Re: PostgreSQL hours

Sergey,

A huge +1 on this, and would be happy to help spread the word. We've run similar a few times with the Heroku Postgres team with some good results. Additionally, I've been getting more and more random inquiries from people that want to pick my brain for an hour or so over a beer. I'm sure theres many others that would be far more valuable than myself and in general it will just help grow the ecosystem.
> How does this differ from what can do on the IRC channel on Freenode?
In our experience virtual office hours can be very hard to coordinate and you lose a lot of people. You attracting a particular audience which versus a different one which would show up to more in person office hours. We've seen some success with both, though on the virtual front its more of a google hangout format to still add more of a personal touch.

~ Craig

On Wednesday, September 4, 2013 at 11:23 PM, David Fetter wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 04, 2013 at 07:38:03PM -0700, Sergey Konoplev wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I have an idea of arranging a kind of PG hour meetups several times a
> > week where enthusiasts, like me, could gather together to answer
> > questions of visitors, help them with their tasks in real environment,
> > networking, and just to chat.
> >
>
>
> Some thoughts:
>
> How does this differ from what can do on the IRC channel on Freenode?
>
> Several consultancies have kicked off successfully due at least in
> part to that sort of community participation, so it's known territory.
>
> Doing this in person has all the usual up-sides of human interaction,
> and the usual downsides of convening at a particular time and place.
>
> Would you consider trying a few virtual ones on Freenode first? I
> suspect they'd get you some idea of what kind of participation you'd
> get in real life, and they're relatively cheap as far as committed
> resources go in terms of drumming up interest.
>
> Your suggestion does go to something at least Josh and I have been
> mulling over for some time, which is that there's too much stuff
> happening to get covered in a single monthly meeting. This is an
> excellent problem for a local community such as ours to have.
>
> Cheers,
> David.
>
> > Regarding this I have several questions
> > to discuss with the community:
> >
> > 1. What do you think about it, is worth doing at all? My thought is
> > that it would be nice to make a step from mailing to some verbal
> > things. For some people it would be very useful to have some kind of
> > micro-masterclasses around their problems.
> >
> > 2. Are there any similar experiences and how things are with them? I
> > know about MongoDB office hours where they do kind of the same.
> >
> > 3. When it would be better to arrange these meetups? I think about
> > Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6-7PM.
> >
> > 4. What kind of place it would be better to arrange them? May be
> > coffee shops or similar places that are not very crowded at this time
> > of day.
> >
> > 5. Any other thoughts?
> >
> > --
> > Kind regards,
> > Sergey Konoplev
> > PostgreSQL Consultant and DBA
> >
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> >
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