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

[Simon Glass]

Hi Marek,

On Mon, 20 May 2019 at 06:11, Marek Vasut <marek.vasut at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 5/20/19 2:04 PM, Simon Glass wrote:
> > 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.
>
> Did we agree whether it's gonna be text or audio/video ? I would prefer
> the former (text) ...

I think audio/video with text as well. We could even keep a shared doc
for people to type into while talking. I use that in meetings quite a
bit and it helps with language (and for a record of what was
discussed, web links, etc).

How about we try it and see?

Regards,
Simon