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