[diversity] Is our meeting time working?

[Justin W. Flory]

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=                           Quick Summary                             =
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(1) Would changing the meeting time help attendance?
(2) Would lengthening the meeting by 30min help productivity?
(3) Are there other ways we can improve our meetings?
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Hey everyone,

During our meeting today, we had a brief discussion towards the end
about our meeting times and whether they are effective. For the past few
meetings after the FAD, activity hasn't been consistent. In February,
our meetings had seven attendees, but across March and April so far, our
meetings have been between 3-5 active participants.

The past few months have been busy for a lot of people for different
reasons, but we were thinking it might be helpful to check in and see
what people are thinking about the existing meeting time. Would it be
helpful to move it to a different day or time? Is there something that
would help make the meeting time more accessible?

We were thinking two things today in the meeting:

(1) Possibly finding a new time
  (2) Extending meeting time slot by 30 minutes

We're most effective when we have active participation and we have
sufficient time to cover our topics. We would be interested to know what
you all think about this and if a new time would work well. If you have
any other feedback on how to make our meetings more accessible or
engaging? Please let us know your thoughts. :)

Thanks!

[diversity] Re: Is our meeting time working?

[Radka Janekova]

I find irc meetings about some of these things to be a little bit of an
obstacle at times, maybe considering bluejeans meeting about the more
difficult topics could help too? (Just throwing in an idea...)

As far as my availability goes, I'm okay with the day and the time.

Best regards,
Radka

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*Radka Janeková*
*[e-mail] *

On Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 2:37 PM, Justin W. Flory  wrote:
> =======================================================================
> =                           Quick Summary                             =
> =======================================================================
> (1) Would changing the meeting time help attendance?
> (2) Would lengthening the meeting by 30min help productivity?
> (3) Are there other ways we can improve our meetings?
> =======================================================================
>
> Hey everyone,
>
> During our meeting today, we had a brief discussion towards the end
> about our meeting times and whether they are effective. For the past few
> meetings after the FAD, activity hasn't been consistent. In February,
> our meetings had seven attendees, but across March and April so far, our
> meetings have been between 3-5 active participants.
>
> The past few months have been busy for a lot of people for different
> reasons, but we were thinking it might be helpful to check in and see
> what people are thinking about the existing meeting time. Would it be
> helpful to move it to a different day or time? Is there something that
> would help make the meeting time more accessible?
>
> We were thinking two things today in the meeting:
>
> (1) Possibly finding a new time
>   (2) Extending meeting time slot by 30 minutes
>
> We're most effective when we have active participation and we have
> sufficient time to cover our topics. We would be interested to know what
> you all think about this and if a new time would work well. If you have
> any other feedback on how to make our meetings more accessible or
> engaging? Please let us know your thoughts. :)
>
> Thanks!
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Justin W. Flory
> [e-mail]
>
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> To unsubscribe send an email to [e-mail]

[diversity] Re: Is our meeting time working?

[Amita]

On 04/06/2017 11:32 PM, Radka Janekova wrote:
> I find irc meetings about some of these things to be a little bit of 
> an obstacle at times, maybe considering bluejeans meeting about the 
> more difficult topics could help too? (Just throwing in an idea...)
>
> As far as my availability goes, I'm okay with the day and the time.

I liked the idea (a lot). Lets do it in this way -

1. We start meeting on IRC
2. Give out link of blue jeans so that anyone can join in
3. We will record the meeting in Blue jeans (which can serve as logs)
4. We will take note/write down (major highlights of meeting) on IRC as 
well during the discussion
5. We will publish blue jeans recording link and the IRC notes as 
meeting MOM.

If this works for everyone, lets make it a practice for every alternate 
meeting.

Thanks,
Amita
> Best regards,
> Radka
>
> *Radka Janeková*
> *[e-mail] *
>
> On Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 2:37 PM, Justin W. Flory <[e-mail] 
> > wrote:
> =======================================================================
> =                           Quick Summary            =
> =======================================================================
> (1) Would changing the meeting time help attendance?
> (2) Would lengthening the meeting by 30min help productivity?
> (3) Are there other ways we can improve our meetings?
> =======================================================================
>
> Hey everyone,
>
> During our meeting today, we had a brief discussion towards the end
> about our meeting times and whether they are effective. For the
> past few
> meetings after the FAD, activity hasn't been consistent. In February,
> our meetings had seven attendees, but across March and April so
> far, our
> meetings have been between 3-5 active participants.
>
> The past few months have been busy for a lot of people for different
> reasons, but we were thinking it might be helpful to check in and see
> what people are thinking about the existing meeting time. Would it be
> helpful to move it to a different day or time? Is there something that
> would help make the meeting time more accessible?
>
> We were thinking two things today in the meeting:
>
>   (1) Possibly finding a new time
>   (2) Extending meeting time slot by 30 minutes
>
> We're most effective when we have active participation and we have
> sufficient time to cover our topics. We would be interested to
> know what
> you all think about this and if a new time would work well. If you
> have
> any other feedback on how to make our meetings more accessible or
> engaging? Please let us know your thoughts. :)
>
> Thanks!
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Justin W. Flory
> [e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]>
>
>
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[diversity] Re: Is our meeting time working?

[Justin W. Flory]

On 04/07/2017 04:54 AM, Amita wrote:
> On 04/06/2017 11:32 PM, Radka Janekova wrote:
> > I find irc meetings about some of these things to be a little bit of
> > an obstacle at times, maybe considering bluejeans meeting about the
> > more difficult topics could help too? (Just throwing in an idea...)
> >
> > As far as my availability goes, I'm okay with the day and the time.
>
> I liked the idea (a lot). Lets do it in this way -
> We start meeting on IRC
> Give out link of blue jeans so that anyone can join in
> We will record the meeting in Blue jeans (which can serve as logs)
> We will take note/write down (major highlights of meeting) on IRC as
>
> well during the discussion
> 5. We will publish blue jeans recording link and the IRC notes as
> meeting MOM.
>
> If this works for everyone, lets make it a practice for every alternate
> meeting.
>
> Thanks,
> Amita

I like this outline too, and it also ensures that we are still
documenting important points via IRC too. So long as we actively
remember to add important notes into IRC, I see this as a good
compromise too, for people who may want to participate but are limited
by bandwidth for an audio/video call.

I suggest we make this change for the May 3rd meeting (and also adjust
our time back to 12:00 UTC, starting on April 19). I will adjust the
time in Fedocal for this now.
> > Best regards,
> > Radka
> >
> > *Radka Janeková*
> > *[e-mail] *
> >
> > On Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 2:37 PM, Justin W. Flory <[e-mail]
> > > wrote:
> > =======================================================================
> > =                           Quick Summary                         
> >    =
> > =======================================================================
> > (1) Would changing the meeting time help attendance?
> > (2) Would lengthening the meeting by 30min help productivity?
> > (3) Are there other ways we can improve our meetings?
> > =======================================================================
> >
> > Hey everyone,
> >
> > During our meeting today, we had a brief discussion towards the end
> > about our meeting times and whether they are effective. For the
> > past few
> > meetings after the FAD, activity hasn't been consistent. In February,
> > our meetings had seven attendees, but across March and April so
> > far, our
> > meetings have been between 3-5 active participants.
> >
> > The past few months have been busy for a lot of people for different
> > reasons, but we were thinking it might be helpful to check in and see
> > what people are thinking about the existing meeting time. Would it be
> > helpful to move it to a different day or time? Is there something that
> > would help make the meeting time more accessible?
> >
> > We were thinking two things today in the meeting:
> >
> >   (1) Possibly finding a new time
> >   (2) Extending meeting time slot by 30 minutes
> >
> > We're most effective when we have active participation and we have
> > sufficient time to cover our topics. We would be interested to
> > know what
> > you all think about this and if a new time would work well. If you
> > have
> > any other feedback on how to make our meetings more accessible or
> > engaging? Please let us know your thoughts. :)
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > --
> > Cheers,
> > Justin W. Flory
> > [e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]>
> >
> >
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