09:01:42 #startmeeting openstack_upstream_institute 09:01:43 Meeting started Tue Jun 13 09:01:42 2017 UTC and is due to finish in 60 minutes. The chair is ildikov. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot. 09:01:45 Useful Commands: #action #agreed #help #info #idea #link #topic #startvote. 09:01:48 The meeting name has been set to 'openstack_upstream_institute' 09:03:33 hi sorry for late :) 09:03:44 ianychoi, no worries :) 09:03:46 gmann: kmARC: are you available for the meeting? :) 09:03:49 hello :) 09:03:50 Just about to kick things off 09:03:55 ianychoi: hi, thanks for joining :) 09:04:09 o/ yes. partly. 09:04:16 mpranjic: hi, welcome :) 09:04:25 ildikov: thnx :) 09:05:05 let's start :) 09:05:22 #topic Announcements 09:05:51 just a quick reminder that we had a rertospective etherpad for the Boston Summit 09:06:01 #link https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/BOS_OUI_Post_Mortem 09:06:26 man, that post mortem sounds like all is dead :) 09:06:46 with diablo_rojo we are at the OPNFV Summit this week and bringing the training here 09:06:57 OUI comes to OPNFV 09:07:08 it will take place tomorrow and on Thursday, two short days, we hope it will go great :) 09:07:33 Not doing deep dives, but covering everything else 09:07:33 mpranjic: not dead, just past :) 09:08:03 we will put more emphasis on the basics and try to ensure we give all the information and poinrers to the students to start with 09:08:20 sounds nice 09:08:27 we also hope that we will get support for translating the training material and having more trainings in this area 09:09:10 Wow tomorrow ildikov diablo_rojo r u in Beijing? :) 09:09:22 ianychoi, we are here now 09:09:30 Both got in Sunday 09:09:33 ianychoi: yep, we are already here, the event is already ongoing :) 09:09:40 Great - so near to Korea! 09:09:48 shame I am gonna miss it, but well :) 09:09:59 ianychoi: I know, would be good if you could've joined too! 09:10:16 mpranjic: where are you based? 09:10:37 ildikov: Oslo, Norway 09:10:51 mpranjic: you can come to OpenStack Days Nordic 09:10:52 ildikov, yep sorry but hope that more Chinese OpenStackers will join in upstream institute Beijing 09:11:09 mpranjic: in Copenhagen in October 09:11:23 Great 09:11:39 ildikov: sounds great :) will certainly look to attend there 09:11:44 mpranjic: we will bring a shorter version of the training there :) 09:11:56 mpranjic: awesome! :) 09:12:25 http://openstacknordic.org/ 09:12:27 found it 09:13:02 mpranjic, could also join us at OSD UK in September 09:13:06 mpranjic: will keep you posted when we move forward with the organization of that one 09:13:11 If you want more excuses to travel :) 09:13:18 ildikov: thnx. sounds great! 09:13:43 ok, let's move on :) 09:13:50 I am starting my new job in September so I have to see what will be like and if I can get aproval, but will ask for it 09:13:53 okido 09:14:03 mpranjic, congrats :) 09:14:12 mpranjic: congrats! :) 09:14:14 thnx :) 09:14:24 mpranjic: sounds good, let's keep in touch 09:14:31 by all means :) 09:14:37 mpranjic: :) 09:14:58 so we asked students who didn't attend the training that what was the reason for that 09:15:04 we had a lot of delayed flights 09:15:26 they couldn't come for the first day and therefore they didn't show up on the second 09:15:26 The weather was pretty bad that Fri-Sun 09:15:42 mpranjic, congrats :) 09:15:53 Or they got delayed into Sunday and so didn't think it was appropriate to join for a fraction of the last day 09:16:01 and some of them realize it too late that the training is before the summit and not in parallel 09:16:06 diablo_rojo, the weather in Beijing is not usually good AFAIK 09:16:12 I did NFV PoC on OpenStack in 2015 for Telekom Austria Group. It was pretty good even then 09:16:23 I am sure it is more polished now 09:16:24 How many Chinese volunteers are for upstream institute? 09:16:41 ianychoi: 3 09:16:50 I see - good :) 09:16:59 Moving on? :) 09:17:03 Yep 09:17:07 we are expecting ~30 students here 09:17:27 ok, next topic :) 09:17:34 #topic Trainer/Training organizer best practices 09:17:53 we started to collect best practices based on the experiences we had during the past few trainings 09:18:06 #link https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/upstream-institute-training-best-practices 09:18:40 currently it's on an etherpad so it's easier to edit for multiple people and then we will move it to the web and link it to the training web page 09:19:28 the idea is to help trainers and mentors/coaches who hold trainings either before the Summit or organized anywhere locally 09:19:44 it's basically a list of what to do and what to try to avoid 09:19:54 if you have further ideas/comments please add them 09:20:14 I will send out a reminder mail to the ML as well and aim to move it to the web next week 09:20:20 I see. Thank u - I will more review it later 09:20:31 and add comments if I have :) 09:20:36 ianychoi: sounds good, thank you 09:20:54 ildikov, it's my pleasure :) 09:21:25 are there any questions to this? 09:21:34 I have none 09:21:38 Nope from me 09:21:44 ok, cool :) 09:22:00 then moving on 09:22:04 #topic Open discussion 09:22:38 mpranjic: do you plan to stick around and get involved with the activities of the training team? 09:23:32 ildikov: if I can help out, gladly 09:23:32 mpranjic: we have a wiki page that contains general info and list of team members: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/OpenStack_Upstream_Institute 09:23:40 *click* 09:23:48 :) 09:24:01 :) 09:24:06 Welcome to the team :) 09:24:07 ok, how can I help? 09:24:09 mpranjic: could you please add your info to the wiki? 09:24:09 thx :) 09:24:14 mpranjic, welcome! 09:24:17 sec ... 09:24:37 mpranjic: basically we are continuously trying to improve the training material and exercises 09:24:52 mpranjic: if you have any ideas to those that would help 09:25:08 mpranjic: you can either propose a patch to our repo or bring the idea up on one of our meetings 09:25:34 mpranjic: and if you can participate in trainings as a coach/mentor that would also be great 09:26:09 mpranjic: we have a team IRC channel, you can find all the info on the wiki 09:26:33 I have no problems with holding trainings.. as long as I get aproval from my company.. since I am not actually OpenStack only employee by any standard :) 09:26:34 #openstack-upstream-institute 09:27:01 mpranjic: if you have any questions it's the best to ask them on that channel ^^ 09:27:25 mpranjic: sure, most of the team members have the same constraints 09:27:30 hm 09:27:36 can't login to that wiki there 09:27:36 OpenID error 09:27:37 An error occurred: an invalid token was found. 09:27:53 mpranjic: we are usually try to give an early enough heads up when and where we are holding trainings 09:28:20 mpranjic: hmm, I've never hit that error before 09:28:43 mpranjic: are other sites working with your credentials? 09:29:00 ildikov: yeah.. with UbunyuOne acc 09:31:46 nwm. will investigate it 09:31:52 we can proceed :) 09:31:57 mpranjic: are all your OpenStack account settings right? 09:32:35 should be. I do code reviews properly 09:33:15 hmm, I don't know what can be the issue from the top of my head :/ 09:33:34 ping fungi or clarkb when they wake up 09:33:43 they should be able to help you out 09:33:49 on #openstack-infra 09:33:53 hmm I don't see problems on my login 09:34:00 diablo_rojo: will do. thnx 09:34:01 to OpenStack wiki page 09:34:04 mine works too 09:34:35 I login and when I chose the nick (basicaly name and surname), I get that error 09:35:03 hmm 09:35:16 anyway, I will add my info in the list when I sort that out 09:35:27 ok, sounds good 09:35:36 sorry I cannot help :( 09:35:40 dw :) 09:35:44 :) 09:35:59 ok, any other topic for today from anyone? 09:36:35 Nope from me 09:37:14 alright 09:37:18 ildikov, diablo_rojo: have good weekdays in Beijing! 09:37:18 thank you all for joining! 09:37:26 have a good day 09:37:30 ianychoi: thanks :) 09:37:30 yeah, you too :) 09:37:42 and see you all here two weeks from today! :) 09:37:47 sure thing 09:37:52 #endmeeting