Howdy y'all, It's about 3 hours until we have our first Polaris Community Sprint! Starting at 1:30 PM PT, we will have an open forum on Polaris! Come vote on a topic & join the discussion!
You can find the agenda and the breakout room links here in the agenda: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XEcwlxfuDGS4oupUzlz-sYdqLFD-mcslD1gSYET8Xeo/edit See you soon! Go community, Adam On Mon, Dec 1, 2025, 12:00 PM Adam Christian < [email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> > > > >> > > >> > >> >
