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The 15:00 UTC slot is working great for me.

On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 5:38 PM Van Lindberg <van.lindberg at rackspace.com>
wrote:

>  This has definitely been the case for me. While I have had some other
> intervening issues as well, I have had significant difficulty with the new
> schedule and format.
>
>   From: Rob Hirschfeld <rob at rackn.com>
> Date: Monday, July 13, 2015 at 11:31 AM
> To: Mark Voelker <mvoelker at vmware.com>
> Cc: "defcore-committee at lists.openstack.org" <
> defcore-committee at lists.openstack.org>
> Subject: Re: [OpenStack-DefCore] Meeting Time Checkup
>
>   All,
>
>  Now that we've started IRC and split times, I don't see that we have any
> real way to reverse the practice without the _perception_ of limiting
> collaboration.
>
>  Both are workable for me; however, I find the IRC meetings less
> productive and the split times been a net loss in participation.  As
> co-chair I am voicing this position to give others a chance to express
> similar opinions.
>
>  Rob
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 9:46 AM, Mark Voelker <mvoelker at vmware.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> As most of your recall, at the beginning of the Flag cycle we set a new
>> meeting schedule so that we have alternating-week meeting times [1].  One
>> of the goals of doing so was to invite more global participation in DefCore
>> by having meeting times that were more doable for folks in various locales
>> around the world.  When we adopted that schedule, we set ourselves a
>> checkpoint to review and see if the schedule was having it's intended
>> effect or whether further tweaks might be necessary.  Last week's meeting
>> was that checkpoint, and we initiated the discussion there [2].  However we
>> wanted to bring this up on the ML as well so folks unable to attend the
>> meeting had a chance to chime in.
>>
>> Generally speaking, the current alternating schedule seems to be working
>> out reasonably well: we are seeing slightly less attendance during the
>> 01:00 UTC slot but generally we've still got plenty enough of a quorum to
>> get things done.  We're often seeing a person or two from AsiaPac join
>> during that slot.  The 15:00 UTC slot seems better attended (and is
>> generally more convenient for the North America-based folks) and we've also
>> occasionally had an attendee or two from Europe during that time.
>>
>> On the downside, we aren't really seeing a lot of *routine* attendance
>> from individuals based outside of North America.  That may be ok--over time
>> we expect to see a lot of folks join us briefly to discuss a matter of
>> importance to them like a flag or a problematic test and then drop off
>> again, and right now the majority of those who are most involved in routine
>> DefCore work happen to be based in North America.  We want to be amenable
>> and inviting to those occasional visitors and prospective new active
>> members even if it makes for a slightly less convenient schedule for the
>> majority of us.  However if there are folks that would like to be routine
>> participants that we're excluding somehow, now would be a good time to pipe
>> up and let us know why the current times aren't working out for you.
>>
>> Absent major objections, I think the general feeling is that the current
>> schedule is working out well enough to keep.
>>
>> [1] https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/DefCoreFlag.2
>> [2] https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/DefCoreFlag.7
>>
>>
>> At Your Service,
>>
>> Mark T. Voelker
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