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A Developer Meeting is an open forum for all people around the world who are interested in Moodle development.
== Meeting notes ==


We aim to hold a developer meeting every three months in line with the Moodle development cycle.
* 2017
** [[London hackfest April 2017]]


{| class="nicetable"
* 2016
|-
** [[Developer meeting September 2016|September 2016 meeting]]
| January
** [[Developer meeting May 2016|May 2016 meeting]]
| Invited speaker
** [[Developer meeting February 2016|February 2016 meeting]]
|-
** [[London hackfest March 2016]]
| April
| Pre-release meeting (May release)
|-
| July
| Invited speaker
|-
| October
| Pre-release meeting (November release)
|}


To accommodate as many people as possible, meetings start at 13:00 UTC ([[#Why_are_the_meetings_at_13:00_UTC?|why?]]).
* 2015
** [[Developer meeting October 2015|October 2015 meeting]]
** [[Minneapolis hackfest August 2015]]
** [[Developer meeting July 2015|July 2015 meeting]]
** [[Melbourne hackfest July 2015]]
** [[Dublin hackfest May 2015]]
** [[Developer meeting April 2015|April 2015 meeting]]
** [[Developer meeting January 2015|January 2015 meeting]]


==Forthcoming developer meetings==
* 2014
* [[Developer meeting October 2013|October 2013 meeting]]
** [[Developer meeting October 2014|October 2014 meeting]]
 
** [[Developer meeting July 2014|July 2014 meeting]]
If you have something you'd like to talk about in a developer meeting, please contact [http://moodle.org/user/profile.php?id=381842 Michael d].
** [[Developer meeting April 2014|April 2014 meeting]]
 
** [[Hackfest UK 2014]]
==Past meeting notes==
** [[Developer meeting January 2014|January 2014 meeting]]


* 2013
* 2013
** [[Developer meeting October 2013|October 2013 meeting]]
** [[Developer meeting July 2013|July 2013 meeting]]
** [[Developer meeting July 2013|July 2013 meeting]]
** [[Developer meeting April 2013|April 2013 meeting]]
** [[Developer meeting April 2013|April 2013 meeting]]
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** [[Developer meeting November 2012|November 2012 meeting]]
** [[Developer meeting November 2012|November 2012 meeting]]
** [[Perth Hackfest October 2012]]
** [[Perth Hackfest October 2012]]
** [[Developer meeting August 2012|August 2012 meeting notes]]
** [[Developer meeting August 2012|August 2012 meeting]]
** [[Developer meeting May 2012|May 2012 meeting notes]]
** [[Developer meeting May 2012|May 2012 meeting]]
** [[Developer meeting February 2012|February 2012 meeting notes]]
** [[Developer meeting February 2012|February 2012 meeting]]
** [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1inDtTN5MyCs-o1CGmZoRxSo-n1KsIKExQQaUN4kw9Zo/edit Belgium 2012 hackfest]
** [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1inDtTN5MyCs-o1CGmZoRxSo-n1KsIKExQQaUN4kw9Zo/edit Belgium 2012 hackfest]


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** [[Developer conference May 2006|May 2006 meeting notes]]
** [[Developer conference May 2006|May 2006 meeting notes]]
** [[Developer conference February 2006|February 2006 meeting notes]]
** [[Developer conference February 2006|February 2006 meeting notes]]
==Why are the meetings at 13:00 UTC?==
[[file:Meeting_times.png|thumb|right]]
Moodle never sleeps. There are developers working on Moodle around the clock. So when do you have a meeting to accommodate developers worldwide?
You might think this is a trivial question, but it has generated enough discussion and angst to deserve proper justification.
We have attempted, in the past, to run meetings in rotating time slots. While this seemed fair, it excluded large groups of developers (see the graphic to the right).
Meetings starting at 13:00 UTC seem to include the largest number of participants. This does unfortunately disadvantage people in the Eastern United States, in New Zealand and across the Pacific Ocean, however this constitutes a smaller proportion of potential attendees than other time slots. Apologies to those people wishing to attend for whom this time is not ideal.


==See also==
==See also==

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