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
>> > > >>>>
>> > > >>>
>> > > >
>> > >
>> >

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