[IPython-dev] IPython "lab meetings" on g+ hangouts on air

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I love this, 
i enjoyed the first hangout
i'll follow you guys :)

thanks!

Massimo.

Il giorno 19/mag/2013, alle ore 11:45, Damián Avila <damianavila at gmail.com> ha scritto:

> El 16/05/13 22:06, Fernando Perez escribió:
>> Hi folks,
>> 
>> as Brian just mentioned, we had a google hangout discussion today,
>> that arose impromptu from having a chat room discussion where it was
>> obvious we needed more bandwidth than just typing can provide.
>> 
>> Today (perhaps because of all the changes Google made yesterday, who
>> knows), g+ was a bit glitchy, and we were unable to make the hangout
>> on-air, so it ended up not being recorded.  But in general we want all
>> these discussions to be public, for example here's our previous one:
>> 
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yb35M8cW7o4
>> 
>> While I think it's great to jump in on video conversations like this
>> as-needed from the dev room or a github issue/PR discussion, we've
>> also been thinking about having a more regular 'lab meeting' style
>> discussion that is scheduled at a fixed time.
>> 
>> This would give a predictable time for everyone to participate, and
>> would play the same role as lab meetings in everyday research, but
>> taking into consideration the fact that we're an open, international
>> collaboration.
>> 
>> Those lab meetings would be held with hangouts on-air, and thus open
>> for anyone who wants to watch and join, and kept on-record afterwards.
>> 
>> The plan would be to hold them for ~60-90 minutes, to make regular
>> progress on design decisions that impact the project at large.
>> Impromptu hangouts as required by the everyday workflow will continue
>> to happen, and we'll do our best to also record those in public
>> format.
>> 
>> If you like the idea, I'd like to propose Thursdays at 10am US Pacific
>> time, i.e. UTC-7 hours right now (PDT).  That's a good time for all
>> the folks here in California while still being reasonable in Europe.
>> I know we can't find a time that will work across all of Earth, but at
>> least that probably covers reasonably well our current core team and
>> lots of others.
>> 
>> How does this sound to you all?  Would the time work for a reasonable
>> chunk of our active developers? Note that I am NOT asking only of the
>> 'core' github committers, but of anyone who is putting lots of time
>> into IPython work and is interested in joining these discussions.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> 
>> f
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> 
> I think it is a great idea! I will try to participate in the meeting as 
> much as I can.
> 
> Cheers.
> 
> Damián.
> 
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