2023-09-15/14: Smart Maps Meetup Pacific 6

[hfu]

We revisit this issue and add information after #246.
The last session of the Smart Maps Meetup Monthly (or Smart Maps Meetup Pacific) was #219.

[hfu]

@albertkun Do you think we can invite a guest speaker for this meetup from California? Otherwise, we may postpone the Pacific meetup, or we can use this opportunity for something like AAR (After-Action Review) like sharing what was successful, and what needs to be improved. What do you think?

[albertkun]

@hfu both are good ideas! I can confirm the guest speaker sometime next week if that is OK with you! Otherwise, I agree that we should use the time for an AAR! Thank you for following up!

[hfu]

@albertkun Thank you! Please take your time!

[albertkun]

@hfu You are welcome! @matikin9 has tentatively confirmed a speaker! I will get the details later this week when she comes back from a trip!

[albertkun]

@hfu can we move this meeting to 12pm JST once again? The speakers will be from the east coast, so an earlier time would be best!

[hfu]

@albertkun Let's arrange to do so. It would definitely be necessary to do so if we collaborate with the east coast.

[albertkun]

@hfu excellent! I will update the Google Calendar/Zoom meeting later this week!

[albertkun]

@hfu received the details of the guest speaker and will be updating the flier by Monday! Also, since I am still in Japan until 2023-09-11 I think it would be nice to meet up with @hfu @yuiseki @smellman again! Maybe in Tsukuba? No problem if people are too busy though!

[albertkun]

@hfu here is the updated flier!

Landscape

Portrait

[hfu]

Thanks @albertkun the QR code is also cool! I will advertise this with my friends!

By the way, we discussed about our face-to-face meeting in Japan on #265. Unfortunately there may not be a good time for all of us to meet together. Maybe we can concentrate on the Pacific meetup and Documentation meeting.

[albertkun]

@hfu Great! I will go ahead and do the same as well! Let's try to standardize the hashtags so we can build up some momentum!

No problem about not being able to meet up, hopefully we can see each other again next year! :)

Also, maybe we can rebrand the "Documentation" meeting into a core-group meeting where we can discuss about the logistics/direction of the group: we can use the the time to talk about items such as the "core mission statement", "marketing", etc. and we can coordinate the short term and long term goals/events with those that are interested/have the capacity to contribute. Let me know what you think!

[hfu]

@albertkun I agree on the rebranding of "Documentation" meeting into direction meeting because we tend to discuss direction issues when we discuss about documentation. I feed it is a very strategic to think about documentation, direction, and marketing in an indivisible way.

[albertkun]

@hfu would it be possible to potentially step in for this month's meeting? I should be feeling better by then, but I wanted to see if you could be a substitute in case I am not fully recovered from covid.

Context

Last week I planned to return to USA, but I got really sick (the flier was the last thing I did before I got hit with a huge headache). And just as I was about to head out I tested positive for COVID-19. So I'm still stuck in Japan and might be landing in USA the same day as our meetup.

Edit: provided some context and changed request to be a "potential" substitute.

[albertkun]

Here are the slides I just prepared:

https://hackmd.io/@c55bL-YKSuS4Vu7yIWZSdg/B1harN3Cn

Feel free to make any edits.

• If I feel better, I would like to add more images.

[hfu]

@albertkun Many thanks for your great contribution! I am happy to be prepared for being the substitute in case.

I also think that the idea of rebranding of "Documentation" meeting into direction meeting is huge. I am sharing this in the upcoming weekly meeting and will create a separate issue on this.

Take care. I wish you will get well soon!

[albertkun]

@hfu Thank you so much!! I am very appreciative as its been tough with covid. Here is the link the the markdown that you can edit if you wish to do so:
https://hackmd.io/@c55bL-YKSuS4Vu7yIWZSdg/B1harN3Cn/edit

In terms of the "direction" meeting, I referred to it as the "Core Committee," meeting but we can discuss what to call it in #270!

Thank you and I will spend my time trying to rest as much as possible!

[hfu]

@albertkun Thank you again for your great contribution to this meetup. Without your contribution it was not possible. I appreciate it.

[albertkun]

@hfu you are very welcome! I also very much appreciate you stepping in and running the meeting while I was still sick 😷 Thank you so much for that!

@smellman here is the recording, if you can upload it that would be great!

https://ucla.zoom.us/rec/share/r1ldUvdKScjyvFuMX_6c32gxXS4NwSb3mU2kjbRdCk2bfvp9rT7xyffOqOX-Qus2.nisQ2-yTzD9TL8OC