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

[Neil Armstrong]

On 24/04/2019 18:55, Marek Vasut wrote:
> 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.
> 

Agreed, I don't feel confident enough to jump into a strong conversation
between native speaker, even more on a video call !
Having a text based backup can be useful !

I'll meet if the selected timeframe is available for me.

Neil