I won't be there. It's at 4am my time. Benjamin
Sent from my Android On 9 Aug 2010 13:50, "Jason Cook" <ja...@cookcrew.ca> wrote: > 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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