On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 1:31 AM, Brad Topol <bto...@us.ibm.com> wrote:
> Angus, > > This may sound crazy but what if in addition to having the online meetup > you denoted two different locations as an optional physical meetup? That way you would get some of the benefits of having folks meet together > in person while not forcing everyone to have to travel across the globe. So > for example, if you had one location in Raleigh and one wherever else folks > are co-located you could still get the benefits of having some group of > folks collaborating face to face. > Hi Brad Yeah, that might help. I'll leave it to people in these locations to chip in (I am in Brisbane, AU and there are not too many close-by Heat hackers). -Angus > > Just a thought. > > --Brad > > Brad Topol, Ph.D. > IBM Distinguished Engineer > OpenStack > (919) 543-0646 > Internet: bto...@us.ibm.com > Assistant: Kendra Witherspoon (919) 254-0680 > > > > From: Angus Salkeld <asalk...@mirantis.com> > To: "OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions)" > <openstack-dev@lists.openstack.org>, > Date: 11/19/2014 06:56 PM > Subject: [openstack-dev] [Heat] Online midcycle meetup > ------------------------------ > > > > Hi all > > As agreed from our weekly meeting we are going to try an online meetup. > > Why? > > We did a poll (*https://doodle.com/b9m4bf8hvm3mna97#table* > <https://doodle.com/b9m4bf8hvm3mna97#table>) and it is > split quite evenly by location. The story I am getting from the community > is: > > "We want a midcycle meetup if it is nearby, but are having trouble getting > finance > to travel far." > > Given that the Heat community is evenly spread across the globe this > becomes > impossible to hold without excluding a significant group. > > So let's try and figure out how to do an online meetup! > (but let's not spend 99% of the time arguing about the software to use > please) > > I think more interesting is: > > 1) How do we minimize the time zone pain? > 2) Can we make each session really focused so we are productive. > 3) If we do this right it does not have to be "midcycle" but when ever we > want. > > I'd be interested in feedback from others that have tried this too. > > -Angus > _______________________________________________ > OpenStack-dev mailing list > OpenStack-dev@lists.openstack.org > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev > >
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