<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:courier new,monospace"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 9:25 AM, Flavio Percoco <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:flavio@redhat.com" target="_blank">flavio@redhat.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">On 08/27/2014 03:26 PM, Sean Dague wrote:<br>
> On 08/27/2014 08:51 AM, Thierry Carrez wrote:<br>
>> Hi everyone,<br>
>><br>
>> I've been thinking about what changes we can bring to the Design Summit<br>
>> format to make it more productive. I've heard the feedback from the<br>
>> mid-cycle meetups and would like to apply some of those ideas for Paris,<br>
>> within the constraints we have (already booked space and time). Here is<br>
>> something we could do:<br>
>><br>
>> Day 1. Cross-project sessions / incubated projects / other projects<br>
>><br>
>> I think that worked well last time. 3 parallel rooms where we can<br>
>> address top cross-project questions, discuss the results of the various<br>
>> experiments we conducted during juno. Don't hesitate to schedule 2 slots<br>
>> for discussions, so that we have time to come to the bottom of those<br>
>> issues. Incubated projects (and maybe "other" projects, if space allows)<br>
>> occupy the remaining space on day 1, and could occupy "pods" on the<br>
>> other days.<br>
>><br>
>> Day 2 and Day 3. Scheduled sessions for various programs<br>
>><br>
>> That's our traditional scheduled space. We'll have a 33% less slots<br>
>> available. So, rather than trying to cover all the scope, the idea would<br>
>> be to focus those sessions on specific issues which really require<br>
>> face-to-face discussion (which can't be solved on the ML or using spec<br>
>> discussion) *or* require a lot of user feedback. That way, appearing in<br>
>> the general schedule is very helpful. This will require us to be a lot<br>
>> stricter on what we accept there and what we don't -- we won't have<br>
>> space for courtesy sessions anymore, and traditional/unnecessary<br>
>> sessions (like my traditional "release schedule" one) should just move<br>
>> to the mailing-list.<br>
>><br>
>> Day 4. Contributors meetups<br>
>><br>
>> On the last day, we could try to split the space so that we can conduct<br>
>> parallel midcycle-meetup-like contributors gatherings, with no time<br>
>> boundaries and an open agenda. Large projects could get a full day,<br>
>> smaller projects would get half a day (but could continue the discussion<br>
>> in a local bar). Ideally that meetup would end with some alignment on<br>
>> release goals, but the idea is to make the best of that time together to<br>
>> solve the issues you have. Friday would finish with the design summit<br>
>> feedback session, for those who are still around.<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> I think this proposal makes the best use of our setup: discuss clear<br>
>> cross-project issues, address key specific topics which need<br>
>> face-to-face time and broader attendance, then try to replicate the<br>
>> success of midcycle meetup-like open unscheduled time to discuss<br>
>> whatever is hot at this point.<br>
>><br>
>> There are still details to work out (is it possible split the space,<br>
>> should we use the usual design summit CFP website to organize the<br>
>> "scheduled" time...), but I would first like to have your feedback on<br>
>> this format. Also if you have alternative proposals that would make a<br>
>> better use of our 4 days, let me know.<br>
><br>
> I definitely like this approach. I think it will be really interesting<br>
> to collect feedback from people about the value they got from days 2 & 3<br>
> vs. Day 4.<br>
><br>
> I also wonder if we should lose a slot from days 1 - 3 and expand the<br>
> hallway time. Hallway track is always pretty interesting, and honestly<br>
> at a lot of interesting ideas spring up. The 10 minute transitions often<br>
> seem to feel like you are rushing between places too quickly some times.<br>
<br>
</div></div>+1<br>
<br>
Last summit, it was basically impossible to do any hallway talking and<br>
even meet some folks face-2-face.<br>
<br>
Other than that, I think the proposal is great and makes sense to me.<br>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
Flavio<br>
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Flavio Percoco<br>
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</div></div></blockquote></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'courier new',monospace">Sounds like a great idea to me:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'courier new',monospace">
+1</div><br></div></div>