[mlpack] Regular mlpack video chats (in 2020)

Wed Mar 4 07:57:00 EST 2020

It's totally casual, we just hop on a call and talk about whatever.  It
can be helpful for making sure we're all coordinated, for instance.  I
think I should update the webpage to point these out---I'll try to dp
that later today.

On Wed, Mar 04, 2020 at 06:23:22PM +0530, Gopi Manohar Tatiraju wrote:
> Hey,
> 
> Whats the purpose of video chat? Is it  casual or like some seminar?
> 
> Gopi M Tatiraju
> 
> On Wed, Mar 4, 2020, 18:19 Ryan Curtin <ryan at ratml.org> wrote:
> 
> > Hey everyone,
> >
> > Let's have another video meetup. :)
> >
> > What we've found over the past couple of weeks is that Wednesday at 2200
> > UTC isn't actually a great time for people.  So let's make these every
> > two weeks, at 1800 UTC on Thursdays.
> >
> > So, the next one can be tomorrow at that timeslot, in the usual Zoom
> > room:
> >
> > https://zoom.us/j/3820896170
> >
> > See you there!
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Ryan
> >
> > On Wed, Feb 19, 2020 at 09:35:40AM -0500, Ryan Curtin wrote:
> > > Ah, now I've just gotten back from a trip and this again fell off my
> > > list.  I'm hoping for a more normal end of February and March. :)
> > >
> > > Anyway, sorry for the short notice!  But let's have a video chat today
> > > at 2200 UTC (7.5 hours from now).
> > >
> > > https://zoom.us/j/3820896170
> > >
> > > On Wed, Feb 05, 2020 at 12:04:49PM -0500, Ryan Curtin wrote:
> > > > Hey everyone,
> > > >
> > > > It's been two weeks; let's have another video meetup. :)  Sorry for the
> > > > late notice on this one---I've been traveling and a bit overworked from
> > > > the day job, so it's fallen off the list a bit.
> > > >
> > > > Anyway, let's meet tomorrow, Thursday, Feb. 6th, at 1800 UTC (about 25
> > > > hours from now).  Here's the link to the Zoom:
> > > >
> > > > https://zoom.us/j/3820896170
> > > >
> > > > :)
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >
> > > > Ryan
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, Jan 20, 2020 at 03:36:41PM -0500, Ryan Curtin wrote:
> > > > > Hey everyone,
> > > > >
> > > > > Let's have another video meetup this week!  We can do Wednesday, Jan.
> > > > > 22nd, at 2200 UTC.
> > > > >
> > > > > Unfortunately, I'll be traveling, so it's not clear whether or not
> > I'll
> > > > > be able to join.  But I'll try to set up the Zoom in such a way that
> > I
> > > > > don't need to be there for the Zoom to work.
> > > > >
> > > > > Here's the link to the Zoom:
> > > > >
> > > > > https://zoom.us/j/3820896170
> > > > >
> > > > > I'll send a reminder email a few hours before the meeting on
> > Wednesday.
> > > > > :)
> > > > >
> > > > > On Sun, Dec 22, 2019 at 09:59:24PM -0500, Ryan Curtin wrote:
> > > > > > Hey everyone,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I'm really sorry that I have been so slow to act on this.  Most of
> > the
> > > > > > end of November and December so far have been traveling, so it's
> > been
> > > > > > hard for me to keep up.  But in any case...
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I would say that the mlpack video meet-up that we did a handful of
> > weeks
> > > > > > ago was a success, and many people said that they'd like to do it
> > more
> > > > > > often.  So I think that we should set up something regular---but,
> > given
> > > > > > that it's the end-of-year break for many people, let's wait until
> > 2020
> > > > > > to get these going.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > To keep it simple, here's my proposal, based on the time survey
> > results
> > > > > > from the poll I sent out many weeks ago:
> > > > > >
> > > > > >  * We can have a video meet-up every two weeks, for an hour.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >  * We'll alternate scheduling to accomodate timezones around the
> > world:
> > > > > >    one time, it'll be Thursday at 1800 UTC.  The next time, it'll
> > be on
> > > > > >    Wednesday at 2200 UTC.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >  * Like before, we won't have any specific agenda.  So the video
> > > > > >    meet-ups are useful in that we can talk about anything (perhaps
> > even
> > > > > >    debugging, etc.), and there's no preparation necessary
> > beforehand.
> > > > > >    In fact I think it's perfectly okay if nobody even talks about
> > > > > >    mlpack.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > We can be flexible on those times if we need; I'm just going off
> > the
> > > > > > survey results.  And this of course doesn't preclude any other
> > video
> > > > > > meetings or meet-ups that people want to do. :)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > We can start the second week of January (so, Thursday, January
> > 9th, 1800
> > > > > > UTC).  We can make sure a reminder email gets sent for anyone
> > that's
> > > > > > interested, and we can use Zoom again, since NumFOCUS has provided
> > us
> > > > > > with a paid Zoom account.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Feel free to respond with any thoughts or questions. :)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks!
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Ryan
> > > > > >
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