Re: Organizer meeting in late May?

[Ryan Orlando]

That part of the month will be busy as I am moving, but I'll try my best to 
make it. :) If not, I'll watch it afterwards.

-Ry (opal)


------- Original Message -------
On Saturday, April 23rd, 2022 at 8:17 AM, Corwin Brust <corwin@bru.st> wrote:


> Greetings fellow Emacsconf Champions!
>
> I think it's getting to be about time for us to ramp up the planning
> cycle for this year's conference. Speaking with Leo in IRC a few
> minutes ago, we are both of a mind to plan for a get-together in the
> latter part of May.
>
> I'm specifically proposing May 21st, at 4pm GMT (10a US/East).
>
> Traditionally our meetings have been on the EmacsConf BBB instance and
> have taken place Saturdays at 4pm GMT (10a US/East, 8a US/West). Last
> year we tried to meet each week however toward the end of the planning
> cycle I think we reached a consensus to reduce the frequency of our
> gatherings, hence we haven't yet resumed regular planning sessions
> since the 2021 conference.
>
> We have usually aimed to keep organizer meetings to between 1 and two
> hours but it's not uncommon that sessions have stretched to over two
> hours. RSVP is helpful but not at all required and also it's
> understood that people may need to join late or leave early. We
> typically record the sessions (via BBB) and last year Leo also kept
> running notes across our sessions, which you can find in the private
> wiki.
>
> Organizer meetings, especially sessions such as this will be: well in
> advance of the conference, are informal and focus on sharing
> ideas/goals for the conference, and provide an opportunity for the
> organizer team to get to know each and "check-in" with each other, and
> share hopes and priorities for upcoming the upcoming conference and
> other EmacsConf related projects.
>
> In any event, I'm writing today to suggest and provide advance notice
> of a plan to meet on May 21st and to invite/start related discussions.
> For example, does anyone have strong feelings regarding (further)
> changes we should consider in our approach toward pre-conference
> organizer sessions?
>
> Hope everyone is safe and well. Looking forward to our next get-together!
>
> Kind regards,
> Corwin