Hi everyone, I've been thinking about what changes we can bring to the Design Summit format to make it more productive. I've heard the feedback from the mid-cycle meetups and would like to apply some of those ideas for Paris, within the constraints we have (already booked space and time). Here is something we could do:
Day 1. Cross-project sessions / incubated projects / other projects I think that worked well last time. 3 parallel rooms where we can address top cross-project questions, discuss the results of the various experiments we conducted during juno. Don't hesitate to schedule 2 slots for discussions, so that we have time to come to the bottom of those issues. Incubated projects (and maybe "other" projects, if space allows) occupy the remaining space on day 1, and could occupy "pods" on the other days. Day 2 and Day 3. Scheduled sessions for various programs That's our traditional scheduled space. We'll have a 33% less slots available. So, rather than trying to cover all the scope, the idea would be to focus those sessions on specific issues which really require face-to-face discussion (which can't be solved on the ML or using spec discussion) *or* require a lot of user feedback. That way, appearing in the general schedule is very helpful. This will require us to be a lot stricter on what we accept there and what we don't -- we won't have space for courtesy sessions anymore, and traditional/unnecessary sessions (like my traditional "release schedule" one) should just move to the mailing-list. Day 4. Contributors meetups On the last day, we could try to split the space so that we can conduct parallel midcycle-meetup-like contributors gatherings, with no time boundaries and an open agenda. Large projects could get a full day, smaller projects would get half a day (but could continue the discussion in a local bar). Ideally that meetup would end with some alignment on release goals, but the idea is to make the best of that time together to solve the issues you have. Friday would finish with the design summit feedback session, for those who are still around. I think this proposal makes the best use of our setup: discuss clear cross-project issues, address key specific topics which need face-to-face time and broader attendance, then try to replicate the success of midcycle meetup-like open unscheduled time to discuss whatever is hot at this point. There are still details to work out (is it possible split the space, should we use the usual design summit CFP website to organize the "scheduled" time...), but I would first like to have your feedback on this format. Also if you have alternative proposals that would make a better use of our 4 days, let me know. Cheers, -- Thierry Carrez (ttx) _______________________________________________ OpenStack-dev mailing list OpenStack-dev@lists.openstack.org http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev