Re: OpenBMC Office Hours

[krtaylor <kurt.r.taylor@gmail.com>]

On 9/22/20 12:17 PM, Nancy Yuen wrote:
> Hi Team OpenBMC,
> 
> As Sai stated in his learning series post, OpenBMC can appear complex
> to people learning or evaluating OpenBMC.
> 
> I propose office hours, staffed by experienced volunteers where
> newcomers can dial in and ask questions.  The reasoning is newcomers
> aren't always sure what questions to ask and/or are intimidated by
> IRC.  Office hours would be a more direct, 1:1 forum for newcomers to
> get answers.  And of course volunteers would encourage the use of the
> mailing list and IRC for follow up discussions.

Thank you Nancy, this is great!

Kurt Taylor (krtaylor)

> I would like this to be low overhead for volunteers and I'm hoping to
> have enough volunteers to do monthly office hours, in the volunteer's
> local timezone.  Please sign up here if you're willing to volunteer.
> Ideally we would have 6-12 volunteers so it would just be one hour
> once or twice a year for everyone.  Please sign up by 10/16 @
> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hOzYDq6kRl8RCj9Kk_kzpiUjt5bABxVRH87StK2oKnY/edit?usp=sharing
> if you're interested in volunteering!
> 
> I'd also like each office hour to have signups, to make efficient use
> of everyone's time.  If there are no signups within 24hrs, the office
> hour would be canceled.
> 
> Thanks,
> Nancy
>