On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 1:40 PM, Joe Brockmeier <jzb(a)redhat.com> wrote:
On 02/15/2016 11:24 AM, Paul W. Frields wrote:
>
>>>> > >> Do we still want the keynotes in the mornings?
Traditionally, we've
>>>> > >> focused on bringing in external keynote speakers, but we
had a lot of
>>>> > >> difficulty doing this the last time we were in Europe. (It
is also
>>>> > >> unclear who is responsible for handling keynotes this year,
as it was my
>>>> > >> job in previous years.)
>>> > >
>>> > > Personally I would rather not use up valuable time on them, given
my
>>> > > earlier stance. It would be hypocritical of me to suggest fewer
>>> > > tracks and talks and then further eat into talk opportunities with
>>> > > more keynotes.
>>> > >
>>>> > >> Also, it seems unclear to me when the CFP closes (it is
open now).
>>> > >
>>> > > This was not nailed down, but we suggested a 6 week period would
be
>>> > > appropriate. I would suggest we use March 14 as a deadline. We
could
>>> > > optionally extend to April 1 (no joke) if needed, which is
>>> > > F-minus-4months for scheduling.
>>> > >
>>> > > Whatever deadline we choose, I volunteer to put out a F-Mag
>>> > > article and internal info about the deadline.
>> >
>> > We need to include the information about no votes. That wasn't
>> > included in the Flock announce. That also means we need to figure out
>> > our talk selection committee. Spot and I can probably do that.
>> >
>>>> > >> Paul, Matt, Remy, Jen, Joe, I'm looking at you to drive
answers to these
>>>> > >> questions.
>>> > >
>>> > > I'd like to see a weekly Flock planning meeting at this point.
We
>> >
>> > No meeting without a clear agenda. I'm not convinced we're going
to
>> > make progress on enough things to meet weekly yet. I'd suggest every
>> > other week. Or really, I'd suggest a weekly status email from people
>> > that own action items and only meet as a whole if there's something we
>> > cannot work on via email. We need action, not meetings.
> OK, I can concur with that. Main goal is momentum.
Silly Q - is there a Trac we can use for Flock?
Please do not make me use Trac. I will happily setup a Pagure project
with whatever you want in it and we can use issues there. Or I'll
stand up a bugzilla instance. Or a cantas or trello board. Or
literally anything other than trac.
josh