On 12/17/2013 04:40 AM, Thierry Carrez wrote:
> Tim Bell wrote:
>> I would also propose that these user/operator points should be provided to 
>> the PTLs at least one month in advance of the summit. Armed with this input, 
>> the PTLs can factor this into the summit session planning. If there are 
>> needs for a user/operator advocate in design sessions, I think we can find 
>> candidates as we expand through the volunteers and ambassador programs.
> 
> Yes, there would be more value if that user/operator feedback could be
> gathered early enough so that it influences the schedule of the Design
> Summit.
> 
> I'm afraid that putting user/operator concerns discussion as "the first
> session of the design summit" would not significantly influence the
> content of the other pre-scheduled sessions. For example, I know that
> getting access to the User Survey pain points a few weeks earlier was
> really useful for PTLs working on design summit schedule.

Yes, that was great. I know it dramatically informed how I put together
my piece of the schedule, and what sessions I made sure to participate in.

> So yes, we need some forum to express user/operator pain points and
> priorities, but making it happen just after the PTL elections (one month
> before design summit) would be the most effective if the goal is to
> really influence what gets worked on for the next development cycle.

I really like this approach. I think that there would be no reason to
align the cadence with the design summit.

I actually think that the way the Linux Foundation does the End User
Summit is potentially an interesting pattern here (which we should
liberally borrow from when it makes sense) -
http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/enterprise-end-user-summit

        -Sean

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Sean Dague
Samsung Research America
s...@dague.net / sean.da...@samsung.com
http://dague.net

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