Arrival Dinners in the Cloud

[Sawyer X]

On Fri, May 22, 2020 at 7:35 PM James E Keenan via yapc <yapc at pm.org> wrote:
>
> [...]
> Now, I'm not proposing one Zoom thingee with 20, 30 or more participants
> like a Real Arrivals Dinner.  I'm proposing a set of Zoom (or other
> technology) meetings of smaller numbers -- dinner party-size, perhaps --
> that could go on somewhat simultaneously and that would enable people to
> drop-in and chat.  The various elements of this set could be organized
> along thematic lines:  cuisine; choice of beer; native language.  Or
> they could be completely free and use global variables.
>
> Such meetings would take place on the evening of Tuesday, June 23 --
> where the value of "evening" is that of the person who actually does the
> work of getting the online meeting going.  If you're hosting such a
> dinner, you can choose how many people may be in attendance at any one
> time.  Perhaps you can host more than one seating.

I love this idea. I want to join, but it will likely be very late. The
end of the conference (6 PM EDT) is 1 AM in my timezone. I'm happy to
have an arrival breakfast. :)

> Remember:  the meta-conference side of YAPC/TPC/CiC is entirely
> volunteer-run.  So if this sounds like a good idea and you want to make
> it happen, please step forward!

I think this is an excellent idea!