team building

[Sim IJskes - QCG <si...@qcg.nl>]

Shall we do some teambuilding and create a chat group/room somewhere?

jabber or irc?

Gr. Sim

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Re: team building

[Patricia Shanahan <pa...@acm.org>]

I would take it a stage further. I think all discussions that lead to 
decisions should be on the mailing list. It is important not just to 
have everything on the record, but to enable intervention by mailing 
list readers who have views on a decision that is under discussion.

If we find, for example, that a general discussion of test strategy is 
turning into a discussion of River tests we should move it to river-dev.

Patricia


Benson Margulies wrote:
> Just keep in mind that this is a sensitive topic at ASF. Many projects
> have associated IRC channels. At the same time, keeping decisions on
> the mailing list, available to all in any time zone, is critical.
> 
> On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 5:30 AM, Patricia Shanahan <pa...@acm.org> wrote:
>> I don't see any harm in experimenting, but I don't have any experience with
>> chat across so many time zones. I happen to be responsive now because I'm
>> adjusting my sleep schedule in preparation for a trip to London. I would
>> normally be asleep for another four or five hours.
>>
>> How well does chat work when active participants in a conversation can take
>> hours to respond? To me, the tempo of e-mail seems better suited.
>>
>> Regardless of whether e-mail or chat works better, I would like a club room
>> for social get-to-know-you conversations - the virtual equivalent of getting
>> together for lunch in a physically co-located project.
>>
>> Patricia
>>
>>
>> On 9/28/2010 1:40 AM, Sim IJskes - QCG wrote:
>>> Shall we do some teambuilding and create a chat group/room somewhere?
>>>
>>> jabber or irc?
>>>
>>> Gr. Sim
>>>
>>
> 

Re: team building

[Benson Margulies <bi...@gmail.com>]

Just keep in mind that this is a sensitive topic at ASF. Many projects
have associated IRC channels. At the same time, keeping decisions on
the mailing list, available to all in any time zone, is critical.

On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 5:30 AM, Patricia Shanahan <pa...@acm.org> wrote:
> I don't see any harm in experimenting, but I don't have any experience with
> chat across so many time zones. I happen to be responsive now because I'm
> adjusting my sleep schedule in preparation for a trip to London. I would
> normally be asleep for another four or five hours.
>
> How well does chat work when active participants in a conversation can take
> hours to respond? To me, the tempo of e-mail seems better suited.
>
> Regardless of whether e-mail or chat works better, I would like a club room
> for social get-to-know-you conversations - the virtual equivalent of getting
> together for lunch in a physically co-located project.
>
> Patricia
>
>
> On 9/28/2010 1:40 AM, Sim IJskes - QCG wrote:
>>
>> Shall we do some teambuilding and create a chat group/room somewhere?
>>
>> jabber or irc?
>>
>> Gr. Sim
>>
>
>

Re: team building

[Patricia Shanahan <pa...@acm.org>]

I don't see any harm in experimenting, but I don't have any experience 
with chat across so many time zones. I happen to be responsive now 
because I'm adjusting my sleep schedule in preparation for a trip to 
London. I would normally be asleep for another four or five hours.

How well does chat work when active participants in a conversation can 
take hours to respond? To me, the tempo of e-mail seems better suited.

Regardless of whether e-mail or chat works better, I would like a club 
room for social get-to-know-you conversations - the virtual equivalent 
of getting together for lunch in a physically co-located project.

Patricia


On 9/28/2010 1:40 AM, Sim IJskes - QCG wrote:
> Shall we do some teambuilding and create a chat group/room somewhere?
>
> jabber or irc?
>
> Gr. Sim
>