Meetings Suggestion

[Bryen <suseROCKS bryen com>]

I think our first two meetings have certainly proven that our weekly
meetings have great potential.  I'm looking forward to the success of
our gatherings.

One point of concern I have.  Each meeting so far has pretty much
focused on one technical topic.  The reason being of course is because
those particular topics generally do require that amount of attention.
My concern is that if we want our community to grow, we need to ensure
that adequate time is given to general topics, tasks, and issues.

For example, we still haven't really talked much about GOPA yet.

If we continue the current trend and it becomes standard precedent, then
we run the risk of alienating newcomers and such.  It could be weeks
before a meeting with a topic or focus that interests a particular
person or persons comes up.  That's a good way to lose potential
supporters.

So, for future meetings, I propose two possible solutions:
1)  For each meeting, we dedicate 1/2 hour to a particular technical
topic/theme, and the other 1/2 hour on general topics.

or

2)  Have a general meeting each week and a separate technical topic
meeting another time that week.  

In both options, we try to pre-determine the meeting's technical topic,
at a previous meeting so that we can have time to bring in relevant
experts on that topic.  Perhaps we can create a schedule on the wiki so
we can plan several weeks' topics in advance?


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---Bryen---

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