Re: [extremeprogramming] Practicing XP gathering

 From the replies, it looks like we can do this in three locations:

   * Washington, DC

   * London

   * Lisbon

While it would be cool to try to do them all on the same day and 
videoconference or something, it might make more sense to run one, then 
incorporate lessons learned into the others.

I suggest discussing the format in this thread, and scheduling for 
individual locations in their own threads.

** Format:

Todd brought up Open Space, and I think at least part of the day should 
have that kind of participant-directedness.

Todd also mentioned that he has some interactive workshops, which is the 
kind of thing I was thinking of.  In particular, I would like most of 
the time to either be hands-on (coding, integrating, deploying, etc.) or 
reflecting directly on what we learned from hands-on activity or how we 
can improve it.

I also want us to share our Best Tricks (either coding, or coaching, or 
otherwise).

** Programming content:

Steve mentioned The Dude's Code Jams, and giving something to the 
community. My present company has a couple existing projects for 
not-for-profits that might benefit from contributors; I'll ask about 
that.  Bob Payne is local to DC, and I know he's connected to some 
not-for-profit projects, as is George[1].

If we're thinking about the programming or XP community, I don't think 
there's any dearth of ideas for smallish applications that would improve 
things. (Maybe that deserves a thread of its own?)

** Schedule:

This will depend on the location, so I'll start a new thread for DC. 
Feel free to start threads for your location.

—George

On 12/5/19 3:22 PM, George Paci wrote:

> Who would be interested in physically getting together for a 
> substantial period of time (8 hours or a few days) to just plain 
> practice the way we do XP (and related things) today?  At the end, we 
> could make a list of things we saw that aren't common knowledge, and 
> briefly explain them.
>
> The code could be one or more (probably Open Source) projects that we 
> bring.  Each project could be in a different language; part of what we 
> need to know is how to deal with languages and systems we don't 
> understand yet.
>
> This is just a vague idea at the moment, but for what it's worth, I 
> can provide space for a couple dozen people to code (in a sunny, 
> climate-controlled room) near Washington, DC.
>
> —George
>
> "I used to think that the brain was the most important organ in
> body.  Then I realized who was telling me this..." - Emo Phillips
>
>
> 
>

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