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It says the best time is Wednesday (that's tomorrow). In an effort to plan my
day a bit tomorrow, is that our best meeting time?
On Tue, 2017-08-22 at 19:18 -0700, Nuritzi Sanchez wrote:
> Oh great! Sorry, I missed it. Let's use yours instead.
>
> ............................................................ ..
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> Nuritzi Sanchez | +1.650.218.7388 | Endless
>
> On Aug 22, 2017, at 6:22 PM, Rosanna Yuen <zana gnome org> wrote:
>
> > Hi Nuritzi,
> >
> > I created a framadate after last Friday's meeting as per your request and
> > there are already some replies on it:
> >
> > https://framadate.org/NgshsSY4P14lMzjO
> >
> > -Rosanna
> >
> > On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 5:31 PM, Nuritzi Sanchez <nuritzis stanfordalumni or
> > g> wrote:
> > > Ok, so it sounds like the general consensus is to plan to have LAS GNOME
> > > next year, and potentially target the spring of 2018.
> > >
> > > Here are the immediate next steps that I see, am I missing any others?:
> > > Tell the Board about this update. @Nuritzi will do this today.
> > >
> > > Tell any targeted individuals that we already talked to about the update.
> > > @All - Should we also send an update to foundation-list and engagement-
> > > list? I'll do this tomorrow unless I hear differently by tonight that I
> > > shouldn't.
> > >
> > > Tell any sponsors we have already reached out to about the update. @Sri -
> > > is this something you can help with?
> > >
> > > Decide what LAS GNOME should be in 2018. We need to decide if it can be
> > > hosted internationally or not, how formal of a bid process we need to
> > > have, and we need to get the infrastructure set up as Sri said.
> > > Perhaps we can do a call this week to talk about LAS GNOME 2018.
> > >
> > > @All - please fill in your availability for such a phone call this week
> > > here: https://framadate.org/uFdIoZzLj5kcCCKu
> > >
> > > I think an Engagement Hackfest would be great -- I'll add an item to the
> > > Engagement team agenda so we can discuss it on Friday!
> > >
> > > Best,
> > > Nuritzi
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 1:27 PM, Sriram Ramkrishna <sri ramkrishna me>
> > > wrote:
> > > > +1 as well. I think it would be quite difficult and stressful for
> > > > everyone involved. Instead I propose that we have an engagement and
> > > > website hackfest and spend a couple of days working on improving
> > > > things. We have a GitLab migration also that we could also be looking
> > > > into. So, possible hackfests:
> > > >
> > > > * Developer flow/Continuous hackfest
> > > > * Engagement hackfest
> > > > * Website Hackfest
> > > > * Every Detail Matters hackfest - great for students
> > > > * Bugsquash/Onboarding/Newcomers hackfest
> > > >
> > > > The money could be used to set these up at Stanford or at the Endless
> > > > office. We can also talk about what we want in the next LAS GNOME
> > > > conference and set up an infrastructure to support next year.
> > > >
> > > > As for LAS GNOME, I think we are in a good position to start asking for
> > > > money from big corps as they do their financial planning starting now.
> > > > We can use the next few months to start building the fundraising and
> > > > outreach engine to make this conference successful. Last year, we were
> > > > just getting comfortable with the concepts around LAS GNOME, and this
> > > > year I think as a team we are much more familiar with what's going on.
> > > >
> > > > So let's make this negative into a positive! :-)
> > > >
> > > > Cheers,
> > > > sri
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 12:53 PM Cassandra Sanchez <cassandra.s.18@gmail
> > > > .com> wrote:
> > > > > +1, also sadly, but makes most sense. Agree with all the discussion on
> > > > > this email chain.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 12:50 PM Adelia Rahim <adeliarahim gmail com>
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > I’m +1.
> > > > > > Don’t be sad, it’s still going to happen :)
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > On 22 Aug 2017, at 12:04 PM, Nuritzi Sanchez <nuritzis@stanfordalu
> > > > > > > mni.org> wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Ok, after reading everyone's opinions + talking to Cosimo, here's
> > > > > > > my recommendation (and reasoning below):
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Recommendation: Let's postpone LAS GNOME to Spring of 2018. We
> > > > > > > > should consider having an open bid process for it
> > > > > > > > internationally.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > If there's interest in doing a North American Summit, we could
> > > > > > > > do it in November over Veteran's Day (Nov 10 - 12th), and I can
> > > > > > > > talk to Endless to see if we can donate space for it here in
> > > > > > > > SF.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Should we do a vote on this? If so, then here it is:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > VOTE: Postpone LAS GNOME this year (your +1 means not having it
> > > > > > > this year).
> > > > > > > Sadly, I'm +1
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Best,
> > > > > > > Nuritzi
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Why postpone LAS GNOME:
> > > > > > > Venue fell through, the new option is not ideal either in location
> > > > > > > (a bit isolated) nor timing (weekend).
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Website update hasn't progressed. Haven't seen any movement on
> > > > > > > archiving the old website and setting up a new one.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Too tight of a timeline to get great attendance.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > If we actively plan for Spring of 2018, we can approach sponsors
> > > > > > > at the beginning of their funding cycle.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 9:35 AM, Adelia Rahim <adeliarahim@gmail.c
> > > > > > > om> wrote:
> > > > > > > > Nuritzi, thanks for your effort especially on the venue. It is
> > > > > > > > quite unfortunate that that happened.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > It does sound like SLAC is a little isolated, with the clearance
> > > > > > > > requirements too, so it may deter last-minute walk-ins. Even if
> > > > > > > > they have a few other pros as you listed, I still feel that we
> > > > > > > > would benefit more from postponing the event to next year; we’ll
> > > > > > > > have more time for practically everything — participants’ travel
> > > > > > > > planning/sponsorship from Foundation (if applicable), call for
> > > > > > > > talks, venue options, sponsorships (!).
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > That said, if we still want to have some sort of event, a
> > > > > > > > hackfest would be more appropriate — informal, casual, basically
> > > > > > > > less logistics to figure out in a very short time frame.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > On 22 Aug 2017, at 6:36 AM, Link Dupont <link sub-pop net>
> > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > On Mon, 2017-08-21 at 22:40 -0700, Nuritzi Sanchez wrote:
> > > > > > > > >> The not as good:
> > > > > > > > >> - unavailable on weekends. It is available Weds - Friday the
> > > > > > > > week we want it
> > > > > > > > >> or else Tuesday - Friday the week of November 13th.
> > > > > > > > >> - does feel a bit isolated, too bad it's not closer to main
> > > > > > > > campus. As I
> > > > > > > > >> mentioned before, main campus is a ~5 min bus ride away
> > > > > > > > >>
> > > > > > > > >> ... so we could move the event to Weds Nov 1 - 4 and
> > > > > > > > potentially try our luck
> > > > > > > > >> on the main campus for continued BoFs. There are spaces you
> > > > > > > > can just walk into
> > > > > > > > >> with whiteboards. Or, we may want to do a weekday event only
> > > > > > > > the week of the
> > > > > > > > >> 13th.
> > > > > > > > >>
> > > > > > > > >> Thoughts?
> > > > > > > > >> ..........................
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Given that there is a focus on students and student engagement
> > > > > > > > for this round,
> > > > > > > > > being unavailable on weekends and not located on the main
> > > > > > > > Stanford campus will
> > > > > > > > > make it more difficult for students to attend. Was the
> > > > > > > > emphasis on student
> > > > > > > > > groups the driving force behind *choosing* a university, or
> > > > > > > > was it the other way
> > > > > > > > > around?
> > > > > > > > >
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