following up on #civictech with @hrheingold @ntnsndr @ethanz ...
I'm working with a group of municipal boards to experiment with modern multi-channel threaded communications (currently Slack, but we're open-minded)
One sticking point: how to break the mindset where ideas/discussion only flows during, or leading up to, synchronous calls.
In a Robert's Rules Board Meeting, you have the Propose-Discuss-Vote-Act sequence. I'd expect people to follow that same groove online, but, yet...