[opensolaris-summit] Schedule Updates & Moderation and Goals

[Derek Cicero]

Glynn Foster wrote:
> Hey,
> 
> michelle olson wrote:
>> I believe with only a few exceptions, I have included all the topics
>> that folks suggested on the wiki. I've heard from several ppl that they
>> were signed-up for talks they don't really want to do, so this approach
>> enables us to discuss topics as teams, rather than one person at a
>> podium for an entire hour. We have 1200-1600 man hours to work with,
>> let's not waste them falling asleep in chairs, not knowing who is
>> sitting next to us.
> 
> You've completely missed the point. I should have removed the names from the
> schedules. This is a brainstorming discussion where we get a whole bunch of
> people in the room, and talk about the various issues around the topic and goals
> from it. The people listed are only there as a potential person to moderate the
> session (yes, we need moderation to stay on track). There are no talks, period.

I'm a little confused.

Originally I thought the goal of the summit was to have a in-depth 
technical discussion around Indiana. Specifically, getting everyone on 
the same page about what we are doing with the first release and the 
6-12 month roadmap after October. That is why I originally thought my 
presence as a PM wasn't needed at the summit.

In recent weeks it seems to have morphed into a meeting of the 
communities (for lack of better description), rather than a technical 
forum, which I think opened it up to more people from various disciplines.

During the summit meeting on Tuesday I was under the impression that in 
order to reflect this new mix of people we were going to allow each 
community (or project team) to direct a 'pod' as they saw fit.  Some 
pods would be focused around technical discussions, some would be 
brainstorming and some would be general roadmap development, depending 
on what that specific group of people was working on.

I think Michelle's proposal was an effort to reflect how each community 
might direct their contributions and how that could funnel back into the 
overall Indiana plan.

I am not saying there is right or wrong answer here, but at present I'm 
a bit unclear as to what I should expect when I get to Santa Cruz. If 
the goal is get people working towards a set objective within a 
community then I'd like to get some discussions started on the mail 
lists before we all meet face to face. If I just need to show up and 
brainstorm that is fine by me, but I'd want other people to come with 
that expectation as well.

Apologies if I'm the only one that is not getting this.

Derek
> 
> 
>>  Would you consider at least adopting the first few hours of my
>> proposal? So, we can introduce everyone?
> 
> That is planned during Ian's session. We'll go around the room and people can
> introduce themselves and say what they've done, and/or give hopes of what they
> want to get out of the summit.
> 
>> OK, I think one day is not enough to get through these, so I would
>> continue this into day2, so folks have time to process, come back and
>> resolve things.
> 
> That's why we've introduced the breakout BOFs (currently listed as 'TBD') on the
> schedule. We'll have plenty of time and opportunity for people to sign up for
> various topics and schedule them on site.
> 
>> I think this is just a re-focusing, not a full circle at all. I think it
>> aligns with how we might get things done instead of just listen to
>> presentations. I went to Berlin, and experienced the first conference,
>> so that is part of the background. Big part of my job is also large
>> meeting facilitation, so I wanted to try to help you out here. Just
>> think about it some more and see if you can open your mind to it.
> 
> Berlin was a vastly different setup IMO - it was formal presentations, rather
> than essentially a whole series of BOFs.
> 
> 
> Glynn
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Derek Cicero
Program Manager
Solaris Kernel Group, Software Division