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On 08/12/2014 06:57 PM, Michael Still wrote:
> Hi.
>
> One of the action items from the nova midcycle was that I was asked to
> make nova's expectations of core reviews more clear. This email is an
> attempt at that.
>
> Nova expects a minimum level of sustained code reviews from cores. In
> the past this has been generally held to be in the order of two code
> reviews a day, which is a pretty low bar compared to the review
> workload of many cores. I feel that existing cores understand this
> requirement well, and I am mostly stating it here for completeness.
>
> Additionally, there is increasing levels of concern that cores need to
> be on the same page about the criteria we hold code to, as well as the
> overall direction of nova. While the weekly meetings help here, it was
> agreed that summit attendance is really important to cores. Its the
> way we decide where we're going for the next cycle, as well as a
> chance to make sure that people are all pulling in the same direction
> and trust each other.
>
> There is also a strong preference for midcycle meetup attendance,
> although I understand that can sometimes be hard to arrange. My stance
> is that I'd like core's to try to attend, but understand that
> sometimes people will miss one. In response to the increasing
> importance of midcycles over time, I commit to trying to get the dates
> for these events announced further in advance.
>
> Given that we consider these physical events so important, I'd like
> people to let me know if they have travel funding issues. I can then
> approach the Foundation about funding travel if that is required.

Just wanted to quickly weigh in with my thoughts on this important 
topic. I very much valued the face-to-face interaction that came from 
the mid-cycle meetup in Beaverton (it was the only one I've ever been to).

That said, I do not believe it should be a requirement that cores make 
it to the face-to-face meetings in-person. A number of folks have 
brought up very valid concerns about personal/family time, travel costs 
and burnout.

I believe that the issue raised about furthering the divide between core 
and non-core folks is actually the biggest reason I don't support a 
mandate to have cores at the face-to-face meetings, and I think we 
should make our best efforts to support quality virtual meetings that 
can be done on a more frequent basis than the face-to-face meetings that 
would be optional.

Best,
-jay