Thanks Arvind for chiming in! I wanted to make sure we get an idea from the contributors About the mechanics before we write up a proposal and vote on it. +1 for having a process along the lines outlined below.
Venkat On 2/18/15, 1:50 PM, "Ahmed Radwan" <[email protected]> wrote: >Thanks Arvind! +1 for following this process. > >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+M >>inutes >> [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 >> > > >>>> >> > > >>> >> > > > >> > > >> >
