I agree with everything Jonathan has said and would like to add that the proposal to use Google+ alone shows that this is not about increasing participation. At UDS rooms can have anywhere from a few people to a large crowd actively engaging at once.
Google+ is limited to those who use the service and better yet hangouts are limited to 10 people at a time which means people will be excluded from the conversation to some degree. I do not think the assertion that this is to expand participation is valid but instead it seems like a cost saving measure that will have a negative impact on the community. On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 4:54 PM, Jonathan Riddell <[email protected]> wrote: > > I think this is a terrible shame. A virtual event will result in far > less focused sessions. It will also remove the important community > bonding aspect of UDS. > > An event with only a week's notice is pretty useless especially if it > clashes with significant dates like feature freeze. > > Robbie blogged recently about removing non-LTS releases ("rolling > release"). I wonder if this three month UDS frequency is part of > that. Removing non-LTS releases will remove a lot of what makes > Ubuntu a great community project, cadance has always been a hallmark > of Ubuntu. > > These are probably good moves for Canonical's need to move to working > with businesses and keeping its bank balance healthy but they're very > bad moves for Ubuntu as a community project. > > Jonathan > > -- > ubuntu-devel mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel -- Benjamin Kerensa http://benjaminkerensa.com "I am what I am because of who we all are" - Ubuntu -- ubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel
