[Actionchix] ChixBits progress and last Steps, almost there

[Gayathri Swaminathan]

Agree with the IRC meet scheduling. It might just be easy to get
online/discuss and get started on the tasks.

Thanks Rolla for keeping everything orderly.

Gayathri

On Nov 7, 2007 10:06 AM, Cristina Ingram <compscicris at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Message: 1
> > Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 12:26:34 -0800
> > From: "Selbak, Rolla N" <rolla.n.selbak at intel.com>
> > Subject: [Actionchix] ChixBits progress and last Steps, almost
> >         there...
> >
> > Hey Chix!
> >
> > So there are only a few more steps before we start working on our first
> > 'issue'!  I know the holiday season is close, so hopefully we can bang
> > out the 'TO DO' list below before we all eat turkey and hibernate for
> > the year  :)
> >
> > Here's what we've accomplished so far:
> >
> > WE ROCK!
>
> WOOOOHOOOO!!!!!
>
>
> > TO DO
> > ------
> >
> > - Timeline & Format:  More discussions need to be had (mostly amongst
> > the Design team) wrt what is easiest for them to maintain.  If
> > per-article basis, will the design team be involved in design, or will
> > the design just be for the 'official' quarterly?  Is the Drupal setup
> > enough to post articles, or will we need a separate www.chixbits.com to
> > post the articles?  Should we just register www.chixbits.com and point
> > it to magazine.linuxchix.org?
>
> Yes, the Design Team should chat about this.  I have been thinking
> about it, but other pressing matters have been showing themselves and
> taking me away from this project.  I would say that we (the Design
> Team) should have a chat about what we feel is most feasible and
> pleasing to us (LinuxChix) and to the reader.  Maybe we should use
> Drupal as the backend only and have the mag on a separate sight?  This
> may cause fewer problems with the actual magazine side.
> >
> >         ** How about having an IRC meeting to discuss this?  Or any
> > other ideas on how to make these decisions?
>
> I may be available for IRC chat on the weekends but work and school
> does not allow IRC chat on their networks.
>
> > - Regular Columns: I will be posting a voting poll to ActionChix
> > (possibly the last one?) for what our regular columns should be, taking
> > in all the suggestions that have been offered in the discussion thread.
> >
> > - Register www.chixbits.com and figure out how it relates to
> > magazine.linuxchix.org (i.e. will it point there? Or be completely
> > separate? Or have logical links to the site?)
> >
> > - Design, Editing and Translation Teams still need to fill out their
> > 'guidelines' and 'how their team works'.  Take a look at the Approver
> > Team page if you need inspiration.
>
> Yes, we do need to finish up.
>
> >
> > We're almost there!  Once we have the process locked down, it'll be much
> > smoother to receive, edit and post articles!  Imagine _finally_ having a
> > non-gender-biased tech publication, run by women.  No more ridiculous
> > misogynistic ads, young girls & boys will have role-models to look to,
> > females will be more encouraged to show off their tech-pride, LinuxChix
> > will have made their mark in techworld history...
>
> It's about time!
>
> > rs
> >
> >
>
>


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Gayathri Swaminathan
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