From: Derrick Stolee Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2018 13:30:43 GMT Subject: Re: Contributor Summit planning Message-ID: <4f0e85ed-6402-65b2-442e-67a1a7a7486d@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: On 8/27/2018 9:22 AM, Johannes Schindelin wrote: > Point in favor of the pure-online meeting: the informal standup on IRC > every second Friday. I really try to attend it (it is a bit awkward > because it is on a Friday evening in my timezone, right at the time when I > want to unwind from the work week), as it does have a similar effect to > in-person standups: surprising collaborations spring up, unexpected help, > and a general sense of belonging. > > Of course, the value of these standups comes from the makeup of the > participants: Stefan, Brandon, Stolee, JeffH, Jonathan and other *very* > active core contributors hang out for roughly half an hour, sharing what > they are working on, exchanging ideas, etc. A focused aside, since you brought up the online "standup": it seems the IRC channel has been less than ideal, with people trying to participate but having nickname issues or being muted. You also describe another issue: the timing. Having a real-time discussion has its benefits, but also it leaves many people out. One idea to try next time is to create a mailing list thread asking for statuses, and each person can chime in asynchronously and spawn a new discussion based on that status. Perhaps we can try that next time. Thanks, -Stolee