Async Meetings

What are async meetings?

Async meetings are a meeting pattern intended to support collaboration within teams where live meetings may be impractical or exclusionary. They are generally structured as follows:

• a structured discussion doc is created (usually via Etherpad or Google Docs)
• a live meeting is held with a facilitator working with folks to go through the doc
• the doc is rewritten to include instructions for folks who didn't attend the live meeting
• the doc is left open for a set period (5 days, say) to allow for async participants
• after the set period ends, someone (usually the facilitator)
  • saves the doc to the wiki,
  • links it here,
  • summarizes the result,
  • updates the team,
  • and schedules any required followups.

Async meeting notes:

• SecureDrop Research/Project Ideas