[diversity] Re: Is our meeting time working?

[Bhagyashree Uday]

+1 on audio/video meetings. It might help us resolve tickets or brainstorm
faster - like hack sessions perhaps. Maybe one of the two monthly meetings
could be in audio/video ?

Also, I wanted to attend the last meeting but since DST changed the
timezones it became tough i.e. if the meetings are at UTC 1200 the meeting
should always be at 1730 in India since India doesn't follow DST but last
meeting happened at 1630 due DST change. Anyway, 1730 works well for me
atleast for now but I am not sure about summer - will know in a few weeks.

Best
Bee

On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 11:42 PM, Justin W. Flory  wrote:
> On 04/06/2017 08:02 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...)
>
> Hmm, this is actually a pretty interesting idea. What if one of our two
> meetings a month was in an audio/video call format? I hadn't considered
> this, but it could actually enable us to be more productive on some of
> these issues that take a lot of time to work through.
>
> I'm open to this idea, but I also don't know how much my vote should
> count here since I'm only going to be able to make it for two or three
> more meetings until August.
> > As far as my availability goes, I'm okay with the day and the time.
> >
> > 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]>
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Justin W. Flory
> [e-mail]
>
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[Justin W. Flory]

On 04/06/2017 08:49 PM, Bhagyashree Uday wrote:
> +1 on audio/video meetings. It might help us resolve tickets or
> brainstorm faster - like hack sessions perhaps. Maybe one of the two
> monthly meetings could be in audio/video ?

If nobody objects to this, do we want to try doing this for the first
meeting of every month? So the next one would be 3 May when we try an
audio/video meeting?
> Also, I wanted to attend the last meeting but since DST changed the
> timezones it became tough i.e. if the meetings are at UTC 1200 the
> meeting should always be at 1730 in India since India doesn't follow DST
> but last meeting happened at 1630 due DST change. Anyway, 1730 works
> well for me atleast for now but I am not sure about summer - will know
> in a few weeks.

My schedule is flexible at the moment, so it won't be an issue for me to
shift back an hour forward in CET. I'm +1 for 12:00 UTC (or 14:00 CET
for me, Radka, Jona, and Brian).
> Best
> Bee
>
> On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 11:42 PM, Justin W. Flory <[e-mail]
> > wrote:
> On 04/06/2017 08:02 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...)
> >
>
> Hmm, this is actually a pretty interesting idea. What if one of our two
> meetings a month was in an audio/video call format? I hadn't considered
> this, but it could actually enable us to be more productive on some of
> these issues that take a lot of time to work through.
>
> I'm open to this idea, but I also don't know how much my vote should
> count here since I'm only going to be able to make it for two or three
> more meetings until August.
>
> > As far as my availability goes, I'm okay with the day and the time.
> >
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Radka
> >
> >
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > *Radka Janeková*
> > *[e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]>
> <mailto:[e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]>>*
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 2:37 PM, Justin W. Flory <[e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]>
> > <mailto:[e-mail] <mailto:[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]>
> <mailto:[e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]>>
> >
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Justin W. Flory
> [e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]>
>
>
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[A. Mani]

On Fri, Apr 7, 2017 at 12:19 AM, Bhagyashree Uday
 wrote:
> +1 on audio/video meetings. It might help us resolve tickets or brainstorm
> faster - like hack sessions perhaps. Maybe one of the two monthly meetings
> could be in audio/video ?

That would be harder for people.

Chat/IRC is more concrete.

Best

A Mani

Prof(Miss) A Mani
CU, ASL, AMS, ISRS, CLC, CMS, IEEE
HomePage: http://www.logicamani.in
Blog: http://logicamani.blogspot.in/
sip:[e-mail]

[Justin W. Flory]

On 04/06/2017 10:03 PM, A. Mani wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 7, 2017 at 12:19 AM, Bhagyashree Uday
>  wrote:
> > +1 on audio/video meetings. It might help us resolve tickets or brainstorm
> > faster - like hack sessions perhaps. Maybe one of the two monthly meetings
> > could be in audio/video ?
>
> That would be harder for people.
>
> Chat/IRC is more concrete.
>
> Best
>
> A Mani
>
> Prof(Miss) A Mani
> CU, ASL, AMS, ISRS, CLC, CMS, IEEE
> HomePage: http://www.logicamani.in
> Blog: http://logicamani.blogspot.in/
> sip:[e-mail]

The problem we're facing now is that we're having lower attendance in
our IRC meetings and we're also trying to fit a lot of content into an
hour. The suggestion to have audio/video meetings for one of our two
monthly meetings is a method for our team to have to have a chance to
collaborate and talk things over, in the same way that helped us in our FAD.

I understand accessibility with audio/video is a major concern, and this
is also something that completely varies by region / country too (for
quality of Internet). However, I think the balance of having one of the
two meetings being audio/video and one being on IRC is a flexible option
that lets us maximize the time we have together to be most effective,
but does keep our meetings accessible for those who prefer text-based
discussions.

Does this seem fair? Thanks for weighing in on this.