[FreeGeek] [CORRECTION] 'not'meeting minutes

[Sean Brookes]

Please note, these are not the official meeting minutes of the Content 
Working group meeting last night.  They are just my notes.  I was 
intending to send them only to David but by mistake sent them to the 
whole list.  Apologies for any confusion.

Sean Brookes

Sean Brookes wrote:

> David,
>
> Thanks for hosting the meeting last night.  They are a bit chaotic 
> but  here are the notes I took last night.  Let me know if you have 
> any questions.
>
> Sean
>
>
> Web design meeting
>
> Mission Statement up front
>
> Free Geek is a not for profit BC society
>
> questions about Logo [may not be such Debian specific]
>
> Who was here:
>
>   * Dave R
>   * Scott
>   * Sean H
>   * Ifny
>   * Simi
>   * Sean B.
>
> Contact [single link to Drupal Contact page]
>
> captcha for contact form submission [security]
>
> Payment processing component (donate online)
>
>  1. Donate Computer
>  2. Get Involved - not called Volunteer
>        1. Join Mailing List
>  3. Donate Cash etc.
>  4. Upcoming Events [affinity events as secondary]
>  5. Media - link to press kit (secondary)
>  6. Can I have a computer (secondary)
>  7. I want to learn about Linux (secondary)
>  8. Latest News (link to main Dru pal)
>
> IRC links from Contact and How to get involved.
>
> Contact:
>
>  1. general email address (to Dave)
>  2. phone number (dave)
>  3. Web Form
>  4. Snail Mail
>        1. 303 - 434 West 12th ave
>        2. Vancouver BC
>        3. V5Y 1V3
>  5. IRC
>        1.
>           Gateway
>        2. IRC Client
>
>
> Move the drupal site to another domain
>
> Set up email addresses. Do we need a server for email?
>
> Who is admining the servers? Scott and Simi? Web Site / Drupal / 
> email. Who do you call if you want a machine set up?
>
> Current system is Ad-hoc. Should think about how to go about setting 
> up the systems in the future? policies - What distro are we using? 
> Probably doesn't need a workgroup. No immediate issues with status quo.
>
> Simi may be building a new machine that may be able to handle some 
> Free Geek stuff. We will have a system.
>
> Try not to keep it on one box. Consolidation will be necessary.
>
> Resolution: Design with the idea of where we are going to be [Scott: 
> wants to get a colo somewhere]
>
> Dave: We want to align ourselves with older technologies as much as 
> possible.
>
> Dave to look into what Portland bandwidth uses.
>
> Portland to maintain the Wiki in the short term. Dave to confirm with 
> Portland maybe get Scott working with the Portland Wiki Admin.
>
> Maybe look at mirroring in the future
>
>
>
> Drupal 4.7.4
>
> PHP 4
>
> MySQL 4.0
>
> Colours and themes?
>
>   * classic - typewriter
>   * anarchist leaflet
>   * old school
>
> Where are systems being back up and managed? No current backup 
> automated. We should set up an Rsync of some kind.
>
> Who is contributing content? What about Drupal?
>
> Dave, Scott, Ifny.
>
> Create account = limited access:
>
> Authenticated user - look at news post comments post without approval 
> (comments) link google maps, poll etc. - no post.
>
> Two roles by default - anon / authenticated. two additional roles 
> [editor/admin]
>
> New roles - contributors - we may have spam issues.
>
> Contributor can be set up but they should go through some sort 
> 'authentication'. i.e. an administrator role.
>
>
>
>
> Update existing Drupal instance for the short term. Added Mission 
> Statement to top of Drupal page
> Languages
>
> What about other languages. They have been 'activated' in Drupal. 
> 'speach bubble' concept for other languages on the home page.
> Drupal language changes will only update the navigation, not the 
> content. Lets promote language translations in the Get Involved section.
>
> Languages to be enabled
>
>  1. Farsi
>  2. Chinese traditional
>  3. Chinese Simplified
>  4. Korean
>  5. Japanese
>  6. French
>  7. Possible First Nations
>  8. Klingon (possibly through California)
>  9. Tagolong (Philipines)
>
> Look into prioritizing languages.
>
> Look into grants for translations.
>
>
>
>
> Should we get rid of 3rd party links?
>
>
>
> Why are they ther: we want to show we are part of the Debian 
> community. Are they still necessary: In a sense yes. It puts us in a 
> community context. We should keep them but bury them somewhere
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Drupal. Maybe put the login controls at bottom of home page.
>
> rearanged some of the content on the Drupal page.
>
> We want Drupal to not cut off the content the way it is as it is too 
> blog-like and is cutting off information.
>
> Update 'sticky' content to indicate the current state of where we are.
>
> Get rid of News Aggregator Link from main Drupal page
>
>
> Wiki terminology distinction between Portland and Vancovuer. there are 
> concerns about the terminology and regulation issues between Canada / US.
>
>
>
> The Wiki terminology is confusing. Ifny changed name of Wiki link to 
> just Wiki as opposed to Mothership Wiki. Possible interim page to help 
> disitinguish what we are going to when we click on a wiki link.
>
> Things may get hashed out on the wiki and then as they get established 
> as policy they can be integrated back into a non-editable page.
>
> Free Geek is TWO words. technically all in caps.
> Some edits were made to the layout of the Drupal Site. update the 
> header text and logo. Removed some blocks from the site.
>
> Integrate into the community at large
>
> What does Free Geek Vancouver about.
>
>  1. What do we do
>  2. Who we are
>  3. How to contact
>  4. Events
>  5. How to get involved
>  6. Latest news
>  7. 3rd party community links
>  8. Discussion List Archive
>  9. Blog Posts
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