Re: Meetings Suggestion

[Willie Walker <William Walker Sun COM>]

This is a great suggestion Bryen and we can try it out on Monday.

I apologize for the technical discussions on the last couple meetings - 
we had the magnification people on the line and we really needed to hash 
out some ideas in order to get people the info they need to develop a 
proposal for the GOPA magnification task.

I'd also like to see this turn into a community meeting, where people 
from the community can drive the direction and content.  Do you have 
suggestions for topics for up coming meetings, and would you be willing 
to volunteer to test the waters with a schedule on the WIKI?

Will

Bryen wrote:
> I think our first two meetings have certainly proven that our weekly
> meetings have great potential.  I'm looking forward to the success of
> our gatherings.
>
> One point of concern I have.  Each meeting so far has pretty much
> focused on one technical topic.  The reason being of course is because
> those particular topics generally do require that amount of attention.
> My concern is that if we want our community to grow, we need to ensure
> that adequate time is given to general topics, tasks, and issues.
>
> For example, we still haven't really talked much about GOPA yet.
>
> If we continue the current trend and it becomes standard precedent, then
> we run the risk of alienating newcomers and such.  It could be weeks
> before a meeting with a topic or focus that interests a particular
> person or persons comes up.  That's a good way to lose potential
> supporters.
>
> So, for future meetings, I propose two possible solutions:
> 1)  For each meeting, we dedicate 1/2 hour to a particular technical
> topic/theme, and the other 1/2 hour on general topics.
>
> or
>
> 2)  Have a general meeting each week and a separate technical topic
> meeting another time that week.  
>
> In both options, we try to pre-determine the meeting's technical topic,
> at a previous meeting so that we can have time to bring in relevant
> experts on that topic.  Perhaps we can create a schedule on the wiki so
> we can plan several weeks' topics in advance?