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

Simon Glass sjg at chromium.org
Mon May 20 14:27:08 UTC 2019


Hi Marek,

On Mon, 20 May 2019 at 06:59, Marek Vasut <marek.vasut at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 5/20/19 2:14 PM, Simon Glass wrote:
> > 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?
>
> AFAIR there were concerns about the language barrier before.
>
> I am fine with keeping some sort of log (etherpad?) though.

Yes understood, but those concerns should not prevent it happening at
all. Etherpad would be OK.

Regards,
Simon


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