For the plenary meetings the way I understood the conclusion from the last FM meeting was that we would keep the plenaries as they are (or as much as possible), and that we would just organise more FM meetings.
I made a post about that, with a proposal in another thread (Increasing our meeting frequency).
What is important to me in all this are the following things:
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Agility, as much as possible: deciding whether a topic goes to a FM meeting or a plenary can just be left to the Team, the Team’s Coordinator, and if necessary, a quick chat with the group’s Coordinator.
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Including Associate Members as much as possible: this we could do by organising plenary meetings just like we do now. I would not restrict access to the questions and comments rounds (or else only exceptionally).
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Flexibility: I would rather not be pinned down in terms of “setting a precedent”. Everybody knows that everything is in flux, and that we are trying to deal with it in view of the best interest of the group. As long as we maintain transparency and explain the what and the why, I am confident that people will be understanding of a little chaos.