Wikimedia Discovery/Meetings/Checkin/2016-12-20

= Topics from the past =
 * Reminder about upcoming deployment interruptions
 * Dec 19-30: No deploys
 * Week of Jan 9: No train (dev summit/all-hands)

= Announcements, Information, Questions =
 * [Wmfall] “Send me your photos”...projects, events, retreats, fun etc….for All Hands
 * Should we delete all recurring Discovery meetings the week of DevSummit/AllHands?
 * Kevin will delete them unless he hears objections today
 * Please add your questions and vote on others for the Dev Summit Q&A WIth Victoria and Wes (even if you’re not attending you can participate!).
 * If you are attending the Dev Summit, come thinking of how you might spend your time on “Get Stuff Done Day” (the unconference on Wednesday) and add your proposals.
 * Coding Kata this Friday has been suggested by GL. Contact him if you are interested.
 * Holiday reminder for staff: Use it by end of year, or lose it
 * There is a phab task for figuring out the interactive team deployment schedule for next quarter--please participate if you are interested: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T153158
 * Potential inexpensive personal hotspot available due to our non-profit status--see staff email

= 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.)
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Discovery News

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

= Quick Quarterly Goals/KPI Update (if needed) = Quarterly Review: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1uem20E4P_e94yTfWpX8wQkbV8cDuNkja913TDonYATs/edit

Discovery Roadmap FY2016/17: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ctlqdLA__0OxDuO7mJEIDLP-xt9a7E4jv4INMlZAHdQ

This status was last updated 2016-12-20. Completed/dropped goals are not shown.

FY 2016-17 Q2 Key Results
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Engineering/2016-17_Q2_Goals#Discovery
 * All goals are “done enough” for the quarter

= FYI =
 * Dec 26-30: Holiday
 * Jan 2: Holiday
 * Jan: NO Showcase (“CREDIT”)
 * Signup: https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/CREDIT
 * Jan 5: Next All-Discovery retro
 * Jan 9-11: Dev Summit (SF)
 * Jan 12-13: All-hands (SF)
 * Some of us not going to the Dev Summit will be coming in a day early
 * Jan 13: Informal Discovery lunch
 * Discovery dinner? :) +1+1 +1000
 * Feb 1: CREDIT showcase
 * Signup: https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/CREDIT
 * May Discovery offsite (planning has begun)