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_arc...) 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.
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#
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@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:
- 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.
- 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_arc...) 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?
- 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?
- 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]
- 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# _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 10:11 PM, legoktm legoktm.wikipedia@gmail.comwrote:
Hi, Given that the Configuration cluster had the second most number of votes in the poll, why was it left of the agenda entirely?
We have been going back and forth between plenary session and breakout session for Configuration, it's definitely on the table and I am 99.9% sure that we will have a session dedicated to it. It's just not officially slotted anywhere right now but I will check with Robla and see how we will schedule this important cluster. It not being in the program right now should not be seen as a sign that's not important, on the contrary, we are just trying to find the most appropriate slot for it. D
On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 10:47 AM, Diederik van Liere dvanliere@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:
- 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.
- 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_arc... )
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?
- 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?
- 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]
- 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# _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
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On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 1:17 PM, Diederik van Liere dvanliere@wikimedia.org wrote:
On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 10:11 PM, legoktm legoktm.wikipedia@gmail.comwrote:
Hi, Given that the Configuration cluster had the second most number of votes in the poll, why was it left of the agenda entirely?
We have been going back and forth between plenary session and breakout session for Configuration, it's definitely on the table and I am 99.9% sure that we will have a session dedicated to it. It's just not officially slotted anywhere right now but I will check with Robla and see how we will schedule this important cluster. It not being in the program right now should not be seen as a sign that's not important, on the contrary, we are just trying to find the most appropriate slot for it.
Let's put that number at 95% :-) I don't want to commit the group to anything; it's at the top of the short list, but you never know where people will want to take the conversation.
Legoktm, the thing you could do to push it over the top is to write up a summary as you see it of the various positions, and post it to this list. Ideally, you would also publish it as a subpage of the Architecture Summit 2014 page, similar to how some of the others are (e.g. HTML templating[1]) Even if we don't get to it at the summit, it still will be a very useful backgrounder to have. Is that something you'd be willing to chip in with?
Rob
[1] Example of the type of page we should have for all of the topics we're going to talk about: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Architecture_Summit_2014/HTML_templating
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