Re: Proposal for Django Core Sprints

2022-10-29 Thread Ed Rivas
I think this could open up another way in which companies could get involved in the development of Django by acting as a Sprint Sponsor. This could include providing a venue and/or funding for travel and lodging costs. Having a list of features that need to be sprinted on could attract companie

Re: Proposal for Django Core Sprints

2022-10-27 Thread Paolo Melchiorre
Hi 'st...@jigsawtech.co.uk', I'm sorry but I can't find your name in the email. In my proposal I explicitly propose that the few people invited should be financed in various ways, precisely to avoid excluding someone. Grazie, Paolo On Thu, Oct 27, 2022 at 8:02 AM 'st...@jigsawtech.co.uk' via Dja

Re: Proposal for Django Core Sprints

2022-10-26 Thread 'st...@jigsawtech.co.uk' via Django developers (Contributions to Django itself)
Hybrid sound the best way, with remote first as otherwise you are excluding people who would need air travel that's not covered by someone else and can be very expensive how and are thus increasing a carbon footprint for something that really doesn't need it On Thursday, 27 October 2022 at 01:4

Re: Proposal for Django Core Sprints

2022-10-26 Thread Paolo Melchiorre
Hi Andrew, Thanks also to you for your very detailed answer. On Thu, Oct 27, 2022 at 1:54 AM Andrew Godwin wrote: > ... trying to organise an additional in-person event that a large number of > contributors are expected to go to is difficult I am aware that this proposal of mine to the DS

Re: Proposal for Django Core Sprints

2022-10-26 Thread Paolo Melchiorre
Hi James, First of all, thank you for your feedback. On Thu, Oct 27, 2022 at 1:10 AM James Bennett wrote: > * They should be designed around the assumption of remote-first, not "hybrid" > or in-person-first, ... My proposal is that of hybrid sprints for the reasons I have listed in my article,

Re: Proposal for Django Core Sprints

2022-10-26 Thread Andrew Godwin
Hi Paolo, I do like the overall idea - a few thoughts below. My first concern for this, which somewhat echoes James, is that trying to organise an additional in-person event that a large number of contributors are expected to go to is difficult. Funding considerations are one concern - we woul

Re: Proposal for Django Core Sprints

2022-10-26 Thread James Bennett
Organizing sprints is a fine idea, but: * They should be designed around the assumption of remote-first, not "hybrid" or in-person-first, and there should be no language in the description whatsoever about in-person participation being important. There simply are too many factors involved in tryin