Open edX Contributors Meetup

Working Groups Contributor Coordination
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Thanks to everyone who joined the contributors meetup yesterday! Really useful conversations and information, as always.

Here is the recording:

And the points from the agenda that were discussed:

  • Architecture update (Nimisha)
  • Comprehensive Theming deprecation in favor of MFE (Andres)
  • Marketing workgroup follow-up (Stefania)
  • Release working group & documentation update (Regis)

More details on the July 2nd Meetup Trello card.

Next meetup: July 16th at 14:00 UTC (timezone converter)

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I will try to attend to the next meeting on the 16th if that’s okay? I would like to learn and listen on how I could contribute to this great project and community. :slight_smile:

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@miker256 Sure! You’re definitely welcome to join, we can help you to figure out how you can contribute :slight_smile: Send me your email by PM, and I’ll add you to the meeting invite. (Anyone else willing to join to contribute too, you’re welcome to do the same!).

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Here are the points from the agenda which were discussed at yesterday’ contributor’s meetup:

  • Marketing workgroup follow-up (Stefania)
  • Release working group & documentation update (Regis)
  • Core Committers program update (Nimisha, 3mns)
  • Technical Community Contributions (Nimisha)
    • Platform Backend Python APIs (EduNext)
      • Case study: Extract Sysadmin (MIT)
    • Django Pluggable Templates (OpenCraft)
    • MFEs
      • Deployment (EduNext)
      • Configuration
      • Theming
    • Documentation (OpenCraft, Overhang.IO)
      • Toggles and Features
      • Onboarding
      • Reference/Handbook

Here is the recording:

Details: July 16th Meetup Trello card.

Next meetup: July 30th at 14:00 UTC (timezone converter)

Don’t hesitate to suggest additional items for the agenda! And see you there :slight_smile:

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Thank you to those who have joined the contributors meetup yesterday! Here are the main points we discussed:

  • Meet & greet newcomers
  • Backup for running the next two meetings
  • Marketing workgroup follow-up (Stefania)
  • Blended Development program (Marco)
  • Release working group & documentation update (Regis)
  • Core Committers program update (Nimisha, 3mns)
  • Technical Community Contributions (Nimisha)
    • Platform Backend Python APIs (Felipe)
      • Case study: Extract Sysadmin (MIT)
    • MFEs
      • Deployment (Felipe)
    • Hook based extensions proposal (Felipe)

And here is the recording:

Details: July 30th Meetup Trello card.

Next meetup: August 13th at 14:00 UTC (timezone converter). Don’t hesitate to suggest additional items for the agenda.

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Thanks @nimisha for taking care of the Contributors Meetups while I was off - and thanks to everyone who has attended them! It was good to be back on Thursday for the last one. I’m posting its recording, and of the two meetups from August while I was away:

August 13th

Details: https://trello.com/c/150lyk2m/82-contributors-meetup-august-13th-agenda

August 27th

Details: https://trello.com/c/CaReWhlW/87-contributors-meetup-august-27th-agenda

September 10th

Details: https://trello.com/c/m4yIREVH/91-contributors-meetup-september-10th-agenda

Next meetup!

September 24th at 14:00 UTC

Details & agenda draft: https://trello.com/c/cjPqV19j/93-contributors-meetup-september-24th-agenda

Timezone converter).

Don’t hesitate to suggest additional items for the agenda.

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Thank you for the discussions and collaboration yesterday - it’s really nice to see the energy of the group. There are a lot of nice projects and contributions underway at the moment. :slight_smile:

Here is the recording from yesterday:

Details: https://trello.com/c/cjPqV19j/93-contributors-meetup-september-24th-agenda

Next meetup!

October 8th at 14:00 UTC (Timezone converter)

Details & agenda draft: https://trello.com/c/v7YcfxQy/95-contributors-meetup-october-8th-agenda

Don’t hesitate to submit additional items for the agenda.

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Another good list of topics in yesterday’s contributors’ meetup - thanks to the participants!

The recording:

Details & chat logs: https://trello.com/c/v7YcfxQy/95-contributors-meetup-october-8th-agenda

Next meetup: October 22nd at 14:00 UTC (Timezone converter)

Details and draft agenda: https://trello.com/c/u5H4IH9K/97-contributors-meetup-october-22nd-agenda - don’t hesitate to comment on the ticket or here to add items to it.

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@antoviaque sure, if @abstract-technology lets me know in advance that she can’t attend, I’ll come and do the update for the Marketing working group.

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@gabrieldamours I apologise for the uncommunicated problems. It was our mistake as an urgent rescheduling has come our way.

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@abstract-technology no worries :slight_smile:

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Thank you to all the participants to yesterday’s meeting!

Video recording

Participants

Since we have discussed linking to the forum profiles of the participants, I’m actually starting a list of participants to the last meeting here. Click on a name to read the participant’s profile:

I don’t know everyone’s forum username though, so please comment on this thread if you don’t see your name in the list, so I can add it.

Topics

The list of topics from yesterday’s agenda:

Details & chat logs: https://trello.com/c/u5H4IH9K/97-contributors-meetup-october-22nd-agenda

Next meetup: November 5th at 14:00 UTC (Timezone converter)

Details and draft agenda: https://trello.com/c/HvmZcckj/100-contributors-meetup-november-5th-agenda - don’t hesitate to comment on the ticket or here to add items to it.

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Thank you to the courageous who came to the contributors meetup yesterday, after the workshop marathon meeting from the day before :stuck_out_tongue:

Video recording

Participants

Since we have discussed linking to the forum profiles of the participants, I’m actually starting a list of participants to the last meeting here. Click on a name to read the participant’s profile:

(If you were attending and don’t see your name in the list, please let me know your username so I can add it.)

Topics

The list of topics from yesterday’s agenda:

Details & chat logs: https://trello.com/c/HvmZcckj/100-contributors-meetup-november-5th-agenda

Next meetup: November 19th at 14:00 UTC (Timezone converter)

Details and draft agenda: https://trello.com/c/GJPVDr3o/105-contributors-meetup-november-19th-agenda - don’t hesitate to comment on the ticket or here to add items to it.

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New meeting time!

We are currently considering moving the contributors meetup to a different time. So if you have been considering joining the meetup, but it was always at an inconvenient time, here is your chance.

Vote here by Wednesday Nov 25th (end of day)

Edit: Done! The new meeting time is on Monday at 15:00 UTC, every two weeks. The next meeting time is thus November 30th at 15:00 UTC (Timezone converter)

(Also let me know if you don’t already receive the meeting invite.)

Video recording

The recording of the meeting from Thursday:

Participants

Since we have discussed linking to the forum profiles of the participants, I’m actually starting a list of participants to the last meeting here. Click on a name to read the participant’s profile:

(If you were attending and don’t see your name in the list, please let me know your username so I can add it.)

Topics

The list of topics from yesterday’s agenda:

Details & chat logs: https://trello.com/c/GJPVDr3o/105-contributors-meetup-november-19th-agenda

Next meetup: November 30th at 15:00 UTC (Timezone converter)

Details and draft agenda: https://trello.com/c/jwfkyurc/109-contributors-meetup-november-30th-agenda

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Thank you for the votes! The poll is now completed, and the new meeting time is on Monday at 15:00 UTC, every two weeks. The next meeting time is thus November 30th at 15:00 UTC (Timezone converter).

See you on Monday!

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Thanks to everyone who joined the contributors meetup on Monday!

Video recording

The recording of the meeting:

Participants

Since we have discussed linking to the forum profiles of the participants, I’m actually starting a list of participants to the last meeting here. Click on a name to read the participant’s profile:

(If you were attending and don’t see your name in the list, please let me know your username so I can add it.)

Topics

The list of topics from yesterday’s agenda:

Details & chat logs: https://trello.com/c/jwfkyurc/109-contributors-meetup-november-30th-agenda

Next meetup: Monday December 14th at 15:00 UTC (Timezone converter)

Details and draft agenda: https://trello.com/c/00kG188m/111-contributors-meetup-december-14th-agenda

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Thanks, as always, for the interesting discussions on Monday :slight_smile:

Important: Due to the holidays, the next contributors meetup, which should have been on Monday December 28th, is cancelled. The next meetup will be on Monday, January 11th 2021.

Video recording

Here is the recording of the meeting from Monday:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fQQmY02lZxE4ImN-xdIcYO5ydrxQU_Ch/view?usp=sharing

Participants

Since we have discussed linking to the forum profiles of the participants, I’m actually starting a list of participants to the last meeting here. Click on a name to read the participant’s profile:

(If you were attending and don’t see your name in the list, please let me know your username so I can add it.)

Topics

The list of topics from yesterday’s agenda:

Details & chat logs: https://trello.com/c/00kG188m/111-contributors-meetup-december-14th-agenda

Next meetup: Monday January 11th at 15:00 UTC (Timezone converter)

Details and draft agenda: https://trello.com/c/J0lU8Zir/115-contributors-meetup-january-11th-agenda

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Hi @antoviaque! Can you please make public the video recording of the last meetup?

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@regis Fixed! Sorry, I missed changing the default option when I uploaded it last week - thanks for reporting the issue.

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Happy New Year! Here is the recap of the first Contributors Meetup of 2021 :slight_smile:

Video recording

Here is the recording of the meeting from today:

Participants

Since we have discussed linking to the forum profiles of the participants, I’m actually starting a list of participants to the last meeting here. Click on a name to read the participant’s profile:

(If you were attending and don’t see your name in the list, please let me know your username so I can add it.)

Topics

The list of topics from yesterday’s agenda:

Details & chat logs: Trello

Next meetup: Monday January 25th at 15:00 UTC (Timezone converter)

Details and draft agenda: Trello

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