Call for a meeting (IRC/Hangout)

Tim darkxst at fastmail.fm
Sat Aug 1 08:55:32 UTC 2015



On 01/08/15 18:03, Charlie Moss wrote:
> Well, I hope you are right. I think new members need guidance rather than leaving things to their own initiative, but I could be wrong.
>
> Good luck with the project. If you need any help from someone without graphical or programming skills, please email me directly as I'm
> unsubscribing from these lists.
I already told you that we would love to have a short series of videos introducing ubuntu GNOME/gnome-shell, but you completely ignored that
response apparently.

Though guess you are just trolling, we have gone so long without trolls on the lists and then 2 in a week. Next one to try that will be booted
off into the Hobbit land with the real trolls!
>
> Regards,
> *
> *
> *Charlie*
>
>  
>
> On 1 August 2015 at 07:52, Tim <darkxst at fastmail.fm <mailto:darkxst at fastmail.fm>> wrote:
>
>
>
>     On 31/07/15 21:10, Charlie Moss wrote:
>     > If you find the system works, stay with it. But don't stay with something just because A, B & C are using it, as B maybe be staying with it
>     > because you, A & C are using it, C maybe be staying with it because you, A & B are using it, etc.
>     You seem to missing the bit where A,B and C need to communicate with each other, on IRC I can contact anyone I need from any of those
>     previously
>     mentioned teams, the only struggle really is my timezone! I don't have to find/signup/load a different proprietry chat platform for each
>     different team.
>     >
>     > I forget the 'phases of progress', basically they are.... outrage, protest, acceptance, contentment (something like that). Gnome,
>     itself,  is
>     > a fine example of this.
>     >
>     > For me, a new member in any group is gold. There should be a system of 'Befriending'. An old member is connected with a new member to
>     befriend
>     > them, guide them, make them feel welcomed, connect them with other members, assess their abilities and ultimately allocate them a roll they
>     > will enjoy and be suited to.  IMHO, this is how to build a community.  But again, if your present system is working well, then stay with it.
>     We are not here to hand hold you through the process, most people work on things that interest them, we don't just stuff tasks down there
>     throats. Better you would use some initiative and contact the team leader for whatever team you were interested in.
>     >
>     > I'm not here to make waves or criticize. 100 people looking at a single painting will see 100 different scenes, yet each of the 100 believes
>     > there is only painting and therefore there can only be one perspective.
>     >
>     > According to the survey, there are over 200 people ready to contribute.  Hopefully, they can all help bring 3.18 to 15.04.
>     That won't happen, 200 anonymous people said they would contribute, how many do you really think would, and how many actually have the
>     development/packaging skills to make 3.18 happen? Its a month until Feature Freeze we can't even train people up that fast if they were
>     really keen.
>     >
>     > Regards,
>     > *
>     > *
>     > *Charlie*
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > On 31 July 2015 at 10:43, Tim <darkxst at fastmail.fm <mailto:darkxst at fastmail.fm> <mailto:darkxst at fastmail.fm
>     <mailto:darkxst at fastmail.fm>>> wrote:
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     >     On 31/07/15 19:12, Charlie Moss wrote:
>     >     > Thank you for your feedback. It has become clear to me over the past few weeks that I am not suited to contribute to an Ubuntu
>     community. My
>     >     > enthusiasm to give back to Ubuntu Gnome has not changed, I simply find the system of communication, IRC and Mailing Lists, totally
>     >     ineffective
>     >     > and inefficient.
>     >     IRC is a little antiquated protocol, but it works great for real time conversations, and all open source teams use this, red hat,
>     Canonical,
>     >     debian, gnome, mozilla etc,. Similar goes for the mailing lists, and I do agree finding the old history can be a little hard, but you
>     >     should be
>     >     able to dig it out with some google foo!
>     >
>     >     IRC and mailing lists are the standard tools of the open source world. Do you really think you can change the entire universe on that?
>     >     >
>     >     > It is nearly impossible for a new person to get involved, as a topic's timeline is often divided when emails are forked, plus it
>     is easy to
>     >     > miss a message when they are inserted into the text of the previous email, making catch up very time-consuming.  I'm sure if I
>     suggested
>     >     using
>     >     > 'Slack' I would be ignored or receive a list of reasons why it was not suitable, but for me, video communication like Hangouts and
>     threaded
>     >     > text communication like Slack are presently the most effective systems of collaboration.
>     >     Its not impossible, just ask someone, I'm sure they will point you to past discussions!
>     >
>     >     You say slack, someone else wants telegram, and then next we know there a people wanting to use a dozen different propriety
>     platforms, that is
>     >     never going to work. How many upstreams are on slack? probably 0, sure this becomes less relevant for the community teams, but still you
>     >     should
>     >     get the point. Using IRC and mailing lists as an excuse for not contributing seems a little lame. The artwork team are on slack or
>     telegram
>     >     (forget which) and other sub teams are free to do that also if they wish, but I can't see a day where all our comms switch over to slack
>     >     >
>     >     > Good luck to you all.  I looking forward to October and the release of Ubuntu Gnome 15.10. I hope it will have Gnome 3.18 as this
>     is clearly
>     >     > more important to users than 100% stability. If a user requires 100% stability, then they must remain with the LTS.
>     >     3.18 won't happen in 15.10, unless by some miracle we double our development team....
>     >     >
>     >     > Regards,
>     >     > *
>     >     > *
>     >     > *Charlie*
>     >     >
>     >     >
>     >     >
>     >     > On 30 July 2015 at 08:01, Tim <darkxst at fastmail.fm <mailto:darkxst at fastmail.fm> <mailto:darkxst at fastmail.fm
>     <mailto:darkxst at fastmail.fm>> <mailto:darkxst at fastmail.fm <mailto:darkxst at fastmail.fm>
>     >     <mailto:darkxst at fastmail.fm <mailto:darkxst at fastmail.fm>>>> wrote:
>     >     >
>     >     >
>     >     >
>     >     >     On 29/07/15 21:29, Charlie Moss wrote:
>     >     >     > Cool, I'll be there.
>     >     >     >
>     >     >     > (Tim/Darkxst. 'Contribute' may seem so clear and simple to you but to me, as some new to such a community, it doesn't.)
>     >     >     There is no clear cut definition of 'contribute' and it largely depends on which team you are interested in. Most teams you
>     can just
>     >     join and
>     >     >     discuss your intests/ideas on their relevant list. Anyway you seem to have been fairly active on the mailing lists so that is
>     a good
>     >     start!
>     >     >     Sorry I missed you original thread about video docs, I will reply to that now.
>     >     >
>     >     >     Tim
>     >     >
>     >     >     >
>     >     >     > Regards,
>     >     >     > *
>     >     >     > *
>     >     >     > *Charlie*
>     >     >     >
>     >     >     >
>     >     >     >
>     >     >     > On 29 July 2015 at 11:53, Tim <darkxst at fastmail.fm <mailto:darkxst at fastmail.fm> <mailto:darkxst at fastmail.fm
>     <mailto:darkxst at fastmail.fm>> <mailto:darkxst at fastmail.fm <mailto:darkxst at fastmail.fm>
>     >     <mailto:darkxst at fastmail.fm <mailto:darkxst at fastmail.fm>>> <mailto:darkxst at fastmail.fm <mailto:darkxst at fastmail.fm>
>     <mailto:darkxst at fastmail.fm <mailto:darkxst at fastmail.fm>>
>     >     >     <mailto:darkxst at fastmail.fm <mailto:darkxst at fastmail.fm> <mailto:darkxst at fastmail.fm <mailto:darkxst at fastmail.fm>>>>> wrote:
>     >     >     >
>     >     >     >
>     >     >     >
>     >     >     >     On 29/07/15 20:22, Charlie Moss wrote:
>     >     >     >     > I know that I am not part of the core team (or any team as I have not found the secret entrance yet) so will not be
>     invited to
>     >     >     this meeting.
>     >     >     >     All our meetings are public if you want to attend, then just do that, no invite needed. as for the secret entrance to
>     get into the
>     >     >     sub-teams,
>     >     >     >     its simple contribute!
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