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diff --git a/2021/meetings.org b/2021/meetings.org index ebba9d28..e394649a 100644 --- a/2021/meetings.org +++ b/2021/meetings.org @@ -50,6 +50,21 @@ - Write-up for streaming with FLOSS - Mediation project between MELPA and org-mode’s core: zaeph +* April 10, 2021 meeting +- Next actions (from last session): + - bandali: + - Check how much server space we have with FH (200 GB?) + - Request more RAM for the server (4 GB only right now?) + - Get access to FH’s server to zaeph and sacha (optional, sachac: probably not needed now) + - Figure out how to change the domain name with the FH BBB instance + - Check if the server power have available on FH now is enough for our bidding + - We could also use the beefy servers to which bandali has access to process + - Redirect emacsbbb.fosshost.org to bbb. + - zaeph: + - Update [[https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/Usergroups][EmacsWiki : Usergroups]] with new dates + - Download all the recording sessions for EmacsConf & ERG + - Work on the crowdfunding based on the recommendations provided by the team + * April 3, 2021 meeting - Next actions (from last session): - bandali: @@ -67,13 +82,94 @@ - TODO #A: Download all the recording sessions for EmacsConf & ERG - All: - Find more potential guests for the podcast + - Adam? - FSF people? Zoe? Greg? rwp? - mplsCorwin: - News from Nate Sales (vela)? (Maybe in two weeks, [2021-03-27 Sat] or [2021-04-03 Sat]) - Late April is probably likely - -- Tentative agenda +- Check-in + - bandali + - Busy week; wrapping up packaging tasks + - Feeling better, generally. + - Bummed by the situation with the FSF. + - sachac + - *thumbs up* + - zaeph + - Enjoyed some overdue holiday time. + - tarsius + - For his work, there are two meetings per week + - On meetings + - ‘I find one meeting per week is enough’ + - mplsCorwin + - Out for the week + +- FSF checkpoint (esp. considering what we discussed last week) + - We’re still on hold for retrieving the old recordings from the instance + - We might want to wait a couple of weeks for this to be operational + +- Actions from last week + - organizer-notebook + - sachac and zaeph have decided to let the Emacs-SF organise themselves with regards to publishing + - Nate + - Probably late this month, or early next month + +- EmacsSF debrief + - Plenty of interesting talks + - Mike & Jeff took over for processing the recordings + +- Podcast + - bandali pitched the podcast to tarsius + - No updates with regards to the episodes themselves + - Update on the intro music: it’s been found! + +- Package-maintainer usergroups/workshops + - sachac: There seems to be some desire for more advanced Elisp talk + - zaeph: Intuitively, there seems to be a *lot* of interest for this + +- On the benefits of in-person meetings + - tarsius is really excited about in-person meetings + - He especially liked that he was travelling for those meetups + - Right now, we’re benefiting from a lot of in-person meetings having switched to virtual due to the crisis + - We’re using them as experimental grounds + - Should virtual meetings in the future be like the geographically based meetups, or be more specific? + - tarsius thinks there’s value to both kind of meetups; he enjoys the social aspect, the unexpected topics, but also sometimes the in-depth stuff + +- Crowdfunding for zaeph + - sachac + - Adding a reward tier on GH Sponsor for coaching + - ‘It tends to be good to focus your deliverables on the things that are mostly in your control, at least for the first try :)’ + - tarsius + - ‘Regardless of leading with MELPA/core mediation, it’s important to have a few people who help with that process’ + - We need to tackle the negativity which comes with core devs + - It might help to have me who’d neither be the package maintainer nor the user + - ‘Adding stuff to Emacs is all good, but not everything has to be added into Emacs’ + - ‘A lot of things that would be valuable is removing things from Emacs’ + - ‘Things have been improving though’ wrt the core of Emacs and the policy of merging stuff + - ‘I don’t think we should have 4-5 email clients if we install Emacs; it’d be nice if we just isntalled the one that we want to use’ + - Definitely a nudge for a wizard installer for Emacs where you’d choose which one to use? + - bandali + - If zaeph needs help with the Emacs/GNU side of things, i.e. with the CLA, bandali would be happy to help + +- Chat with tarsius + - Merging magit & transient into Emacs + - tarsius is not against merging magit into emacs, but isn’t particularly excited about it either + - With the non-GNU ELPA, it might no longer be necessary + - However, merging transient seems to be a much better idea + - tarsius is quite busy right now, though, so this will have to wait + - ‘It doesn’t seem like that much work, though’ + - Some painpoints, like the manual: what is it going to become? + - Getting tarsius on board with some EmacsVerse/EmacsConf stuff + - For now, tarsius just wants to show up until he can justify the time investment + - Funding for EmacsConf and/or ERG + - tarsius: fundraiser as a group + - zaeph: tarsius has been doing his fundraiser by himself, but we should do a fundraiser as a group to garner more attention and also channel some ‘Assemble!’ moment + +- Next actions: + - bandali + - Redirect emacsbbb.fosshost.org to bbb. + - zaeph + - Work on the crowdfunding based on the recommendations provided by the team * March 27, 2021 meeting @@ -795,7 +891,7 @@ rganising the names on that page in a more relevant fashion? Karl Voit, etc.) - Ongoing projects for February: - - FSF Fiscal sponsorship (Leo) + - Fiscal sponsorship (Leo) - Office hours roadmap (Leo) |