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On 08/13/2014 07:27 PM, Michael Still wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 3:44 AM, Russell Bryant <rbryant at redhat.com> wrote:
>> On 08/13/2014 01:09 PM, Dan Smith wrote:
>>> Expecting cores to be at these sorts of things seems pretty reasonable
>>> to me, given the usefulness (and gravity) of the discussions we've been
>>> having so far. Companies with more cores will have to send more or make
>>> some hard decisions, but I don't want to cut back on the meetings until
>>> their value becomes unjustified.
>>
>> I disagree.  IMO, *expecting* people to travel, potentially across the
>> globe, 4 times a year is an unreasonable expectation, and quite
>> uncharacteristic of open source projects.  If we can't figure out a way
>> to have the most important conversations in a way that is inclusive of
>> everyone, we're failing with our processes.
> 
> I am a bit confused by this stance to be honest. You yourself said
> when you were Icehouse PTL that you wanted cores to come to the
> summit. What changed?

Yes, I would love for core team members to come to the design summit
that's twice a year.  I still don't *expect* it for them to remain a
member of the team, and I certainly don't expect it 4 times a year.
It's a matter of frequency and requirement.

-- 
Russell Bryant