Hi Peff,
On Wed, 29 Aug 2018, Jeff King wrote:
On Mon, Aug 27, 2018 at 03:22:39PM +0200, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
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Having said that, I believe that we core contributors can learn to have a
fruitful online meeting. With 30+ participants, too.
Learning from my past life in academia (it is hard for me to imagine a
less disciplined crowd than a bunch of white, male, old scientists), we
would need a moderator, and some forum that allows to "give somebody the
mic". That software/platform should exist somewhere.
Yes, I agree that software tools could help a lot with a crowd that
size. I have used various "virtual classroom" tools before, and I think
the core of the idea is there, but I was often unimpressed by the
execution (and expense). So if you know of a good tool, it might be
worth trying.
I don't, and I will keep looking.
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I would love to have the best of both worlds. For example, it is an annual
annoyance that we are discussion all kinds of things regarding Git, trying
to steer the direction, to form collaborations on certain features, and
the person at the helm is not even there.
Maybe *two* meetings per year, one attached to GitMerge, and one purely
online, would help.
I'm somewhat skeptical of the utility of an online meeting. That said,
I'm willing give it a try (or any other scheme people want to come up
with, for that matter).
I am glad you say that.
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Point in favor of the pure-online meeting: the informal standup on IRC
every second Friday. I really try to attend it (it is a bit awkward
because it is on a Friday evening in my timezone, right at the time when I
want to unwind from the work week), as it does have a similar effect to
in-person standups: surprising collaborations spring up, unexpected help,
and a general sense of belonging.
Yes, I've been meaning to make it to another one (I popped in for one a
month or two ago, and it didn't seem like much of anything was
happening).
What time is it, again?
It is supposed to happen every two weeks, on Fridays, 17:00-17:30 UTC:
https://public-inbox.org/git/20180713170018.GA139708@aiede.svl.corp.google.com/
The latest one is logged here:
http://colabti.org/irclogger/irclogger_log/git-devel?date=2018-08-24#l144
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Such an online summit as I suggested above would really only work if
enough frequent contributors would attend. If enough people like you,
Junio, and the standup regulars would say: yep, we're willing to plan and
attend an online summit, where we try to have a timezone-friendly
"unconference"-style meeting on one day (on which we would of course try
to free ourselves from our regular work obligations).
I guess I am asking for a "raise your hands", with mine high up in the
air.
I'll come if you want to organize it.
That's a good idea. I am a week away from taking a vacation, and I will
try to come back to that idea afterwards and see what I can do there.
The more I think about it, the more excited I get about it.
Ciao,
Dscho