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Excerpts from Thierry Carrez's message of 2016-10-11 14:04:55 +0200:
> Clint Byrum wrote:
> 
> > Whatever we do, please consider dismantling the silos, rather than
> > reinforcing them.
> 
> We do dismantle the silos. (1) the upstream silos between vertical and
> horizontal teams, by setting up different timeframes in the PTG week for
> both, allowing and encouraging people to participate in both. (2) the
> silos between upstream and downstream, by making sure that upstream devs
> are no longer bunkered in team rooms during the summit week, and more
> available to engage with and listen to the rest of the community. The
> whole idea behind splitting the design summit into two events is to
> remove the conflicts between getting things done and listening to
> others, by setting clear separated times for each.
> 

That's fair, and I can see why it's being done this way. I do think
it will deepen some of our communication problems, but there are other
efforts to address those, so maybe we'll find a balance.

Since there seems to be broad based resistance to time boxing anything
project specific, I'd like to propose a compromise: I'd like to ask that
teams allow people to add their IRC nick to the agenda items they'd like
to be included in, and at the beginning of a topic, courtesy pings go
out. No need to block the discussion on that person arriving or not,
but just give them a heads up that it is happening so they can join or
watch the notes.