I should be able to attend the meeting tomorrow (but no promises). I have also commented on the Etherpad doc.
On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 3:45 PM, Chris Woollard <cwooll...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have taken the time to write down some of my thoughts. > > http://pad.ubuntu-uk.org/baZkHCQiMu > > Maybe if anybody else has any it would be good to capture them also. > > I will do my best to be at the meeting tomorrow. > > Thanks > Chris > > On 7 August 2010 20:27, Josh Holland <j...@joshh.co.uk> wrote: > > [CCing BH directly to make sure it's nice and prominent in his inbox] > > > > Hi Manual-ers, > > > > I'm writing this email with not a little bit of concern. It's now the > > 7th of August, barely more than 2 months to the release of Ubuntu 10.10 > > "Maverick Meerkat", and the project feels a bit dead. > > > > I'm not trying to pin the blame on anyone in particular, but I think the > > reasons for this are that certain people whose enthusiasm was the > > driving force behind the success of the Lucid edition seem to be > > spending more time writing controversial blog posts, and also the fact > > that we have not had a meeting in quite some time. > > > > Personally, I understand that I am poor at motivating myself to do > > stuff. What I think we need is a meeting ASAP to get things moving > > along. Unfortunately, I'm starting to come up to a pretty busy set of > > holidays with dubious internet access, so it is going to have to be > > *really* soon. I'm going away Monday evening, and will not be back until > > the weekend. It's then a pretty busy week including A level results (and > > associated celebrations/commiserations) on Thursday and a trip out with > > the Ubuntu UK folks on Saturday. Ideally, then, we could have the > > meeting at some point this Monday (the 9th). I'm free all day up to > > around 5.30 pm BST, so for now, I'm going to tentatively schedule the > > meeting for 1500 UTC in #ubuntu-manual. Please reply to this thread if > > that's unacceptable, but the important thing is to get the core team > > members there. > > > > The agenda will include: > > * Whether to continue with Lucid edition 2 or move straight on to > > Maverick > > * Whether it is practical to continue to wait for the collaboration > > meeting with the Docs/Learning team before writing more content > > * Documenting the release process more publicly and in more depth > > * Detailing the process for translations > > > > When the project was initially formed, a lot of the controversy was not > > only over whether we were filling a space that was already full, but > > whether we could keep our momentum up for future releases. It's a shame, > > but a lot of the prophecies are coming true. We need to get working hard > > now, or it could reflect badly on the whole team. > > > > -- > > Josh Holland <j...@joshh.co.uk> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual > > Post to : ubuntu-manual@lists.launchpad.net > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual > Post to : ubuntu-manual@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > -- Jason Cook *E:* ja...@coockrew.ca *P:* 519-896-6874
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