From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 80CCB1381F3 for ; Mon, 24 Jun 2013 13:21:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4A480E09AD; Mon, 24 Jun 2013 13:21:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1F5A7E09A2 for ; Mon, 24 Jun 2013 13:21:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix, from userid 2195) id 63C0D33E5B3; Mon, 24 Jun 2013 13:21:08 +0000 (UTC) Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 09:21:08 -0400 From: Mike Pagano To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Gentoo Hangouts Message-ID: <20130624132108.GA31014@woodpecker.gentoo.org> References: Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Archives-Salt: a51da0a6-1ee2-4ef5-8649-2f33001b3afa X-Archives-Hash: 7b1e9c4020acc68546a46c285137ab3e On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 12:04:04PM +0100, Markos Chandras wrote: > On 24 June 2013 11:54, Michael Palimaka wrote: > > On 24/06/2013 07:30, Pavlos Ratis wrote: > >> > >> That's why I'd like to propose Gentoo Hangouts. Gentoo Hangouts will > >> be Google+ video Hangouts(video calls) held by teams or developers > >> independent of a team. The main goal is to have the teams introduce > >> themselves and discuss about different issues in their Gentoo-related > >> projects. > > > > > > Thanks for taking the time and initiative to work on something new, I am > > sure it will prove interesting. > > > > It is the response that confuses me - I don't understand why everyone is > > rushing to shut it down before it even begins. For those that are not > > interested in the idea of a video hangout, just don't use it and move on - > > simple. > > > > > > I like the idea. It might help bring developers and users closer. > > -- I can't see the harm, and people who don't have the time, interest or social skills can certainly not join. I worked from a home office for 7 years and used this all the time. Sometimes it helps to realize that the people on the other end of the wire are just that: people. I've seen behaviors change among team members for the better. Plus, maybe I can learn how to pronouce more than half of your names. :)