This is a great idea. I won't be able to make the first one, but look forward to attending some of the others.
Cheers Garren On Thu, Jul 21, 2022 at 8:13 PM Ronny Berndt <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > That’s UTC time, I happen to know you are UTC+2 atm, so 17/18/19 for you > (and me) :) > Ahh, good to know ;-) > > > > > Best > > Jan > > — > > > >> On 21. Jul 2022, at 17:56, Ronny Berndt <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> In your browser, it should be your local time!? It shows me 15h, 16h > and 17h… Is this correct? > >> > >> Best, Ronny > >> > >>> Am 21.07.2022 um 17:54 schrieb Jan Lehnardt <[email protected]>: > >>> > >>> Hi Deni, > >>> > >>> I’m glad you’re on board. All times are UTC, apologies for the missing > info! > >>> > >>> Best > >>> Jan > >>> — > >>> > >>> > >>>> On 21. Jul 2022, at 17:34, Denitsa Burroughs < > [email protected]> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Hi Jan, > >>>> > >>>> That's a fantastic idea. Thank you for reviving the meet-ups. I hope > we can > >>>> establish a monthly cadence. Quick question: what TZ are the times in > the > >>>> poll listed in? > >>>> > >>>> Thanks, > >>>> > >>>> Deni > >>>> > >>>> On Tue, Jul 19, 2022 at 12:24 PM Jan Lehnardt <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> Hello everybody, > >>>>> > >>>>> In the past we’ve done two in-person developer summits with great > success, > >>>>> both from a team-building but also from a technical discussion point > of > >>>>> view. But these were ~1/2 a decade a part and took quite a bit to > organise. > >>>>> > >>>>> Given that meeting in-person continues to to be a pain and given > that we > >>>>> all learned how to do video calls in the past few years, I’d like to > >>>>> propose a recurring synchronous meeting where we can discuss > CouchDB’s > >>>>> development in a different format than we do at the moment. > >>>>> > >>>>> There are a number of high-level features that we’d need larger > input on > >>>>> but that are have enough moving parts that it would make sense to > discuss > >>>>> face to face (via video/audio chat). > >>>>> > >>>>> In detail: > >>>>> > >>>>> - we run a monthly video/audio meeting of ~90 minute length where we > can > >>>>> hash out CouchDB development topics > >>>>> > >>>>> - in the beginning, I’d like to dedicate each meeting to a single > topic, > >>>>> just so we don’t get distracted too much (I have a short-list of > proposals > >>>>> for topics, but that’s for a later day, I’m sure we all do :), maybe > a > >>>>> topic needs multiple meetings, maybe we have time for two topics per > >>>>> meeting, but let’s be clear and limited on the agenda, so everybody > can > >>>>> prepare with minimal effort > >>>>> > >>>>> - each topic discussed will have a reasonably complete written > proposal > >>>>> that folks can read through in preparation > >>>>> > >>>>> - if any one can’t make any particular meeting, no problem, there is > no > >>>>> mandatory attendance, and we are not making any project binding > decisions > >>>>> in those meetings > >>>>> > >>>>> - ideally, we keep decent notes so that folks can catch up, and > maybe we > >>>>> can do a recording of it all for posterity > >>>>> > >>>>> My suggestion would be that pick a date and time in the somewhat near > >>>>> future and then stick to that date and time on a monthly basis. > >>>>> > >>>>> Since it is (northern hemisphere) summer, it is possible that you, > dear > >>>>> reader, won’t be able to attend the inaugural edition, just select > >>>>> something that works from the next iteration onwards. > >>>>> > >>>>> I put up a date and time selection poll, it is aiming for late-EU and > >>>>> early US-West compatibility since I expect that’s where most of the > folks > >>>>> are going to be: https://nuudel.digitalcourage.de/fUQFofPoezvvz9ev > >>>>> > >>>>> I’m looking forward to seeing you all :) > >>>>> > >>>>> Best > >>>>> Jan > >>>>> — > >>> > >> > > > >
