16:03:33 #startmeeting CommOps 16:03:33 Meeting started Tue Oct 27 16:03:33 2015 UTC. The chair is decause. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot. 16:03:33 Useful Commands: #action #agreed #halp #info #idea #link #topic. 16:03:42 * threebean is here 16:03:44 #chair jflory lmacken threebean 16:03:44 Current chairs: decause jflory lmacken threebean 16:03:54 #topic RollCall 16:03:59 .hello decause 16:04:10 .hello 16:04:11 decause: decause 'Remy DeCausemaker' 16:04:14 decause: (hello ) -- Alias for "hellomynameis $1". 16:04:17 .hello jflory7 16:04:20 jflory7: jflory7 'Justin W. Flory' 16:04:35 .hellomynameis smdeep 16:04:36 smdeep: smdeep 'Sudeep Mukherjee' 16:05:10 .hellomynameis bee2502 16:05:11 * decause didn't know about .hellomynameis 16:05:11 bee2502: bee2502 'Bhagyashree Padalkar' 16:06:25 anyone else? 16:06:27 going once 16:06:30 going twice 16:06:32 going thrice 16:06:41 folks can chime in whenever you land 16:06:42 Might have a few more stragglers float in as we go. 16:06:54 #topic Welcome! 16:07:03 Officially, Welcome :) 16:07:20 Whooo! :) 16:07:22 :) 16:07:26 I know there are a few new folks here, and since we don't have meetings all that often (yet) I wanted to officially say I'm glad you folks could make it 16:07:54 :) 16:08:14 There is much momentum building, thanks to the efforts of Outreachy interns, CommBlog, and other Council priorities, but I'm getting ahead of myself 16:08:28 let's start off by getting to know eachother a bit 16:08:32 #topic Introductions 16:08:52 you can introduce yourself like so: 16:08:55 #info decause ET (UTC+5). CommOps, Infrastructure, Council, and Badges 16:09:06 #info jflory7 ET (UTC+5). CommOps, Marketing (primarily Magazine), Join SIG 16:09:30 This is 1) FAS username, 2) Timezone 3) Subprojects/teams you participate on in Fedora 16:09:32 * mailga is around 16:09:53 mailga++ 16:10:08 smdeep UTC+5:30 Looking to join Infra 16:10:08 hello decause & jflory7 16:10:12 Welcome mailga :) 16:10:23 #info bee2502 (UTC +5.30) CommOps 16:10:40 smdeep: If you use the #info prefix, it will be logged in the meeting minutes that get sent out at the end of the meeyting. :) 16:10:43 * meeting 16:11:03 #info smdeep UTC+5:30 Looking to join Infra 16:11:03 #link https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/CommOps/intro-meeting 16:11:15 jflory7, thanks :) 16:11:37 good good 16:11:51 threebean is UTC+5, and is on the infra team 16:11:58 #info threebean ET (UTC+5). CommOps, Infrastructure, Badges. 16:12:06 and slow, apparently. ;p 16:12:08 :P 16:12:17 UTC+4.9 ;) 16:12:27 err, not sure if that is the future or past... 16:12:27 lol 16:12:34 anywho 16:12:52 our meeting time at the moment is slated for Noon on Tuesdays 16:13:07 this /could/ change as the composition of our team changes 16:13:23 we are always hanging out in #fedora-commops though 24/7 16:13:36 #info mailga CET Mktg, Ambassadors, Commops, Docs, websites, Join-Sig 16:13:52 thanks everyone 16:14:09 #topic CommOps: Big Picture 16:14:12 decause: "Noon" is different for everyone.. so, let's say "our meeting time at the moment is slated for 16:00 UTC. 16:14:19 threebean++ 16:14:19 decause: Karma for ralph changed to 4 (for the f23 release cycle): https://badges.fedoraproject.org/tags/cookie/any 16:14:33 * decause is still working on UTC-ifying his IRC habits 16:14:58 untill next week 16:15:13 Southern_Gentlem: that's right, we'll be EDT :/ 16:15:21 yeah, just stick to UTC... ;p it's simpler. 16:15:27 nod nod nod 16:15:32 so, big picture: 16:15:39 * mailga still have to study timezone..... 16:15:40 threebean, but then it will be 17 would it not 16:15:47 #link https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/CommOps 16:16:03 CommOps is a portmanteu of "Community" + "Operations" 16:16:15 it is also a mashup of roles within Fedora 16:16:44 CommOps is a place where generally, we help be the human middleware, and generalist contributors that connect the subprojects 16:17:28 we don't want the hardworking contributors of Fedora to have to between using their precious volunteer time to "build things" or "build communities that build things." 16:17:36 ? 16:18:11 DevOps is term some folks may have heard of 16:18:18 Developer + Operations 16:18:29 it is characterized generally by automation and integration 16:18:55 we provide a similar experience for community infrastructure 16:19:29 where possible, we want to tap into the automated and integrated pieces of Fedora Infrastructure, so that folks don't have to choose between building things, and building communities that build things 16:19:38 mailga: is that a better explanation? 16:20:15 no, I only have a question, I can wait. 16:20:23 kk 16:20:34 decause : Could you give some examples ? 16:20:55 bee2502: yes, infact 16:21:04 #topic CommOps: Toolbox 16:21:09 decause, myself commops is communication operations since its marketing ambassadors and infrastructure communicationg to the public and project 16:21:27 #link https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/CommOps#CommOps_Toolbox 16:22:09 a good example of the spirit of the types of community infrastructure we want to build is wordcloudbot 16:22:13 Southern_Gentlem++ 16:22:14 decause: Karma for jbwillia changed to 1 (for the f23 release cycle): https://badges.fedoraproject.org/tags/cookie/any 16:22:30 #link https://github.com/decause/wordcloudbot 16:22:38 #link https://twitter.com/fedobot 16:23:12 wordcloudbot is a python based tool, that runs as a service in the background. 16:23:41 it listens to the fedmsg bus for the meeting topic, and captures the IRC transcript when a meeting is closed 16:24:14 it then takes that transcript, runs it through some NLP, and generates a word fequency distribution, and a fancy-ish looking wordcloud that is in the shape of the Fedora Logo 16:24:25 then that image gets posted to the Fedobot twitter account 16:24:25 and posts it automaticly to twitter? 16:24:34 Southern_Gentlem: yes 16:24:38 i disagress with this 16:24:51 disagree totally with this 16:25:18 Southern_Gentlem: we only post clouds of logged meetings, in line with our privacy policy 16:25:23 some meeting need to discuss issues and this is a privaacy concern to me 16:26:15 Southern_Gentlem: it is well understand that the only time we log is in public meetings. We certainly do NOT publish from every IRC channel 16:26:36 i guess i will not be in any meetings after this is started 16:26:38 Southern_Gentlem: private meetings should not be held with zodbot, as logs are made public, and published on the fedmsg bus as it is 16:27:09 Southern_Gentlem: we can talk more about the privacy policy implications after this meeting 16:27:17 decause, no your tool needs to be made that it can be turned off by the people running the meeting 16:27:34 we're not making anything public that wasn't already public 16:27:56 zodbot is public by default, so private meetings should not use zodbot 16:28:08 which will aalso "turn off" wordcloud bot as well 16:28:15 public internal to the project is one thing blasted across twitter is another 16:28:35 * mailga thinks private meetings aren't held on fedora channels in freenode. 16:28:44 Southern_Gentlem: fair enough, . please open an issue on wordcloud bot repo and we'll discuss it there 16:28:49 fwiw, this is similar to the hundreds of mailing list mirrors out there. 16:28:57 sorry ambassadors discussing budget for events should nt be blasted across twitter 16:29:18 when you write to the devel list, it is internal to the project in a sense.. but that's published to the public list archives which then get mirrored by hundreds of sites that we have no control over. 16:29:30 Southern_Gentlem: everyone can join fedora channels. 16:29:31 Southern_Gentlem: I'm sensitive to your conerns., and this is exactly why we need your input. 16:30:03 mailga, i agree what i have an issue with is the rebroadcast over twitter 16:30:45 how many people think that the bandwidth needed there will be very many people subscribed to it for the long haul 16:31:05 the example of wordcloudbot is about the spirit of CommOps. We want to help bring more heat and light to the project. 16:31:33 Southern_Gentlem: The problem is generic, threebean said correctly before. Also ML are mirrored. 16:31:57 mailga, yes i know that and thats fine my issue is twitter 16:32:03 wordcloudbot is just one tool 16:32:23 * mailga thinks Southern_Gentlem hates twitter :-D 16:32:23 the idea that we can amplify and multiply the actions of contributors is what we're here to help with 16:32:53 mailga, i disagree with going this direction yes 16:33:33 mailga, and i disagree so firmly i am debateing my actions going forward 16:33:35 there are certainly some aspects of the project that need to be private for security/privacy reasons, but most parts of Fedora are entirely public and conducted in the wide-open. We want to help get our actions and stories out into the broader community, to help drive more participation, and do it strategically 16:33:45 Southern_Gentlem: I don't like socials, but this is the way people are going. 16:33:48 to do so, we work within a number of areas of interest: 16:34:18 #topic Commops: Things We Help With 16:34:23 #link https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/CommOps#Things_that_the_Fedora_Community_Operations_.28CommOps.29_Team_helps_with: 16:34:56 Generally, there are 10 areas that have been identified by project stakeholders and community members 16:36:05 Storytelling, Messaging, Badges, Hubs, Wiki, Culture, Metrics, Voting, Misc 16:36:16 #info Commops Helps with areas of: Storytelling, Messaging, Badges, Hubs, Wiki, Culture, Metrics, Voting, Misc 16:36:39 each of these is described further on the wiki page, and you can read about them there 16:36:54 if you are interested in a particular area 16:37:07 bee2502 I know is interested in Metrics, for example 16:37:23 you should add yourself to the table, so we can start to identify what areas are covered by the team 16:37:36 and what places people are really excited about too :) 16:38:30 #topic CommOps: CommBlog 16:38:53 one tool that we have at our disposal, that is not listed in the toolbox yet 16:39:03 #action commops add CommBlog to the toolbox on the wiki page 16:39:17 * jflory7 will snag that 16:39:17 is our brand new community blog 16:39:28 #link http://communityblog.fedoraproject.org 16:39:42 soon-to-be-shortened to http://commblog.fedoraproject.org 16:39:59 this is a place where we can nerd out as hard as we want about all things Fedora :P 16:40:54 It will also be a useful place for communication between the different subgroups and projects around Fedora so people can have a centralized place to look for the ongoings of the project. 16:40:59 it is public facing, but will really be about connecting the dots, and bringing light to the Community Infrastructure through storytelling, metrics, and data visualization 16:41:12 jflory7: Hubs is going to help with that part too ;) 16:41:20 Definitely! 16:41:35 cool :) 16:42:00 decause : Hubs ? 16:42:01 CommBlog is a wordpress instance, so if you'd like to contribute stories there, or become an editor, sign in with FAS and I can "promote" you 16:42:25 bee2502: The other Outreachy Slot we are hiring for in December is a project called Fedora Hubs 16:42:40 #link https://pagure.io/fedora-hubs/branch/develop 16:43:23 #topic CommOps: Fedora Hubs 16:43:34 Fedora hubs is going to be the modern web interface to our community 16:44:14 right now, you've already noticed bee2502 perhaps, that we have mailinglists, and IRC channels, and Trac for tickets, and Wiki Pages, and, and, and for each subproject 16:44:31 yes 16:44:54 Hubs is going to unify those resources into one place where you can find all info related to a Team/Region/Tool/Person in a single page 16:45:29 it will also tap into Feodra Infrastructure, so that you can click a button to auto-join mailinglists, and other nifty interactions that remove some of the complexity from gettin involved 16:46:18 that would surely make everything easier, especially for the newcomers 16:46:20 it has been under active development for a few months, and I'm *super* excited for an Outreachy intern to dive into the mockups and plans that have been made over the past year(s) for Hubs 16:46:48 #link http://blog.linuxgrrl.com/category/fedora/fedora-hubs/ 16:46:56 bee2502: yes, you'll hopefully be one of the last contributors to go through the "legacy" onboarding process of manual subscription to 7 different places :P 16:47:05 there's a lot of super good information to be found on mizmo's blog there. 16:47:21 I mean, it is a massive undertaking, so it will maybe take a little longer than one outreachy slot to get to full implementation 16:47:24 :P 16:47:44 threebean has done a great job building a prototype, and mizmo and mrichards have done a great job laying out the IA and mockups 16:48:27 bee2502: much of the work the CommOps Outreachy intern will do, can be "componentized" into widgets that can be embedded in Fedora Hubs (and elsewhere) 16:49:14 So, that took a lil while, but from a high-level perspective, those are the tools and purpose of our team. 16:49:31 I want to open for Q&A at this point while we still have time (I know mailga had questions) 16:49:38 #topic CommOps: Q&A 16:49:40 decause++ 16:49:40 jflory7: Karma for decause changed to 1 (for the f23 release cycle): https://badges.fedoraproject.org/tags/cookie/any 16:50:43 any takers? 16:51:03 I have a few Outreachy Specific Items of interest I'll add here, FAQ style 16:51:19 #info When are Outreachy Applications Due? 16:51:57 #info 2 Nov 2015 16:52:37 #link https://wiki.gnome.org/Outreachy/2015/DecemberMarch 16:52:38 #info Outreachy applications are due by Nov 2nd, Selection ends by Nov 17th, and the work cycle runs full-time from Dec 7th-March 7th 16:52:56 #link https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Outreachy/2015 16:53:14 (I know we have a few Outreachy candidates here, and others who will be reading the logs who couldn't make it) 16:53:31 Any other questions? 16:53:47 going once 16:53:49 going twice 16:53:52 going thrice 16:54:01 decause : wait 16:54:16 #topic CommOps: Stuff We're Doing 16:54:41 #link https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/F23_release_announcement 16:55:13 #link http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User_talk:Mailga 16:55:17 We're helping to put togehter the official Release announcment for Fedora 23, and will be helping drive that in future Release Cycles. 16:55:36 bee2502: you can still ask your question here, btw 16:55:48 from my side I have nothing more to write 16:56:04 #link https://fedorahosted.org/marketing-team/ticket/203 16:56:08 mattdm and me need help 16:56:18 #link https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-badges/ticket/409 16:56:23 decause : I wanted to know more about CommOps tasks related to Voting,Culture 16:56:55 bee2502: Voting is a new one for us, but the Election Announcements and Interview will be published to CommBlog 16:57:02 please feel free to change my page, I still donìt know if it's english o something else. 16:57:14 eof 16:57:23 we're working with jkurik, release manager, to help him get the candidate interviews published and folks participating 16:57:53 decause : Are the elections still on ? 16:58:02 bee2502: if you are interested, jkurik is who to talk to, who just linked me to the tasklist for elections recently 16:58:02 mailga: I was definitely planning on helping more with that - had a lot on my plate last week but should have more time today / tomorrow to do any additions / extras. I'll throw info in the Trac ticket when I've done more. 16:58:30 mailga: me/mattdm/jzb are working with Red Hat PR too 16:58:38 jflory7: I really appreciate your help. 16:58:48 ^^ Awesome. 16:58:50 decause: good to know. 16:58:50 And of course! 16:58:59 hopefully lmacken can get me a quote for how much more awesome bodhi2 is now, and we can include that in the release announcment as well 16:59:28 about tickets I have a question. 16:59:29 *cough* 16:59:31 Release Announce is def our biggest one right now, as it is maximally visible for Fedora 17:00:08 mailga: we have a trac, but there isn't much in there yet 17:00:32 no, that's right. It works for me. 17:00:40 decause: how about "Bodhi2: It's not constantly on fire." ;) 17:00:57 lmacken++ 17:00:57 decause: Karma for lmacken changed to 1 (for the f23 release cycle): https://badges.fedoraproject.org/tags/cookie/any 17:01:15 Commopo should be the collector (is the right word?) for others groups tickets, isn't it? 17:01:26 So is there a way to converge tickets from the main teams to commops ticketing? 17:01:58 mailga: yes. When possible, we should be working "upstream" on tickets that already exist. We're in the "don't duplicate work with metawork" camp ideally. 17:02:55 mailga: I'm open to suggestions, it seems like a strange problem we haven't had a team of people deal with before? I know Fedora-Infra uses Taiga, which could be a good thing to try? 17:03:19 ok, we're 3 past the hour and I want to be mindful of everyone's time 17:03:43 Unless there is any last minute pressing business, I'm going to end the meeting for today. 17:03:49 decause: is something we should work on IMO 17:03:55 how do folks feel about meeting next week again? 17:04:04 mailga: file a ticket on our trac for it? ;) 17:04:18 decause, of course. 17:04:20 decause: Early Tuesdays US EST works excellently for me 17:04:28 #yodawgiheardyoulikemetaworksoimadesomemetaworkforyourmetaworktohelpyoumetawork 17:04:29 This is ideal for me personally 17:04:56 jflory7: it fits well for me also 17:05:15 bee2502 : me too 17:05:18 ok, if we need to change it later, we can, but for now let's plan on same time next week 17:05:21 Could schedule for next week and poll the mailing list to find a convenient time for others. 17:05:25 decause++ 17:05:35 it works for me as well (finger crossed). 17:05:37 jflory7: whenisgood.net is good for that 17:05:47 it sounds like we're good until next time at least 17:05:47 Ah, yeah - want me to send that out then? 17:06:00 jflory7: sure, but my schedule is likely the one with the most holes in it :/ 17:06:19 #action jflory7 Send out mail to find best time for CommOps meetings with whenisgood.net 17:06:22 #action jflory/decause poll for best meeting times for regular commops meetings 17:06:26 jflory7++ 17:06:29 Ninja'd :P 17:06:35 ok everyone 17:06:56 be sure to subscribe to the mailinglist, it is actually quite active these days, and is a great place to see what is happening 17:07:04 ^ 17:07:07 also come hang in #fedora-commops, which is also growing 17:07:24 thanks everyone for making it, we'll try to end a bit earlier next time :P 17:07:31 #endmeeting