=== pleia2_ is now known as pleia2 === zkriesse is now known as loomsenn === loomsenn is now known as zkriesse === nhandler_ is now known as nhandler === evilnhandler_ is now known as evilnhandler [13:56] win 4 [13:56] oops === pleia2_ is now known as pleia2 [19:37] hi, does anyone know if there has been any progress, talks etc within the Ubuntu News team about taking on additional volunteers? [19:37] I threw my hat in the ring earlier this week with an offer to help, but have not heard anything back so far? [19:37] i don't want to miss the opportunity to help out in the Ubuntu Community. [19:37] hey andyrogers [19:38] can you hang out in here for a bit? [19:38] this is the place :) [19:38] and im sure your contribution would be welcome [19:38] cheers [19:39] Ill hang around for a bit, is something meant to be happening? [19:39] not really [19:39] the folk you need to talk to are here though [19:40] ok thanks [19:44] holstein, what are your experiences with working in the Ubuntu News Team? (I presume you are a member/make contributions) [19:45] i was more active in the past [19:45] i got a little busy [19:45] which is good :) [19:45] work picked up, and i needed it [19:45] i was reading articles [19:45] and writing summaries [19:45] thats probably what you could do that would be helpful [19:46] and easy to get started with [19:46] yeah, im looking at something along that line to get me into the swing of things. [19:46] andyrogers: looks like there is a meeting thursday [19:46] andyrogers: it used to be sundays that folk would be in here [19:46] getting summaries and doing work [19:47] might be mondays now [19:47] i think you'll want to talk to highvoltage and/or akgraner` [19:47] who is highvoltage? what is their role? [19:49] im not sure, ive been out too long :/ [19:49] if you dont catch someone today [19:49] try and make the meeting [19:49] so is monday like the deadline day then? [19:49] what time is the meeting? [19:50] i presume in here? [19:50] Meeting: Thursday, December 2, 2010 @ 2300UTC [19:50] yup [19:50] in here :) [19:50] andyrogers: not sure about the deadline [19:50] i think that can be flexible [19:50] depending on schedules [19:51] check out http://pad.ubuntu-uk.org/UWN [19:52] i should hopefully be up still at that time. [19:52] seems a bit out of date [19:52] but that is the idea [19:52] the links get filled in there [19:52] to the articles [19:52] and you would go and read an article [19:52] ad summarize it [19:52] and* [19:53] andyrogers: where are you? [19:53] EST ? [19:53] im still here, GMT [19:53] UK [19:53] AH [19:53] yeah, thats late for you then ;) [19:53] i can be upto 01:00 -02:00 UTC sometimes [19:53] andyrogers: are you in the #ubuntu-uk channel? [19:54] i can be, but not logged into their yet before. [19:54] im newish to using the IRC channels, so not sure of all the room names yet [19:54] Daviey is a UK'r :) [19:55] ah cheers [19:55] so basically with that link, will that be the actual atricle that would eventually get published? [19:55] nah [19:55] that would be where you would grab the link to the article [19:55] and put your summary in [19:55] who puts the links on their in the first place [19:56] and then there are proof reading ad editing and publishing steps [19:56] andyrogers: you could probably help with that to [19:56] finding the links [19:56] i didnt do that though [19:56] is that where akgraner does the editing? [19:56] so i dont know about that process [19:56] i mean proof reading etc [19:57] andyrogers: theres a wiki page [19:57] i think akgraner` or highvoltage or someone would grab the stuff from there [19:57] and work in the WIKI [19:59] so basically with this link, someone (or I can put a link on their) and then the UWN team read and summarise it. [19:59] before it gets read & edited before being published as weekly UWN letter [20:00] in theory [20:00] i would make sure about the adding links part [20:00] maybe a higher-up adds those [20:00] i dont think just anyone can willy-nilly add links [20:00] OR should [20:01] don't worry I won't be doing anything before getting the approval of joining the team first [20:01] i remember seeing some trusted sources talk recently [20:01] maybe last meeting? [20:01] talk about what? [20:01] what blogs to get news from [20:02] blogs or sites [20:07] ah that's good then [20:08] andyrogers: are you a member of https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-uk ? [20:09] ill double check, not sure if i did join the group [20:09] pretty sure thats a very active community [20:09] the podcast is great :) [20:10] http://podcast.ubuntu-uk.org/ [20:11] how much of a summary do u usually have to write? a couple/few of line's giving a general summary of the stork [20:11] yeah [20:11] 3 or 4 sentences maybe