On Sat, 19 May 2012 19:56:43 +0200 Daniel Isenmann <daniel.isenmann@gmx.de> wrote:
Hi,
it took a little bit longer, but here is the date for our first Google+ Hangout. Some devs know what I mean, for all the others a short explanation.
I had a discussion with some devs on Google+ (https://plus.google.com/u/0/112342248775237115466/posts/ZufJjeLNCUB) about doing a hangout, see it like an inofficial developer meeting with audio and video. There will be no agenda (not from my side), but if anyone wants to talk about specific topics nobody will stop him. :)
My main reason for doing such a hangout is to get to know the devs behind the email address. I know some of the devs from conferences or from pictures only, this will be the chance to see and talk to each other. If someone is afraid of talking English, there is also a text chat beside the hangout. ;-)
You will need the following plugin from AUR for hangouts: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=40056
Now about the date and time. I know that it's hard to find a date where everybody has time and the different time zones are the next big issue to solve.
My suggestion will be Sunday May 27th, 7:00pm (CEST). This is 1:00pm (EST) and sadly for our devs down under this will be Sunday 28th, 1:00am (AEST).
I will start the hangout from our Arch Linux G+ page and will invite all the devs I know on G+ to the given time.
Feel free to add any topic if you want talk about it or if you have any other suggestions.
Daniel
PS: This won't be our last hangout, so if you can't join for this one, then maybe the next one ;-)
Some more information about the hangout. You will need a headphone otherwise there can be some echoes at the voice chat and you will need a webcam ;-) Due some restrictions from Google there can only be a maximum of 10 people in one hangout, so first come first serve. All the others will get a notification that the hangout is full. But you can join if another is leaving the hangout. We have to check how we can handle this if there are more than 10 devs who try to join. I would suggest that every dev who join the hangout is also logged in at out IRC dev channel. See you guys next Sunday.... Daniel