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> On 11 Apr 2024, at 08:37, Scott Chacon <schacon@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Heya,
>
> I was about to come in and say roughly the same thing. GitButler /
> myself personally
> would be happy to help organize an in-person, recorded talks Git Merge
> style shindig
> in the fall. I'm also happy to help with some of the core team /
> speakers with travel
> costs if needed.
>
> I helped organize the first Git Merge in 2013 in Berlin [1] and would
> love to do the
> same thing again this year (my my, have 10 years gone by since then?)
+1, I am based in the UK and I’d love to meet again face-to-face in Germany.
I’d hope also to have more CGit to JGit reftable interoperability results based on GerritHub.io <http://gerrithub.io/> data.
Luca.
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> If everyone would prefer Chicago again, then I'm happy to just attend
> and help out
> however I can. If we think it might be nice to bring it back to Europe
> this year, I would
> love to take care of it.
>
> What does everyone think?
>
> Scott
>
> [1]: https://marc.info/?l=git&m=135896927120693&w=2
>
> On Thu, Apr 11, 2024 at 5:18 PM John Cai <johncai86@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I'm grateful for the chance to gather virtually like this, and for Taylor's
>> willingness to host these each time!
>>
>> I also wanted to throw out the possibility of an __in person__ Git contributor's
>> summit in the Fall!
>>
>> GitLab might be able to host this, which would be an awesome chance to get together
>> in person like we did in Chicago a couple of years ago. That was a valuable time
>> to talk about cool topics, but an invaluable chance to get to connect with each
>> other personally.
>>
>> It will likely be a two day conference in October of 2024. Location is TBD, and
>> depends on the level of interest and location of those interested. Requirements
>> for attendance will be the same as for the Virtual Contributor's Summit.
>>
>> We wanted to first gather interest before determining more details. Please fill
>> out this form to express your interest: https://forms.gle/hTcsYM4fomEqaKU59
>>
>> Feel free to also email me off list with any questions
>>
>> Thanks!
>> John
>>
>> On 10 Apr 2024, at 17:14, Taylor Blau wrote:
>>
>>> Hi everybody,
>>>
>>> I've been thinking that it would be a good time to gather informally via
>>> another Virtual Contributor's Summit.
>>>
>>> I had been waiting to see whether GitHub was going to host a Git Merge
>>> event in person this year, but it looks like the answer to that is
>>> "probably not" (though I am hopeful for next year[^1]).
>>>
>>> In lieu of meeting in person, I think it might make sense to meet
>>> sometime in either this upcoming May or June (though we could extend
>>> further depending on folks' availability) in the same style/format as
>>> our last Summit [2], the details were as follows:
>>>
>>> - We'll host the Contributor's Summit on either Zoom or any other
>>> conferencing platform that works for folks. (I spoke with Emily
>>> Shaffer off-list and they mentioned that some Google folks were
>>> interested in Discord for a few reasons, so we could do that, too).
>>>
>>> - The schedule/duration is not fixed, and there are options to vote on
>>> preferred days, length, and timezones in the form(s) below. Last
>>> year we did two four-hour days, so we could do that again (or
>>> anything else that works better).
>>>
>>> - Like last time, in order to participate, you must be either (a) an
>>> active Git contributor, (b) planning on contributing soon, or (c)
>>> working on a Git-related project that has interest in Git's
>>> internals. If you aren't sure whether or not you are welcome, please
>>> ask!
>>>
>>> Participants should fill out the following forms:
>>>
>>> - https://forms.gle/VVrJ7RbHVxurxZH99 (participants)
>>> - https://forms.gle/iGnfexF4hDuK6MQe9 (topics)
>>> - https://www.when2meet.com/?24557185-cHKWv (When2meet)
>>>
>>> New this year is the When2meet, since this seems like a more efficient
>>> way to collect which dates are open for folks within the next couple of
>>> months.
>>>
>>> The participants and topics lists are being recorded in the
>>> spreadsheet below, and this is also the place to record your vote(s)
>>> on topic selection.
>>>
>>> https://bit.ly/git-contributors-summit-2024
>>>
>>> Please feel free to send any feedback or suggestions you have for this
>>> year's Contributor's Summit to me on- or off-list. Like last year, my
>>> hope is to have a small, remote-friendly, diverse, and efficient
>>> discussion.
>>>
>>> As we get closer to the date, we'll finalize the schedule, make sure
>>> we have volunteers to take notes, etc.
>>>
>>> I'm looking forward to seeing everybody (virtually) soon :-).
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Taylor
>>>
>>> [^1]: Coinciding with the project's 20th anniversary!
>>> [2]: https://lore.kernel.org/git/ZMATKIaU1A1D0wJg@nand.local/
>>
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