Wikimedia Discovery/Meetings/Checkin/2016-10-04

= Topics from the past =
 * TPG shadow (Natalia), tentatively Oct 24-Nov 4
 * Reminder: When you’re out, please create a “busy” event on your calendar AND rsvp “no” to all your meetings. Thanks!!!
 * RelEng offsite Oct 17-21
 * So no train deploys that week
 * Kevin will be mostly unavailable

= Announcements, Information, Questions =
 * Engineering Manager position has been filled
 * Discovery quarterly review presentation is 10/17.
 * If you (as a Discovery member) want to attend, email Katie
 * Dan will put together the materials; will reach out to ask for help as needed
 * Update on product management
 * Deb is taking on some product management responsibilities for the interactive team
 * Deb will be reducing her involvement with search over the next couple weeks
 * Dan transitioning back to search product owner in October
 * Reminder: October 10 (this coming Monday) is a holiday
 * Should we cancel meetings that day, or reschedule?
 * Cancel search standup
 * Yuri will decide about interactive powwow
 * Any interest in doing one or more Team Health Checks?
 * https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Team_Practices_Group/Health_check_survey
 * Yes -- Kevin will schedule them
 * Gentle reminder to submit your proposals for Wikimedia Developer Summit. The deadline is 31 Oct for topic proposals.
 * Knowledge Engine Retro - Oct 6
 * Spark Project sharing deadline is Nov 1.
 * Yuri: We should think about foundation-wide improvements to services deployments. Possible Dev Summit topic.

= Scrum of Scrums = Are we blocked? Are we blocking? ( https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/blocked-on-search/ ) Other dependencies (in either direction) which don’t need to be called out as “blocked” (e.g. are progressing smoothly, have no urgency, etc.)
 * None
 * None
 * Reading web is “Improving search exp in mobile web”
 * Reading web is “Shipping wikidata descriptions in mobile web to some wikis”

Discovery News

 * See https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Discovery/Status_updates

= FYI =
 * Next Showcase (“CREDIT”): Scheduled October 5
 * Signup: https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/CREDIT
 * Next All-Discovery retro October 13
 * Monthly metrics Thursday October 27