Wikimedia Developer Summit/2016/Session checklist

This checklist exists to help each session at WikiDev meet the following goals:
 * Have productive discussion about topics that need face-to-face time
 * Make progress towards agreement on a solution
 * Document what was discussed, including areas of agreement and disagreement
 * Create written list of action items for follow up
 * Update or create Phabricator tasks as appropriate

Specific tasks:


 * 1) Assign meeting roles:
 * 2) * Facilitator
 * 3) * Gatekeeper
 * 4) * Scribe
 * 5) * Timekeeper
 * 6) Facilitator: run session to achieve specific goals.
 * 7) * State or build consensus towards meeting goal and style, referencing one of these meeting types:
 * 8) ** Problem-solving: surveying many possible solutions
 * 9) ** Strawman: exploring one specific solution
 * 10) ** Field narrowing: narrowing down choices of solution
 * 11) ** Consensus: coming to agreement on one solution
 * 12) ** Education: teaching people about an agreed solution
 * 13) * Identify agenda items and guide discussion to stay on topic
 * 14) * Redirect participants who begin venting or discussing things that can be done online
 * 15) Scribe(s): Document the session
 * 16) * Copy https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/WikiDev16-YourSession to https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/WikiDev16-[SESSION NAME]
 * 17) * Fill out the information in the template, including
 * 18) ** Link to Phabricator task describing session
 * 19) ** Goal as described by facilitator
 * 20) ** Topics of discussion as laid out by facilitator
 * 21) ** Action items and who is responsible for them
 * 22) * Create new Phabricator tasks as needed
 * 23) * At end of session, copy meeting notes into Phabricator as appropriate
 * 24) Gatekeeper: Actively manage participation
 * 25) * Interrupt people if they are dominating the discussion
 * 26) * Help people who are having difficulty being heard
 * 27) * If the gatekeeper is talking too much, someone else should interrupt them
 * 28) Timekeeper: Keep track of time left and point out time passing to facilitator
 * 29) * If possible, estimate time for each topic written by scribes
 * 30) * Let people know when a topic has gone over its time
 * 31) * Give a warning when 5-10 minutes are left