"Office hours" / Lounge group call: Friday 05/29, 2:30pm EDT / 8:30pm CEST

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We’ve had a lot of controversies recently that more discussion on the forum doesn’t seem to be helping resolve. So, my thought is to host a group call (using Jitsi) and see if that helps clear the air more than just posts and replies do. I realize that many people on this forum aren’t native English speakers and so a group call may be a bigger ask than interacting on the forum; that’s alright, please join anyway!

Let’s see if tomorrow (Friday the 29th) works for people. If you’re interested, which of these time(s) would work for you?

  • 9:00am EDT / 3:00pm CEST
  • 11:30am EDT / 5:30pm CEST
  • 2:30pm EDT / 8:30pm CEST
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EDIT: Poll closed, time is now chosen.

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What format will the talk have?

Which topics (in addition to LLM controversies) will be discussed?

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No defined format. It’ll just be a group call where we can talk about Haiku, the current controversies, or whatever other relevant topics as people want to discuss them.

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Thanks for organising this, @waddlesplash. I won’t be able to join the call: I’m not a native English speaker and my spoken English isn’t good enough to follow and take part in a live discussion like this. I’ll keep contributing in writing, where I can express myself clearly. I appreciate the effort to talk things through.

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I love the idea, though I do feel like it will turn into a LLM screaming match. Doing a monthly call my be a fun idea in general.

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I don’t think it will, but if someone starts screaming, then they get the boot. :stuck_out_tongue:

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I will be at work in the afenoon and in the train to go evangelize people about H-iku at the Journées du Logiciel Libre (libre software days) this weekend. So, not able to join a voice call.

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Well, fair enough. But your English is almost certainly better than my Italian! (lol). Even if you aren’t joining, will you at least announce this on the Telegram group(s), perhaps?

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It looks like the 2:30pm EDT slot is the most popular, at least for this time. So let’s go with that. Check back here close to then for a meeting link. See you all then!

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Good initiative. It would be nice if someone recorded the call for it to be shared with those of the community who cannot attend. :wink:

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I suppose we’ll see what happens, and what people want to do. Not having a recording is sometimes nice; people don’t worry about phrasing things so precisely if only a general outline of what they are saying (or just what was said in the abstract) will wind up in meeting notes, rather than a recording of their every word.

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Suggetion: Record it, but only release it if things remained civil.

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Not everything needs to be recorded exactly.

If something interesting emerges of the talk, maybe take some meeting notes. Otherwise, I think people having a chat without being recorded is a good idea sometimes, especially if there aren’t important decisions being taken on the spot and no need for accountability.

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Stream is live now; link’s in the description!

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That went very well; I think we had over 20 people total come and go, and about 12 who were there for almost all of it. Thanks everyone! We definitely should do this more often.

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That was definitely worthwhile. Thatnks for organising it, @waddlesplash!

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Thanks for organising that @waddlesplash, it was a good discussion. Hope we can have more in the near future.

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I learned things I didn’t know. We definitely need more of this.

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Sorry I missed it, I’d love to join the next one!

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That was a good one. Thanks for organizing @waddlesplash, and thanks everyone for joining!

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