Re: Contributor Summit planning

> For the past several years, we've held a Git Contributor Summit as part
> of the Git Merge conference. I'd like to get opinions from the community
> to help plan future installments. Any feedback or opinion is welcome,
> but some obvious things to think about:
> 
>   - where, when, and how often?
> 
>     Plans are shaping up to have Git Merge 2019 in Brussels right after
>     FOSDEM in February (like it was two years ago), with a contributor
>     summit attached.
> 
>     Are there people who would be more likely to attend a contributor
>     summit if it were held elsewhere (e.g., in North America, probably
>     in the Bay Area)? Are people interested in attending a separate
>     contributor summit not attached to the larger Git Merge (and if so,
>     is there any other event it might be worth connecting it with,
>     time-wise)?  Are people interested in going to two summits in a year
>     (e.g., Brussels in February, and then maybe some in North America
>     later in the year), or is that diminishing returns?

>   - format
> 
>     For those who haven't attended before, it's basically 25-ish Git
>     (and associated project) developers sitting in a room for a day
>     chatting about the project. Topics go on a whiteboard in the
>     morning, and then we discuss each for 30-60 minutes.
> 
>     We could do multiple days (which might give more room for actually
>     working collaboratively instead of just discussing). We could do
>     something more formal (like actual talks). We could do something
>     less formal (like an all-day spaghetti buffet, where conversation
>     happens only between mouthfuls). The sky is the limit. Some of those
>     ideas may be better than others.