North America Pub Chat

users
#1

Hi All,

I hope this email finds everyone doing well. I would like to propose
another North America QA pub chat (this time I may even bring a beer) for
next Friday (the 11th) at the same time (12:00pm EST). If we can get at
least 5 people I think it's worth catching up, see what everyone has been
up to, get an update from Robinson's trip to Milan (yes, Robinson went to
the conference in Milan....he'll make sure to rub it in our face about how
amazing it was), and anything else that comes to mind.

Like always this chat is open to everyone, just the time is set up so that
it's functional for us in North America to make without having to wake up
at 5am.

If you're interested please respond letting me know so that I can get a
head count. If it reaches 5, Robinson and I will work on a tentative agenda
but I'd like this one to be more interactive than the last :slight_smile:

All the Best,
Joel

#2

Hi All,

So far I've gotten no interest in this at all (which is unfortunate). If I don't get at least a few responses by Wednesday I' going to call it off (as it's really just not worth it if we don't have minimum of 4 preferably 5-6). It would be really nice to get a North American team consistently contributing as right now Europe dominates the contributor side and IMHO it looks bad for us in North America to be using the product but not contributing something in return as FLOSS software really depends on a community, a give and take relationship. Really 1 hour a month is enough time to give back a bit.

All the best,
Joel

#3

Definitely willing to move the time around. So maybe we need to first see who would theoretically like to make it and then we can discuss a specific time? I'm also a full time law student so my schedule is a bit...chaotic, but I'll do whatever I can to continue trying to build a solid North American base.

So, any other people who would be interested but the Friday afternoon time doesn't work?

Best,
Joel

#4

hip. Really 1 hour a month is enough time to give back a bit.

Hi,

I dont know if I can make it this Friday, but could you also point out the time
in UTC too? For a continental european guest a time like "12:00pm EST" is
ultimately confusing -- is that 0000EST or 2400EST?

Sure, apologies for that :slight_smile:

So for North America (or at least United States) we have:
PST (GMT - 7)
MDT (GMT -6)
CST (GMT - 5)
EST (GMT - 4)

Once I get a head count of who theoretically would be interested if the time was right, we can start discussing what specific time will work and I'll make sure to do the conversion to GMT :slight_smile: As of now it looks like 1200 (1900 GMT) on Friday isn't going to work as there just doesn't seem to be availability/interest.

All the best,
Joel

#5

Well, some people do not use "Chat" often, like me.

Of course, I do not tend to be up that late as well, since I tend to be
awake at about 5am no matter what time I go to bed.

Well, I have to go back and deal with some local "stuff" here in New
York State.

#6

Hi,

I dont know if I can make it this Friday, but could you also point out the time
in UTC too? For a continental european guest a time like "12:00pm EST" is
ultimately confusing -- is that 0000EST or 2400EST?

Best,

Bjoern

#7

Howdy,
I am on CST (*UTC/GMT -5 hours) *and work full time. As a volunteer I would
be willing to chat any time outside of my normal 8-6
thanks
mike

#8

Actually, that time zone chart is not quite accurate. The differences are correct for daylight time, but not for standard time.

PST (GMT/UCT - 8)
MST (GMT/UCT - 7)
CST (GMT/UCT - 6)
EST (GMT/UCT - 5)

PDT (GMT/UCT - 7)
MDT (GMT/UCT - 6)
CDT (GMT/UCT - 5)
EDT (GMT/UCT - 4)

And, of course, our daylight (summer) time has to be different from the rest of the world. We start earlier and end later than the European countries, so the difference from another given time zone isn't constant.

Dave

#9

Dave Liesse wrote:

And, of course, our daylight (summer) time has to be different from
the rest of the world. We start earlier and end later than the
European countries

And different again from the Southern Hemisphere, where they're wrong by
6 months.. :wink:

#10

Because it's a waste of time until we get enough people saying they are at least interested. I've done doodles before and it's only worth it when there is pre-commitment to the idea of having a meeting.

Best,
Joel

#11

Why not do a doodle it will make things easy for you to determine day and
time.

#12

Hi All!

This is just touching basis with the North America team as it's been
awhile since we've all had time to talk. The chat has been a little
quiet lately, I'm sure everyone is busy but wanted to say hello and to
wish everyone a belated happy new year.

Hope all is well with everyone and that perhaps we'll see you around on
FDO, IRC or the mailing list.

All the best,
Joel

#13

[cc'ing US-marketing list]

Hi All!

This is just touching basis with the North America team as it's been
awhile since we've all had time to talk. The chat has been a little
quiet lately, I'm sure everyone is busy but wanted to say hello and to
wish everyone a belated happy new year.

Hope all is well with everyone and that perhaps we'll see you around on
FDO, IRC or the mailing list.

Thanks for the ping, Joel!

Given the size of the US, Canada, and Mexico, it's a little difficult
for us all to meet-up in one place. I hope that over the next few
months some of us will have the opportunity to meet up with other
contributors for drinks or a bite to eat and (perhaps) do a little
planning for where we'd like to see our NA community in the coming
years :slight_smile:

I'll be in Los Angeles for SCALE 12x (Feb 18th - 26), in Boston for
LibrePlanet (March 21-23), and Portland (OR) for OSCON in July, and
would love to meet up with other contributors. Just email me and let
me know when/where you'll be available, and I'll do my best to show
up!

Cheers,
--R

#14

Touching Basis meaning grounds for hugging, or the foundation for
something emotionally gripping ?
In any event, this being the user support list (" User support list for
LibreOffice users needing help with a problem") is there some really
important reason to discuss team tagging or flight reservations here?

#15

Yes there is - as it is the best way to encourage users from going from
a user to a contributor -- which is something that I wish happened a lot
more as our teams are stretched thin. At least 10 contributors
(including myself) became involved after joining the user list and
having someone "assist" me in becoming a contributor, then a "team
leader" and in two weeks a board member.

Best,
Joel

P.S. Also it's "bases" as has been explained to me a few times now :wink: