Re: Why did so few GNUsteppers attend the meeting? (was: Re: GNUstep monthly meeting (audio/(video) call) on Saturday, 13th of June 2026 -- Reminder)

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It was held at 1am Australian Time.. it's something I'm interested in
attending at some point but I have to plan to stay awake for it.

On Mon, 15 Jun 2026 at 09:25, Robert Slover <[email protected]> wrote:

> As for myself, I am not able to attend on weekends and even more so durin=
g
> the middle of the day.
>
> I do appreciate the recordings. I=E2=80=99ve watched a number of them.
>
> =E2=80=94Robert
>
> On Jun 14, 2026, at 18:52, [email protected] via
> Discussion list for the GNUstep programming environment <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
> =EF=BB=BFHi fellow =E2=80=99Steppers,
>
> we had our monthly meeting on Saturday, the recordings are here:
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D618e0qHJZV8
>
> it was very interesting, Greg showed some new apps and Joe did show his
> accomplishments working on NextBSD.
>
> It was a little sad that only three of us took part in the meeting. Why i=
s
> that?
>
> - Is it because the meeting is too often, e.g. monthly? Would you have
> attended if it were only bi-monthly like some time ago?
> - Is it because the time of the year, I mean maybe you=E2=80=99re rather =
outside
> during summer time, enjoying the nice weather?
> - Is it because the meeting is to broadly announced now, should I stop
> posting announcements on reddit?
> - Is it because the meeting is to long, should we limit it to two or mayb=
e
> one hour?
>
> what was your reason not to attend? Please let me know.
>
> kind regards,
>
> Lars
>
> Am 10.06.2026 um 11:49 schrieb Gregory Casamento <[email protected]=
m
> >:
>
> The monthly GNUstep audio/(video) call takes place every second Saturday
> of a month at 15:00 GMT to 18:00 GMT. That is 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM EDT (US)
> or 17:00 to 20:00 CEST (Berlin time).
>
> It's a Jitsi Meeting - Channel: GNUstepOfficial (Sorry, reddit don't let
> me post jitsi links here)
>
> https://meet.jit.si/GNUstepOfficial
>
> We usually just talk (who wants it might share video too) and occasionall=
y
> share screens. Everybody (GNUstep developers and users) is welcome!
>
> --
> Gregory Casamento
> GNUstep Lead Developer / Black Lotus, Principal Consultant
> http://www.gnustep.org - http://heronsperch.blogspot.com
> https://www.openhub.net/languages/objective_c
>
>
>

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<div dir=3D"ltr">It was held at 1am Australian Time.. it&#39;s something I&=
#39;m interested in attending at some point but I have to plan to stay awak=
e for it.</div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div di=
r=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Mon, 15 Jun 2026 at 09:25, Robert Slover =
&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></=
div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;bor=
der-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"auto"><di=
v dir=3D"ltr"></div><div dir=3D"ltr">As for myself, I am not able to attend=
 on weekends and even more so during the middle of the day.=C2=A0</div><div=
 dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">I do appreciate the recordings. I=
=E2=80=99ve watched a number of them.=C2=A0</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div=
><div dir=3D"ltr">=E2=80=94Robert</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br><blockquote typ=
e=3D"cite">On Jun 14, 2026, at 18:52, <a href=3D"mailto:lars.sonchocky-hell=
[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a> v=
ia Discussion list for the GNUstep programming environment &lt;<a href=3D"m=
ailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a=
>&gt; wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div dir=
=3D"ltr">=EF=BB=BFHi fellow =E2=80=99Steppers,<div><br></div><div>we had ou=
r monthly meeting on Saturday, the recordings are here:</div><div><br></div=
><div><a href=3D"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D618e0qHJZV8" target=3D"_=
blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D618e0qHJZV8</a></div><div><br></di=
v><div>it was very interesting, Greg showed some new apps and Joe did show =
his accomplishments working on NextBSD.</div><div><br></div><div>It was a l=
ittle sad that only three of us took part in the meeting. Why is that?</div=
><div><br></div><div>- Is it because the meeting is too often, e.g. monthly=
? Would you have attended if it were only bi-monthly like some time ago?</d=
iv><div>- Is it because the time of the year, I mean maybe you=E2=80=99re r=
ather outside during summer time, enjoying the nice weather?</div><div>- Is=
 it because the meeting is to broadly announced now, should I stop posting =
announcements on reddit?</div><div>- Is it because the meeting is to long, =
should we limit it to two or maybe one hour?</div><div><br></div><div>what =
was your reason not to attend? Please let me know.</div><div><br></div><div=
>kind regards,</div><div><br></div><div><span style=3D"white-space:pre-wrap=
">	</span>Lars</div><div><div><br><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div>Am 10.06.2=
026 um 11:49 schrieb Gregory Casamento &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:greg.casamento=
@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt;:</div><br><d=
iv><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><font face=3D"monospace">The monthly GNUstep audio=
/(video) call takes place every second Saturday of a month at 15:00 GMT to =
18:00 GMT. That is 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM EDT (US) or 17:00 to 20:00 CEST (Berl=
in time).<br><br>It&#39;s a Jitsi Meeting - Channel: GNUstepOfficial (Sorry=
, reddit don&#39;t let me post jitsi links here)</font></div><div><font fac=
e=3D"monospace"><br></font></div><div><font face=3D"monospace"><span class=
=3D"gmail_default"></span><a href=3D"https://meet.jit.si/GNUstepOfficial" t=
arget=3D"_blank">https://meet.jit.si/GNUstepOfficial</a><br><br>We usually =
just talk (who wants it might share video too) and occasionally share scree=
ns. Everybody (GNUstep developers and users) is welcome!</font></div><div><=
br></div><span class=3D"gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir=3D"l=
tr" class=3D"gmail_signature"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div d=
ir=3D"ltr"><font face=3D"monospace">Gregory Casamento<br>GNUstep Lead Devel=
oper / Black Lotus, Principal Consultant<br><a href=3D"http://www.gnustep.o=
rg/" target=3D"_blank">http://www.gnustep.org</a> - <a href=3D"http://heron=
sperch.blogspot.com/" target=3D"_blank">http://heronsperch.blogspot.com</a>=
<br></font></div></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><font color=3D"#888888" face=3D"mon=
ospace"><a href=3D"https://www.openhub.net/languages/objective_c" style=3D"=
color:rgb(17,85,204)" target=3D"_blank">https://www.openhub.net/languages/o=
bjective_c</a></font></div></div></div></div></div>
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