Re: Guix Days and FOSDEM 2021?

[Pjotr Prins]

I have access to BBB thanks to Julien. Yes, it looks like we can have
open rooms. One thing we can consider is closing a room when running,
i.e., if someone is a problem we can react to that. That way we can
anticipate the worst scenario.

Pj.

On Sat, Dec 12, 2020 at 04:45:23PM +0100, Pjotr Prins wrote:
> Thanks Simon,
> 
> Can we test drive the rooms? Whoever can, just send Manolis and me a
> private invite.
> 
> You have a good point with the TZs. I think we can do 3+4+3 hrs. 9
> hours is more than I can handle ;).
> 
> A blog is a great idea. We can all help too once you have a draft.
> 
> Pj.
> 
> PS we have a great list of speakers for the real devroom. From near
> and far :)
> 
> On Sat, Dec 12, 2020 at 02:57:30PM +0100, zimoun wrote:
> > Hi Pjotr,
> > 
> > @Tobias: what about the meet.guix.gnu.org?  Is it doable for this event?
> > 
> > On Sat, 12 Dec 2020 at 11:44, Pjotr Prins <pjotr.public12@thebird.nl> wrote:
> > 
> > > We would like to use the conferencing system as we did last time, if
> > > possible. Can it handle open entry - we'd like to have an open door
> > > policy. Can it handle working groups? If not, we'll just split out
> > > with Jitsy and have IRC as a fallback.
> > 
> > You mean the FOSSHost Jitsi instance, right?
> > 
> > Tobias has the admin power.  Julien, probably too.
> > 
> > To have an account, you need an invitation.  Once you have an account,
> > you can create rooms.  IIUC.
> > 
> > I am currently using the instance to our weekly Outreachy meeting with a
> > dedicated room.  So yes, it is appears to me possible to open as many
> > rooms as you want.
> > 
> > About the policy, last time, we did “admin of the room should accept”,
> > so Julien, Tobias and me (maybe more I am not aware) were clicking on
> > people to allow them to enter in the room.  It can also be totally open.
> > I have no opinion.
> > 
> > From the past event, the schedule which seems maximizing dev attendees
> > is 14:00-18:00 CET (more or less).  This slot is ok for American
> > timezones (USA, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, etc.) and for European
> > timezones (France, Germany, UK, Belgium, etc.).
> > 
> > Therefore, instead of the proposed morning unconference then afternoon
> > hacking+newcomer, I would split:
> > 
> >    hacking+newcomer – unconference – hacking+newcomer.
> > 
> > Assuming unconference is what we want that most people attend.
> > 
> > Well, proposing a 12 hours event where people attend to what they want /
> > can depending on their timezone.  For example, synchronising with
> > Chinese Peng Mei Yu <pengmeiyu@riseup.net> for the early morning and
> > with American folks for the late evening.
> > 
> > One point that fails at the previous event is “taking note”.  Each
> > session should have one secretary and then report, even ugly notes.  We
> > are doing that at the IRL Guix Days–at least the 2 I attended–and it is
> > a good and necessary practise.  We discussed it for the previous event
> > but failed to implement it in the event.  It should be avoided this
> > time. :-)
> > 
> > Last, I should prepare a blog post about the past event.  Boring and not
> > fun task. :-) Since the initial motivation of this previous event was a
> > repetition about the fringe FOSDEM Guix Days, it appears to me nice to
> > end with the announce like “Schedule your Monday, Feb. 8th blablabla and
> > stay tuned.”.  Well, since this task is blocking my agenda, I should
> > send something about the previous event to review this week-end.  So,
> > feel free to add anything which could be helpful for the next event.
> > 
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > simon
> > 
>