+1 Let’s do it. > On Jan 24, 2023, at 11:24 AM, David Smiley <dsmi...@apache.org> wrote: > > We already have a precedent of using Confluence for meeting notes. Here's > the last one: > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/SOLR/2022-05-10+Meeting+notes > > An email that occurs per meeting would be good to remind folks that there's > about to be another meeting within a day or two, say. It should include a > link to this Confluence doc. I don't think a post-meeting email is > necessary, unlike the previous meetings I've done. Ideally the host > updates the doc to mention some topics discussed and some attendees but I > could understand if the new low-formality approach means this may not > happen. > > ~ David Smiley > Apache Lucene/Solr Search Developer > http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidwsmiley > > > On Tue, Jan 24, 2023 at 11:13 AM Jason Gerlowski <gerlowsk...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Awesome - sounds there's definitely some general interest. (Though the >> details need some hashing out.) >> >>> I'm wondering if bi-weekly is a bit ambitious? >> >> It might be. Maybe monthly is a better starting point. My hope was >> that making the meetings reasonably frequent would cut down on the >> pressure folks might feel to show up to any particular meeting. But >> maybe bi-weekly is ambitious to start. Let's say "monthly" then. >> >>> Who will host them all? >> >> I'm happy to volunteer, since I brought it up. In my mind that'd >> mostly involve (1) setting up a Zoom or Google Hangouts meeting, (2) >> sending a reminder email here a few days in advance with a video >> conferencing link, and then (3) opening up the meeting when the time >> comes. >> >>> Do you have experience with "no-agenda" meetings elsewhere? >> >> I guess? I've worked at a few places now where the search team holds >> some form of "office hours" where folks might come with some PR >> needing review or some question to discuss, or they might show up >> "empty handed" just to hang out and learn from the discussions that >> others are having. And, even less formally, I'd point to the sort of >> informal hallway conversations that we all have when we have with our >> coworkers at work, or others in the community at conferences. Those >> were the two models that I guess I had in mind. >> >> That said - I appreciate how not having an agenda to advertise in >> advance makes it harder for folks deciding how to use their time. If >> folks prefer having a loose list of topics, let's do that. If the >> host sends out a reminder email a few days in advance, people planning >> to attend could advertise their suggested topic on that thread? Or a >> Google sheet or Confluence or anything else would work too. No real >> opinion on that. >> >> Best, >> >> Jason >> >> >> On Tue, Jan 24, 2023 at 6:01 AM Noble Paul <noble.p...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Even if we can get together once a month, that should be great. >>> >>> Let's keep a google sheets to fill up items that we need to discuss . We >>> can just pick up the top items to discuss? >>> >>> On Tue, Jan 24, 2023 at 9:17 PM Jan Høydahl <jan....@cominvent.com> >> wrote: >>> >>>> Kudos for the initiative. Light-weight is always good, and high >> frequency >>>> makes it more light weight.. >>>> >>>> I'm wondering if bi-weekly is a bit ambitious? Who will host them all? >>>> While no agenda is low-maintenance, it also makes it hard for community >>>> members to choose which meetings they want to attend if they need to >> pick >>>> just a few? Do you have experience with "no-agenda" meetings elsewhere? >>>> >>>> Being a large distributed community, it would also be nice to spread >> the >>>> meetings across differnet week-days and time zones. One natural way to >> do >>>> that would be to assign a host for each meeting ahead of time, and let >> the >>>> host choose a suitable time in his/her own TZ without feeling they >> need to >>>> stay up at night to be "inclusive". Or is the number of U.S. community >>>> members simply so large that every meeting should at least be within >> the >>>> daytime hours of both west- and east coast? >>>> >>>> Jan >>>> >>>>> 23. jan. 2023 kl. 20:29 skrev Jason Gerlowski <gerlowsk...@gmail.com >>> : >>>>> >>>>> What would everyone here think about having some sort of semi-regular >>>>> virtual "meetup" for committers/community-members? >>>>> >>>>> We've done something similar to this with the "committers meetings" >>>>> that've been held in the past. Those work great, but I know David >> has >>>>> said they're a lot of work to put together. I've been wondering >>>>> whether a more impromptu, less-organized format might support >>>>> interested folks meeting up more often. >>>>> >>>>> Here's a strawman suggestion to build from: let's set up a standing >>>>> time when folks could hop on a Google Hangout (Zoom?) every two >> weeks. >>>>> There'd be no agenda in-advance - folks could come with a question or >>>>> a topic in mind, or just to chat with folks they haven't seen in >>>>> awhile or to hear what others are working on. If the group is large >>>>> enough we could do breakout rooms (or something similar). >>>>> >>>>> If there's interest I'd be willing to set up a trial-run with a few >>>>> folks later this week, say, Thursday at 3 (ET). Or, alternately, we >>>>> could refine the idea for a bit and do a trial run in a few weeks. >>>>> Curious what folks think! >>>>> >>>>> Best, >>>>> >>>>> Jason >>>>> >>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@solr.apache.org >>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@solr.apache.org >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@solr.apache.org >>>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@solr.apache.org >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> ----------------------------------------------------- >>> Noble Paul >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@solr.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@solr.apache.org >> >>
_______________________ Eric Pugh | Founder & CEO | OpenSource Connections, LLC | 434.466.1467 | http://www.opensourceconnections.com <http://www.opensourceconnections.com/> | My Free/Busy <http://tinyurl.com/eric-cal> Co-Author: Apache Solr Enterprise Search Server, 3rd Ed <https://www.packtpub.com/big-data-and-business-intelligence/apache-solr-enterprise-search-server-third-edition-raw> This e-mail and all contents, including attachments, is considered to be Company Confidential unless explicitly stated otherwise, regardless of whether attachments are marked as such.
