[gpfsug-discuss] Request for Enhancements (RFE) Forum - Submission Deadline October 1
Aaron Knister
aaron.s.knister at nasa.gov
Fri Sep 28 13:52:38 BST 2018
Hi Kristy,
At some point I thought I'd read there was a per-site limit of the
number of RFEs that could be submitted but I can't find it skimming
through email. I'd think submitting 10 would be unreasonable but would 2
or 3 be OK?
-Aaron
On 9/27/18 4:35 PM, Kristy Kallback-Rose wrote:
> Reminder, the*October 1st* deadline is approaching. We’re looking for at
> least a few RFEs (Requests For Enhancements) for this first forum, so if
> you’re interesting in promoting your RFE please reach out to one of us,
> or even here on the list.
>
> Thanks,
> Kristy
>
>> On Sep 7, 2018, at 3:00 AM, Simon Thompson (Spectrum Scale User Group
>> Chair) <chair at spectrumscale.org <mailto:chair at spectrumscale.org>> wrote:
>>
>> GPFS/Spectrum Scale Users,
>> Here’s a long-ish note about our plans to try and improve the RFE
>> process. We’ve tried to include a tl;dr version if you just read the
>> headers. You’ll find the details underneath ;-) and reading to the end
>> is ideal.
>>
>> IMPROVING THE RFE PROCESS
>> As you’ve heard on the list, and at some of the in-person User Group
>> events, we’ve been talking about ways we can improve the RFE process.
>> We’d like to begin having an RFE forum, and have it be de-coupled from
>> the in-person events because we know not everyone can travel.
>> LIGHTNING PRESENTATIONS ON-LINE
>> In general terms, we’d have regular on-line events, where RFEs could
>> be/very briefly/(5 minutes, lightning talk) presented by the
>> requester. There would then be time for brief follow-on discussion
>> and questions. The session would be recorded to deal with large time
>> zone differences.
>> The live meeting is planned for October 10^th 2018, at 4PM BST (that
>> should be 11am EST if we worked is out right!)
>> FOLLOW UP POLL
>> A poll, independent of current RFE voting, would be conducted a couple
>> days after the recording was available to gather votes and feedback
>> on the RFEs submitted —we may collect site name, to see how many votes
>> are coming from a certain site.
>>
>> MAY NOT GET IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME
>> We view this supplemental RFE process as organic, that is, we’ll learn
>> as we go and make modifications. The overall goal here is to highlight
>> the RFEs that matter the most to the largest number of UG members by
>> providing a venue for people to speak about their RFEs and collect
>> feedback from fellow community members.
>>
>> *RFE PRESENTERS WANTED, SUBMISSION DEADLINE OCTOBER 1ST
>> *We’d like to guide a small handful of RFE submitters through this
>> process the first time around, so if you’re interested in being a
>> presenter, let us know now. We’re planning on doing the online meeting
>> and poll for the first time in mid-October, so the submission deadline
>> for your RFE is October 1st. If it’s useful, when you’re drafting your
>> RFE feel free to use the list as a sounding board for feedback. Often
>> sites have similar needs and you may find someone to collaborate with
>> on your RFE to make it useful to more sites, and thereby get more
>> votes. Some guidelines are here:
>> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1o8nN39DTU32qj_EFia5wRhnvfvNfr3cI/view?usp=sharing
>> You can submit you RFE by email to:rfe at spectrumscaleug.org
>> <mailto:rfe at spectrumscaleug.org>
>>
>> *PARTICIPANTS (AKA YOU!!), VIEW AND VOTE
>> *We are seeking very good participation in the RFE on-line events
>> needed to make this an effective method of Spectrum Scale Community
>> and IBM Developer collaboration. * It is to your benefit to
>> participate and help set priorities on Spectrum Scale enhancements!!
>> *We want to make this process light lifting for you as a participant.
>> We will limit the duration of the meeting to 1 hour to minimize the
>> use of your valuable time.
>>
>> Please register for the online meeting via Eventbrite
>> (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/spectrum-scale-request-for-enhancements-voting-tickets-49979954389)
>> – we’ll send details of how to join the online meeting nearer the time.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Simon, Kristy, Bob, Bryan and Carl!
>>
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