<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Tue, Dec 4, 2018 at 9:47 AM Thierry Carrez <<a href="mailto:thierry@openstack.org">thierry@openstack.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi,<br>
<br>
A while ago, the Technical Committee designated specific hours in the <br>
week where members would make extra effort to be around on #openstack-tc <br>
on IRC, so that community members looking for answers to their questions <br>
or wanting to engage can find a time convenient for them and a critical <br>
mass of TC members around. We currently have 3 weekly spots:<br>
<br>
- 09:00 UTC on Tuesdays<br>
- 01:00 UTC on Wednesdays<br>
- 15:00 UTC on Thursdays<br>
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But after a few months it appears that:<br>
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1/ nobody really comes on channel at office hour time to ask questions. <br>
We had a questions on the #openstack-tc IRC channel, but I wouldn't say <br>
people take benefit of the synced time<br>
<br>
2/ some office hours (most notably the 01:00 UTC on Wednesdays, but also <br>
to a lesser extent the 09:00 UTC on Tuesdays) end up just being a couple <br>
of TC members present<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Conversely, office hours are relatively low bandwidth, IMO. Unless there is an active discussion, I'm usually working on something else and checking the channel intermittently. That said, I don't think it's a huge inconveince to monitor the channel for an hour in the event someone does swing by.</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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So the schedule is definitely not reaching its objectives, and as such <br>
may be a bit overkill. I was also wondering if this is not a case where <br>
the offer is hurting the demand -- by having so many office hour spots <br>
around, nobody considers them special.<br>
<br>
Should we:<br>
<br>
- Reduce office hours to one or two per week, possibly rotating times<br>
<br>
- Dump the whole idea and just encourage people to ask questions at any <br>
time on #openstack-tc, and get asynchronous answers<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I completely agree that we should encourage people to come talk to us at any time, but I think office hours hold us accountable for being present. We're doing our part by making sure we're available.</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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- Keep it as-is, it still has the side benefit of triggering spikes of <br>
TC member activity </blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Thoughts ?<br>
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-- <br>
Thierry Carrez (ttx)<br>
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