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diff --git a/2021/meetings.org b/2021/meetings.org index bf01430f..34127d5f 100644 --- a/2021/meetings.org +++ b/2021/meetings.org @@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ :END: - Subtitles/transcripts: sachac, bhavin192 -- FOSSHost: mplsCorwin - Calendar, connecting with meetups: sachac - Streaming infrastructure for meetups?: bandali, sachac - Amin and Gopar's podcast: bandali, gopar @@ -24,14 +23,94 @@ - Writing about Emacs: zaeph - Diversity outreach: gopar, sachac, zaeph - Finding a parallel monthly day for EmacsConf prep meetings -- Review whether we need FH’s BBB instance + - Write-up for streaming with FLOSS +- Review whether we need FH’s BBB instance: mplsCorwin & bandali +- Mediation project between MELPA and org-mode’s core: zaeph * February 20, 2021 meeting -- Tentative agenda - - Discuss distribution of meetings / podcasts - - Need volunteers to publish to certain popular platforms (i.e. itunes) - - Leo: FSF sponsorship +- Discuss distribution of meetings / podcasts + - For grabbing BBB’s recordings + - With Firefox + - [[https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/video-downloadhelper/][Video DownloadHelper – Get this Extension for 🦊 Firefox (en-US)]] + - Download the two feeds (one for presentation, and one for all the webcams) +- Updates + - gopar: been busy + - bandali: busy at work too + - sachac: experimenting with captions (can do mic+browser audio now), gstreamer->OBS +- Podcast with bandali and gopar + - Last week, they’ve interviewed Fermin on his experience with Maxima + - Name + - EmacsNow (how did we not think of this before?) + - bandali got the idea BSDNow + - Maybe prepending the name with ~M-x~? + - bandali wanted something very short and + - He also wanted to use a theme for the podcast’s website which would be based on Emacs + - As a stretch-goal, we could merge a `emacs-now` command into core to open the podcast + - If elfeed (or any other RSS, maybe GNUS?) could be merged into Emacs, the command could bring you to the feed for the podcast + - Everyone seems to agree that EmacsNow is a good, short name, and that we should go with it + - Format? + - This one was a lengthy podcast: more than 1h30, but it was very interesting + - gopar and Fermin bonded over chess, which was fun! + - bandali and gopar would be interested in extending the podcast to other topics beyond Emacs + - Would that be a good idea? + +- M-x Research + - ERG is not the only group working on research within Emacs: there is also `M-x Research` + +- ERG’s last meeting: Intervieww with Peeragogy + - It went well, and I’m too tired to re-write what I’ve said during the meeting (sorry!) + +- Need volunteers to publish to certain popular platforms (i.e. itunes) + - bandali and gopar have some experience with it, and mplsCorwin was willing to help as well + +- Leo: FSF sponsorship + - Table it for now; Leo hasn’t had time to work on it this week. + +- Leo: Kickstarter for org-mode core mediation + - Mentioned the project of mediating the org-mode MELPA ecosystem and the core of Emacs + - bandali thinks it’s interesting to think about the whole packagers within Emacs (including MELPA) + - Before, it used to be just ELPA; but then, MELPA came along, but because of its raison d’être, it was never implemented into the core of Emacs + - Non-GNU ELPA doesn’t require CLA; the mediation project might be a nice way to bridge the gap between those communities + - Might help with discoverability + - Surveying the field (and the people) to see which package would + - Ecosystem of org-mode packages + - Questions from bandali + - How would this project work within the new doctrine for org-mode (i.e. fragmentation of maintenance in a federated way)? + - Folding org-mode development back into the Emacs repository? + - ‘Emacs’s core is where packages go to die’ (Leo; please don’t quote him on this in unauthorised spaces) + - Could we get bzg involved in the discussion? + - Not right now; Leo needs to finish his contract before he starts diverting himself towards greener fields. + - Financial aspect + - Leo thinks it’d be *very* complicated to reach th number that Jonas (tarsius) reached with magit; however, it would be possible to get a project going with only a fraction of that +#+begin_quote +17k EUR for 6 month of work +2100 EUR/monthly (compared to the 1500 EUR / 1800 USD I was making as a professor) +25% goes to social security in France, up to 10% goes to taxes +I’m aiming to release this on March 15 or on April 1st (depending on how many people I need to reach out to) +There would be also a stretch-goal of doing this for a eyar if I get 34k +#+end_quote + +- EmacsSF & BBB + - Could we test-run FH’s BBB instance rather than the FSF’s? + - In theory, it’s doable, and it’s why it was given to us for + - We’re going to test-drive it, and we’ll report how it went (zaeph & maybe sachac?) + +- Next time + - bandali might have a version of the podcast that we could review + - One of the episodes + - 1: EmacsConf: how it went generally (not the actual title) + - 2: ERG + - 3: Maxima with Fermin + - The order is still unclear, but the three episodes are recorded + - bandali is planning to have some time to ivnest into writing the guide on streaming with FLOSS (but *no pressure*!! ಠ_ಠ) + - Tentative agenda + - zaeph: Kickstarter for MELPA/core org-mode + - Especially to get sachac’s opinion + - Podcast update + - FH review based on EmacsSF + - Mailing list + - bandali will ping bhavin192 for which email they want * February 13, 2021 meeting @@ -87,7 +166,7 @@ Next actions: - Discuss distribution of meetings / podcasts - - Need volunteers to publish to certain popular platforms (i.e. itunes) +- Need volunteers to publish to certain popular platforms (i.e. itunes) - Leo: FSF sponsorship * February 6, 2021 meeting |