Comments on: The Silent Summit http://mrtopf.de/blog/conferences-and-meetings/the-silent-summit/ Geschreibsel von Christian Scholz Mon, 23 Jan 2012 08:52:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Plone Update #1 — mrtopf.de http://mrtopf.de/blog/conferences-and-meetings/the-silent-summit/#comment-582 Plone Update #1 — mrtopf.de Sat, 16 Feb 2008 14:37:04 +0000 http://mrtopf.de/blog/plone/the-silent-summit/#comment-582 [...] heard not so much about it during the summit [...] [...] heard not so much about it during the summit [...]

]]> By: Christian Scholz http://mrtopf.de/blog/conferences-and-meetings/the-silent-summit/#comment-581 Christian Scholz Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:27:07 +0000 http://mrtopf.de/blog/plone/the-silent-summit/#comment-581 I also see this as success but as said before I also would like to have at least some sign of life here and there (like in predefined timeslots for communicating with the rest of the world like an afternoon hour. I wasn't talking about being constantly online). Anyway, looking forward to what see what you have been discussing! I also see this as success but as said before I also would like to have at least some sign of life here and there (like in predefined timeslots for communicating with the rest of the world like an afternoon hour. I wasn't talking about being constantly online).

Anyway, looking forward to what see what you have been discussing!

]]> By: Jon Stahl http://mrtopf.de/blog/conferences-and-meetings/the-silent-summit/#comment-580 Jon Stahl Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:22:16 +0000 http://mrtopf.de/blog/plone/the-silent-summit/#comment-580 Personally, I consider a huge sign of success that people came together and spent the entire time engaged in face-to-face interaction, conversation and discussion, rather than plugged into their laptops, typing on IRC. We documented everything, and will be publishing it over the next few days. The conversations we started in Mountain View will now continue online and around the world. Personally, I consider a huge sign of success that people came together and spent the entire time engaged in face-to-face interaction, conversation and discussion, rather than plugged into their laptops, typing on IRC.

We documented everything, and will be publishing it over the next few days. The conversations we started in Mountain View will now continue online and around the world.

]]> By: Christian Scholz http://mrtopf.de/blog/conferences-and-meetings/the-silent-summit/#comment-579 Christian Scholz Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:08:41 +0000 http://mrtopf.de/blog/plone/the-silent-summit/#comment-579 I am definitely looking forward to that and also hope that it's not only on the dev-list happening (e.g. planet.plone.org would also be a good place and I hope everybody has their comments enabled by now ;-) ). I am definitely looking forward to that and also hope that it's not only on the dev-list happening (e.g. planet.plone.org would also be a good place and I hope everybody has their comments enabled by now ;-) ).

]]> By: Martin Aspeli http://mrtopf.de/blog/conferences-and-meetings/the-silent-summit/#comment-578 Martin Aspeli Mon, 11 Feb 2008 04:52:04 +0000 http://mrtopf.de/blog/plone/the-silent-summit/#comment-578 There are three reasons why you haven't heard much: 1) Almost no-one has had a chance to open their laptop since Friday (that's right, there were virtually no laptops used at the summit, we worked more or less all waking hours and socialised in the evening) 2) We're totally exhausted :-) 3) Much of what we did was to frame problems and brainstorm solutions, and the tangible outputs only really materialised this morning (Sunday) There is a very clear communication strategy and we have promised to spank people who don't actually follow up with their responsibilities to communicate. I think you'll see the dev list swamped with proposals, thoughts, discussion points and much more in the next few days. We have a large number of people who are being held accountable for reporting on specific aspects, generate excitement and gather the community's input and opinions. You may come to regret asking for more information. ;-) Martin There are three reasons why you haven't heard much:

1) Almost no-one has had a chance to open their laptop since Friday (that's right, there were virtually no laptops used at the summit, we worked more or less all waking hours and socialised in the evening)

2) We're totally exhausted :-)

3) Much of what we did was to frame problems and brainstorm solutions, and the tangible outputs only really materialised this morning (Sunday)

There is a very clear communication strategy and we have promised to spank people who don't actually follow up with their responsibilities to communicate. I think you'll see the dev list swamped with proposals, thoughts, discussion points and much more in the next few days. We have a large number of people who are being held accountable for reporting on specific aspects, generate excitement and gather the community's input and opinions. You may come to regret asking for more information. ;-)

Martin

]]> By: Christian Scholz http://mrtopf.de/blog/conferences-and-meetings/the-silent-summit/#comment-577 Christian Scholz Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:43:01 +0000 http://mrtopf.de/blog/plone/the-silent-summit/#comment-577 That's why I proposed to set a timeslot for communicating. That way you can have sessions without distraction but still can tell those who cannot be part of it what actually is going on (and maybe get feedback). That's why I proposed to set a timeslot for communicating. That way you can have sessions without distraction but still can tell those who cannot be part of it what actually is going on (and maybe get feedback).

]]> By: Seth Gottlieb http://mrtopf.de/blog/conferences-and-meetings/the-silent-summit/#comment-576 Seth Gottlieb Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:17:21 +0000 http://mrtopf.de/blog/plone/the-silent-summit/#comment-576 One major reason for the silence is that the facilitators wanted everyone to stay away from their computers so that they could focus their attention at participating. The room we were in has no tables and chairs and no real place to set up a laptop. After the sessions (which were all very busy) people went out to eat and drink together. The only reason why I had an opportunity to post was that there was little else to do 5,000 feet in the air on my way back home :) One major reason for the silence is that the facilitators wanted everyone to stay away from their computers so that they could focus their attention at participating. The room we were in has no tables and chairs and no real place to set up a laptop. After the sessions (which were all very busy) people went out to eat and drink together. The only reason why I had an opportunity to post was that there was little else to do 5,000 feet in the air on my way back home :)

]]> By: Christian Scholz http://mrtopf.de/blog/conferences-and-meetings/the-silent-summit/#comment-575 Christian Scholz Sun, 10 Feb 2008 15:44:48 +0000 http://mrtopf.de/blog/plone/the-silent-summit/#comment-575 I also don't think it's intentional but I think it was to be expected. Thus I think there should have been more encouragement to blog about it and some timeslot reserved for it. Of course I am also looking forward to what thoughts they collected. Thanks for the link, just commented there :-) I also don't think it's intentional but I think it was to be expected. Thus I think there should have been more encouragement to blog about it and some timeslot reserved for it.

Of course I am also looking forward to what thoughts they collected. Thanks for the link, just commented there :-)

]]> By: Scott Paley http://mrtopf.de/blog/conferences-and-meetings/the-silent-summit/#comment-574 Scott Paley Sun, 10 Feb 2008 15:06:40 +0000 http://mrtopf.de/blog/plone/the-silent-summit/#comment-574 I don't disagree with you at all. I'm confident that the silence isn't really intentional, but considering that the decisions made have the potential to affect so many people who couldn't be there, and the need to achieve buy-in from the broader community, it probably would have been wise to go overboard in providing real-time transparency. I wish somebody (or several people) had live-blogged the summit. That said, I'm quite excited to find out what the group talked about. It does seem the first significant report has been posted by Seth Gottleib at <a href="http://contenthere.blogspot.com/2008/02/plone-strategic-planning-session.html" rel="nofollow">http://contenthere.blogspot.com/2008/02/plone-str...</a> I don't disagree with you at all. I'm confident that the silence isn't really intentional, but considering that the decisions made have the potential to affect so many people who couldn't be there, and the need to achieve buy-in from the broader community, it probably would have been wise to go overboard in providing real-time transparency. I wish somebody (or several people) had live-blogged the summit. That said, I'm quite excited to find out what the group talked about.

It does seem the first significant report has been posted by Seth Gottleib at http://contenthere.blogspot.com/2008/02/plone-str…

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