[maemo-developers] Next chat (was Re: Let's do something together in LinuxTag)

[From: Ryan Abel]

Quim Gil wrote:
>
> ext Dave Neary wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Jose Manrique Lopez de la Fuente wrote:
>>> I think we should have some kind of agenda, previously published,  
>>> with
>>> few points (to make it practical).
>>>
>>> Pending topics should go to wiki or similar, to be discussed in next
>>> meetings, i.e.
>>
>> And a second channel for anyone to talk to, with the "main" meeting
>> channel moderated (so that questions get asked one by one).
>
> It is good to have 2 channels but I don't think the second one needs  
> to
> be moderated, if the topic being discussed is clear i.e. "Discussing
> [topic] with [Nokia guy/team]".

Seems to me like #maemo and #maemo-meeting would work out just fine.  
#maemo never really gets going TOO hard and the people who who make  
most of the noise in #maemo are going to be in #maemo-meeting,  
anyway. . . .

> In most cases we don't want a pure Q&A (like the first chat ended up
> being) but a discussion on the stuff that really matters. Doing this
> fluently with moderation in between is harder. If the second room gets
> also too crowded with noise then we can always move to the  
> moderation model.

I'm not convinced moderation is called for at this point. It  
introduces too much of a barrier to entry for a lot of people and  
takes away the spur-of-the-moment discussion aspect of things (which  
is implied by the meeting part of #maemo-meeting ;)). I think we can  
solve this with less drastic means for the second session (keep in  
mind, this was the first session, so everybody was kinda testing the  
waters and getting a feel for how things should operate—bumps are to  
be expected).

Lack of structure was more of an issue this time around than any . . .  
over enthusiasm from attendees, so setting out a topic and agenda for  
the meeting, making sure people stay on topic, and keep the chatter to  
#maemo (or #maemo-meeting-chatter or whatever) will go a long way  
towards keeping things organized without resorting to fun-killing  
moderation. ;)
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