This makes complete sense to me and I'm still +1 w/ the process Arvind outlined.
If a place w/ stable internet and a webex bridge is needed, we could have the meeting at Cloudera's offices in Palo Alto or San Francisco. -Abe On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 1:57 AM, Arvind Prabhakar <[email protected]> wrote: > While I appreciate the enthusiasm of folks on this thread who would like to > see such calls/meetings happen - I am a bit wary for the reasons noted > below. > > Those of us who were on the Sqoop PMC during mid-2012 will recall that the > project did such meetings before too. They will also recall that it raised > some questions from the board regarding the conduct of these meetings. > Specifically - to ensure that anyone from anywhere could join the calls, > that no decisions were made on these calls, and that important discussions > that sparked off in the call be brought back to the mailing list for > further continuation and conclusion. Thanks to the members of the Sqoop PMC > at that time, we followed this with due diligence and were able to ensure > that these conditions were adequately met. The specifics of the process at > that time were as follows: > > 1. A one-week notice for the meetings (eg [1]), using a system that allowed > easy participation from anywhere in the world. At that time we were using > WebEx call bridge that provided toll-free access numbers for various > countries. The announcement was also posted on the JIRA being discussed in > these meetings (eg [2]) > > 2. The meeting minutes were sent out on the email list (eg [3]), and > recorded on the wiki for posterity (eg [4]). > > 3. Any actionable items discussed were brought back to the Jira with full > context and follow-up through the regular mailing-list/Jira resolution > process (eg [5]). > > That was done in mid-2012. If we were to do this now, I would request the > PMC to follow the process diligently to ensure that it stays open, > transparent, and inclusive to the broader community that Sqoop has. To that > affect, I would request the champions of these meetings to first document > the full process on the wiki, discuss it on the mailing list, and put it to > a vote for approval. > > [1] http://s.apache.org/9tF > [2] http://s.apache.org/Pzb > [3] http://s.apache.org/Map > [4] > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/SQOOP/Sqoop2+Weekly+Meeting+Minutes > [5] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SQOOP-491 > > Regards, > Arvind Prabhakar > > On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 10:31 AM, SHANKAR REDDY < > [email protected] > > wrote: > > > '+1 > > > > Kind Regards, > > Sankara Telukutla > > +1 510 936 0999 > > > > On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 10:44 AM, Venkat Ranganathan < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Thanks Jarcec. In fact myself and Jarcec spoke about this over couple > > of > > > meetings also. Let us get the mechanics in order! > > > > > > Developers/Contributors > > > > > > Please share ideas on how you want to do it > > > > > > Thanks > > > Venkat > > > > > > > > > > > > On 2/16/15, 7:08 AM, "Jarek Jarcec Cecho" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > >This is a wonderful idea Venkat, I’m strong +1 to have regular > community > > > >contributor sync ups :) > > > > > > > >Jarcec > > > > > > > >> On Feb 12, 2015, at 11:24 PM, Xu, Qian A <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> > > > >> Oh yes. Chinese people are in GMT+8 > > > >> > > > >> -----Original Message----- > > > >> From: Zhou, Richard [mailto:[email protected]] > > > >> Sent: Friday, February 13, 2015 9:27 AM > > > >> To: [email protected] > > > >> Subject: RE: Sqoop developer meetings > > > >> > > > >> +1, one suggestion, we should choose a good time slot, since some > > folks > > > >> +are in China :) > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> Regards > > > >> Richard > > > >> > > > >> -----Original Message----- > > > >> From: Abraham Elmahrek [mailto:[email protected]] > > > >> Sent: Friday, February 13, 2015 9:24 AM > > > >> To: [email protected] > > > >> Subject: Re: Sqoop developer meetings > > > >> > > > >> +1 > > > >> > > > >> On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 5:06 PM, Veena Basavaraj > > > >><[email protected]> > > > >> wrote: > > > >> > > > >>> +1. Love to. > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> Regards > > > >>> Veena > > > >>> > > > >>> On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 5:05 PM, Venkat Ranganathan < > > > >>> [email protected]> wrote: > > > >>> > > > >>>> Hi Sqoop developers > > > >>>> > > > >>>> Over the years I have been involved here, we have had one off > > > >>>> meetings to discuss issues. > > > >>>> > > > >>>> I think with the rapid clip of progress going on, it might be a > good > > > >>>> time to think about having more regular meetings (say scheduled > > > >>>> every other > > > >>> week > > > >>>> or once a month) to discuss Sqoop development tasks. > > > >>>> > > > >>>> What do you guys think? > > > >>>> > > > >>>> Thanks > > > >>>> > > > >>>> Venkat > > > >>>> > > > >>> > > > > > > > > > >
