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mini-GitTogether Oct 2014? (was: Next Git conference or meeting)

Subject: mini-GitTogether Oct 2014? (was: Next Git conference or meeting)

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6 messages between Sep 3, 2014 and Sep 4, 2014.

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Jeff King· Sep 3, 2014, 21:09 UTC · lore

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On Tue, Sep 02, 2014 at 08:21:37AM +0200, Christian Couder wrote:

> It looks like there will be no Git conference or Git developer meeting
> this year.

I know you are talking about something potentially much larger than this, but I wanted to note that Michael Haggerty, Ramkumar Ramachandra, and I will all be in the Bay Area for the GSoC Reunion, October 23-26.

I do not think we want to have a "real" conference, but I wonder if git devs would have an interest in getting together for dinner or some social time either right before or right after.

I'm thinking it would probably be small-ish (<20 people), and primarily just for people who work on git to talk to each other in person. No prepared talks or anything like that. More like an evening tech-group meetup. I'm sure some interesting discussions would crop up, and I think sometimes the real-world interaction can help smooth later mailing list interactions.

Are people interested in that?

-Peff

Stefan Beller· Sep 3, 2014, 21:14 UTC · re: Jeff King · lore

Re: mini-GitTogether Oct 2014? (was: Next Git conference or meeting)

On 03.09.2014 23:09, Jeff King wrote:

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> On Tue, Sep 02, 2014 at 08:21:37AM +0200, Christian Couder wrote:
> 
>> It looks like there will be no Git conference or Git developer meeting
>> this year.
> 
> I know you are talking about something potentially much larger than
> this, but I wanted to note that Michael Haggerty, Ramkumar Ramachandra,
> and I will all be in the Bay Area for the GSoC Reunion, October 23-26.
> 
> I do not think we want to have a "real" conference, but I wonder if git
> devs would have an interest in getting together for dinner or some
> social time either right before or right after.
> 
> I'm thinking it would probably be small-ish (<20 people), and primarily
> just for people who work on git to talk to each other in person. No
> prepared talks or anything like that. More like an evening tech-group
> meetup. I'm sure some interesting discussions would crop up, and I think
> sometimes the real-world interaction can help smooth later mailing list
> interactions.
> 
> Are people interested in that?
> 
> -Peff
> --

I'd be interested meeting git developers in person.

As I'm moving into the SF Bay area in the beginning of October, I'd be nearby, so I'd love to visit.

Stefan

Michael Haggerty· Sep 3, 2014, 21:21 UTC · re: Jeff King · lore

Re: mini-GitTogether Oct 2014? (was: Next Git conference or meeting)

On 09/03/2014 11:09 PM, Jeff King wrote:

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> On Tue, Sep 02, 2014 at 08:21:37AM +0200, Christian Couder wrote:
> 
>> It looks like there will be no Git conference or Git developer meeting
>> this year.
> 
> I know you are talking about something potentially much larger than
> this, but I wanted to note that Michael Haggerty, Ramkumar Ramachandra,
> and I will all be in the Bay Area for the GSoC Reunion, October 23-26.
> 
> I do not think we want to have a "real" conference, but I wonder if git
> devs would have an interest in getting together for dinner or some
> social time either right before or right after.

I'm definitely interested.

Michael

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Michael Haggerty
mhagger@alum.mit.edu

Junio C Hamano· Sep 3, 2014, 21:47 UTC · re: Jeff King · lore

Re: mini-GitTogether Oct 2014? (was: Next Git conference or meeting)

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

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> I know you are talking about something potentially much larger than
> this, but I wanted to note that Michael Haggerty, Ramkumar Ramachandra,
> and I will all be in the Bay Area for the GSoC Reunion, October 23-26.
>
> I do not think we want to have a "real" conference, but I wonder if git
> devs would have an interest in getting together for dinner or some
> social time either right before or right after.
>
> I'm thinking it would probably be small-ish (<20 people), and primarily
> just for people who work on git to talk to each other in person.

I guess I'd be close enough to come.

Shawn Pearce· Sep 4, 2014, 02:19 UTC · re: Junio C Hamano · lore

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On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 2:47 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:

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> Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
>
>> I know you are talking about something potentially much larger than
>> this, but I wanted to note that Michael Haggerty, Ramkumar Ramachandra,
>> and I will all be in the Bay Area for the GSoC Reunion, October 23-26.
>>
>> I do not think we want to have a "real" conference, but I wonder if git
>> devs would have an interest in getting together for dinner or some
>> social time either right before or right after.
>>
>> I'm thinking it would probably be small-ish (<20 people), and primarily
>> just for people who work on git to talk to each other in person.
>
> I guess I'd be close enough to come.

I would be interested if its 23rd or before. I hop a plane to Germany on the 24th. :)

Jeff King· Sep 4, 2014, 02:56 UTC · re: Shawn Pearce · lore

Re: mini-GitTogether Oct 2014? (was: Next Git conference or meeting)

On Wed, Sep 03, 2014 at 07:19:45PM -0700, Shawn Pearce wrote:

> I would be interested if its 23rd or before. I hop a plane to Germany
> on the 24th. :)

On the 23rd (Thursday), there's a GSoC welcome reception. We could do something in the afternoon, or something in the evening on Wednesday the 22nd.

Are people allergic to coming up to San Francisco? It would probably be easier for me to get GitHub to organize something up there, but if everybody is already in the valley, it may be easier to do it down there.

I guess maybe the simplest thing is to take a poll. People can email me off-list and I'll report the results.

Imagine I am booking a restaurant or similar venue for say, 4 hours. There will be food and drinks, and gits will wander around and talk to each other. Please tell me:

  1. If you are interested in coming.

  2. What days/times work. The options are:

     a. Wed, Oct 22, evening
     b. Thu, Oct 23, afternoon
     c. Sun, Oct 26, evening

  3. Where you are coming from (i.e., where would it be most convenient
     to hold it; SF, MTV, San Jose, etc).

If there's sufficient interest and agreement on times, I can look into booking something. Please limit this to people who are git contributors. I will not be picky about reading your shortlog output, but I would prefer to keep it to members of the development community, not just random git users.

-Peff