<div dir="ltr">Hi all,<div>Unless it is again possible to meet in person I really like the idea of the "social chat" .</div><div>I'm also looking forward to a next "in person" meeting (my last one was Gran Canaria IIRC :( )..</div><div>So it would be really nice to see you all for a virtual coffee somewhere online - and hopefully in the near future again in person.</div><div>thanks Nyall for this nice idea <br></div><div><br></div><div>regards</div><div>Werner</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Sep 20, 2021 at 9:29 AM Alessandro Pasotti <<a href="mailto:apasotti@gmail.com">apasotti@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hi Nyall,</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you for the proposals, I like them both a lot, needless to say how I also miss the QGIS hackfests too.<br></div><div><br></div><div>As a side note, during the last PSC meeting we started talking about the possibility of having in-person meetings again in the near future: stay tuned!!!</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Sep 20, 2021 at 8:36 AM Nyall Dawson <<a href="mailto:nyall.dawson@gmail.com" target="_blank">nyall.dawson@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hi PSC, QGIS dev list members!<br>
<br>
I would like to kick-start some discussion on possible channels that<br>
we could use to (hopefully temporarily!!) replace our in-person<br>
contributor meetups.<br>
<br>
Kartoza have been doing a brilliant job at connecting with our user<br>
base through their QGIS Open Day initiative. While I've personally<br>
found this to be a good replacement for user conference type events, I<br>
feel like there's a need for a focused QGIS contributors virtual<br>
meetup.<br>
<br>
I think one of the reasons the QGIS contributor community has<br>
historically had such a welcoming and friendly feel could be directly<br>
attributed to the in-person hackfest events. I'm sure I'm not the only<br>
one who is feeling the absence of these! (I would seriously love to be<br>
back in Nodebo, hanging out with you all in the woodcutters bar and<br>
trying to hammer a nail into a stump of wood :P )<br>
<br>
While it wouldn't be a replacement for these in-person meetups, I'd<br>
love to see a semi-regular "Friday night drinks" style video chat for<br>
QGIS contributors. The intention would be that this is<br>
social/relationship focused, rather than a "QGIS Planning session"<br>
meetup.<br>
<br>
Would anyone else be interested in this?<br>
<br>
On this note, I would also love to see some form of<br>
contributor-focused text chat room for QGIS contributors. While<br>
there's plenty of chat rooms around for QGIS users, these tend to<br>
attract toward "how do I do this in QGIS" questions. For this reason I<br>
personally avoid them, as I'm looking more for a "random social chat<br>
with other QGIS contributors" channel where I'm not feeling like I'm<br>
there to help users out. Would others be interested in this too?<br>
<br>
Thanks for your thoughts!<br>
Nyall<br>
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