Mickael,
As a casual observer from the outside, your message seems to make
some unfair assumptions about the project's operation. I may,
however, be misinterpreting; but here is how I see it.
Just
for curiosity: who are "the main people involved in planning this
effort"? Is this set of people open? If yes, I'd be glad to be
listed at one of them and help where I can.
To me, the list of people involved is quite clear: all the active
participants on this mailing list, as seen from the archives:
http://dev.eclipse.org/mhonarc/lists/wtp-releng/index.php
Although I don't think it's a big deal if I miss this specific
meeting, I believe it would make sense for the future to plan it
in an open manner via a doodle or something to be more welcoming
to new contributors which are not working in US.
The team has been holding meetings for years. Why must you assume
that the time chosen wasn't conducted in an open manner? Where were
you back in 2005? :-) Using this mailing list to determine the
time is as open as it can get. If the only persons to voice an
opinion at the time were in North America, it's a perfectly valid
time.
To request a new time be chosen is entirely valid. However, there is
not a single time slot that will accommodate everyone around the
globe. 11:00am Eastern time is good for east-code North America,
fine for most of Europe, but a bit early for Western North America
and much too late for most of Asia.
After
the meeting, please share meeting minutes with links to all
related bugs so people who couldn't attend can know what was
discussed and continue the meeting via emails or bugzillas.
Why must you assume that the project is not doing this? A single
Google Search has led me to this:
http://wiki.eclipse.org/WTP_Development_Status_Meetings
That page has led me to this page:
http://wiki.eclipse.org/WTP_2014-01-02
Which contains everything you're asking.
It appears you are preaching to the choir, and while everyone
appreciates potential contributors, I think contributors should be
expected to do some minimal research to be accepted on a team. I
don't think you have done that, yet instead invested time to author
a post that seems to point the finger and utter "you should"s to a
project that, IMO, is doing everything right.
I apologize if I've misunderstood your post.
Denis
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