Project meeting 26/02/2011

IRC Log

• The IRC log is available here

Agenda

• Ideas for improving ubuntu-manual.org.
• Ideas for improving the manual.
• Feedback on Project Leader and Editor-in-Chief Roles.
• Quickshot team feedback.
• Discussion into providing the manual in other formats (e.g. ePub).
• Translations?
• Manual Project promotion.
• Any Other Business.

Attendees

• Godbyk (Chair)

• ChrisWoollard (Minutes)

• c7p
• semioticrobotic
• patrickdickey
• daker
• popey (When his name was mentioned)

Minutes

Ideas for improving ubuntu-manual.org

• Test Site - Getting involved / designer / programmer pages need updating
• Test Site - Be more speific on what volunteers are needed for
• Site should be contain info detailing what people are needed for
• We need: Volunteers for the above

Ideas for improving the manual

• We should have a chapter detailing Alternate applications.
  • [ACTION] c7p will research the most frequently used applications in Windows and Mac OS X and will suggest suitable replacements under Ubuntu. Maybe in the Learning more chapter

Feedback on Project Leader and Editor-in-Chief Roles

• Job descriptions look okay. We will now prepare them for advertisement.

  • [ACTION] ChrisWoollard will mark up the job descriptions and application process

  • [ACTION] godbyk will post it to the ubuntu-manual.org site.

  • [ACTION] godbyk will create a jobs@ubuntu-manual.org email address to receive job applications.

  • [ACTION] ChrisWoollard will send the application details to popey for inclusion in the podcast.

Quickshot team feedback

• Write a job description for Quickshot developers. Available here.

• Godbyk have a brief chat with Jenkins, but still doesn't know what needs to be done.
• Documentation is still outstanding.
  • [ACTION] Chase the quickshot developers for a todo list of skills to continue quickshot developement.

Discussion into providing the manual in other formats (e.g. ePub)

• [ACTION] Godbyk to look into using Docbook as the source format.

• [ACTION] ChrisWoollard to ask Dinda about the toolchain for the conversion of the developer manual to Docbook.

Translations

• (c7p)There shouldn't be the option of translating an edition of the manual if this edition isn't complete, cause there is dissatisfaction and confusion among translators.

Manual Project promotion

• Write a job description for promotions manager. Available here.

Any Other Business

• Info Only - The style guide is now here https://launchpad.net/ubuntu-manual-of-style so can be used with other projects (e.g. The Ubuntu Developer Manual).

Next meeting

• ACTION [ChrisWoollard] - Schedule next meeting for 2 weeks time.