Reminder, the October 1st deadline is approaching. We’re looking for at least a few RFEs (Requests For Enhancements) for this first forum, so if you’re interesting in promoting your RFE please reach out to one of us, or even here on the list.
Thanks, Kristy > On Sep 7, 2018, at 3:00 AM, Simon Thompson (Spectrum Scale User Group Chair) > <[email protected]> wrote: > > GPFS/Spectrum Scale Users, > > Here’s a long-ish note about our plans to try and improve the RFE process. > We’ve tried to include a tl;dr version if you just read the headers. You’ll > find the details underneath ;-) and reading to the end is ideal. > > IMPROVING THE RFE PROCESS > As you’ve heard on the list, and at some of the in-person User Group events, > we’ve been talking about ways we can improve the RFE process. We’d like to > begin having an RFE forum, and have it be de-coupled from the in-person > events because we know not everyone can travel. > > LIGHTNING PRESENTATIONS ON-LINE > In general terms, we’d have regular on-line events, where RFEs could be very > briefly (5 minutes, lightning talk) presented by the requester. There would > then be time for brief follow-on discussion and questions. The session would > be recorded to deal with large time zone differences. > > The live meeting is planned for October 10th 2018, at 4PM BST (that should be > 11am EST if we worked is out right!) > > FOLLOW UP POLL > A poll, independent of current RFE voting, would be conducted a couple days > after the recording was available to gather votes and feedback on the RFEs > submitted —we may collect site name, to see how many votes are coming from a > certain site. > > MAY NOT GET IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME > We view this supplemental RFE process as organic, that is, we’ll learn as we > go and make modifications. The overall goal here is to highlight the RFEs > that matter the most to the largest number of UG members by providing a venue > for people to speak about their RFEs and collect feedback from fellow > community members. > > RFE PRESENTERS WANTED, SUBMISSION DEADLINE OCTOBER 1ST > We’d like to guide a small handful of RFE submitters through this process the > first time around, so if you’re interested in being a presenter, let us know > now. We’re planning on doing the online meeting and poll for the first time > in mid-October, so the submission deadline for your RFE is October 1st. If > it’s useful, when you’re drafting your RFE feel free to use the list as a > sounding board for feedback. Often sites have similar needs and you may find > someone to collaborate with on your RFE to make it useful to more sites, and > thereby get more votes. Some guidelines are here: > https://drive.google.com/file/d/1o8nN39DTU32qj_EFia5wRhnvfvNfr3cI/view?usp=sharing > > <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1o8nN39DTU32qj_EFia5wRhnvfvNfr3cI/view?usp=sharing> > > You can submit you RFE by email to: [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > PARTICIPANTS (AKA YOU!!), VIEW AND VOTE > We are seeking very good participation in the RFE on-line events needed to > make this an effective method of Spectrum Scale Community and IBM Developer > collaboration. It is to your benefit to participate and help set priorities > on Spectrum Scale enhancements!! We want to make this process light lifting > for you as a participant. We will limit the duration of the meeting to 1 > hour to minimize the use of your valuable time. > > Please register for the online meeting via Eventbrite > (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/spectrum-scale-request-for-enhancements-voting-tickets-49979954389 > > <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/spectrum-scale-request-for-enhancements-voting-tickets-49979954389>) > – we’ll send details of how to join the online meeting nearer the time. > > Thanks! > > Simon, Kristy, Bob, Bryan and Carl! > > _______________________________________________ > gpfsug-discuss mailing list > gpfsug-discuss at spectrumscale.org <http://spectrumscale.org/> > http://gpfsug.org/mailman/listinfo/gpfsug-discuss > <http://gpfsug.org/mailman/listinfo/gpfsug-discuss>
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