[sakai-pmc] Fwd: [apereo-projects] Unconference: Nature and Timing

[Matthew Jones]

I believe the timing (around 6 months from the conference) is the
appropriate time. Though if it didn't happen in January or February then
that would mean we'd be skipping this year, and might be a little tight to
try to plan anything for January. Early December would have been a good
time for me, as would have been mid January but at this point I've
personally made plans a month out.

I agree with everything in points #1-3.

I also don't feel like someplace warm is a hard requirement, and you're not
even guaranteed that no matter where you go anymore. The year we had an
unconference in Phoenix it was freezing and warmer that week in NYC. Maybe
it's more of a consideration to some other people. I feel like cost was a
higher consideration as there is a lot more weekly community Sakai
participation on the Eastern time zone than any others lately. At least 10
of the regular core team participants are from EST, the others are in
Europe +-1 GMT.

On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 2:48 PM, Steve Swinsburg <steve.swinsburg at gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> This came through from Ian. What are peoples thoughts about timing,
> location and theme? Please provide feedback on list or directly to me and
> I'll collate and pass it on.
>
> cheers,
> Steve
>
> -----------------
> I have continued to discuss the nature and timing of the 2015 unconference
> with interested members of our community.
>
> The following suggestions have emerged from those discussions. It would be
> very valuable to have feedback from software community, project governance
> bodies and regional groups before we proceed with further planning.
>
> 1] it was felt that a face to face event had genuine value, but that the
> event should be re-focussed to more closely serve the needs of software
> developer communities within Apereo. The emphasis would be on providing
> space for working project meetings, and accompanying the space with
> essential infrastructure (good WIFI, beer and pizza were all mentioned).
> There would be an allowance of time for an element of cross project
> communication on topic/s that were agreed in advance or arose at the
> meeting, but this would be minimal, and the focus would be on allowing
> projects to set their own agendas and meet their own needs. To make the
> nature of the event clear, it would be rebranded either as Apereo Developer
> Community Days, North American Apereo Developer Community Days or similar.
>
> 2] The event would continue to be located at a higher ed institution, to
> keep costs as low as possible. Locations with rich telepresence facilities
> would be preferred, to allow remote participation - particularly for those
> outside North America.
>
> 3] We want to get the timing right for as many software communities and
> projects as possible. February-May is usually crowded with a series of
> events organized by software communities and projects, or by national or
> regional groups. It was felt that to keep sufficient distance from the June
> Open Apereo Conference, the following timeframes should be considered -
>
> Early November
> Early December
> Mid January
>
> There was a substantial lobby for the event to be somewhere warm. I'm very
> open to alternative suggestions and rationales.
>
> I'd be very grateful if you could discuss on your PMC or other governance
> body and provide feedback. We want this event to work for you and your
> community, but we do need that feedback to accomplish this.
>
>
>
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