[openstack-dev] [kolla][tc] Video Meetings - input requested

Swapnil Kulkarni coolsvap at gmail.com
Wed Dec 14 03:27:09 UTC 2016


On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 8:33 PM, Michał Jastrzębski <inc007 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I really fail to see how add hoc meetings, if link will be posted openly on
> IRC, notes made public and invitation extended to everyone would violate 4
> opens. It's virtuality impossible in globally distributed project to have
> everyone interested around at all times. All decisions made will be
> reflected in gerrit when first code his it, etherpad or summary on IRC
> afterwards will allow those not present to get up to speed.
>
> I think we need to trust our fellow cores to have best interest of project
> in mind even when we are not around. Any issues can be dealt with later as
> well.
>
> Cheers,
> Michał
>

+1

> On Dec 13, 2016 5:12 AM, "Sean Dague" <sean at dague.net> wrote:
>
> On 12/13/2016 08:02 AM, Thierry Carrez wrote:
>> Ed Leafe wrote:
>>> On Dec 12, 2016, at 11:16 AM, Jeffrey Zhang <zhang.lei.fly at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Some contributors in kolla have had unscheduled video meetings. This has
>>>> resulted in complaints about inclusiveness. Some contributors can’t even
>>>> make
>>>> the meeting we have, and another scheduled video meeting might produce a
>>>> situation in which there is no any record of decisions made during the
>>>> video
>>>> meeting. At least with IRC meetings there is always a log.
>>>
>>> Occasionally a quick Google hangout is necessary in Nova in order to
>>> quickly settle an outstanding issue so we can continue to make progress.
>>> When that happens, the link is posted in the #openstack-nova channel, and
>>> anyone who is interested can join. So while it’s not logged like an IRC
>>> meeting, it’s no excluding anyone, and we can quickly remove roadblocks that
>>> are harder to do in IRC.
>>
>> Last time I checked, Google Hangouts were not accessible from China...
>> So it *is* excluding some contributors ?
>>
>> I think it's fine to use Hangouts or phone calls to quickly go through
>> an issue. But if those become routine and if contributors express that
>> those are making them feel (or be) excluded, then it is important to
>> reassess your usage of them before it starts threatening our "open
>> development" and "open community" pillars.
>>
>> And in all cases, regular team meetings (or decision-making meetings)
>> should happen on IRC in logged channels.
>
> There is definitely a reality that there are circumstances where
> collaboration happens, and happens quickly, in some setting where not
> everyone was around. Be it at a conference, randomly finding people in a
> coffee shop, on a google hangout, a telephone call, etc.
>
> I think the most important thing is to take the time to take whatever
> happened there and put it out in open memory afterwards. For instance, a
> write up to the mailing list with the notes of what about the issue, the
> discussion, the resolution. This isn't only helpful for the people not
> in the room, it's also really helpful even for those in the room 6 or 12
> months later to try to recall why a particular course of action was taken.
>
>         -Sean
>
> --
> Sean Dague
> http://dague.net
>
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