Its a +1 from me, however this model will be only successful if we diligently provide component updates.<span></span><br><br>On Tuesday 25 October 2016, Kaushal M <<a href="mailto:kshlmster@gmail.com">kshlmster@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 11:46 AM, Kaushal M <<a href="javascript:;" onclick="_e(event, 'cvml', 'kshlmster@gmail.com')">kshlmster@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> On Thu, Oct 20, 2016 at 8:09 PM, Amye Scavarda <<a href="javascript:;" onclick="_e(event, 'cvml', 'amye@redhat.com')">amye@redhat.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> On Thu, Oct 20, 2016 at 7:06 AM, Kaushal M <<a href="javascript:;" onclick="_e(event, 'cvml', 'kshlmster@gmail.com')">kshlmster@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>> Hi All,<br>
>>><br>
>>> Our weekly community meetings have become mainly one hour of status<br>
>>> updates. This just drains the life out of the meeting, and doesn't<br>
>>> encourage new attendees to speak up.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Let's try and change this. For the next meeting lets try skipping<br>
>>> updates all together and instead just dive into the 'Open floor' part<br>
>>> of the meeting.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Let's have the updates to the regular topics be provided by the<br>
>>> regular owners before the meeting. This could either be through<br>
>>> sending out emails to the mailing lists, or updates entered into the<br>
>>> meeting etherpad[1]. As the host, I'll make sure to link to these<br>
>>> updates when the meeting begins, and in the meeting minutes. People<br>
>>> can view these updates later in their own time. People who need to<br>
>>> provide updates on AIs, just update the etherpad[1]. It will be<br>
>>> visible from there.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Now let's move why I addressed this mail to this large and specific<br>
>>> set of people. The people who have been directly addressed are the<br>
>>> owners of the regular topics. You all are expected, before the next<br>
>>> meeting, to either,<br>
>>> - Send out an update on the status for the topic you are responsible<br>
>>> for to the mailing lists, and then link to it on the the etherpad<br>
>>> - or, provide you updates directly in the etherpad.<br>
>>> Please make sure you do this without fail.<br>
>>> If you do have anything to discuss, add it to the "Open floor" section.<br>
>>> Also, if I've missed out anyone in the addressed list, please make<br>
>>> sure they get this message too.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Anyone else who wants to share their updates, add it to the 'Other<br>
>>> updates' section.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Everyone else, go ahead and add anything you want to ask to the "Open<br>
>>> floor" section. Ensure to have your name with the topic you add<br>
>>> (etherpad colours are not reliable), and attend the meeting next week.<br>
>>> When your topic comes up, you'll have the floor.<br>
>>><br>
>>> I hope that this new format helps make our meetings more colourful and<br>
>>> lively.<br>
>>><br>
>>> As always, our community meetings will be held every Wednesday at<br>
>>> 1200UTC in #gluster-meeting on Freenode.<br>
>>> See you all there.<br>
>>><br>
>>> ~kaushal<br>
>>><br>
>>> [1]: <a href="https://public.pad.fsfe.org/p/gluster-community-meetings" target="_blank">https://public.pad.fsfe.org/p/<wbr>gluster-community-meetings</a><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> I really like this idea and am all in favor of color + liveliness.<br>
>> Let's give this new format three weeks or so, and we'll review around<br>
>> November 9th to see if we like this experiment.<br>
>> Fair?<br>
>> -- amye<br>
><br>
> Sounds good to me.<br>
><br>
<br>
Okay. We have one more day to the meeting, but I've yet to see any<br>
updates from all of you.<br>
Please ensure that you do this before the meeting tomorrow.<br>
<br>
>><br>
>> --<br>
>> Amye Scavarda | <a href="javascript:;" onclick="_e(event, 'cvml', 'amye@redhat.com')">amye@redhat.com</a> | Gluster Community Lead<br>
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