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Tristan Miller https://www.big-8.org/w/index.php?title=Minutes/2020-10-23&diff=2500&oldid=prev 2020-10-30T14:32:56Z

<p>Created page with &quot;Present: JE, TM, RL == Publicity == JE reported on an e-mail he received from Brian Osborn, General Editor/CEO/Publisher of &#039;&#039;Linux Magazine&#039;&#039;, who has expressed interest in...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>Present: JE, TM, RL<br /> <br /> == Publicity ==<br /> <br /> JE reported on an e-mail he received from Brian Osborn, General Editor/CEO/Publisher of &#039;&#039;Linux Magazine&#039;&#039;, who has expressed interest in the reconstitution of the B8MB and invited us to send a press release. TM reported he hasn&#039;t yet produced the press release, but that we should hold off until we&#039;ve had at least a few minor accomplishments to show for (namely, getting STUMP and WebSTUMP on Savannah and restoring moderation of {{news|comp.ai}} and/or {{news|comp.os.linux.announce}}).<br /> <br /> == WebSTUMP ==<br /> <br /> TM reported that our submission of WebSTUMP to Savannah is still on hold pending improvement of the copyright/licence notices.<br /> <br /> JE reported that he is converting the STUMP documentation to Texinfo.<br /> <br /> The meeting discussed where to host the new websites for STUMP and WebSTUMP; it was decided to use the repository provided by Savannah, and add a shim page on the B8MB wiki that links to it.<br /> <br /> == Moderation ==<br /> <br /> JE reported that he has not yet had a response from Dario re {{news|comp.os.linux.announce}}.<br /> <br /> RL reported that Todd McComb has changed the submission address for {{news|comp.ai}}. RL is still troubleshooting a problem whereby submitters aren&#039;t receiving rejection notices.<br /> <br /> == Admin ==<br /> <br /> JE reported that Paul Schleck has offered help on finding dead newsgroups, for which he has an automated tool. JE has already expressed interest and is waiting to hear back.</div>

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