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As of 28-April-2017, the decade-long tradition of weekly Developer Forums has come to an end. The increased use of OpenMRS Talk and the emergence of project-specific squads has reduced the need for weekly phone calls for developers. Please see our OpenMRS Calendar, weekly What's Happening post on Talk, or squad/team pages for more information on squad/team meetings.
Why
We have this weekly forum to provide an hour of high-bandwidth communication amongst people involved or interested in OpenMRS development. While we regularly communicate in IRC and on OpenMRS Talk, this forum provides a space for general discussions relevant to OpenMRS Development.
When
Thursday (excluding holidays) from 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM US/Eastern (changing with daylight saving time). Not in the US/Eastern timezone? Convert US Eastern Time to your local time zone.
Who
Anyone working on OpenMRS development that is interested in discussing technical aspects around OpenMRS – whether you have a topic to discuss or just want to listen in. If you are doing any development on OpenMRS, this is your forum.
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- Confirm the conference connection information for your meeting. This information can be found in the meeting or event details on our OpenMRS Calendar, weekly What's Happening Talk post, and on a squad or team's Wiki page.
- Consider connecting via telephone/VoIP for best audio quality.
- If connecting via computer, be sure your network has the audio/video bandwidth you need.
- Before attending or presenting via computer, try the web browser microphone/speaker test.
- Read the UberConference support pages for troubleshooting or contact them in case of problems.
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- Please don't schedule meetings "back to back". Allow time for one meeting to wrap up before the next meeting begins.
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Hints for using Uberconference calls:
- We have one, shared Uberconference number. Please check our calendar to make sure the Uberconference link is available before scheduling a call using Uberconference.
- The conference line is a shared resource for our community's use in our open source projects. Please do not use it for 3rd-party or personal meetings.
- Uberconference currently does not support screen share. If you plan to share screens and want to record the screen share, consider using Zoom instead.
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2018
February 22 - OpenMRS Sync 2.0 (Tomasz Mueller)
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9 Comments
Michael Downey
-1 for manual tending of agenda links :-)
Burke Mamlin
-1 for showing agenda in long lists of page names :-)
Until we get around to making a Confluence plugin for presenting agenda links in a brief calendar format I used this little Groovy script (can be run in the Groovy Web Console) to auto-generate the calendar markup. I suppose a user macro could do the same if someone wanted to code it.
/* Generate calendar of Confluence wiki links for weekly meetings This is a handy little script for generating wiki markup for a bunch of links to weekly meeting minutes. It demonstrates some Groovy Calendar fun along with some Groovy date range fun. */ import static java.util.Calendar.* startDate = Calendar.instance endDate = Calendar.instance // Define date range for links startDate.set 2005, NOVEMBER, 3 endDate.time += 30 // go up to 30 days in the future // Define format of page name pageName = "%tY-%<tm-%<td Developers Conference Call" date = Calendar.instance month = year = -1 firstDay = true (startDate.time..endDate.time).step(7) // range of dates for each week .sort{ a,b -> a.year==b.year && a.month==b.month ? a <=> b : -(a <=> b) } // year/month desc, day asc .each{ d -> date.time = d dateMonth = date.get(MONTH) dateYear = date.get(YEAR) if (year != dateYear) { print "\n{expand}\n\n{expand:$dateYear}" year = dateYear } if (month != dateMonth) { print String.format("\n* %tb: ", date.time) month = dateMonth firstDay = true } if (!firstDay) print " | " print "[${date.get(DAY_OF_MONTH)}|${String.format(pageName,date.time)}]" firstDay = false date.time -= 7 }Michael Downey
+2 for groovy, which makes net +1.
Akshika Wijesundara
Can I join this? through Skype?
Burke Mamlin
Neither of the technologies we use (Adobe Connect or UberConference) support Skype. UberConference uses WebRTC, which allows it to run in any decent browser (i.e., anything except Internet Explorer). Adobe Connect uses a plugin that is compatible with most systems and in most cases will run embedded in the browser.
Alternatively, you can dial into the UberConference call (+1-888-510-4073) directly from Skype using pay-as-you-go for $1.38 USD per one-hour call (2.3¢/min) or unlimited calling for $3 USD/month.
Kaweesi Joseph
Looks like the time See the event in your timezone. link translates to a wrong time for Africa/Kampala by indicating it as 05:00 PM instead of 06:00 PM for 10:00 AM, i hope the issue is with the automation involved, Michael Downey, had youu noticed this before?
Michael Downey
Thanks Kaweesi Joseph. Please note the date in the link provided, which explains the problem: Thursday, May 15, 2014
Please join my campaign to get all OpenMRS meeting using UTC! The US will change to daylight saving time this coming Sunday so the relative time will sadly again change. Sorry for the confusion!
Kaweesi Joseph
Actually, that link is what this page link directed to today when i clicked Michael Downey, is it about changing the time references to UTC and re-configuring the links?
Michael Downey
I changed the link above to be more generic. The UTC thing is more of a community agreement that needs to be reached. Some of our meetings are UTC-based, some are time-zone specific.