[Bf-committers] meetings for new developers

[joe]

Would a different day work better, I wonder?  2-3 hours before the
meeting is certainly too early for me.

Joe

On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 7:24 AM, Martin Poirier <theeth at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Thumbs up for the meetings too, I'll be there as well.
>
> --- On Wed, 11/18/09, Shaul Kedem <shaul.kedem at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> people who want to continue going deeper into blender can
>> stay around
>> blendercoders and learn more, but having a particular day
>> and time for
>> the information to flow out will be very very good.
>
> Agreed. The point is not to stop people asking questions all the time, it's to give them a time of the month when they can be sure to find people to discuss specific topics.
>
>> two comments:
>> - having the meeting 1-2 hours before the weekly will
>> result in the
>> USA not being able to participate (unless you really really
>> want to
>> get up at 5am on the west coast) - I suggest having it 2-3
>> hours after
>> the weekly meeting
>
> The problem is that 2-3 hours after meeting is way too late for people in Asia/Australia.
>
> I don't think we'll be able to find a time slot that fits everyone.
>
> One or two hours before Sunday meeting is good for me.
>
>> - I think that having video in these meetings is a must.
>> using a
>> service like ustream to show actual code snippets etc. - I
>> know some
>> will not like to talk during the video feed; we can put
>> some nice
>> music or something..
>
> Screen captures/streaming would be nice, yes. I wouldn't say a must, but it's worth a try.
>
> As far as recording logs goes, I could do that no problem.
>
> Martin
>
>
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