NixCon 2020 meeting notes #6

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with @puckipedia @worldofpeace @qyliss

We mainly discussed logistics and the event schedule. Overall we’re in good spirits and are having more confidence in the event. We uncovered a possible Jitsi/Firefox issue today when Alyssa joined our Jitsi room with a new version of Firefox. Reverting to a prior Firefox resolved it.

We need to do some testing and rehearsals. The goals are multiple

  • verify the functionality of our streaming infra (end to end)
  • uncover any presentation issues from speakers
  • verify event flows

We have not yet worked out a time to invite folks to help with testing yet, but if you’d like to help check back here in a day or two.

Action items

  • communicate to speakers about the option to pre-record their talk and be present during the live broadcast for Q&A
  • puck and Alyssa investigate Jitsi + new Firefox issue
  • test ingesting pre-recorded video (which format?)
  • make the breaks in between talks have the same duration
  • publish event schedule on 2020.nixcon.org homepage; update nixos.org link to point there
  • submit NixCon infrastructure talk (to show off the Nix/NixOS powering the event)
  • submit NixCon event debriefing talk (optional, give us feedback)
  • write up the plans and scripts for the event
    • publicize the items relevant for participants (i.e. how will QA time work? breakout rooms)
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orga meeting

2020-10-06T16:00:00Z → 2020-10-06T16:45:00Z
on https://jitsi.nixcon.net/weekly-meeting

event rehearsal

2020-10-07T15:00:00Z → 2020-10-07T16:00:00Z
(jitsi not set)
If you want to join for this, please contact us somehow: IRC, discord, or reply here.

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event rehearsal

2020-10-07T15:00:00Z → 2020-10-07T16:00:00Z
(jitsi not set)
If you want to join for this, please contact us somehow: IRC, discord, or reply here.

Looks like an OK time. So, what an event rehearsal is planned to be and what should I prepare to participate? (Slides placeholder with a couple pages? Short prerecorded video placeholder?)

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Being present would be fantastic. Every speaker will have some time to share their screen and try out their slides or presentation media. Placeholder content is fine.

We’ll get together and run a partial simulation of a session. Here is the plan:

Agenda

11:00 gather
Spin up the infrastructure that we want to test.

11:10 begin stream

11:12 Worldofpeace (as MC) reads the opening dialogue

11:15 MC announces first (test) speaker

11:16 mock presentation

11:18 mock Q/A

11:20 MC reads announcements/closing

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We’ll meet on https://jitsi.nixcon.net/test-rehearsal tomorrow