Do you usually attend, watch or read call notes? Why?
- I have a couple times. It’s also on the early side for me, and I always forget about it as it’s not in my calendar. I do check the notes sometimes, but they are not always detailed and there isn’t a clear place to keep discussing a topic outside of the meeting.
What do you love to change about it?
- I dislike the idea of having a “main” communication medium that is so hard for most Reps to participate in
- Important stuff from the meeting should get singled out as its own discussion/update on the list, like if someone from another team presents to Reps for feedback
- It would be nice to get the timestamps for the different sections of the meetings, so that if we care about a particular topic we can watch just that section
- I’d rather see the meeting focused on getting things done, like tasks assigned in trello, that way you only need to try to make it if something is assigned to you, or if you want to take something. If the meeting were more participatory in this sense, rather than informative, I’d make more of an effort to attend.
Why do you think people are so quiet during the call?
- I think partly because the meeting’s main purpose is for information, so people aren’t attending because they have something to say, they’re attending because they don’t want to miss anything
- I think it’s also hard in Vidyo to let someone know you have something to say without interrupting. Even when someone asks for feedback you can’t tell if someone else is about to talk. Reps are polite!
- I wonder if people are worried about their English skills, though I’d remind Reps that there are more non-native English speakers than native