I have to say I am opposed as well. IMHO a telecon is not fair to those
who live in places where the time is not convenient. There are also
folks who are contributors who may not be able to engage in a such a
call because their jobs do not allow them to take part (rules using
phones, job duties, etc).
Although this may be an additional way to communicate with the
community, many folks may not have the opportunity to participate, and I
am not sure that it is community oriented. With our lists, there is no
barrier to engaging and contribution.
Just my .02.
Jeff
Sachin Patel wrote:
I'm a little surprised that this got shutdown so quickly. :) Whats the
harm in attempting one or two calls to see how they go? Now I'm not a
huge fan of conference calls either, but it very well may turn out to be
extremely effective. Just because it wasn't a positive experience in
the past doesn't mean that it won't be effective for this community :).
The Eclipse Web Tools project has weekly telecons open to anyone in the
community, and after discussing with a few of their attendees they
provided me with positive feedback. Their primary use of it is to open
and follow up with action items for people and it was much easier to do
this on a call rather then a dev list. The minutes of the meeting are
then posted on the dev list.
I personally think the more ways to communicate with the community, the
better. So +1 from me for atleast trying it out once.
Thats my take :)
Sachin
Alan D. Cabrera wrote:
Rodent of Unusual Size wrote, On 10/29/2005 1:57 PM:
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Matt Hogstrom wrote:
I love an e-mail that elicites opinions :)
Ok, I give. I personally hate typing and was looking for an
alternative
for folks. Sounds like there is moderate interest and strong
disdain so
I'll withdraw the proposal.
I think I was the only one strongly opposed, and I was
expressing my opinion based on experience. Anything that
excludes people as a matter of principle isn't good. I
think making it an institutional thing is a really bad
idea. If everyone else thinks it's grand, go ahead --
but review occasionally to make sure everyone still
feels that way as new people join the list. :-)
You are not the only one who is strongly opposed. I also am opposed
to this. (sorry about the tardy reply, we're in the process of moving)
Regards,
Alan
