Re: Virtual conferences and hackfests to replace physical events?

[Ekaterina Gerasimova <kittykat3756 gmail com>]

On 2 May 2014 22:29, Alex G.S. <alxgrtnstrngl gmail com> wrote:
> > Hackfests and summits are where a lot of our progress gets made.
>
>
> Okay, so do you have any recommendations on how additional virtual events
> could be added that complement these physical events?

The documentation team try to have a hangout available for other team
members at our hackfests, but it would be better if a more reliable,
Free alternative was available.

> Please don't take this the wrong way I'm just trying to maximize
> participation opportunities and make it easier to attend. For example it's
> impossible for me to attend any events due to scheduling and such.  So I can
> only imagine that I'm not alone and that this problem exists for others.
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, May 2, 2014 at 11:43 AM, Matthias Clasen <matthias clasen gmail com>
> wrote:
> > > There should only be a single physical conference, GUADEC most likely,
> > > that
> > > is held every single year.  But all other events should be virtual and
> > > online. Engagement should get together and get a list of current events
> > > and
> > > hackfest and begin the process of converting them to virtual events.
> > >
> > > Let me know what the team thinks...
> >
> > I couldn't disagree more.
> >
> > Hackfests and summits are where a lot of our progress gets made.
> > Getting enough interested people out of their daily routing and in a
> > room together for one, two or three days enables the high-bandwidth
> > communication that is needed to reach consensus around designs and
> > direction. It also just plain fun, and keeps us together as a
> > community of friends and not just a group of software developers who
> > happen to work on the same piece of software.
> >
> > With my GTK+ maintainer hat on, the hackfest in Cambridge in April
> > 2013 is almost solely responsible for the toolkit improvements in the
> > last year.
> >
> > I do agree with is that we should strive to lower the barriers to
> > online participation in development; a large part of that is just
> > communication - publishing roadmaps,
> > replying timely and constructively in bugzilla, reviewing patches,
> > etc. But as much as we all like to think of ourselves as digital
> > creatures, abandoning physical get-togethers is not going to help.
> >
> > Matthias
>
>
>
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