[arch-devops] Bi-weekly infrastructure meeting

[Andrew Crerar]

On 8/11/19 8:06 PM, Giancarlo Razzolini via arch-devops wrote:
> Em agosto 11, 2019 11:08 Jelle van der Waa escreveu:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> We currently have a lot of things which are open and in progress. It
>> would be nice if we where a bit more active in getting things done.
>>
>> I propose we hold a mumble or irc meeting bi-weekly on a to be scheduled
>> time. If no one really objects, I'll create a time picker for when we
>> can hold these meetings!
>>
>> Greetings,
>>
> 
> I'm fine with a meeting taking placing on IRC too. But bi-weekly is ambiguous,
> you mean every other week or twice a week?

I would assume Jelle meant every two weeks as twice a week seems pretty high
cadence for a team that isn't full time on an effort. Would rather lean towards
less meetings/more time to do the actual thing than the other way around. I've
also personally found two weeks to be a good cadence in general for software
dev. efforts/feature delivery.

> 
> Regards,
> Giancarlo Razzolini
> 

Given that the team is distributed, are time zones a concern for
conference/audio calls (i.e. would some of us need to be up at 1am while others
at 3pm? etc.)? I think IRC allows for us to be more "async" in communication
(not everyone needs to be present in the moment, people can respond as they are
able to, etc.) as well as provide notes/logical flow but there's a certain level
of fidelity you get in a phone call that you can't get in text based
communications (i.e. tone in questions/statements/responses, mentioning smaller
things that are easier to say than type, etc.).

I think what would help discern if a call is necessary is determining the
specific talking points/agenda. If it's a significant amount with much to
discuss within each topic, I think a call makes sense (pending the timezone
stuff). Otherwise IRC is probably the better medium. We also have the option of
recording the call so we can play it back later/make notes off it, etc. if we
decide that a call makes sense. We also have email however I don't think that
medium implies the sense of urgency that Jelle is trying to get at (could be off
the mark here, Jelle please correct me if I'm out of line or in the wrong).

Thoughts?

Regards,

Andrew

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