New ideas to grow the community

[Kiril Nesenko]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dan Kenigsberg" <danken at redhat.com>
> To: "Kiril Nesenko" <kiril at redhat.com>
> Cc: infra at 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 at redhat.com>
> > > To: "Kiril Nesenko" <kiril at redhat.com>
> > > Cc: infra at 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.

Good idea

> 
> > 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.

Yes I agree with you.

> 
> > 
> > > 
> > > > #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 at ovirt.org
> > > http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/infra
> > > 
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