Hi,
Given that the Configuration cluster had the second most number of
votes in the poll, why was it left of the agenda entirely?
-- Legoktm
On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 10:47 AM, Diederik van Liere
<dvanliere(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
Heya,
The Program Committee for the Architecture Summit has published a proposed
program:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Architecture_Summit_2014
Highlights of the Program:
1) We have tried to incorporate flexibility into the program by allowing 4
unconference break-out slots, 1 open plenary session and a daily ‘agenda
bashing’ session to make adjustments to the program if the need arises.
2) There are 3 plenary sessions: HTML Templating (
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Architecture_Summit_2014/HTML_templating),
Service Oriented Architecture (
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Architecture_Summit_2014/Service-oriented_ar…)
and one open slot. Possible candidates for the open session include
Performance and UI styling but this will be decided during the Summit. The
short list will include the higher vote-getters in the straw poll, so if
there’s one of the clusters you strongly feel should be part of the
program, now is your time to make that case.
Make that case where? Given that slidedecks are supposed to be
prepared, shouldn't this be decided beforehand rather than waiting?
3) There are 6 breakout sessions:
* 2 planned: UI styling (
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Architecture_Summit_2014/UI_styling) and
Storage Services (
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Architecture_Summit_2014/Storage_services)
* 4 unconference slots
There will be a round of Lightning Talks at the beginning of the plenary
session after the breakout session to summarize what happened by answering
the following questions:
a) What did you try to achieve?
b) What did you decide?
c) What are the next steps?
4) Architecture Panel and Value discussion. This is a plenary session for
the architects to share what they value in good architecture, as well as
talk about how they see the architecture of MediaWiki evolving, and what
role people other than our historical core group of three have to play in
the process. During this session, we hope to at least answer some of the
questions outlined in the recent discussion of the RFC process[1]
5) RFC roulette: a one hour closing session for RFC’s that have not been in
the spotlight during the Summit and where the next step can be decided.
This is intended to be fast paced and slightly chaotic. If you would like
to hear what’s next for your RFC please participate with the roulette by
adding your name to
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Architecture_Summit_2014/RFC_roulette
What does the Program Committee expect from summit participants?
a) If you are a participant, please familiarize yourself with the latest
version of the RFC’s that you care about.
b) If you are an author of an RFC that is scheduled in a plenary session,
please start preparing in collaboration with the other authors from the
same session on a short slidedeck that summarizes all the different RFC’s.
One slide that could be really useful is to have a matrix that highlights
key differences between alternative / competing proposals. Diederik will
contact the folks who are invited for the plenary session to help
coordinate and organize.
c) If you are an author of an RFC that is scheduled in a breakout session,
please create maximum 3 slides that summarize your RFC and think about what
you want to get out of your session. The slides are optional, but the
requisite level of preparation is not.
d) If you want to run an unconference slot then start thinking about a
theme and possible co-organizers. It’s okay to use an existing RFC cluster.
Two quick final notes:
The Program has been created using the input from the straw poll (
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Architecture_Summit_2014/Straw_poll), input
from the Program Committee and input from the Engineering Community Team.
To see which RFC’s compose a cluster please have a look at
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Architecture_Summit_2014/RFC_clusters
Looking forward to your feedback!
Best regards,
The Program Committee
[1] Discussion of the RFC process:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Requests_for_comment/Process#
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