12:00:45 #startmeeting Magazine editorial board 12:00:45 Meeting started Wed Oct 2 12:00:45 2019 UTC. 12:00:45 This meeting is logged and archived in a public location. 12:00:45 The chair is asamalik. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot. 12:00:45 Useful Commands: #action #agreed #halp #info #idea #link #topic. 12:00:45 The meeting name has been set to 'magazine_editorial_board' 12:00:45 #meetingname magazine 12:00:45 The meeting name has been set to 'magazine' 12:00:45 #topic Roll call 12:00:45 #chair stickster ryanlerch cverna asamalik sub_pop gregbartholomew bcotton misc 12:00:45 Current chairs: asamalik bcotton cverna gregbartholomew misc ryanlerch stickster sub_pop 12:01:32 .hello2 12:01:33 asamalik: asamalik 'Adam Samalik' 12:01:44 oh wow, that time already? 12:02:00 Hello o/ 12:02:10 yep! 12:02:16 * cverna goes quickly grab a cup of tea 12:02:31 I just noticed we haven't published the Hacktoberfest post, and that there is no image :/ 12:03:24 ryanlerch: are you around? any chance you could make an image real quick for the Hacktoberfest article? 12:05:27 #topic Last week's stats 12:05:44 #info Week of September 23: 69.4K pageviews -- slightly down from last week, but still pretty good 12:10:43 my internet just died, again, restarting the modem which often helps (I'm on a phone only now) 12:11:33 * cverna hangs on 12:12:16 the agenda is in the docs if someone wants to help - docs / editors / meeting or something like that 12:13:25 #topic 2/ In progress followup 12:13:29 #info Looking at the 'in progress' column, is there something that's been finished? Anything to follow up on with its author? 12:13:29 #link Board: https://teams.fedoraproject.org/project/asamalik-fedora-magazine/kanban 12:13:33 looks like I'm back! 12:14:25 ok, there is only the one by jwf and he says in the comments he'll finish it in October 12:14:29 #topic 3/ Finished articles to review 12:14:35 #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. 12:14:35 #link Board: https://teams.fedoraproject.org/project/asamalik-fedora-magazine/kanban 12:15:30 #info --- #28 Hacktoberfest --- 12:15:35 #link https://teams.fedoraproject.org/project/asamalik-fedora-magazine/us/28?kanban-status=196 12:16:05 that should have been out today, moving to edit and will make an image for it and publish it after the meeting (if ryanlerch won't be faster) 12:16:23 might be late for ryanlerch now 12:16:35 yeah 12:16:51 #info --- #70 IceWM --- 12:16:57 #link https://teams.fedoraproject.org/project/asamalik-fedora-magazine/us/70?kanban-status=196 12:17:24 I'm definitely +1 here 12:17:28 it even has an image! 12:17:31 tdawson++ 12:18:00 yes +1 too 12:18:38 +2 12:18:45 (one for the article, one for the image) 12:19:01 even better! 12:19:08 hum not sure this is allowed tho :P 12:20:10 maybe two individual +1's are required? :P 12:20:23 #topic 4/ Articles to edit 12:20:27 #info Looking at the 'to edit' column, assign an editor and a cover image creator. 12:20:28 #link Board: https://teams.fedoraproject.org/project/asamalik-fedora-magazine/kanban 12:20:37 #info --- #70 IceWM --- 12:20:41 #link https://teams.fedoraproject.org/project/asamalik-fedora-magazine/us/70?kanban-status=196 12:20:48 I can edit this one! 12:20:58 #action asamalik edit #70 IceWM 12:22:25 #info --- #28 Hacktoberfest --- 12:22:29 #link https://teams.fedoraproject.org/project/asamalik-fedora-magazine/us/70?kanban-status=196 12:22:58 so I guess I'll create an image for this one ASAP and push it out today? 12:23:11 +1 12:23:13 bcotton: are you ok with publishing this one a little later today? 12:26:18 * asamalik takes that as a yes 12:26:36 #action asamalik creates an image for #28 Hacktoberfest ASAP and publishes it later today 12:27:28 #info --- #68 An article about i686 --- 12:27:32 #link https://teams.fedoraproject.org/project/asamalik-fedora-magazine/us/68?kanban-status=192 12:27:54 looks like this one has been already scheduled for Friday \o/ 12:28:10 \o/ 12:28:51 oh, sorry, i was talking to the dnf team 12:28:57 but yes, i'm okay with that 12:29:52 bcotton: ack 12:30:18 and the last one we've covered last time, so that's all here 12:30:25 #topic 5/ Publishing schedule 12:30:30 #info Looking at the 'queued' and 'to edit' columns, decide the publishing schedule for the next week period. 12:30:30 #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. 12:30:31 #link Board: https://teams.fedoraproject.org/project/asamalik-fedora-magazine/kanban 12:30:53 so there is the #68 i686 for Friday 12:31:08 I'd do #70 IceWM on Monday 12:31:17 #28 Hacktoberfest goes today 12:31:32 and we need something for the next Wednesday 12:31:53 and for that I might just ask on the list again :) 12:32:08 i can do https://pagure.io/fedora-magazine-proposals/issue/2 12:32:15 bcotton++ 12:32:34 i have it mostly written because i did a similar article for opensource.com. so i'll just extend it a bit to add the xargs 12:33:18 that sounds good! 12:33:32 yay for content reuse! 12:34:19 it's like code — write once, deploy multiple times (with tweaks so it works in that environment) :P 12:36:58 #proposed #agreed PUBLISHING SCHEDULE:Friday 4 Oct, #68 i686 (asamalik) -- Monday 7 Oct, #70 IceWM (asamalik) -- Wednesday 9 Oct, Commandline quick tips: Processing multiple files with find/xargs (bcotton:write/asamalik:edit/asamalik:image) 12:39:35 +2 12:39:40 +1 actually 12:40:14 +1 from me also 12:40:17 #agreed PUBLISHING SCHEDULE:Friday 4 Oct, #68 i686 (asamalik) -- Monday 7 Oct, #70 IceWM (asamalik) -- Wednesday 9 Oct, Commandline quick tips: Processing multiple files with find/xargs (bcotton:write/asamalik:edit/asamalik:image) 12:42:52 find/xargs is now on the kanban board 12:42:58 it is 12:43:00 maybe even twice 12:43:10 lol 12:43:22 mine has a description so it wins 12:43:23 that's what I call content reuse 12:43:33 publish the same thing twice on the same blog two days apart 12:44:02 but I was first according to the lower ID, so I'm happy to let you win so I don't have to write a description 12:44:41 :-) 12:44:50 #topic 6/ Article proposals to clarify / approve 12:45:03 #info Review the the article proposals and decide about what's next — a new article spec? more discussion? 12:45:03 #link Article proposals: https://pagure.io/fedora-magazine-proposals/issues 12:45:17 anything we want to review right now? 12:45:39 otherwise we can say we'll do it async :) 12:45:39 #4 12:45:54 #info --- #4 How to Create a Business Card in Inkscape --- 12:45:58 #link https://pagure.io/fedora-magazine-proposals/issue/4 12:46:11 it's a good idea, particularly because there's a fedora business card package (although it's a CLI tool). but i'd like to see someone who isn't me write that. 12:46:41 I remember bexelbie mentioning something about that package — maybe he should write it :P 12:47:11 we're supposed to come up with a spec and then +1 that 12:47:14 +1 to making bexelbie do things :-) 12:47:23 bcotton: did you want to propose one? :) 12:48:03 not currently :-) 12:48:16 but i can go through later and offer a few draft specs on stuff 12:48:28 bcotton++ 12:48:45 I'll try to do that, too 12:49:12 ok, anything else? :) 12:50:11 #topic 7/ Open floor 12:51:09 * asamalik counts 60s 12:52:25 all right, thanks for coming! :) 12:52:26 #endmeeting