[CentOS-devel] CentOS Dojo, May 13th, 14th, online. CFP Now Available

Wrong reply :facepalm: :)


On Mon, 8 Mar 2021, Marko Bevc wrote:

> ok, urejeno.
>
> LpM
>
> On Mon, 8 Mar 2021, redbaronbrowser via CentOS-devel wrote:
>
>> On Monday, March 8, 2021 12:55 PM, Rich Bowen <rbowen at redhat.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> On 3/8/21 1:42 PM, Rich Bowen wrote:
>>> 
>>> > However, I am currently working in the dark.  There is no transparency
>>> > into how RH OSPO conducted it's review of services.  And I can't find
>>> > where the feedback on things Hopin was asked to improve is.
>>> 
>>> FWIW, Icompletely disagree that you're working in the dark. If you've
>>> ever run or even attended a virtual event, you are qualified to
>>> volunteer to do this. I do it solo because I have, so far, not been
>>> successful in finding other people to step up to volunteer to do it.
>>> 
>>> And, more importantly, it's your community as much as it is mine, and
>>> you have the authority to make these decisions too. The only reason that
>>> I make these decisions unilaterally is that I'm being paid by Red Hat to
>>> do so, and my calls for volunteers have gone largely unanswered.
>>> 
>>> The ideal situation for me would be to find volunteers to do every task
>>> that I currently do - newsletters, events, social media, SIG report
>>> wrangling, etc, etc, etc - and then I could just drink scotch and watch
>>> other people get stuff done.
>>> 
>>> It's quite possible that I don't do enough to expose these
>>> opportunities. I'll try to do better about that.
>> 
>> I am not trying to make a negative statement about the job you are doing. 
>> Thank you for what you have done for Apache and CentOS events.  As well, 
>> thank you for working on the newsletters, social media, etc.
>> 
>> I also wasn't trying to imply it had to be you to give the RH OSPO 
>> criteria.  I was hoping they could speak for themselves.  Information on 
>> what they are and what they do is here:
>> 
>> https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/what-does-open-source-program-office-do
>> 
>> A key point in that article is this:
>> 
>> "That is the most important mission for an OSPO: aligning open source best 
>> practices with the business strategy of the organization."
>> 
>> I would like to help with this important mission someone from the OSPO is 
>> willing to accept that help.
>> 
>> I have run personal virtual events with jitsi in docker.  I have also 
>> attended virtual events.  Having 5-6 presenters is something I have done 
>> (which seems to be around were the last Dojo topped out).  I personally 
>> have not had anywhere near what I expect was the number of attendees to the 
>> dojo.  That will biggest factor on the amount of upstream bandwidth the 
>> server requires.
>> 
>> If you want, I can volunteer to reach out to 8x8 Meet to see if they could 
>> offer anything for a future dojo.
>> 
>> I would want to know ahead of time how many presenters and attendees you 
>> expect to have.  I would be asking for a date we could stress test the 
>> service ahead of time before committing to using it for a dojo.  And I 
>> would also be asking to be able to upload the recordings to youtube.  Let 
>> me know if there is anything else I should be asking for.
>> 
>> Lastly, thanks again for your hard work in providing the transparency you 
>> do.
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