I think this is a great idea... I am not very active in the group but this gives me an opportunity to be part of the project and start contributing in any fashion I can.. I think the community IRC support is great but probably we can use the google+ hangouts for that too as we can also share our desktops or documents.. it makes support more social and personal, and also I think we can engage new users much better. Using social networks will help market the great world of open source and linux to a larger audience. Just my 2 cents on the subject.ThanksRajeev Bhatta <div class="gmail_quote">On Aug 16, 2012 11:31 AM, "<a href="javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'a.grandi@gmail.com');" target="_blank">a.grandi@gmail.com</a>" <<a href="javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'a.grandi@gmail.com');" target="_blank">a.grandi@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> Hi, during the last UDS party, I had an idea to improve Ubuntu development, but I didn't know if it could be a good idea or a stupid one, so I talked to Daniel Holbach and David Planella about it and they were happy to hear about it and Daniel told me to talk about this directly to Mark (and I did it). Let's explain the basic idea. >From an UDS and the next one, it would be useful to have a development sprint where people can talk about assigned UDS blueprints, at which point they are on their tasks, if they have any problems and if they will finish them within the next UDS. Of course Canonical cannot organize another meeting, it would be very expensive, so the idea is: why don't we use Google Hangout to organize the sprint? I has a limit of 10 people, I know, but we could select (for example) 5 from the community and 5 from Canonical. There would be parallel meeting and tracks, we would use the same blueprints used during the last UDS and we would add further notes. The attendees would be able to listen and watch the stream and make questions through the available chat. I've also created a wiki page with more informations and you can find it here: <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuReleaseSprint" target="_blank">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuReleaseSprint</a> What do you think about? I know that Canonical is already organizing sprints and this could be a way to involve more the Ubuntu Community. Maybe we should schedule a session at next UDS to talk about this? I hope to get some feedback from you. Best regards, -- Andrea Grandi - Nokia-DX/Tampere / Qt Ambassador Ubuntu Member: <a href="https://launchpad.net/~andreagrandi" target="_blank">https://launchpad.net/~andreagrandi</a> website: <a href="http://www.andreagrandi.it" target="_blank">http://www.andreagrandi.it</a> -- ubuntu-devel mailing list <a href="javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'ubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com');" target="_blank">ubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel</a> </blockquote></div> -- <div style="color:rgb(51,51,255);font-family:'comic sans ms',sans-serif">Rajeev Bhatta | Email: <a href="mailto:rajeev.bhatta@gmail.com" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,0,51)" target="_blank">rajeev.bhatta@gmail.com</a> | Ph: (704) 759-6413</div> <div style="color:rgb(51,51,255);font-family:'comic sans ms',sans-serif">-- Connect with <img src="http://www.creativewebsolutions4u.com/assets/images/linkedin-icon.jpg" width="96" height="96"><div style="display:inline!important"> <img src="http://icons.iconarchive.com/icons/danleech/simple/256/google-plus-icon.png" width="96" height="96"> <img src="http://icons.iconarchive.com/icons/emey87/social-button/256/twitter-icon.png" width="96" height="96"></div> </div><div style="font-family:'comic sans ms',sans-serif"> </div>