[U-Boot-Custodians] Monthly community meeting (Was: Re: (no subject))

[Marek Vasut]

On 4/24/19 6:31 PM, Alexey Brodkin wrote:
> Hi Marek, all,
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: U-Boot-Custodians <u-boot-custodians-bounces at lists.denx.de> On Behalf Of Marek Vasut
>> Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2019 6:35 PM
>> To: Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>
>> Cc: u-boot-custodians at lists.denx.de
>> Subject: Re: [U-Boot-Custodians] Monthly community meeting (Was: Re: (no subject))
>>
>> On 4/24/19 5:18 PM, Simon Glass wrote:
>>> On Mon, 22 Apr 2019 at 08:46, Marek Vasut <marek.vasut at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 4/22/19 4:24 PM, Tom Rini wrote:
>>>>> On Mon, Apr 15, 2019 at 01:38:12PM +0200, Marek Vasut wrote:
>>>>>> On 4/15/19 1:04 PM, Heinrich Schuchardt wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hello Tom,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I did not see any post concerning community meetings recently. Does today‘s meeting takes place?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I would prefer if there were regular meetings.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> +1 , except I'm not available on Monday afternoon (GMT), so probably not
>>>>>> Monday.
>>>>>
>>>>> Hey all,
>>>>>
>>>>> So there's been more than one request for a regular meeting, which I
>>>>> would be happy to host and even attempt to record.  The problem is
>>>>> finding a good time for the most folks, and my first attempt didn't fit
>>>>> enough people.  So, what are times people would like to try and meet,
>>>>> lets say monthly?
>>>>
>>>> I'm positively NOT available on Monday 3pm-8pm and Thursday 2pm-9pm GMT,
>>>> otherwise it's fine. Although, this is likely to change in June .
>>>>
>>>> That said, I'd rather prefer an IRC meeting than a telco, IRC is far
>>>> more accessible. Maybe if we could agree on discussion topics / agenda
>>>> slightly in advance via email, that would be good too.
>>>
>>> Can we do both? I feel that a telco / hangout / whatever is much
>>> better for discussion. I like video too!
>>
>> Keep in mind that not everyone is a native English speaker and the
>> language barrier is a problem for some. Text-based exchange helps a bit.
> 
> Agree, but we already have a lot of text-based communications and
> addition of voice & video (which for me IMHO is very optional as
> some people might attend from off-work hours from home/café etc) channel
> will be useful for quick sync-up and discussion of important and/or
> urgent questions.

What's the requirement here, audio/video or quick sync-up ? If the
former, I feel it's barring non-native speakers from easily
participating -- not everyone can readily jump into fast-paced
conversation in English. If the later, IRC does that quite well,
cfr #u-boot on freenode. Maybe we need some private channel for that.

-- 
Best regards,
Marek Vasut