Re: [Debconf-team] Meeting dates and times rhythm ?
Didier 'OdyX' Raboud <odyx@debian.org> writes:
> Hi all,
>
> as discussed during the last IRC meeting, here I am launching a discussion
> about the meeting rhythm and frequency.
>
> What is mostly agreed upon is the frequency: less than 30 days between
> meetings is good for now; it will necessary accelerate throughout the year.
>
> What is questionned though is the meeting time picking. For the last meetings,
> I have been sending (late) meeting time polls with a rather wide range of days
> (and a narrow range of hours though) and later (too late at times) picked the
> most popular meeting time and announced that.
>
> What do we want? Can we do better?
>
> Food for thought:
>
> a) What about picking a non-multiple-of-7 (such as 22) days offset between
> meetings so that the day-during-the-week rotates over time? (and stick to
> that).
I like this idea. I also think that 22 days is a good interval for now.
IMO more frequent but shorter meetings are more productive.
> b) What about picking the best time-in-the-week for me? (Thursday, 19:30 swiss
> time works for most of the weeks, but not all :-) ). More seriously, do we
> have a chance for a magical constant time-in-the-week?
If possible this is probably better than the rotating day system
suggested above. But I doubt we will find a day that pleases everyone.
> c) What about continuing with time polls for each meeting? Aka every potential
> meeting attendee has to fill a poll every month (or so).
I think that's a bad idea. It's a lot of effort just to find dates and
announce meetings.
> d) any other idea ?
What about the time? For me 1800UTC is good as well. And it was the
usual time of all the meetings this year. The question is, if there are
people that would like to attend but don't attend because of the time.
If you are in that camp, please speak up now and propose a time that
would suit you better.
If we can't find a time that suits everyone we could also adopt a
rotating scheme like for the day of the week.
Gaudenz
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