[22:56] <pleia2> we have a meeting in a few minutes, anyone about?
[23:00] <pleia2> not loving this silence :) anyone here for the meeting?
[23:01] <pleia2> we have a lot of things to go over, but several people have already said they couldn't make this time slot
[23:01] <IdleOne> o/
[23:01] <pleia2> hi there IdleOne :)
[23:01] <IdleOne> but if nobody else is around probably better to move the meeting
[23:02] <pleia2> yeah, I tend to agree
[23:02] <IdleOne> but
[23:03] <IdleOne> In the NEWS: LibreOffice PPA http://www.webupd8.org/2011/01/install-libreoffice-in-ubuntu-from.html
[23:03] <IdleOne> for 10.04/10.10/11.04
[23:03] <pleia2> add to http://pad.ubuntu-uk.org/UWN-Ideas please :)
[23:03] <pleia2> ty \o.
[23:03] <pleia2> \o/
[23:04] <IdleOne> :)
[23:04] <IdleOne> ty
[23:05] <IdleOne> oh, pretty new menu items added :)
[23:05] <pleia2> on the pad?
[23:06] <IdleOne> no, in my App > Office menu
[23:06] <pleia2> oh
[23:06] <IdleOne> from LibreOffice
[23:06] <pleia2> hehe
[23:06] <jasono> Hello everyone.
[23:07] <IdleOne> hello jasono
[23:07] <pleia2> hi jasono
[23:10] <jasono> Hi pleia2
[23:10] <jasono> Meeting at seven. Is that correct?
[23:11] <IdleOne> Meeting is now actually but I not many people around
[23:11] <jasono> Oh.
[23:12] <jasono> Might have been miss understood. My Google Calendar tells me 7, and I subscribed via the Fridge.
[23:12] <pleia2> the fridge looks correct
[23:13] <pleia2> showing it as now for me
[23:13] <pleia2> well, if you're here for the meeting, that makes three of us, so I'll tackle the agenda and see how it goes
[23:13] <pleia2> #startmeeting
[23:13] <Mootbot-UK> Meeting started at 23:13. The chair is pleia2.
[23:13] <Mootbot-UK> Commands Available: [TOPIC], [PROGRESS REPORT], [IDEA], [ACTION], [AGREED], [LINK], [VOTE]
[23:14] <pleia2> [TOPIC] General updates
[23:14] <Mootbot-UK> New Topic:  General updates
[23:14] <pleia2> the status of ubuntu-news.org and fridge.ubuntu.com is still hanging out there, nhandler and I intend to follow up with canonical to see about the new site they installed on the servers, but there is no progress to report on really
[23:15] <pleia2> but in the meantime we're still updating the active ubuntu-news.org like always
[23:15] <pleia2> an issue of the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter was published on Monday covering all of December, which is mostly what we need to talk about at this meeting
[23:16] <pleia2> [TOPIC] UWN - Ideas on alternate format for Team Reports
[23:16] <Mootbot-UK> New Topic:  UWN - Ideas on alternate format for Team Reports
[23:17] <pleia2> in our survey (results here: http://akgraner.com/?p=820) it was shown that the team reports (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TeamReports) were not particularly popular and some people said they made the newsletter too long
[23:17] <pleia2> any comments? format changes? maybe we just link to the report rather than including the full thing?
[23:18] <IdleOne> maybe just ask the teams to submit one or two of the "big" items they would like highlighted in the news letter with a link to the full report?
[23:19] <pleia2> tbh it's hard enough to get teams to write the basic reports
[23:19] <IdleOne> hehe
[23:20] <pleia2> we could just arbitrarily add the first two items
[23:20] <pleia2> but that might be confusing
[23:20] <IdleOne> well then just a link would make it shorter to read but at the same time the teams who do work hard and make sure the team reports are done would lose exposure
[23:21] <pleia2> yeah, it's tricky
[23:22] <pleia2> ok, let's keep your idea around and bring it up when more people can comment :)
[23:22] <pleia2> [TOPIC] UWN - Rotating Publishers
[23:22] <Mootbot-UK> New Topic:  UWN - Rotating Publishers
[23:22] <IdleOne> sounds good to me
[23:22] <pleia2> it was discussed at the last meeting that we have rotating publishers since it was a big job for just one person every week
[23:22] <pleia2> the day of training never happened, but nhandler and I muddled through over the weekend
[23:23] <pleia2> so I think we can train each other as we go along, the documentation was pretty solid, just a few holes that we'll need to follow up with akgraner about
[23:24] <pleia2> I think we want to go ahead and formalize rotating publishers, since I don't see any super-energetic person rising from our ranks to take leadership here
[23:24] <pleia2> thoughts?
[23:24] <pleia2> volunteers to become editor? :D
[23:25] <IdleOne> agree on rotating publishers unless someone wants to step up and take on the job (full time)
[23:25] <IdleOne> not volunteering at this time
[23:25] <IdleOne> I'm new here so I think I want to learn a little more before going for the head position
[23:26] <pleia2> ok :)
[23:26] <pleia2> we'll ask around the team post-meeting to see what shakes out, but I think we'll end up agreeing on this team-wide
[23:26] <jasono> You need a head position?
[23:27] <IdleOne> jasono: I usually keep it just above my shoulders :P
[23:27] <jasono> Aaah.....
[23:27] <pleia2> jasono: that's what we're discussing, our editor in chief stepped down last month and we're trying to see if she should be replaced or if we should share the load
[23:28] <jasono> :( How much load?
[23:28] <pleia2> historically the editor in chief ends up spending at least 8 hours a week on preparing UWN for publication, not counting the work they put in throughout the week to gather articles
[23:28] <IdleOne> so figure 15-20 hours a week
[23:28] <pleia2> yeah
[23:28] <IdleOne> that is a lot of work for one person
[23:29] <pleia2> I don't know how john and amber did it :)
[23:29] <jasono> I wouldn't mind taken the job, but I spend 11 hours at school everyday.
[23:29] <jasono> Can do weekends and Fridays.
[23:30] <pleia2> jasono: maybe you want to pitch in as one of our rotating editors then?
[23:30] <jasono> No problem.
[23:30] <pleia2> if you feel confident that you can put in the sufficient time each week, maybe we can go back to having a single editor in chief
[23:31] <pleia2> I think I'm going to wrap up the meeting, there are other things hanging out there but w/o any other fridge editors around I think discussing them at this point is moot
[23:32] <pleia2> we should put a poll out to the list for a better meeting time (this one is during my work day, I was fortunate to have the time today)
[23:33] <pleia2> thanks everyone :)
[23:33] <pleia2> #endmeeting
[23:33] <Mootbot-UK> Meeting finished at 23:33.
[23:36] <IdleOne> pleia2: thank you.
[23:36] <jasono> No problem pleia2
[23:52] <nhandler> Sorry for missing the meeting. I'll read through the scrollback now.
[23:54] <pleia2> np, we need one when more people are around :) especially UWN people, I'm just a fridge editor (never had plans to be more!)
[23:55] <Pendulum> oops, sorry I meant to be here too and I've done a bunch of UWN stuff :)
[23:56] <nhandler> I think we should consider changing the date/time of the meetings (especially since many people are in different Time Zones now) to try and get more people . I can try and send out a doodle poll this weekend
[23:57] <pleia2> thanks nhandler
[23:59] <nhandler> I'm also thinking more and more that an editor in chief is not necessary. We have people who specialize and work on different areas. i.e. pleia2 is very active with the Fridge. If a decision needs to be made about it, we should get the opinions of the people with knowledge in that area and just make a decision. The main duty of the editor has been publishing UWN, and that can go away with the rotating publisher schedule. ...
[23:59] <nhandler> ... Big decisions can get voted on at meetings