Re: [extremeprogramming] Practicing XP gathering

"George Dinwiddie" <[email protected]> Tue, 17 Dec 2019 13:30:12 -0500
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I'm in that neighborhood some days, too, but not on the weekend.

  - George

On 12/17/19 10:17 AM, Bryan Beecham wrote:
> I'd go to Detroit for such an event depending on the date.
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> On Tue, Dec 17, 2019 at 9:40 AM Jeff Morgan <[email protected]=20
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
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>     If it=E2=80=99s on a weekend, I might be tempted to ride the train o=
ver from
>     Toronto.
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>     On Tue, Dec 17, 2019 at 08:36 Chet Hendrickson
>     <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
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>         Might even get Ron to show up
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>         Chet Hendrickson
>         [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
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>         Tel 248.345.7258
>         http://www.hendricksonxp.com
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>>         On Dec 17, 2019, at 1:54 AM, John Welty
>>         <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
>>         wrote:
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>>         I could drive to Detroit if need be. I'm in eastern Iowa.
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>>         *From:*[email protected]
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>>         <mailto:[email protected]>> on behalf of Steve Ropa
>>         via Groups.Io <[email protected]
>>         <mailto:[email protected]>>
>>         *Sent:*Monday, December 16, 2019 10:55:08 PM
>>         *To:*[email protected]
>>         <mailto:[email protected]><extremeprogramming@groups=
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>>         <mailto:[email protected]>>
>>         *Subject:*Re: [extremeprogramming] Practicing XP gathering
>>         You know, there=E2=80=99s a bunch of us XP=E2=80=99ers up in De=
troit these
>>         days too, I can ask around about that.
>>
>>         Sent fromMail
>>         <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=3D550986>for Windows 1=
0
>>
>>         *From:*George Paci <mailto:[email protected]>
>>         *Sent:*Monday, December 16, 2019 4:57 PM
>>         *To:*[email protected]
>>         <mailto:[email protected]>
>>         *Subject:*Re: [extremeprogramming] Practicing XP gathering
>>
>>         From the replies, it looks like we can do this in three locatio=
ns:
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>>         =C2=A0 * Washington, DC
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>>         =C2=A0 * London
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>>         =C2=A0 * Lisbon
>>
>>         While it would be cool to try to do them all on the same day an=
d
>>         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.=C2=A0 In particular, I would l=
ike
>>         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 t=
he
>>         community. My present company has a couple existing projects fo=
r
>>         not-for-profits that might benefit from contributors; I'll ask
>>         about
>>         that.=C2=A0 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.
>>
>>         =E2=80=94George
>>
>>         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 pl=
ain
>>         > practice the way we do XP (and related things) today?=C2=A0 A=
t
>>         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.=C2=A0 Each project could be in a different language; p=
art
>>         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 sun=
ny,
>>         > climate-controlled room) near Washington, DC.
>>         >
>>         > =E2=80=94George
>>         >
>>         > "I used to think that the brain was the most important organ =
in
>>         > body.=C2=A0 Then I realized who was telling me this..." - Emo
>>         Phillips
>>         >
>>         >
>>         >
>>         >
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