I love this idea. I would even suggest to have a wiki page or similar where people could put some of their questions prior to the meeting. (not mandatory to have all the questions pre-made, but it could help to organize/plan the meeting)
Cheers, Dalai http://blenderecia.orgfree.com 2009/11/19 George .. <thebigburrit...@hotmail.com>: > > I like the format you're suggesting. I've been on the mailing list for at > least a year now and have played with Blender's source code a little longer, > in-between school and work. It's big and easy to get lost in. So, any > guidance on where to start, or some pointers would be helpful. Also, the > meeting time being posted is great, too. Especially if the time changes. > > George > >> Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:17:21 +0100 >> From: ideasma...@gmail.com >> To: bf-committers@blender.org >> Subject: [Bf-committers] meetings for new developers >> >> Recently it was suggested that we could have meetings for new >> developers involved, heres some suggestions as to how I think it can >> work. >> >> - not too frequently, this takes energy from developers and time to >> set the topic and communicate whats going on. >> - each meeting have a topic - this can at least be a starting point. >> 2.5/BGE/MeshEditing/Modifiers/Sculpting/Rendering/Sequencer/Physics.... >> etc. >> - Need at least 1 dev experienced in this area to show up. >> - Would be great if blender nation would post a week or so before the >> meeting, can show on blender.org also. >> - Having someone to take notes and post would be good too. >> >> * Who might be interested * >> - technical users who want to know more about blenders internals >> - people who are interested in how blender is developed >> - anyone afraid to ask 'stupid' questions on the ML or normally on IRC. >> >> * Please don't * >> - use this as an excuse to bombard others with feature requests >> - complain about blender only to 'motivate' others to fix ;) >> - expect to learn specific areas eg: OpenGL, Python, C... there are >> plenty of online resources. >> >> (this should be worded more nicely) >> >> ---------------- >> >> Proposal >> - First Sunday of every month, 1 or 2 hr's before the normal developer >> meeting. >> - start the first meeting after beta0 release >> - first topic can be 2.5 - (macro's operators, rna, python etc), >> further topics can be set on the ML. >> - post on b.org, maybe blendernation too. >> >> Who does what? >> - me: arrange to have this posted on b.org assign topic, try make sure >> specific devs can be online. >> - (anyone?): run the meeting, keep on topic. >> - (anyone?): record meeting log. >> >> -- >> - Campbell >> _______________________________________________ >> Bf-committers mailing list >> Bf-committers@blender.org >> http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > > _______________________________________________ > Bf-committers mailing list > Bf-committers@blender.org > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > _______________________________________________ Bf-committers mailing list Bf-committers@blender.org http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers
