Hi Christian -
I don't think the problem is people who attend meetings not contributing during the meetings.
I think one problem was that during Zen (for a while) we were discussing too
many technical details in the leadership meetings. These technical details should not have been discussed in a leadership meeting and should have been taken offline. I think in today's leadership meeting the Zen team members agreed with this and we will strive to follow this.
Instead of mainly relying on the honchos email, the leadership team will post more discussions in the forums.
In order to be more inclusive, the leadership team will also post meeting agendas and meeting notes in the .LRN Q&A forums when they are available.
Also, I don't think the purpose of the leadership team is purely technical (though this is a software development project) nor should it be. My personal opinion is that it is necessary to have a user/teacher perspective on the .LRN leadership team. 😊
Thanks,
Avni
Please chime in if you have thoughts.