Interest in Virtual RTEMS Workshop

[Heinz Junkes]

We are using BlueJeans Events for our workshop/meeting. 

FHI, Heinz Junkes

> On 4. Oct 2020, at 21:15, Joel Sherrill <joel at rtems.org> wrote:
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>> On Sun, Oct 4, 2020, 12:49 PM Heinz Junkes <junkes at fhi-berlin.mpg.de> wrote:
>> Hello, Joel,
>> I am currently organizing a virtual meeting for the EPICS community:
>> https://indico.fhi-berlin.mpg.de/e/epics2020
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>> This takes place in 2 weeks. If this works well, I would be happy to offer our platform (and our experience) for an RTEMS workshop.
>> But the contributions would have to come from the RTEMS community ;-)
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> Thanks! Google meet is likely ok. OAR's WebEx account can host up to 100 participants. Zoom may even be an option.
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> I am kind of hoping to have presentations from the EPICS and CFS communities. Maybe a GSoC project session. And some from core developers on what they are doing. So don't think we don't want to hear about your work even if it is a repeat from the EPICS workshop. :)
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>> Viele Grüße
>> Heinz
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>> > On 2. Oct 2020, at 22:02, Joel Sherrill <joel at rtems.org> wrote:
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>> > Hi
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>> > In the past, we have internally discussed an RTEMS Workshop but always got hung up on the basic logistics. There had to be a host site which usually means cost. Although OAR now has access to a facility that could host about 40-50. Travel required to all be in a central location would be burdensome based on time and cost. Remember the core developers are spread across three continents. 
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>> > The pandemic has made it clear that virtual meetings, conferences, birthday parties, etc. are possible. Based on ideas from other open source projects, I am curious if there would be interest in having a virtual workshop.
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>> > One thought is that given the time zones, it might be nice to do it as a TBD number of 2-3 hour sessions which vary in time across 2-3 days. That should let different people participate. One open source project did a 24 hour event which spanned the world. I do not want to do that. :)
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>> > I think recording the presentations beforehand and making them available afterwards would be ideal. I have seen formal setups where questions are restricted to the end of the presentation but like the idea of the presenter able to chat while their presentation is going. 
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>> > In my perfect world, most presentations would be from people using RTEMS, although I expect core developer presentations would add depth to what they are working on and the goals. 
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>> > Is there interest? Would you be willing to present? participate? Advice?
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>> > Thanks.
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>> > --joel
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