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On Sat, 2008-10-25 at 11:40 +0200, Robin Gareus wrote:
> Ivica Ico Bukvic wrote : "We need to start thinking about the function

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> of the management board. This aspect has been all but dead. How about we

> announce restructuring of the board and go from there? My suggestion is

> to retain the core of those of us who are most active and then add key

> figures in the community who will be active contributors to our cause."

>

> No surprise there. Further discussion may or may not follow on

> http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/consortium/ - and last but not least:

Seems that belongs on the consortium list and shouldn't be on LAD and

LAU!?
> * http://wiki.linuxaudio.org

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>  open to public (openID/CAPTCHA)

>

> Everybody is welcome to use this wiki for gnu/Linux and FLOSS audio

> related projects or communication. Feel free to ask for additional

> permissions or plugins. - send your project application or suggestions

> to LAD, start writing a wiki page about it or send a patch ;)

Nice.
> We would like to support maintained and moderated namespaces adopted by

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> members of the community; balancing http://linuxaudio.org/members in

> favor of interest groups. We have neither intentions nor budget to take

> on wiki.ubuntu.com or wikipedia. Commercial interest is tolerated.

> Professional interest in linux-audio is more or less a prerequisite. The

> usual exceptions apply for Music, Art, etc. see http://linuxaudio.org/policy

I'm not sure what you are talking about here and highly suspect others

will be even more puzzled. Balancing?
Regarding namespaces (nice example of coder speak not suitable for a

general audience), I see it as a problem that linuxaudio.org web

presence is so fractured already.
> ..and we're not going to stop there.

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>

> Here's a quick overview of HTTP services, vhosts and tasks. Any comments

> and suggestions are appreciated; as is help getting there:

>

> * http://lad.linuxaudio.org - will be consolidated into drupal

> (www.linuxaudio.org) and wiki.linuxaudio.org. - Apart from the

> http://lad.linuxaudio.org/events/ (lots of pictures and media) there's

> only 16 HTML pages. - similarly lowlatency.linuxaudio.org should become

> an entry-point to the wiki.

>

> * http://lad.linuxaudio.org/events/ should be merged with

>   http://lac.linuxaudio.org

Consider conference.linuxaudio.org or conf.linuxaudio.org. Redundant

redundancy department / cryptic abbrev. ;)
> * http://portal.linuxaudio.org, http://linuxaudio.org,

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>   http://lac.linuxaudio.org/

>   Drupal CMS is edited and maintained by the consortium.

I actually think portal shouldn't exist. Should be just a list of links

reachable from linuxaudio.org . Like it is, but the link name "Portal"

doesn't cut it. Maybe "Ressources"?
> We're urgently looking for 2-5 Content Maintainers (and Guitarists) so

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> that some of us can take a holiday break.

I suspect writing a long and partly confusing email while assuming

everyone already knows what this is all about and what you want to

accomplish is not the best way to invite contributors.
> Besides in the longer term we're looking for volunteers to summarize or

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> comment on a LAD/LAU thread once in a while, and editors to write short

> articles in the likes of kerneltrap.org.

>

>

> * http://wiki.linuxaudio.org/ is actually the same as

> http://apps.linuxaudio.org/wiki/ - vhosts will be merged, redirect..

One of the URLs will be dropped? Which one? I though one is an open wiki

for content that is not necessarily tied to single applications and the

other a directory of linux audio applications?
> * http://lau.linuxaudio.org and http://quicktoots.linuxaudio.org/

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> probably remain as is. There are a lot of hidden resources there! -

> Maybe some minor updates on the front-page. point to the wiki or portal.

Ah yes, the fragmentation. _Hidden_ resources are great for Indiana

Jones style explorers, I guess? ;)

I would rather drop old material to have a chance of introducing

something structured, where a newcomer would know where to start and had

a chance of finding stuff without using a pit lamp.
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