[Adium-devl] Meeting on April 5th

[Chris Forsythe]

We'll go ahead and keep the time/date for this April 5th meeting, and 
hash out a better longterm plan based on what we need. Does that work 
for you Eitan?

Chris

Eitan Konigsburg wrote:

>Hi everyone,
>I'm one of the "really new guys" around here.  Just thought I'd pipe
>in.  I'd like to attend a meeting about Adium as I'm trying to find
>ways to help out.  I live in the EST in the U.S and am somewhat
>flexible about the time to meet.  I also can't meet while at work
>during the day.  Just let me know when the meeting will be and I will
>do my best to get there.
>Look forward to speaking with all or some of you.
>Eitan
>
>On 3/16/07, Chris Forsythe <chris at growl.info> wrote:
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>>Colin Barrett wrote:
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>>>On Mar 16, 2007, at 4:55 AM, Chris Forsythe wrote:
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>>>Okay. What about my idea of having specific, targeted meetings? Would
>>>that improve the situation for you at all? Or do you think you need to
>>>be in person at meetings like ModuleRefactorization -- if so we'll try
>>>to accommodate everyone, but I would really like for hal2k and ofri to
>>>be there, and they are both in Europe. The "hey new guys" meeting
>>>should be scheduled around the new folks and you and/or David, since
>>>you guys were the ones who have had contact with them.
>>>
>>>If nobody has any objections to targeted meetings, I can get the ball
>>>rolling on that (but people need to take over it, eventually, and
>>>again, a huge thanks to you Chris for taking the time to organize and
>>>discuss this stuff. I think it's really important, and I hope you do
>>>too).
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>>Ya, I think it's important, and we really need to come up with something
>>better.
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>>I'd like to not start scheduling meetings during work hours and school
>>hours, based on the stance that those are more important. My stance on
>>this with every project I've been involved with is that if school or
>>work is affected by working on the project, then you need to take care
>>of business there first. I think the same applies here, and that we
>>should not be advocating attending while at work/school (but it's fine
>>if you can and it won't affect things there).
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>>Strategically thought out smaller "howto-esque" meetings sound good to
>>me, I'll have to review the rest of your previous email when I get home.
>>My belief was that these larger meetings were more about syncing
>>everyone up with what everyone else is doing.
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>>What do we actually need in a meeting? Do we need to have a sync up
>>meeting or can that go to the mailing list? If so, it might be prudent
>>to investigate airset (http://www.airset.com). If we had a shared
>>calendar there multiple meetings a month could be scheduled during all
>>sorts of different hours, which may be more of what is actually needed
>>here. For instance, we'd have a new person orientation next week, and
>>also 2 other sessions such as what you suggested and maybe a user
>>training/workshop session as well.
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>>Chris
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