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#fedora-meeting: Fedora Magazine editorial board (2016-04-14)

Meeting started by jflory7 at 20:56:18 UTC (full logs).

Meeting summary

  1. Roll Call (jflory7, 20:56:25)
    1. In attendance: jflory7, croberts, linuxmodder, ridgemat (jflory7, 21:08:40)
    2. ridgemat is attending for the first time and is interested in writing with the Magazine! Is a sysadmin in education and wants to help show how Fedora appeals to developers and sysadmins. (jflory7, 21:09:16)
    3. https://medium.com/@mattharwood/fedora-the-platform-for-developers-4373012f9f3b#.cf1h7vo8b (jflory7, 21:09:18)

  2. Week in review (jflory7, 21:09:31)
    1. Monday: Originally, GIMP article was supposed to go out but jflory7 didn't get it edited in time. ryanlerch edited it and we agreed in #fedora-mktg to schedule it for this upcoming Monday. (jflory7, 21:10:20)
    2. Wednesday: "Screenshot everything with Shutter on Fedora", Friday will be the next part of the Files series (jflory7, 21:10:51)
    3. Last week's views: 35,226 (jflory7, 21:11:20)
    4. This week so far: 18,227 (jflory7, 21:11:28)
    5. Last month's views: 185,199 (jflory7, 21:11:44)
    6. This month so far: 66,709 (jflory7, 21:11:52)

  3. Pending review (jflory7, 21:13:21)
    1. No articles pending review at the moment (jflory7, 21:13:28)

  4. Drafts (jflory7, 21:13:33)
    1. === "How to take quick screencasts on Fedora Workstation" === (jflory7, 21:14:15)
    2. https://fedoramagazine.org/?p=12597&preview=1&_ppp=8c4e0ff5f3 (jflory7, 21:14:22)
    3. Draft is not yet finished and is still in progress; will check in with ryanlerch next week or at the next meeting about this article (jflory7, 21:15:38)
    4. === "Protect your privacy with OpenVPN" === (jflory7, 21:16:23)
    5. https://fedoramagazine.org/?p=10253&preview=1&_ppp=fc85e9792f (jflory7, 21:16:30)
    6. ACTION: linuxmodder Follow up with nirik about the OpenVPN article and see if nirik wants any help in getting it out for next Friday (2016-04-22) (jflory7, 21:23:41)
    7. AGREED: OpenVPN was slated for publication on 2016-04-22 a few weeks ago, and nirik was going to try to get this article finished for then (with the tentative statement that it would depend on his time). We will follow up on this next week and see if we're still on track. (jflory7, 21:24:41)
    8. === "COPR: the road ahead" === (jflory7, 21:25:45)
    9. https://fedoramagazine.org/?p=12293&preview=1&_ppp=8650a17681 (jflory7, 21:25:52)
    10. AGREED: stickster is writing this one and we had agreed in the past to have it ready in future weeks. We'll check in with him next week to see where this article is or when we generally want to have it ready (jflory7, 21:27:01)
    11. === "Call for Contributors: Fedora Magazine Authors" === (jflory7, 21:27:49)
    12. https://fedoramagazine.org/?p=12491&preview=1&_ppp=0b04f29f1a (jflory7, 21:27:57)
    13. ACTION: jflory7 Take on the Call for Contributors Magazine article for a publication next week on Wednesday (jflory7, 21:29:44)
    14. ACTION: jflory7 Follow up with decause about the Magazine call article so we're all on the same page. (jflory7, 21:30:22)

  5. Pitches (jflory7, 21:31:23)
    1. IDEA: security spin / security series for the summer session (linuxmodder, 21:31:37)
    2. === "Cantarell font improvements" === (jflory7, 21:34:21)
    3. https://fedoramagazine.org/?p=12482&preview=1&_ppp=5843335442 (jflory7, 21:34:27)
    4. ACTION: jflory7 Move the Cantarell article to Drafts, assign article to lailah (jflory7, 21:35:42)
    5. ACTION: jflory7 Follow up with fale about the Cantarell article, assuming he is actually the new packager, drop link to mailing list (jflory7, 21:36:41)
    6. IDEA: Cockpit / Docker on the workstation / server (linuxmodder, 21:36:51)
    7. === "What do you look forward to in Fedora 24?" === (jflory7, 21:37:00)
    8. https://fedoramagazine.org/?p=12557&preview=1&_ppp=c3983f05d2 (jflory7, 21:37:07)
    9. ACTION: jflory7 Move "looking forward F24" article to drafts, follow up on mailing list with official approval if we did not already! (jflory7, 21:38:33)
    10. IDEA: split that into a Talking points AND A release notes series (linuxmodder, 21:42:39)
    11. IDEA: Microsoft recently launched Visual Studio Code 1.0 today and they packaged it as an RPM. Possibly a good angle to cover? (jflory7, 21:46:38)

  6. Writing for the Magazine (jflory7, 21:47:23)
    1. https://fedoramagazine.org/writing-an-article-for-the-fedora-magazine/ (jflory7, 21:47:46)
    2. (1) Before getting started, make sure you have a FAS account and can log into the Fedora Magazine with your account. (jflory7, 21:48:15)
    3. https://fedoramagazine.org/wp-admin/ (jflory7, 21:48:33)
    4. (2) If you are writing for the first time, introduce yourself on the Marketing mailing list as an interested Magazine contributor. Be sure to include some information about the things you do, any interest areas you have specifically for writing, as well as any past articles or things you have written. (jflory7, 21:49:36)
    5. (3) Create a pitch in the Magazine. A Pitch is the tl;dr / summary of your article. It's basically an outline of what you plan to cover. See the following link for an overview of putting one together. (jflory7, 21:50:10)
    6. https://fedoramagazine.org/writing-a-new-pitch/ (jflory7, 21:50:16)
    7. (4) Once your pitch is either approved on the mailing list or in IRC by a Magazine editor, begin drafting the article! Try to keep up with meetings or the mailing list about the status of your draft. (jflory7, 21:51:04)
    8. (5) Once the draft is complete, update the team either on IRC or the mailing list and let us know it's pending review. A Magazine editor will look over the article, we'll get it a featured image, and we'll work on getting it scheduled! (jflory7, 21:51:40)

  7. Proposed schedule (jflory7, 21:52:19)
    1. AGREED: FRIDAY, 2016-04-15, "Files: Connect to a Windows file share" by stickster; MONDAY, 2016-04-18, "Gimp – A fast overview" by lailah; WEDNESDAY, 2016-04-20, "Call for Contributors: Fedora Magazine writers" by jflory7; FRIDAY, 2016-04-22, "Protect your privacy with OpenVPN" by nirik (jflory7, 21:53:56)
    2. Schedule is subject to change based on article completion or if a new article is ready to go for next week, e.g. another Files series article (jflory7, 21:54:19)

  8. Open Floor (jflory7, 21:54:26)
    1. https://fedoramagazine.org/creating-a-featured-image-for-a-fedora-magazine-article/ (jflory7, 21:57:16)


Meeting ended at 22:00:17 UTC (full logs).

Action items

  1. linuxmodder Follow up with nirik about the OpenVPN article and see if nirik wants any help in getting it out for next Friday (2016-04-22)
  2. jflory7 Take on the Call for Contributors Magazine article for a publication next week on Wednesday
  3. jflory7 Follow up with decause about the Magazine call article so we're all on the same page.
  4. jflory7 Move the Cantarell article to Drafts, assign article to lailah
  5. jflory7 Follow up with fale about the Cantarell article, assuming he is actually the new packager, drop link to mailing list
  6. jflory7 Move "looking forward F24" article to drafts, follow up on mailing list with official approval if we did not already!


Action items, by person

  1. decause
    1. jflory7 Follow up with decause about the Magazine call article so we're all on the same page.
  2. fale
    1. jflory7 Follow up with fale about the Cantarell article, assuming he is actually the new packager, drop link to mailing list
  3. jflory7
    1. jflory7 Take on the Call for Contributors Magazine article for a publication next week on Wednesday
    2. jflory7 Follow up with decause about the Magazine call article so we're all on the same page.
    3. jflory7 Move the Cantarell article to Drafts, assign article to lailah
    4. jflory7 Follow up with fale about the Cantarell article, assuming he is actually the new packager, drop link to mailing list
    5. jflory7 Move "looking forward F24" article to drafts, follow up on mailing list with official approval if we did not already!
  4. linuxmodder
    1. linuxmodder Follow up with nirik about the OpenVPN article and see if nirik wants any help in getting it out for next Friday (2016-04-22)
  5. nirik
    1. linuxmodder Follow up with nirik about the OpenVPN article and see if nirik wants any help in getting it out for next Friday (2016-04-22)


People present (lines said)

  1. jflory7 (163)
  2. ridgemat (29)
  3. linuxmodder (24)
  4. croberts (17)
  5. decause (11)
  6. zodbot (11)
  7. nirik (0)
  8. fale (0)
  9. linex_ (0)


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