Re: [ANNOUNCE] Virtual Contributor's Summit 2024

[Scott Chacon <schacon@gmail.com>]

Heya,

I was about to come in and say roughly the same thing. GitButler /
myself personally
would be happy to help organize an in-person, recorded talks Git Merge
style shindig
in the fall. I'm also happy to help with some of the core team /
speakers with travel
costs if needed.

I helped organize the first Git Merge in 2013 in Berlin [1] and would
love to do the
same thing again this year (my my, have 10 years gone by since then?)

If everyone would prefer Chicago again, then I'm happy to just attend
and help out
however I can. If we think it might be nice to bring it back to Europe
this year, I would
love to take care of it.

What does everyone think?

Scott

[1]: https://marc.info/?l=git&m=135896927120693&w=2

On Thu, Apr 11, 2024 at 5:18 PM John Cai <johncai86@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm grateful for the chance to gather virtually like this, and for Taylor's
> willingness to host these each time!
>
> I also wanted to throw out the possibility of an __in person__ Git contributor's
> summit in the Fall!
>
> GitLab might be able to host this, which would be an awesome chance to get together
> in person like we did in Chicago a couple of years ago. That was a valuable time
> to talk about cool topics, but an invaluable chance to get to connect with each
> other personally.
>
> It will likely be a two day conference in October of 2024. Location is TBD, and
> depends on the level of interest and location of those interested. Requirements
> for attendance will be the same as for the Virtual Contributor's Summit.
>
> We wanted to first gather interest before determining more details. Please fill
> out this form to express your interest: https://forms.gle/hTcsYM4fomEqaKU59
>
> Feel free to also email me off list with any questions
>
> Thanks!
> John
>
> On 10 Apr 2024, at 17:14, Taylor Blau wrote:
>
> > Hi everybody,
> >
> > I've been thinking that it would be a good time to gather informally via
> > another Virtual Contributor's Summit.
> >
> > I had been waiting to see whether GitHub was going to host a Git Merge
> > event in person this year, but it looks like the answer to that is
> > "probably not" (though I am hopeful for next year[^1]).
> >
> > In lieu of meeting in person, I think it might make sense to meet
> > sometime in either this upcoming May or June (though we could extend
> > further depending on folks' availability) in the same style/format as
> > our last Summit [2], the details were as follows:
> >
> >   - We'll host the Contributor's Summit on either Zoom or any other
> >     conferencing platform that works for folks. (I spoke with Emily
> >     Shaffer off-list and they mentioned that some Google folks were
> >     interested in Discord for a few reasons, so we could do that, too).
> >
> >   - The schedule/duration is not fixed, and there are options to vote on
> >     preferred days, length, and timezones in the form(s) below. Last
> >     year we did two four-hour days, so we could do that again (or
> >     anything else that works better).
> >
> >   - Like last time, in order to participate, you must be either (a) an
> >     active Git contributor, (b) planning on contributing soon, or (c)
> >     working on a Git-related project that has interest in Git's
> >     internals. If you aren't sure whether or not you are welcome, please
> >     ask!
> >
> > Participants should fill out the following forms:
> >
> >   - https://forms.gle/VVrJ7RbHVxurxZH99 (participants)
> >   - https://forms.gle/iGnfexF4hDuK6MQe9 (topics)
> >   - https://www.when2meet.com/?24557185-cHKWv (When2meet)
> >
> > New this year is the When2meet, since this seems like a more efficient
> > way to collect which dates are open for folks within the next couple of
> > months.
> >
> > The participants and topics lists are being recorded in the
> > spreadsheet below, and this is also the place to record your vote(s)
> > on topic selection.
> >
> >   https://bit.ly/git-contributors-summit-2024
> >
> > Please feel free to send any feedback or suggestions you have for this
> > year's Contributor's Summit to me on- or off-list. Like last year, my
> > hope is to have a small, remote-friendly, diverse, and efficient
> > discussion.
> >
> > As we get closer to the date, we'll finalize the schedule, make sure
> > we have volunteers to take notes, etc.
> >
> > I'm looking forward to seeing everybody (virtually) soon :-).
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Taylor
> >
> > [^1]: Coinciding with the project's 20th anniversary!
> > [2]: https://lore.kernel.org/git/ZMATKIaU1A1D0wJg@nand.local/
>