, for moderating the Town Hall event.<br><br></div>Cheers,<br></div>LH<br><br>----<br></div>Leslie Hawthorn<br></div>Board Member <br></div><div>Open Source Initiative<br></div><div><a href="http://opensource.org">http://opensource.org</a><br></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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