<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 11:01 AM, Jonathan Proulx <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jon@csail.mit.edu" target="_blank">jon@csail.mit.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
Let me restate the question a bit as I think I'm hearing two different<br>
responses that may be getting conflated.<br>
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Option 1: There's a single Ops Midcycle that shifts around and we<br>
look at ways to increase remote participation. (obviously this doesn't<br>
preclude other meetups)<br>
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Option 2: There are multiple Ops Meetups around midcycle (presumably<br>
starting with North America, Asia, and Europe) and we look at ways of<br>
coordinationg those re reduce duplication of effort any synthesis of<br>
results.<br>
<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Hey all, I wanted to point to a bit of data from last year when I interviewed a bunch of teams about their midcycles. </div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.openstack.org/blog/2014/12/studying-midcycle-sprints-and-meetings/">http://www.openstack.org/blog/2014/12/studying-midcycle-sprints-and-meetings/</a><br></div><br>- Midcycles are more valuable in the early days of forming teams. <br>- Best quality meetings tend to be sprint-oriented with real work getting done and a specific outcome in mind.</div><div class="gmail_quote">- Often there’s a choice implied in choosing what an individual travels to; adding a midcycle sprint means a choice has to be made.</div><div class="gmail_quote">- Virtual aspects of a midcycle require additional support such as open source tooling, or if using non-open source tooling, you must get agreement from participants.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">Wanted to share since I think you'll find it relevant.</div><div class="gmail_quote">Anne<br><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
I was advocating option 1 mostly because I think synthesis of option 2<br>
is harder than stepping up preparation of etherpads before sessions<br>
and review of them afterward is which is motly the level of remote<br>
participation I'd envision in the first case (possibly also running<br>
some email threads on any reccommendations that come out and seem<br>
controvertial for any reason)<br>
<br>
So far though seems the tide is runiing toward option 2, multiple<br>
meet-ups. Though wee're still at a very small sample size.<br>
<br>
-Jon<br>
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On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 10:50:52AM -0500, Jonathan Proulx wrote:<br>
:Hi All,<br>
<span class="">:<br>
:1st User Committee IRC meeting will be today at 19:00UTC on<br>
:#openstack-meeting, we haven't exactly settled on an agenda yet but I<br>
:hope to raise this issue the...<br>
:<br>
:It has been suggested that we make the February 15-16 European Ops<br>
:Meetup in Manchester UK [1] the 'official' OPs Midcycle. Previously<br>
:all mid cycles have been US based.<br>
:<br>
:Personally I like the idea of broadening or geographic reach rather<br>
:than staying concentrated in North America. I particularly like it<br>
:being 'opposite' the summit location.<br>
:<br>
:This would likely trade off some depth of participation as fewer<br>
:of the same people would be able to travel to all midcycles in person.<br>
:<br>
:Discuss...(also come by #openstack-meeting at 19:00 UTC if you think<br>
:this needs real time discussion)<br>
:<br>
:-Jon<br>
:<br>
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:<br>
:1. <a href="http://www.eventbrite.com/e/european-openstack-operators-meetup-tickets-19405855436?aff=es2" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.eventbrite.com/e/european-openstack-operators-meetup-tickets-19405855436?aff=es2</a><br>
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