Re: New ideas to grow the community

From: "Dan Kenigsberg" <danken(a)redhat.com&gt; To: "Kiril Nesenko" <kiril(a)redhat.com&gt; Cc: infra(a)ovirt.org Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2013 3:20:01 PM Subject: Re: New ideas to grow the community On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 04:42:23AM -0500, Kiril Nesenko wrote: > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Dan Kenigsberg" <danken(a)redhat.com&gt; > > To: "Kiril Nesenko" <kiril(a)redhat.com&gt; > > Cc: infra(a)ovirt.org > > Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2013 11:25:41 AM > > Subject: Re: New ideas to grow the community > > > > On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 04:00:29AM -0500, Kiril Nesenko wrote: > > > Hi team, > > > I have few ideas regarding the project, any feedback will be > > > appreciated ! > > > > > > ### IRC ### > > > 1. I think that we should create new channels on irc, #ovirt is > > > not > > > enough. > > > > Would you explain why it's time to fork #ovirt? I do not see TOO > > much > > traffic or confusion there. > > I think that we need to prepare for the future and do things > correctly. > I think that this will help the project to grow. > > > > > > We should add: > > > > > > #ovirt-meeting - will be used for meetings only, need to add > > > bot > > > that will log the meetings > > > > meeting can generate a lot of temporary noise which can deter > > people > > from jumping in, so I would agree to create an ad-hoc channel for > > a > > meeting - but please update the main #ovirt topic to indicate > > where > > the > > meeting takes place. > > Nobody told users that they must/should attend meetings. If they > want - they will attend. > Why not ovirt-meeting ? I like this name. I don't mind the name - I just want the topic of #ovirt to remind me where have everybody's gone to.

> Sure we need to update the wiki with a new place > > > > > > #ovirt-devel - will be used for devel discussions only > > > > Have users complained that there are to many technical > > discussions on > > #ovirt? I think that it's important to keep the devels near users > > until > > devels become a nuisance. > > Each discussions should be done in the right place. > Maybe devel channel is not relevant for now, > but still it will be nice to have it for a future. I think that spinning off #ovirt-devel is not "a thing done correctly". We may have to do it in the future, if users are tired of technical java discussions. Until this happens, we need to keep the guys who knows the most about the code near the guys who needs their support, in one happy channel.

> > > > > > #ovirt - general > > > > > > 2. Infra meetings should start with the following topic - New > > > folks > > > introductions (this is a tmp subject) > > > In this topic we will let new folks to introduce themselves. > > > > > > ### Ovirt website ### > > > > > > 1. We should add link to the infra in - > > > http://www.ovirt.org/Community > > > It should be possible to navigate to http://www.ovirt.org/Infra > > > from http://www.ovirt.org/Community . > > > First thing someone that want to join the project will navigate > > > to > > > http://www.ovirt.org/Community , > > > so it is very important to add link there. > > > > > > 2. Update - > > > http://www.ovirt.org/Becoming_an_Infrastructure_team_member > > _______________________________________________ > > Infra mailing list > > Infra(a)ovirt.org > > http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/infra > > _______________________________________________ Infra mailing list Infra(a)ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/infra