Since we agree that it would be good to experiment with sprints for core contributors, and that scheduling a dedicated sprint planning meeting would be a good first step – let’s do that.
Here is a survey to find a time for next week:
https://whenisgood.net/xg5g792
With the approach of the holidays, next week is the last week which will allow us to plan for a decent 2-weeks sprint.
To core contributors: please fill the survey with your availability, by the end of tomorrow Wednesday (Dec 1st) - this way it will give time to collect the results and announce it by the end of the current week, ahead of next week’s meeting.
Note that this work (sprint planning, task allocation for the release) is part of the scope from the declaration of commitment for core contributors, which have been agreed by all our respective organizations – so to be able to prioritize time for this (vs other internal/client projects from our organizations), don’t hesitate to point to that commitment to get the time allocated - that is part of why we made sure all our bosses agreed on this. 
Details about the first sprint
For this first iteration, we’ll be focusing on planning technical work related to the upcoming Maple release, which is currently a high priority for the project, and is lacking enough contributions at the moment.
- Developer core contributors: have a look at the list of release blockers ahead of the meeting, and grab a ticket? @Zia_Fazal @braden @usman @jill @Felipe @omar @pdpinch @regis @idegtiarov @arbrandes @Maksim_Sokolskiy @BbrSofiane @giovannicimolin @Agrendalath @xitij2000 @jhony_avella @mtyaka
- Translation core contributors: would it make sense for you to participate too? Is there any specific planning, work, or testing needed for the upcoming Maple release, regarding translations? Since some of you are also participating to the marketing group, that could also be covered in the context of the upcoming release. @ghassan @abstract-technology @Nicole_Kessler @gabrieldamours @Peter_Koblyakov @juancamilom @cabralpedrofccn @IvoBranco @Carolina_De_Mares (missing forum accounts: Andreas Grähn, Illaria Botti)
- Project management core contributors: since it’s currently you @nizar and me - how would you like to participate to this?
- UI/UX & product management: @ali_hugo Would you join it too? I don’t know if there is any UX/product work or reviews related specifically to the maple release that are needed (?), but it might still be useful to discuss about your next core contributor tasks there.
- @sarina @e0d @nedbat @djoy what about TCRIL & edX/2U staff btw, many of you are helping on the release - I assume they would eventually also become core contributors, but would it make sense for some to join the planning already, in a similar capacity? Maybe the ones who are/will work on the maple release for now?