Dear ’Steppers,
First of all, thank you to everyone who took the time to respond!
It seems there isn’t just one reason for not attending the meeting, but rather
many different ones. What I’ve noticed, however, is that for some, the meeting
apparently brings back traumatic memories of meetings at work. That’s
definitely not the intention - the monthly GNUstep meeting is meant to be a
space for informal exchange and open discussion, a chance to catch up and share
ideas with one another. For my part, I’m always very interested in hearing what
others are currently working on. I also believe that this more direct form of
communication makes it easier to clear up misunderstandings that can arise in
written communication on the mailing list - for example, due to the lack of
tone, intonation, and voice. A frank conversation can sometimes work wonders!
Now for the second most important reason: the timing and the schedule. We’re
scattered all over the world - North America, Europe, Australia - each in our
own time zone. And most of us have jobs that keep us busy during the week.
That’s why the meeting was scheduled for a Saturday (the second Saturday of the
month), so that the meeting wouldn’t conflict with work. At least, that was the
intention. But if a majority now says they prefer a meeting on weekdays (Monday
through Friday), we should of course change that. Keep in mind, however, that
the end of the workday in Europe coincides with working hours in America, and
the same is true between America and Australia (which would then mean after
midnight for Europe).
Here’s what I suggest: it would be best if everyone could reply to this email
with their preferred days for the meeting, along with the time (please use
GMT!). We’ll figure out a compromise from there.
As for the meeting’s duration of about three hours, just to clarify: this is
meant to be a time frame during which you can drop by. I don’t expect anyone
(except maybe Greg) to be present for the entire three hours. There’s no
obligation here.
I’ll start by listing the times that work for me:
Friday, Saturday, Sunday: 4:00 PM – 8:00 PM GMT
Best regards,
Lars
> Am 15.06.2026 um 00:52 schrieb [email protected] via
> Discussion list for the GNUstep programming environment
> <[email protected]>:
>
> Hi fellow ’Steppers,
>
> we had our monthly meeting on Saturday, the recordings are here:
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=618e0qHJZV8
>
> it was very interesting, Greg showed some new apps and Joe did show his
> accomplishments working on NextBSD.
>
> It was a little sad that only three of us took part in the meeting. Why is
> that?
>
> - Is it because the meeting is too often, e.g. monthly? Would you have
> attended if it were only bi-monthly like some time ago?
> - Is it because the time of the year, I mean maybe you’re rather outside
> during summer time, enjoying the nice weather?
> - Is it because the meeting is to broadly announced now, should I stop
> posting announcements on reddit?
> - Is it because the meeting is to long, should we limit it to two or maybe
> one hour?
>
> what was your reason not to attend? Please let me know.
>
> kind regards,
>
> Lars
>
>> Am 10.06.2026 um 11:49 schrieb Gregory Casamento <[email protected]>:
>>
>> The monthly GNUstep audio/(video) call takes place every second Saturday of
>> a month at 15:00 GMT to 18:00 GMT. That is 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM EDT (US) or
>> 17:00 to 20:00 CEST (Berlin time).
>>
>> It's a Jitsi Meeting - Channel: GNUstepOfficial (Sorry, reddit don't let me
>> post jitsi links here)
>>
>> https://meet.jit.si/GNUstepOfficial
>>
>> We usually just talk (who wants it might share video too) and occasionally
>> share screens. Everybody (GNUstep developers and users) is welcome!
>>
>> --
>> Gregory Casamento
>> GNUstep Lead Developer / Black Lotus, Principal Consultant
>> http://www.gnustep.org <http://www.gnustep.org/> -
>> http://heronsperch.blogspot.com <http://heronsperch.blogspot.com/>
>> https://www.openhub.net/languages/objective_c
>
