Re: Virtual Git Contributor Summit

> Team,
>
> I kept talking about this idea of a purely online Git Contributor Summit,
> and it is finally time for action.
>
> The idea: just like the Git Contributor Summits we have on the day before
> GitMerge, but instead of traveling to the same place, we'll use an online
> conferencing system.
>
>  From my point of view, the main benefits of doing this online are:
>
> - It should make it easier for all contributors to attend (yes, Junio, we
>    do miss you every single time you're not there).
>
> - We will leave a substantially reduced carbon footprint.
>
> - There won't be any jet-lag involved, including the consequences on
>    health/sleeping.
>
> - It is substantially cheaper and more sustainable.
>
> Of course, there are also some challenges:
>
> - Timezones. My idea here is to have all participants put down their
>    preferred timezone and then compromising on some sort of Median.
>
> - Timing. As it is not attached to a conference, we are less bound to a
>    specific date, and that flexibility might make it harder to agree
>    on one date.
>
> To alleviate both of those points, we might want to consider spreading it
> out over a couple of days? I already heard some fierce opposition against
> that idea, though.
>
> In any case, I think it would be good to give everybody some time to
> coordinate and to shift work out of the way, so I propose that we look for
> dates in the first two weeks of September.
>
> Peff kindly agreed to use GitHub's Zoom license for this, which should
> also make it easy to have a recording (and not having people in the same
> room will benefit this, too).
>
> To coordinate this event, I started a Google Spreadsheet where we can
> decide on timezone, date(s), number of days, and later on try to imitate
> the sticky game with virtual stickies for the discussions.
>
> I will send out an invitation to the top 25 contributors (according to
> `git shortlog -nse --since=1.year.ago`) after sending out this mail.
>
> Obviously, there will be more people interested in participating; Please
> do drop me an email if you're interested and I will send you a link to
> that spreadsheet (as I do not read my mails continuously, it might take a
> day, but I will, promise).
>
> Thanks all,
> Dscho