[meeting] 2020 oemof Autumn/Winter Meeting

[p-snft]

oh, I just saw that we wanted to do a web-conference last week about how to organize the next oemof meeting ;-) I think this is clear ;-)

The big question is, who will organise the next virtual meeting?

Originally posted by @joroeder in #59 (comment)

According to #59 (comment), the date is fixed to 2.-4.12.2020.

[p-snft]

I would suggest to take a final decision to do this meeting online. (There have been hybrid meetings in the last weeks, but a large majority attended online.)

If this meeting is online anyway, we could make the organisation a common effort.

[uvchik]

I think a hybrid meeting might be interesting.

We were think of learning more about the inner core of solph and network (featuring @gnn). I think it will be a small circle that might be interested in such nerdy stuff. We could meet in real live and add some softer topics online.

@oemof-developer What do you think?

[gplssm]

I think a hybrid meeting might be interesting.

We were think of learning more about the inner core of solph and network (featuring @gnn). I think it will be a small circle that might be interested in such nerdy stuff. We could meet in real live and add some softer topics online.

@oemof-developer What do you think?

Sounds interesting! But, since I don't use oemof libraries that much in my current projects, I can't spend that much time and would just join individual sessions.

[busiing]

I won't be able to attend a meeting physically. But feel free to open the format :)

[c-moeller]

I will ask RLI oemof developers on Thursday, what they think about the plan.

[joroeder]

We were think of learning more about the inner core of solph and network (featuring @gnn). I think it will be a small circle that might be interested in such nerdy stuff. We could meet in real live and add some softer topics online.

A hybrid meeting is also a nice idea, I like the suggestion. I am interested in getting to know more about the oemof core.

If we agree on this mixed format, how could this look like in detail? Is the idea of the real live part, being in a conference room with video/audio, and you could also participate online? Or should it be like that: on the first day, there is a real-live-only meeting (e.g. on Wednesday), and on Thursday and Friday, there will be online sessions like at the last virtual oemof meeting?

[uvchik]

I think two ways are possible:

1. A mixture of online-focused and offline-focused sessions. The participants of the physical meeting could join the online sessions together, or next to each other or...

2. Two separated parts like @joroeder suggested. But the participants of the physical meeting need time to go home, so there has to be a break between both parts.

I like the first variant more, because we could arrange the online sessions less densely.

Besides that we can think of streaming the offline sessions.

[smartie2076]

1. A mixture of online-focused and offline-focused sessions. The participants of the physical meeting could join the online sessions together, or next to each other or...

I also like this one better - having a part of the devs travel somewhere and the other staying home could also create some kind of rift or difficulties to participate.

I personally also like the idea of having decentralized meet-ups, for example of people living in the same city: These smaller groups could be working on specific issues in person, and then we could have a group call where the those groups present what they did.

Apart from that: In the RLI oemof meeting we were not quite sure if the "speciall session" to be introduced by Günni to the oemof backbone (if I did not misunderstand) would only be part of the live meeting, if we decide for (2.).

[p-snft]

At the moment, I doubt that I would be able to justify an in-person meeting. Thus, I personally rely on the possibility to join online.

[uvchik]

Taking the actual Corona situation into account I doubt that it will be possible to to have an in-person meeting.

@oemof-developer Who would help to organise the online meeting?

[joroeder]

I would help to organize! However, I would appreciate more people get involved into the organization than last time :)

[p-snft]

@oemof-developer Who would help to organise the online meeting?

Count me in.

Contentwise I would suggest to collect topics, future attendees name as their interests. We could just start a collection in the wiki:

• Topic
  • Would organise: (Names)
  • Interested: (Names)

(Or do you have something else in mind?)

Regarding the date we might still have time for a Doodle.

[uvchik]

Contentwise I would suggest to collect topics, future attendees name as their interests. We could just start a collection in the wiki:

👍

Regarding the date we might still have time for a Doodle.

Do you want to change the existing date (2.-4.12.2020.)?