Howdy folks,
I've heard back from some of y'all about getting regular chats scheduled (and have even scheduled some!). Thanks. I haven't heard back from everyone, so if you write to <tor-reports>, you should also write back to schedule some time. This is just a reminder that you should totally do that thing.
Also, know this: I am quite amenable to all kinds of communications. I'd like something real-time, so email, regular mail, Pond, and carrier Pigeons aren't great. However, XMPP, IRC, Ostel [that's SIP with ZRTP], and all sorts of other things which aren't really words but are totally ways of talking are great. I will even install Skype if you ask me to, but I'll judge you for it, (just a little).
One moderately-F AQ on my previous mail pertained to **who exactly** should talk to me. If you should email <tor-reports> monthly, you should talk to me. If Tor gives you money, that probably means you. If you volunteer on a project for which other people give Tor money, that also means you. If you think you might be a person who wants to work on a project for which people give Tor money (and perhaps even get paid for it), that might mean you too, and if I know what you want to do, there's a slightly-increased likelihood of us pitching someone doing that thing.
Hope to hear from you soon, -Tom
On 29 October 2013 11:30, Tom Lowenthal me@tomlowenthal.com wrote:
Hello fighters for freedom,
When applying for grants, planning future work, and otherwise thinking about what capacity we have leftover to do things in the future, it's really useful to know who's doing what and how much of it. I get some of this information from our sponsor/project-specific meetings, but it doesn't seem to be the full picture, so I'd like to trot out that old chestnut of regular one-on-one chats.
This means that I'd like to spend between thirty and sixty minutes talking with each of you, once every week or two. I'd like to calibrate the frequency so that we can get calls down to 30 minutes each, with room to kvetch and have a conversation that's a little more than just rattling off deliverable status and time assignments.
I think that the right group for this is the folks who post to tor-reports. If you post to tor-reports, please get back to me by the end of the week with your availability for a regular weekly check-in, as well as any thoughts you have about medium, format, or anything else. If you're not currently on tor-reports and think you should check in, or vice versa, you should probably drop me a line too.
Any questions or suggestions?
-Tom