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UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter, please pay attention to the following guidelines:

WORK IN PROGRESS

		Issue Complete and Published
	Publish Date -->	May 30th, 2010	June 6th, 2010	June 13th, 2010
	Date Range Issue Covers -->	May 23rd- 29th, 2010	May 30-June 5th, 2010	June 6th- 12th, 2010
	Issue Number -->	195	196	197
Steps	How to start each week
1	Create New In Progress Wiki Page & Google Doc	Completed - AG	Completed - AG
2	Clear out unused sections	Completed - AG	Completed - AG
3	Add Images to the wiki	Completed - AG	Completed - AG
4	Send out reminder emails	Completed - AG	incomplete - AG
5	LoCo Teams	Completed - AG	Incomplete - AG
6	Reminder Blog Post	Completed - AG	Incomplete - AG
7	Welcome	Completed - AG	Completed - AG
8	In this Issue	Completed - AG	Completed - AG
9	Bug Stats	Completed - AG	Completed - AG
10	Translation Stats Lucid	Completed - AG	Completed - AG
11	Ubuntu Brainstorm Top 5 this week	Completed - AG	Completed - AG
12	LoCo News	Completed - AG	Completed - AG
13	Launchpad News	Completed - AG	Completed - AG
14	Ubuntu Forums News	Completed - AG	Completed - AG
15	The Planet	Completed - AG	Completed - AG
16	In The Press	Completed - AG	Completed - AG
17	In The Blogosphere	Completed - AG	Completed - AG
18	In Other News	Completed - AG	Completed - AG
19	Monthly Team Reports	N/A	Completed - AG
20	Upcoming Meetings and Events	Completed - AG	Completed - AG
21	Updates and Security	Completed - AG	Completed - AG
22	Credits	Completed - AG	Completed - AG
	After 1-22 are complete
23	Proof Issue you and 2 others	Completed - AG	Completed - AG
24	Spell Check issue	Completed - AG	Completed - AG
25	Take out wiki commented out lines	Completed - AG	Missed 2 lines - AG
26	In a Text editor take out the marks	Completed - AG	Completed - AG
27	Save a text version as uwnissuenumerin.txt (uwn195in.txt)	Completed - AG	Completed - AG
28	Send the the -news mailing list	Completed - AG	Completed - AG
29	Once it goes out on this list sent notice to news-team ML	Completed - AG	Completed - AG
30	IRC -locoteams	Completed - AG	Completed - AG
31	IRC-news	Completed - AG	Completed - AG
32	IRC-us	Completed - AG	Completed - AG
33	IRC-marketing	Completed - AG	Completed - AG
34	Post to the Forums	Completed - AG	Completed - AG
35	Post to the Fridge	Completed - AG	Completed - AG
36	Post to the planet	Completed - AG	Completed - AG
	After steps 23-36 are complete
37	on https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter	Completed - AG	Completed - AG
38	Change Current Issue Link	Completed - AG	Completed - AG
39	Change Current Issue number	Completed - AG	Completed - AG
40	Next Issue	Completed - AG	Completed - AG
41	add current issue to archives	Completed - AG	Completed - AG
42	See step 1	196 In Progress	197 In Progress

Please do not modify the template without consulting the AmberGraner or JohnCrawford.

Beats

Core Articles

(cannot be dropped for a release)

General community news
Security announcements
Upcoming meetings and events

Secondary

(can be dropped to release on time)

LoCo News - weekly encouragement to loco mailing list: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts)
Launchpad News
Specification Spotlight/Feature of the week (decided during the week in IRC or Mailing List)
In the Press

Trivial

Bug stats

Creating a new development copy

Create it as soon as possible, to allow possible editing by new people
Use the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Template to start out.

During the Week

Add content, encourge new people to add their own content
Pay attention to the Ideas page
Write concisely (that's one of the things people like about UWN)

Pre-Release Checklist

have all sections completed
run a spellcheck
FIX any FIXME tags
check all images are in place and the links are valid
All editors attributed at the bottom (this usually changes each week)

Sending the email

It must be sent to the ubuntu-news mailing list. The email is ubuntu-news@lists.ubuntu.com. The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is the only item that should be sent from this list. The Newsletter will caught in the spam filter and will need a list moderator to accept it.

When sending, send from your @ubuntu.com address, send ONLY in plain text.
Send to ubuntu-news@lists.ubuntu.com

Post Release

Fix redirect at UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Current
Change UbuntuWeeklyNews to reflect new current
Update the Archive
Send an email to LoCo and Translators list
Open up a forum thread with the UWN.
Make sure it's posted in the Fridge

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+|| || || Issue Complete and Published || || ||
|| || Publish Date --> || May 30th, 2010 || June 6th, 2010 || June 13th, 2010 ||
|| || Date Range Issue Covers --> || May 23rd- 29th, 2010 || May 30-June 5th, 2010 || June 6th- 12th, 2010||
|| || Issue Number --> || 195 || 196 || 197 ||
||<#f0f5fa>Steps||<#f0f5fa>How to start each week||<#f0f5fa>||<#f0f5fa>||<#f0f5fa> ||
|| 1  || Create New In Progress Wiki Page & Google Doc || Completed - AG || Completed - AG || ||
|| 2  || Clear out unused sections || Completed - AG || Completed - AG || ||
|| 3  || Add Images to the wiki || Completed - AG || Completed - AG || ||
|| 4  || Send out reminder emails || Completed - AG || incomplete - AG || ||
|| 5  || Lo``Co Teams || Completed - AG || Incomplete - AG || ||
|| 6  || Reminder Blog Post || Completed - AG || Incomplete - AG || ||
|| 7  || Welcome || Completed - AG || Completed - AG || ||
|| 8  || In this Issue || Completed - AG || Completed - AG || ||
|| 9  || Bug Stats || Completed - AG || Completed - AG || ||
|| 10 || Translation Stats Lucid || Completed - AG || Completed - AG || ||
|| 11 || Ubuntu Brainstorm Top 5 this week || Completed - AG || Completed - AG || ||
|| 12 || Lo``Co News || Completed - AG || Completed - AG || ||
|| 13 || Launchpad News || Completed - AG || Completed - AG || ||
|| 14 || Ubuntu Forums News || Completed - AG || Completed - AG || ||
|| 15 || The Planet || Completed - AG || Completed - AG || ||
|| 16 || In The Press || Completed - AG || Completed - AG || ||
|| 17 || In The Blogosphere || Completed - AG || Completed - AG || ||
|| 18 || In Other News || Completed - AG ||Completed - AG || ||
|| 19 || Monthly Team Reports || N/A || Completed - AG || ||
|| 20 || Upcoming Meetings and Events || Completed - AG || Completed - AG || ||
|| 21 || Updates and Security || Completed - AG || Completed - AG || ||
|| 22 || Credits || Completed - AG || Completed - AG || ||
||<#f0f5fa>||<#f0f5fa>After 1-22 are complete ||<#f0f5fa>||<#f0f5fa>||<#f0f5fa>||
|| 23 || Proof Issue you and 2 others || Completed - AG || Completed - AG || ||
|| 24 || Spell Check issue || Completed - AG || Completed - AG || ||
|| 25 || Take out wiki commented out lines || Completed - AG || Missed 2 lines - AG || ||
|| 26 || In a Text editor take out the `` marks || Completed - AG || Completed - AG || ||
|| 27 || Save a text version as uwnissuenumerin.txt (uwn195in.txt) || Completed - AG || Completed - AG || ||
|| 28 || Send the the -news mailing list || Completed - AG || Completed - AG || ||
|| 29 || Once it goes out on this list sent notice to news-team ML || Completed - AG || Completed - AG || ||
|| 30 || IRC -locoteams || Completed - AG || Completed - AG || ||
|| 31 || IRC-news || Completed - AG || Completed - AG || ||
|| 32 || IRC-us || Completed - AG || Completed - AG || ||
|| 33 || IRC-marketing || Completed - AG || Completed - AG || ||
|| 34 || Post to the Forums || Completed - AG || Completed - AG || ||
|| 35 || Post to the Fridge || Completed - AG || Completed - AG || ||
|| 36 || Post to the planet || Completed - AG || Completed - AG || ||
||<#f0f5fa>||<#f0f5fa>After steps 23-36 are complete ||<#f0f5fa>||<#f0f5fa>||<#f0f5fa>||
|| 37 || on https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter || Completed - AG || Completed - AG || ||
|| 38 || Change Current Issue Link || Completed - AG || Completed - AG || ||
|| 39 || Change Current Issue number || Completed - AG || Completed - AG || ||
|| 40 || Next Issue || Completed - AG || Completed - AG || ||
|| 41 || add current issue to archives || Completed - AG || Completed - AG || ||
|| 42 || See step 1 :-) || 196 In Progress || 197 In Progress || ||

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