Re: Guix Days and FOSDEM 2021?

[Pjotr Prins]

Thanks Simon,

Can we test drive the rooms? Whoever can, just send Manolis and me a
private invite.

You have a good point with the TZs. I think we can do 3+4+3 hrs. 9
hours is more than I can handle ;).

A blog is a great idea. We can all help too once you have a draft.

Pj.

PS we have a great list of speakers for the real devroom. From near
and far :)

On Sat, Dec 12, 2020 at 02:57:30PM +0100, zimoun wrote:
> Hi Pjotr,
> 
> @Tobias: what about the meet.guix.gnu.org?  Is it doable for this event?
> 
> On Sat, 12 Dec 2020 at 11:44, Pjotr Prins <pjotr.public12@thebird.nl> wrote:
> 
> > We would like to use the conferencing system as we did last time, if
> > possible. Can it handle open entry - we'd like to have an open door
> > policy. Can it handle working groups? If not, we'll just split out
> > with Jitsy and have IRC as a fallback.
> 
> You mean the FOSSHost Jitsi instance, right?
> 
> Tobias has the admin power.  Julien, probably too.
> 
> To have an account, you need an invitation.  Once you have an account,
> you can create rooms.  IIUC.
> 
> I am currently using the instance to our weekly Outreachy meeting with a
> dedicated room.  So yes, it is appears to me possible to open as many
> rooms as you want.
> 
> About the policy, last time, we did “admin of the room should accept”,
> so Julien, Tobias and me (maybe more I am not aware) were clicking on
> people to allow them to enter in the room.  It can also be totally open.
> I have no opinion.
> 
> From the past event, the schedule which seems maximizing dev attendees
> is 14:00-18:00 CET (more or less).  This slot is ok for American
> timezones (USA, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, etc.) and for European
> timezones (France, Germany, UK, Belgium, etc.).
> 
> Therefore, instead of the proposed morning unconference then afternoon
> hacking+newcomer, I would split:
> 
>    hacking+newcomer – unconference – hacking+newcomer.
> 
> Assuming unconference is what we want that most people attend.
> 
> Well, proposing a 12 hours event where people attend to what they want /
> can depending on their timezone.  For example, synchronising with
> Chinese Peng Mei Yu <pengmeiyu@riseup.net> for the early morning and
> with American folks for the late evening.
> 
> One point that fails at the previous event is “taking note”.  Each
> session should have one secretary and then report, even ugly notes.  We
> are doing that at the IRL Guix Days–at least the 2 I attended–and it is
> a good and necessary practise.  We discussed it for the previous event
> but failed to implement it in the event.  It should be avoided this
> time. :-)
> 
> Last, I should prepare a blog post about the past event.  Boring and not
> fun task. :-) Since the initial motivation of this previous event was a
> repetition about the fringe FOSDEM Guix Days, it appears to me nice to
> end with the announce like “Schedule your Monday, Feb. 8th blablabla and
> stay tuned.”.  Well, since this task is blocking my agenda, I should
> send something about the previous event to review this week-end.  So,
> feel free to add anything which could be helpful for the next event.
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> simon
>