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[Valorie Zimmerman <valorie-zimmerman@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

+1 from me. I'll miss the podcast, and long life Kubuntu Cafe Live!

To the rest of the Council -- let's get behind our team in every way
we can think of. -v

On Fri, Oct 13, 2017 at 1:15 PM, Rick Timmis
<ricktimmis68@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Dear Council
>
> In view of our discussion about the future of the podcast. I have distilled
> our thinking into a statement for the commnunity ( below ).
>
> The following changes will be made
>
> Change YouTube channel name from 'Kubuntu Podcast' to simply 'Kubuntu'.
> Change 'Podcast' on website to 'Cafe Live' - Update the page description,
> and link to the Calendar
> Post the narrative ( os similar ) to News on Kubuntu website
>
> Cheers
> Rick
>
> Kubuntu Friends
>
> As your probably aware we've been experimenting over the last couple of
> years with Podcasts, Parties, and Dojo's using the rather good Big Blue
> Button conference server, which bigbluebutton.org provide for us.
>
> The Podcast team, and Kubuntu Council have conducted a review of what works
> and what does not, and drawn the following conclusions.
>
> 1 - The Podcast scores little traction, in the audio podcast world, and low
> view counts on YouTube
> 2 - The pre-podcast show provides a welcome platform for Kubuntu Developers
> to prepare news for the community
> 3 - The live Party, Dojo experience is regarded in a very positive light
> 4 - The Kubuntu Community does not currently posses suitable Editing and
> Production capabilities
>
> However, we recognise that the shared experience of gathering in a virtual
> environment which enables engagement and inclusion in real time, using text
> chat, audio, video or any combination there of has been the most rewarding
> pattern used.
>
> Thus we the Kubuntu Community are delighted to introduce "Kubuntu Cafe`
> Live". This new live community get together will merge the best qualities
> from our previous experiments. The format will be loose, but will be hosted
> by various members from the Kubuntu community, including the Podcast Team.
>
> The shows will be recorded and uploaded 'unedited' to the Kubuntu Podcast
> YouTube channel, which itself has been renamed to just 'Kubuntu'
>
> Kubuntu Cafe Live will take place on the first Saturday of each month at
> 21:00 UTC, we hope this offers the widest scope for inclusion across global
> time zones.
>
> Find out more at Kubuntu.org