Good point, Dmitri! In one of the "Things to Note" in the proposal, I listed that we will have to prepare AV for breakouts. Most offices provide this sort of functionality or we could have a laptop set up with Google Meet. It will be less interactive for those virtual, but they will still be able to participate. I can coordinate this with the folks at Snowflake on the way that we could do that.
Go community, Adam On Mon, Dec 1, 2025 at 11:55 AM Dmitri Bourlatchkov <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > > I see that the Luma page offers online participation. How is it going to > work with breakouts? > > Thanks, > Dmitri. > > On Mon, Dec 1, 2025 at 10:53 AM Adam Christian < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Thanks, Yufei! I completely agree with your thoughts. > > > > When I have run discussions like this previously, we tried to "rightsize" > > our breakout sessions to ensure that at least 5 people were in each room. > > This allows for in-depth back-and-forth which, in my opinion, is the > whole > > point of getting together in-person. > > > > Go community, > > > > Adam > > > > On Wed, Nov 26, 2025 at 2:05 PM Yufei Gu <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi Adam, > > > > > > Thanks a lot for putting this together! I really appreciate the effort > to > > > make the sprint more interactive and democratic. It’s great that > everyone > > > gets a chance to chime in and surface topics they care about. > > > > > > One small thought: if the final number of topics ends up being fairly > > > limited, breakout sessions may not be strictly necessary. We have > enough > > > time, about 6 hours, and some topics may deserve everyone's attention. > > > Also, while broad participation is great, we might consider lightly > > > curating the final topic list to ensure the discussions stay focused > and > > > high-value for the group. > > > > > > Overall, the direction looks great to me. Thanks again for driving > this! > > > > > > Yufei > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Nov 25, 2025 at 9:28 AM Adam Christian < > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Howdy folks! > > > > > > > > I am excited about the Polaris Community Sprint coming up on Dec 16th > > > [1]. > > > > I wanted to propose an agenda and solicit feedback. You can find my > > > > proposal here [2]. I believe there are pros & cons for this approach: > > > > > > > > Pros: > > > > - It's more democratic for the folks attending because participants > are > > > > able to vote on what they want to hear. > > > > - It's more interactive than just a lecture-and-questions approach. > > > > - Participants can choose where they spend their time. > > > > - Sessions are of a sizeable length to speak in-depth about topics. > > > > > > > > Cons: > > > > - It's a bit harder for facilitators to organize as it requires some > > > > organization. > > > > > > > > [1] - https://luma.com/wqh2mqxx?tk=DLj5yC > > > > [2] - > > > > > > > > > > > > > > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XEcwlxfuDGS4oupUzlz-sYdqLFD-mcslD1gSYET8Xeo/edit?tab=t.0 > > > > > > > > What do y'all think? > > > > > > > > Go community, > > > > > > > > Adam > > > > > > > > > >
