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| author | Sacha Chua <sacha@sachachua.com> | 2022-10-17 08:27:51 -0400 |
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| committer | Sacha Chua <sacha@sachachua.com> | 2022-10-17 08:27:51 -0400 |
| commit | 79f5f6beace7969561112242fde4bbd9de5710ed (patch) | |
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Archive volunteer update, tweak sched announcement
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diff --git a/2022/organizers-notebook.md b/2022/organizers-notebook.md index bd4060fb..ceb894f4 100644 --- a/2022/organizers-notebook.md +++ b/2022/organizers-notebook.md @@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ This file is automatically exported from [/2022/organizers-notebook/index.org](/ Time-sensitive tasks: -- [Write volunteer update](#volunteer-2022-10-16) - [Send program-published email for emacsconf-discuss](#announce-program):needsowner:timesensitive:email: - [Prepare email for nudging speakers to send prerec, and inform on upload workflow](#mail-upload):timesensitive:needsowner: @@ -365,65 +364,15 @@ interests you! Ordered chronologically (and therefore by importance). -- [Write volunteer update](#volunteer-2022-10-16) - [Send program-published email for emacsconf-discuss](#announce-program):needsowner:timesensitive:email: - [Prepare email for nudging speakers to send prerec, and inform on upload workflow](#mail-upload):timesensitive:needsowner: -<a id="volunteer-2022-10-16"></a> - -## TODO Write volunteer update - -Hello, folks! Here’s the weekly update on what’s happening backstage -for EmacsConf 2022 in case you notice something that you want to help -out with. =) - -- All the speakers have confirmed that they’ve gotten the acceptance - e-mails. Many speakers have confirmed that the schedule works for - them after I reshuffled a few talks for better availability. I’ve - posted the schedule at <https://emacsconf.org/2022/talks/> . We’ll - announce the schedule on the emacsconf-discuss mailing, Reddit, and - various places this week. - -- zaeph has been working on the ffmpeg incantations for preprocessing - the videos that will be submitted soon. bandali is working on - getting the FTP and web-based uploads sorted out so that speakers - can submit their videos. - -- I created some watch pages to support viewing different tracks: - <https://emacsconf.org/2022/watch/> . The livestreams won’t work yet - and it would be nice to figure out something that can dynamically - display info for recent/current/upcoming talks, but it’s a start. - -- We set up a self-hosted Etherpad (ex: - <https://pad.emacsconf.org/2022-journalism>) with an easy way to - redirect to using Wikimedia in case we run into scaling issues. I’ve - added it to our Ansible playbook - (git@git.emacsconf.org:pub/emacsconf-ansible) and I’m looking - forward to incorporating Ry P.’s improvements. Karl Voit gave - feedback on the first draft of the template. - -- vetrivln volunteered for some of the dev hosting shifts, Karl Voit - volunteered for some of the gen pad shifts, and FlowyCoder - volunteered for some of the gen check-in shifts. Thanks! - -Next week, we hope to: - -- Announce the EmacsConf 2022 schedule in the usual places (got any wording/JS/CSS suggestions?) -- Finalize the upload instructions so that speakers can start submitting their files -- Put together volunteer training materials -- Set up per-speaker BBB rooms and friendly URLs - -Sacha - - <a id="announce-program"></a> -## BLOCKED Send program-published email for emacsconf-discuss :needsowner:timesensitive:email: +## TODO Send program-published email for emacsconf-discuss :needsowner:timesensitive:email: -Probably post schedule instead if available by that date -BLOCKED: We asked speakers to get back to us by the 14th, so we’ll probably be good to go re: schedule on the 15th -When we’re ready, we’ll flip emacsconf-publishing-phase to ’schedule, call `emacsconf-generate-main-schedule` and `emacsconf-generate-info-pages`, and be ready to send the e-mail. +Schedule is now available ### TODO Post it to r/emacs as well :reddit:zaeph: @@ -436,7 +385,7 @@ Please let zaeph know when it’s live so that the post can be distinguished. Greetings, fellow Emacsians! On behalf of the EmacsConf 2022 organizers team, I’m very excited to -announce the program for EmacsConf 2022 (Dec 3 and 4), available at: +announce the schedule for EmacsConf 2022 (Dec 3 and 4), available at: <https://emacsconf.org/2022/talks> @@ -447,16 +396,15 @@ requires running a tiny bit of AGPLv3+-licensed free/libre JavaScript code, included on the talk pages.) For prerecorded talks, this time is also when the talk’s video will be -made available on the same page. Please note the ’~’ tildes near the -times, indicating that they are approximations and not meant to be -taken as exact times. The schedule may change leading up to the +made available on the same page. Please note that the times are +approximations, and that the schedule may change leading up to the conference. As the conference approaches, we’ll post more details on how to watch and participate. You can subscribe to the emacsconf-discuss mailing list at -<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacsconf-discuss/> to +<https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacsconf-discuss> to be sure you’ll get updates. Want to help make EmacsConf even awesomer? Volunteer! @@ -1098,9 +1046,9 @@ Note on how DebConf handled incidents: - [How do we want to make better use of Etherpad?](#pad-decision) - [Can we nudge people to ask IRC questions in a way that will make it easier for us to follow them?](#irc-markers) - [How many BBB rooms do we want to set up?](#bbb-rooms) -- [How easy do we want to make it to join the BBB session?](#org7b6ef5b) -- [How do we want to name the BBB rooms?](#org56bfb08) -- [Uh… how should ikiwiki be set up?](#org4ba1fe1) +- [How easy do we want to make it to join the BBB session?](#org4e17dc7) +- [How do we want to name the BBB rooms?](#orgbba679d) +- [Uh… how should ikiwiki be set up?](#org2d4c8a8) - [Do we want people to advertise any openings with their companies or any work that they’re looking for?](#advertising) - [Decision archive](#decision-archive) @@ -1311,7 +1259,7 @@ Ideas: - Worked fine last time -<a id="org7b6ef5b"></a> +<a id="org4e17dc7"></a> ## How easy do we want to make it to join the BBB session? @@ -1339,7 +1287,7 @@ Options: - Waiting users don’t make the user notification go ding. -<a id="org56bfb08"></a> +<a id="orgbba679d"></a> ## How do we want to name the BBB rooms? @@ -1354,7 +1302,7 @@ Needs to be easy to: ec22-sat-am-dev Speaker Name (slugs) -<a id="org4ba1fe1"></a> +<a id="org2d4c8a8"></a> ## Uh… how should ikiwiki be set up? @@ -2277,7 +2225,7 @@ Probably focus on grabbing the audio first and seeing what’s worth keeping Make a table of the form -<table id="orgcc0023b" border="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6" rules="groups" frame="hsides"> +<table id="org5aef865" border="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6" rules="groups" frame="hsides"> <colgroup> @@ -2987,6 +2935,51 @@ For the admins on BBB. The list is accessible here: [Organization Settings](htt Should take no more than ~20′. +## DONE Write volunteer update + +Hello, folks! Here’s the weekly update on what’s happening backstage +for EmacsConf 2022 in case you notice something that you want to help +out with. =) + +- All the speakers have confirmed that they’ve gotten the acceptance + e-mails. Many speakers have confirmed that the schedule works for + them after I reshuffled a few talks for better availability. I’ve + posted the schedule at <https://emacsconf.org/2022/talks/> . We’ll + announce the schedule on the emacsconf-discuss mailing, Reddit, and + various places this week. + +- zaeph has been working on the ffmpeg incantations for preprocessing + the videos that will be submitted soon. bandali is working on + getting the FTP and web-based uploads sorted out so that speakers + can submit their videos. + +- I created some watch pages to support viewing different tracks: + <https://emacsconf.org/2022/watch/> . The livestreams won’t work yet + and it would be nice to figure out something that can dynamically + display info for recent/current/upcoming talks, but it’s a start. + +- We set up a self-hosted Etherpad (ex: + <https://pad.emacsconf.org/2022-journalism>) with an easy way to + redirect to using Wikimedia in case we run into scaling issues. I’ve + added it to our Ansible playbook + (git@git.emacsconf.org:pub/emacsconf-ansible) and I’m looking + forward to incorporating Ry P.’s improvements. Karl Voit gave + feedback on the first draft of the template. + +- vetrivln volunteered for some of the dev hosting shifts, Karl Voit + volunteered for some of the gen pad shifts, and FlowyCoder + volunteered for some of the gen check-in shifts. Thanks! + +Next week, we hope to: + +- Announce the EmacsConf 2022 schedule in the usual places (got any wording/JS/CSS suggestions?) +- Finalize the upload instructions so that speakers can start submitting their files +- Put together volunteer training materials +- Set up per-speaker BBB rooms and friendly URLs + +Sacha + + <a id="comms"></a> # Communications |