20:00:49 <stickster> #startmeeting Magazine editorial board
20:00:49 <zodbot> Meeting started Wed Oct 24 20:00:49 2018 UTC.
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20:00:52 <stickster> #meetingname magazine
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20:00:57 <stickster> #topic Roll call
20:00:59 <stickster> .hello pfrields
20:01:00 <zodbot> stickster: pfrields 'Paul W. Frields' <stickster@gmail.com>
20:01:03 <sub_pop> .hello linkdupont
20:01:04 <zodbot> sub_pop: linkdupont 'Link Dupont' <link@sub-pop.net>
20:01:07 <stickster> #chair cverna asamalik sub_pop
20:01:07 <zodbot> Current chairs: asamalik cverna stickster sub_pop
20:01:39 <cverna> hello
20:03:33 <stickster> Hi cverna
20:03:49 <stickster> Sorry, I'm in two meetings at once at the moment :-)
20:04:03 <cverna> stickster: o/ no problem
20:05:02 <cverna> I can move forward with the stats
20:05:04 <cverna> :)
20:05:21 <stickster> got it :-)
20:05:38 <stickster> Hm, I think asamalik may be traveling at the moment. It may just be you and me, Clément.
20:05:43 <stickster> Oh wait, Link is here!
20:05:47 <stickster> What is he, chopped liver!?!
20:05:51 <sub_pop> I'm not dead yet!
20:06:00 <cverna> hi sub_pop
20:06:06 <stickster> #topic Last week stats
20:06:36 <stickster> #info Week of Oct 15 -- 63.2K pageviews, down again for third consecutive week but still not terrible
20:07:59 <cverna> we had some very strong weeks so it was expected to go down a little
20:08:15 <cverna> but 60k+ is quite good
20:08:29 <stickster> For Oct 2018 we're at 230K pageviews and rising, which isn't bad
20:09:43 <cverna> yes we still have a good week in Oct
20:10:19 <cverna> we can still get ~50-60k
20:10:25 <stickster> I believe so.
20:10:39 <stickster> #topic on deck for this week
20:10:47 * cverna just notice the 31 comments pending approval :S
20:10:58 <stickster> we should sweep through those
20:11:06 <stickster> I've been in meetings since 1200 UTC :-(
20:11:27 <cverna> I ll try to have a look after this meeting
20:11:30 <stickster> #info Faster web pages part 3 is going out 2018-10-26
20:12:52 <sub_pop> OMG how is it almost the end of October already
20:13:25 <stickster> right?
20:14:05 <sub_pop> Eeek. I guess I need to really buckle down on my articles. D:
20:14:58 <stickster> #topic Drafts to review
20:17:40 <stickster> #info --- NEST simulator ---
20:17:41 <stickster> #link https://fedoramagazine.org/?p=22859&preview=1&_ppp=90e2a4045d
20:17:50 <cverna> I cleaned up a lot of comments, we had quite a few spam
20:17:50 <stickster> Looks like a nice article from ankursinha
20:17:56 <stickster> Thank you cverna, same here
20:18:45 <cverna> +1 for sure
20:19:30 <stickster> This seems like a great article to setup for Monday
20:20:26 <cverna> I can take the editing part
20:20:46 <cverna> adding maybe a few sub titles
20:20:58 <stickster> cverna: I can do an image for this, I think
20:21:12 <cverna> works for me
20:21:14 <stickster> #action cverna edit NEST article, stickster do an image
20:22:07 <stickster> cverna: Would you be more inclined to finish the VS Code article?
20:22:18 <stickster> I could edit this one if so -- then we have Monday + Wednesday probably covered.
20:22:33 <cverna> stickster: I think I can do both
20:22:39 <stickster> o_O  OK!
20:22:44 <cverna> :D
20:22:54 <stickster> #info --- VS Code ---
20:23:05 <stickster> #link https://fedoramagazine.org/?p=22550&preview=1&_ppp=ec89028e36
20:23:22 * stickster checks once again before he sets #action on this one -- if you think you can do it, great!
20:23:26 * stickster would be your editor here :-)
20:23:49 <cverna> yes I ll finish it tomorrow
20:24:03 <cverna> and give you an heads up once it is done
20:24:13 <stickster> #action cverna finish VS Code article, stickster edit it and likely provide an image
20:24:17 <stickster> thanks cverna!
20:24:58 <stickster> cverna: sub_pop: If you guys are OK with it... because I am having a hard time covering both these meetings, would you be OK with setting up our schedule on this basis? We have Friday, Monday, and Wednesday covered in this case.
20:25:21 <cverna> that works for me
20:26:59 <stickster> #topic Publishing schedule
20:28:20 <stickster> proposed #agreed Fri 2018-Oct-26, Faster webpages part 3 (stickster: edit/image) -- Mon 2018-Oct-29, NEST simulator (cverna: edit, stickster:image) -- Wed 2018-Oct-31, VS Code (stickster: edit/image)
20:28:33 <stickster> I might get ryanlerch to do the VS Code image, but meh, either's fine :-)
20:28:34 <cverna> +1
20:31:11 <stickster> #agreed Fri 2018-Oct-26, Faster webpages part 3 (stickster: edit/image) -- Mon 2018-Oct-29, NEST simulator (cverna: edit, stickster:image) -- Wed 2018-Oct-31, VS Code (stickster: edit/image)
20:31:15 <stickster> OK, let's call it then
20:31:32 <stickster> cverna: sub_pop: Again, sorry for my lag time here. But we're in good shape for the next week, let's go for it!
20:31:39 <cverna> thanks stickster
20:31:50 <stickster> #topic all other business
20:31:53 <stickster> Anything else to hit here?
20:32:13 <cverna> oh we should poke mattdm about the release article
20:32:25 <sub_pop> Sorry. I got pulled away. I'd like some guidance on the "people" article
20:32:33 <stickster> Ah yes. mattdm -- you heard the man. Although we have almost two weeks for that.
20:33:12 <stickster> sub_pop: What kind of guidance are you looking for?
20:33:32 <sub_pop> I don't have a "story" for it. How to weave in people's comments into a cohesive article.
20:34:15 <sub_pop> I have a partial opening written, but then I'm hitting writer's block. :(
20:35:19 <stickster> sub_pop: I would start by seeing if there are some common threads you see in different interviews. Use that to help develop the narrative
20:36:40 <stickster> sub_pop: Such as -- did more than one person have a similar story about how they got involved? That's worth pulling out as a narrative thread
20:37:08 <stickster> sub_pop: The question about what people do now kind of writes itself as a concluding part -- i.e. "where are they now?"
20:37:12 <sub_pop> Yes, there are common sentiments, and I've noticed them. I'll see if I can expand on that.
20:37:19 <sub_pop> Right.
20:37:28 <stickster> sub_pop: I think the main thing is to just write. Even if you don't think it hangs well, *just write8>
20:37:43 <sub_pop> Yes, that is definitely true.
20:38:00 <stickster> It's easier to find problems and get better with a draft. You can find the article in editing
20:39:36 <stickster> sub_pop: if you have a way to share the interview results, you can do that and someone could help you find more threads if you want -- but absent that, I think just see if you can find 4-5 common threads, each between 2 people or more. Then try and use that to guide your article through the timeline of Fedora
20:40:34 <sub_pop> I'll take a stab at it.
20:40:41 <stickster> sub_pop: anything else you wanted to mention?
20:40:44 <sub_pop> Still have a week or so.
20:40:46 <sub_pop> Nope.
20:42:19 <sub_pop> Oh, did we want to publish jflory's article next week?
20:42:56 <cverna> ah yes that would make sense
20:43:41 <sub_pop> Either Monday or Wednesday, and shift the other(s) down in the publishing queue?
20:43:48 <cverna> https://fedoramagazine.org/?p=22993&preview=1&_ppp=9a64a36596
20:44:26 <cverna> Monday would be nice that give a week heads up
20:44:46 <sub_pop> Agreed.
20:45:27 <stickster> I had completely forgotten about that. cverna -- maybe we should hold VS Code for Friday, and put jflory's article out on Wednesday.
20:45:44 <stickster> ^ sounds like we're in violent agreement :-)
20:45:46 <stickster> well
20:45:55 <stickster> we could move NEST too for that matter
20:46:04 <cverna> either way works for me :)
20:46:16 <sub_pop> Yea. I think this should go sooner, to give more chance for people to submit stories.
20:46:17 <stickster> #info need to move publishing around to make way for jflory article
20:46:56 <stickster> #agreed Fri 2018-Oct-26, Faster webpages part 3 (stickster: edit/image) -- Mon 2018-Oct-29, Fedora appreciation (ready already) -- Wed 2018-Oct-31, NEST simulator (cverna: edit, stickster:image) -- Fri 2018-Nov-02, VS Code (stickster: edit/image)
20:47:04 <stickster> ^ look OK?
20:47:29 <sub_pop> Yep!
20:47:32 <cverna> +1
20:47:48 <sub_pop> I *almost* edited that myself.
20:48:06 <sub_pop> One day I'll be faster at publishing schedule than stickster... one day!
20:48:14 <stickster> ha
20:48:23 <stickster> Cool, then I think we're all ready to go!
20:48:27 <stickster> Closing in 60 sec
20:51:20 <stickster> OK, thanks all!
20:51:21 <stickster> #endmeeting