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[Kevin Godby <godbyk@xxxxxxxxx>]

Minutes of the General Meeting of the Ubuntu Manual Team
14 July 2012
#ubuntu-manual on irc.freenode.net

Meeting log: http://irclogs.ubuntu.com/2012/07/14/%23ubuntu-manual.html#t19:10

Kevin Godby (godbyk) called the meeting to order at 19:10 UTC.

== Attendance ==

In attendance were:
* ajmontag
* ChrisWoollard
* commandoline
* CrustyBarnacle
* godbyk
* hannie
* PaddyLandau
* TonyP

== Review Precise cycle ==

Kevin compiled the responses from the mailing list thread that
reviewed the Precise cycle.  The compilation of responses can be views
at <http://pad.ubuntu-uk.org/UMP-Q-1stmeeting>.

== Menubar / top bar / panel ==

Hannie wrote to the Ubuntu Manual and Ubuntu Docs mailing lists to ask
about the proper terminology for the bar along the top of the screen
in Unity. Should it be referred to as the menubar, the top bar, the
panel, or something else?

The Ubuntu Docs mailing list thread on this topic can be found at
<https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-doc/2012-July/thread.html>.

An Ubuntu forum topic was raised on the same issue:
<http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2022172>

== Ubuntu 12.10 release schedule ==

The Ubuntu 12.10 release schedule is shown at
<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QuantalQuetzal/ReleaseSchedule>.

Kevin has emailed the list with a proposed release schedule for
Getting Started with Ubuntu 12.10 that coincides with the Ubuntu 12.10
release date. Please comment on the proposed release schedule in the
mailing list thread:
<https://lists.launchpad.net/ubuntu-manual/msg03415.html>.

== Ubuntu Manual website ==

Kevin suggested that we redesign the <http://ubuntu-manual.org>
website. Currently, releasing a manual to the website requires a lot
of manual editing of files and is inefficient. In addition, it's
difficult to update the translated versions of the website.

PaddyLandau is exploring the possibility of using WordPress to drive
the new site.

commandoline is looking through the Drupal code that drives the test
site at <http://test.ubuntu-manual.org/>.

== Authors/Editors Spreadsheet ==

Hannie has created a new spreadsheet to use with 12.10 to track the
authors and editors of each section of the manual:
<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ApS28NMLnYJXdHJIWllPb2hITGppZDBhaUNqRnBLZlE#gid=0>

Please contact Hannie of c7p if you'd like to work on the 12.10 manual
in your current role or if you'd like to take on a new role.

== Any other business ==

No other business was brought forward.

== Adjourned ==

The meeting was adjourned at 20:23 UTC.

--Kevin Godby