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

[Simon Glass]

Hi,

On Mon, 29 Apr 2019 at 08:57, Neil Armstrong <narmstrong at baylibre.com> wrote:
>
> 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.

Is this meeting going ahead this month? I suggest it should have its
own web page on the U-Boot site.

Regards,
Simon