Wikimedia Discovery/Meetings/Checkin/2017-05-09

= Topics from the past =
 * Updates on Product/Tech tune-up (tuna)
 * C-level decision meeting postponed until May 9
 * We no longer have permission to discuss the tune-up publicly
 * (And we are getting mixed messages about sharing anything with staff)
 * Kevin is tentatively slotted into Technology (rather than Editing)
 * Upcoming WMF employee engagement survey (May 8-20)
 * HIGHLY recommended you fill it out today or tomorrow
 * Offsite
 * Draft agenda has been updated:
 * https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LZ8sTAcHVhsuxW3XPnhomPq173sLEWO5sg3V6P3uLp8/edit#

= Announcements, Information, Questions =
 * Offsite/hackathon travel information and manifests have been posted on office wiki
 * https://office.wikimedia.org/wiki/Travel/Vienna_Offsites/Hackathon_Travel_Information
 * Discovery manifest/roster has been updated; if you are comfortable adding a mobile number that will work during the event, please add it
 * https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ksM47C57EX4xb6OqvrvJ760nSSuKC-yGpp4gzMmABIc/edit#gid=0
 * SoS: Reminder: no train week of May 15th due to RelEng offsite (SWAT still on)
 * [wmfall] Friday, May 12th has been designated MediaWiki Documentation Day.
 * Staff annual reviews start May 22 (details to follow)
 * New map preview is up for feedback (info was sent to [Discovery], [maps], and is being posted on community village pump equivalents)
 * Offsite agenda: Will there be time to plan quarterly goals for the next fiscal year?
 * During “new teams” section.
 * QGoal format is different between Product and Technology
 * But maybe just how things are explained, not changes to what is important
 * Erika plans to propose an unconference session
 * Important to nail down how frontend and backend will coordinate
 * Not clear when Max will transition into his new role
 * Partly depends on decisions by Toby around maps rollouts

= Scrum of Scrums = Are we blocked? Are we blocking? 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
 * None

Discovery News

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

= Quick Quarterly Goals/KPI Update (if needed) = Discovery Roadmap FY2016/17: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ctlqdLA__0OxDuO7mJEIDLP-xt9a7E4jv4INMlZAHdQ

This status was last updated 2017-04-11. Completed/dropped goals are not shown.

FY 2016-17 Q4 (Apr-Jun) goals: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Engineering/2016-17_Q4_Goals#Discovery
 * Improve search by researching and load testing machine learning to automatically re-rank search results
 * Research and develop new models to determine which ones work best
 * Build out data munging and data pipeline to develop new models
 * Deploy automated model which matches current performance of manually-configured search result relevance
 * Begin performing load tests on new models to make sure they can be safely deployed to production
 * Improve search support for different languages by researching and deploying new language analyzers
 * Perform research spikes to find new analyzers for different languages
 * Test new analyzers to see if they are improvements
 * Deploy new analyzers that are found to be an improvement
 * Refine and test new design of search results page with occasional deployments
 * Test new functionality with at least 2 A/B tests
 * Analyze tests and gather community feedback
 * Roll out new functionality with small releases to production across all Wikipedias
 * Stabilize maps and graphs code base
 * Stabilize and fix high priority bugs

= FYI =
 * Imminent OOO
 * See also the Discovery May vacation/travel calendar sheet (and please update it)


 * May 14-18: Discovery offsite in Vienna (right before the hackathon)
 * May 19-21: Hackathon in Vienna (right after the offsite)
 * May 29: US holiday
 * June 5: Tune-up (reorg) changes go into effect
 * June 7: CREDIT showcase
 * Signup: https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/CREDIT
 * June 19: WMF holiday
 * July 4: US holiday
 * July 18: Next All-Discovery retro
 * July 24-August 4: WMF staff encouraged to work remotely
 * Guillaume on vacation from July 10 to 21st
 * Guillaume off June 8-9