On Mon, Aug 13, 2018 at 7:46 PM, Stefan Beller <sbeller@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 13, 2018 at 9:31 AM Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> For the past several years, we've held a Git Contributor Summit as part >> of the Git Merge conference. I'd like to get opinions from the community >> to help plan future installments. Any feedback or opinion is welcome, >> but some obvious things to think about: >> >> - where, when, and how often? >> >> Plans are shaping up to have Git Merge 2019 in Brussels right after >> FOSDEM in February (like it was two years ago), with a contributor >> summit attached. >> >> Are there people who would be more likely to attend a contributor >> summit if it were held elsewhere (e.g., in North America, probably >> in the Bay Area)? Are people interested in attending a separate >> contributor summit not attached to the larger Git Merge (and if so, >> is there any other event it might be worth connecting it with, >> time-wise)? Are people interested in going to two summits in a year >> (e.g., Brussels in February, and then maybe some in North America >> later in the year), or is that diminishing returns? > > We have been kicking around the thought of reviving the GitTogethers > like back in the olden days (I only know them from hearsay), in > Mountain View or Sunnyvale at the Google Campus, but we have not yet > spent enough thought to make it so. I think it would be great to have GitTogethers again around the time of the GSoC Mentor Summit like we did a long time ago! > I think twice a year is fine for the community and has not reached the > point of diminishing returns. I agree. > As most contributors are from North America (estimated), I would not > mind a conference somewhere here. Yeah, it looks like the Git Merge is most of the time in Europe, so it would be nice to have something in North America too. > I'd be looking forward to Brussels next February! Looking forward to it too! I think it is a great idea to have it around the time of the FOSDEM. >> - format >> >> For those who haven't attended before, it's basically 25-ish Git >> (and associated project) developers sitting in a room for a day >> chatting about the project. Topics go on a whiteboard in the >> morning, and then we discuss each for 30-60 minutes. >> >> We could do multiple days (which might give more room for actually >> working collaboratively instead of just discussing). We could do >> something more formal (like actual talks). We could do something >> less formal (like an all-day spaghetti buffet, where conversation >> happens only between mouthfuls). The sky is the limit. Some of those >> ideas may be better than others. If we have GitTogethers again, I think it would be nice indeed if we could do 2 days. For example maybe one day unconference and one day working collaboratively or discussing in smaller groups. 2 days instead of 1 would make it more valuable for developers based in Europe (and maybe in North America and elsewhere) to come. > Personally I think the way is fine; we could collect topics in advance on > the list to have a head start, but the whiteboard is totally fine, IMHO. Yeah for the GitTogethers we used to collect topics in advance, but we still had a whiteboard and voted on them at the beginning of the actual GitTogether. Thanks for starting this discussion.
