https://www.big-8.org/w/index.php?title=Minutes/2021-06-04&feed=atom&action=historyMinutes/2021-06-04 - Revision history2024-03-29T09:05:42ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.39.4https://www.big-8.org/w/index.php?title=Minutes/2021-06-04&diff=3038&oldid=prevTristan Miller: Created page with "Present: TM, JE, RL * Publicity ** TM: Our Reddit AMA seems to have resulted in a spike in views (ca. 90) and engagements to our Facebook page posts ** JE: Our Reddit AMA wa..."2021-06-18T10:46:11Z<p>Created page with "Present: TM, JE, RL * Publicity ** TM: Our Reddit AMA seems to have resulted in a spike in views (ca. 90) and engagements to our Facebook page posts ** JE: Our Reddit AMA wa..."</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>Present: TM, JE, RL<br />
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* Publicity<br />
** TM: Our Reddit AMA seems to have resulted in a spike in views (ca. 90) and engagements to our Facebook page posts <br />
** JE: Our Reddit AMA was a success, considering Usenet is a niche topic that few people nowadays have heard of outside of a means for piracy. The AMA currently has 225 upvotes with 89% of votes upvoted and 84 total comments.<br />
** JE: We need a statement about what to put into the Open Collective newsletter. We can contact OC directly through their slack. Alanna Irving can help with the newsletter.<br />
*** TM to review old newsletters and draft a submission<br />
* Infrastructure<br />
** TM: Asked Alexis Rosen of Panix about his offer of help and got a reply indicating that he could provide a test account, and mentioning that our continued use of procmail and ispell would likely prove to be headaches for him and for us, respectively.<br />
*** TM to send a note of thanks and indicate that we will get back to him on the test account if/when we need it<br />
* Administration<br />
** The meeting noted articles from Adam Kerman on [[news.groups]] ({{article|s7k3tl$v6c$1@dont-email.me}}, {{article|s92qct$68t$1@dont-email.me}}) with some insightful comments and suggestions on terminology and new group proposal procedures (particularly as they relate to "boilerplate" text and moderator succession plans).<br />
** E-mail from Paul Schleck re Group Mentors: TM to reply regarding membership<br />
** E-mail from Paul Schleck re common arguments against moderated newsgroups: TM to reply<br />
* Miscellaneous<br />
** JE: Emailed Ronda Hauben with a fuller introduction into what we are doing and asked her if she would be interested in speaking with us about her work on Netizens.<br />
** JE raised the suggestion of holding a one-day conference on Usenet and it was agreed that he would contact prospective speakers/attendees to gauge interest in the idea<br />
** TM gave advance apologies for the 25 June and 2 July meetings<br />
** JE gave advance apologies for the 2 and 9 July meetings<br />
** It was agreed to cancel the 25 June and 2 July meetings; and for TM and RL to hold the 9 July meeting only if there are sufficient (or sufficiently urgent) agenda items to discuss<br />
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[[Category:Meeting minutes for 2021]]</div>Tristan Miller