Good idea. Thanks Veena. Let me look into how this is done for Apache Kafka and may be we can adopt/adapt their approach for sqoop If you have ideas on how to adopt/adapt this for Sqoop, that is also good. (may be a topic for the Kick off meeting!)
Thanks Venkat On 3/9/15, 7:34 AM, "Veena Basavaraj" <[email protected]> wrote: >+1. > >Venkat, > >A request if we can incorporate ( Not sure if this is the best way I >should >bring this up, kindly let me know if there is formal way to propose this >in >the apache forum). Apache Kafka team has a format for discussing new >topics >via Kafka Improvement Proposals. This provides the meeting members to read >through the topic and its proposals before the hangout/ meeting. Can we >also consider doing this? > > > >On 6 March 2015 at 22:22, Venkat Ranganathan ><[email protected]> >wrote: > >> Dear contributors of the Sqoop community. Subsequent to earlier >> discussions we had, please see the following that describes the approach >> for Sqoop contributor meetings. >> >> >> I am proposing the following for a vote. Please vote on this. The voting >> will run for 7 days and will end on EOD Mar 14, 2015. >> >> >> Venkat Ranganathan and Jarek Jarcec Cecho (Sqoop PMC Members)? >> >> >> === >> >> >> >> Sqoop contributor meetings: >> >> >> Goal : Foster faster contributions and easier discussions. >> >> >> Reasoning: We've seen regular contributors meetups quite helpful in >>order >> communities (Hive, Parquet to name a few), so we would like to try them >>out >> in Sqoop as well. >> >> >> Frequency: The proposal is to meet roughly once in 4 weeks. >> >> >> Duration of each meeting: 60-120 minutes >> >> >> Meeting Place: We'll host Google hangout, so that everyone can join. We >> will also look at hosting these events in companies so that contributors >> can get to know each other and enjoy some drinks and food also! >> >> >> Meeting topics: Contributors can send the topics of interest to the >> mailing list. It may be as simple as a JIRA ticket id or some >> presentation about usage/experience. Topics for the meetings will be >> selected and agenda sent out at least 3 days before the meetings >>There >> can be ad-hoc topics for discussions if there is enough time. >> >> >> Followup: Minutes and action items will be captured and sent to the >> mailing list. >> >> >> === >> >> >> > > >-- >Regards >vybs
