13:01:13 #startmeeting Magazine editorial board 13:01:13 Meeting started Wed Dec 9 13:01:13 2020 UTC. 13:01:13 This meeting is logged and archived in a public location. 13:01:13 The chair is cverna. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot. 13:01:13 Useful Commands: #action #agreed #halp #info #idea #link #topic. 13:01:13 The meeting name has been set to 'magazine_editorial_board' 13:01:17 cverna: Error: Can't start another meeting, one is in progress. 13:01:20 #topic Roll call 13:01:29 #chair stickster ryanlerch cverna asamalik sub_pop gregbartholomew jakfrost misc rwaltr bcotton 13:01:29 Current chairs: asamalik bcotton cverna gregbartholomew jakfrost misc rwaltr ryanlerch stickster sub_pop 13:01:39 .hello jakfrost 13:01:40 jakfrost: jakfrost 'Stephen Snow' 13:01:40 hello 13:01:45 .hello rengland 13:01:46 rengland: Sorry, but you don't exist 13:02:12 .hello pfrields 13:02:13 stickster: pfrields 'Paul W. Frields' 13:02:20 hum zodbot you are rude :) 13:02:27 rengland: you need to use your FAS account name for that :-) 13:03:01 #topic Agenda 13:03:06 #link https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora-magazine/workflow/ 13:03:11 #info -- 1/ Last week's stats -- 13:03:14 #info -- 2/ In progress followup -- 13:03:18 #info -- 3/ Finished articles to review -- 13:03:21 ?will check. Thought that was the name. sorry 13:03:21 #info -- 4/ Articles to edit -- 13:03:24 #info -- 5/ Publishing schedule -- 13:03:29 #info -- 6/ Editor of the Week -- 13:03:34 #info -- 7/ Open floor -- 13:03:53 rengland: ah no worries you can also just say hello :) 13:04:01 #topic 1/ Last week's stats 13:04:09 Let me check the stats 13:04:39 * stickster notes he is strung between several tasks right now and only half-here 13:05:13 hopefully the good half 13:05:28 So last week we did 61,380 page views, which is almost as many as the previous week 13:05:55 sort fo average I guess 13:06:03 of/fo 13:06:04 yeah :) 13:06:09 * bcotton casually strolls in 13:06:17 casual ben 13:07:02 #info Week of 1209 : 61,4K page views - sort of average :) 13:07:25 ok let's move to the next topic 13:07:27 #topic 2/ In progress followup 13:07:31 #info Looking at the 'in progress' column, is there something that's been finished? Anything to follow up on with its author? 13:07:35 #link Board: https://teams.fedoraproject.org/project/asamalik-fedora-magazine/kanban 13:07:57 nothing there :( 13:08:20 oh no sorry we have quite a few 13:09:14 #264 seems well in progress, but some stuff to add yet 13:10:20 #258 is still as last week, no preview and no response from the author after a Dec nudge 13:10:33 Dec 02 13:10:51 yeah we should probably move it back to Spec for #258 13:11:57 #234 I have been in contact through Taiga with the author, they are going to update to F33 as the OS instead of CentOS 13:12:26 #253 seems to be in a good shape a bit long tho 13:12:27 and of course SELinux enabled 13:13:05 bcotton know more about that one 13:13:40 no, i'll nudge geoff later today on it. i think it's still early AM for him 13:14:19 ack 13:14:56 Ben Cotton: how is #244 Fedora IoT going ? 13:15:26 #256 is not in WP yet but a preview shows the markdown doc and it is in progress according to the author 13:15:53 also needs an author nudge 13:16:22 thankfully, poking people and saying "hey, is this done" is a core part of my job duties :-D 13:16:52 lol :) 13:17:11 ok I don't think we have anything ready to be moved to review yet 13:17:22 agree 13:18:26 #info Are there any upcoming test days? 13:18:54 I think in the new year maybe?? 13:18:55 We had a post on discussion.fp.o about it but it is for 2021 13:19:17 yeah but good to keep in mind 13:19:47 yes it is 13:20:06 #info kernel test day week 2021-01-04 through 2021-01-11 13:20:15 #topic 3/ Finished articles to review 13:20:19 #topic 3/ Finished articles to review 13:20:24 rhhh 13:20:26 #info Looking at the 'review' column, let's decide which articles are good to go. Move each either to the 'to edit' (finished) or to the 'in progress' (needs more work) and provide feedback. 13:20:31 #link Board: https://teams.fedoraproject.org/project/asamalik-fedora-magazine/kanban 13:21:08 so we have #259, but I don't know if the review/edit was done 13:22:04 Well, I looked at it a bit, but it does need editing, and I believe it is complete 13:22:36 One of the images used has a caption that is funky in the preview 13:22:39 i gave it a review as the subject, so it's probably ready for someone not-me to edit it 13:23:00 ok moving to To Edit then :) 13:23:04 So let's move it to edit 13:23:21 done 13:23:28 thanks 13:23:32 welcome 13:23:48 * cverna realized that I was not logged in in taiga 13:24:01 #topic 4/ Articles to edit 13:24:06 #info Looking at the 'review' column, let's decide which articles are good to go. Move each either to the 'to edit' (finished) or to the 'in progress' (needs more work) and provide feedback. 13:24:11 #link Board: https://teams.fedoraproject.org/project/asamalik-fedora-magazine/kanban 13:24:18 so we have 1 article to edit :P 13:24:32 I can take it 13:24:44 jakfrost++ 13:24:49 unless someone else wants to do it 13:25:22 I can't take anything this week personally, I have too much going on 13:25:25 action me man 13:26:03 #action jackfrost to edit #259 HDYF Ben Cotton 13:26:15 does it need an image? 13:26:39 Looks like we have one :) with Ben Cotton on it :D 13:26:55 okay then that's even easier 13:27:00 #topic 5/ Publishing schedule 13:27:05 #info Looking at the 'queued' and 'to edit' columns, decide the publishing schedule for the next week period. 13:27:09 #info If there is not enough content, we might also need to look at the 'in progress' or even the 'article spec' columns come up with additional content. 13:27:14 #link Board: https://teams.fedoraproject.org/project/asamalik-fedora-magazine/kanban 13:28:18 jakfrost: when do you feel like that article could be ready 13:28:40 this friday if needed, monday too 13:29:35 possible #253 the astronomy lab article will be ready to edit for next week in the time between meetings 13:29:35 we had one article this week, and next week does not look to good so maybe we can have #259 publish on Monday 13:29:45 agreed 13:30:21 #proposed PUBLISHING SCHEDULE: Mon Dec 14, HDYF Ben Cotton (edit:jakfrost, image: done) 13:30:30 +1 13:30:43 +1 13:31:07 #agreed PUBLISHING SCHEDULE: Mon Dec 14, HDYF Ben Cotton (edit:jakfrost, image: done) 13:31:12 \o/ 13:31:22 \o/ 13:31:24 #topic 6/ Editor of the Week 13:31:34 who wants my seat :P 13:32:11 I can do it next week 13:32:25 I think next week is probably the last meeting of the year 13:32:35 my how time flies 13:33:08 #info jakfrost will be Editor of the Week next week 13:33:23 #topic 7/ Open floor 13:33:45 Are we ok to not have meetings on the 23rd and 30th ? 13:34:05 I'm okay with that 13:34:28 I ll try to prepare a few 2020 Best of article for next week meeting 13:34:39 so that we can plan that for the break 13:34:58 cverna: you took the words right out of my mouth 13:35:13 or keyboard 13:35:18 in this case 13:35:21 #info no magazine meeting Dec 23rd and Dec 30th 13:35:26 jakfrost: :D 13:35:43 Anything else for open floor ? 13:35:51 I got nothing 13:36:02 rengland: that was your first meeting ? 13:36:02 nothing here 13:36:13 I lurked in the previous one. 13:36:25 rengland, what do you think about editing? 13:36:32 rengland: ah cool :) nice to see you here 13:36:43 Lot of moving parts to learn about in this process 13:37:11 yeah it can seem busy 13:37:11 I may take a little while to sort them all out. 13:37:38 Question: do you edit for technical correctness, or just form and format? 13:37:55 both 13:38:03 In my experience both 13:38:16 at least making sure that the technical part works 13:38:37 and the presented info is readable 13:38:52 In my experience this may be a slog for me at times to come up to speed on topics 13:39:28 If I can cherry pick a bit I may see about giving it a go. 13:39:49 there are some easily approachable experts in the Fedora community usually open to questions of technical nature 13:39:57 You don't have to be an expert on the subject tho, but running through the steps described is a good idea, to catch potentials error 13:40:13 what jakfrost said :) 13:40:24 That I can do. "Monkey see" :-) 13:40:25 what cverna said ;) 13:41:37 chery picking is fine too, pick things you are more comfortable with at first 13:41:55 ok going to close the meeting in a few sec 13:42:00 Fair enough. Thanks 13:42:04 thanks everyone for joining 13:42:06 thanks for running a good meeting 13:42:10 cverna 13:42:20 see you next week :) 13:42:29 next week 13:42:33 #endmeeting