[epo-core] Getting things moving.

[Mike Whitaker]

> Please, I beg everybody.
>
> Stop with the Japanese. [snip]

I think peregrin's already said it's just a holding name.
>
>> - Sponsorship review group - we do actually have some money now  
>> (and we'll
>> be getting another ￡100 from me (bad me) tomorrow).
>> - Publicity group - getting articles written for the website,  
>> promotional
>> stuff out to the likes of PerlBuzz, use.perl etc. (I'm working on a  
>> short
>> piece for PerlBuzz this evening, and also trying my damndest to  
>> finish a
>> longer piece for the website. I would like some peer review on both  
>> before
>> they go anywhere.)
>
> I think that if we get our own MT instance setup we can publish our
> own articles on there.  They can be saved as drafts and then when they
> are peer reviewed be flipped over to "Published".  We can even have a
> category for "ready to review".

Works for me.
>
> I'm not sure how mst feels, since he has his CMS stuff and I haven't
> looked at it at all... but I agree on peer review.

I'm not at all fussed how it gets implemented, TBH, I'm all for JFDI.
>
>> 4) Writing:
>> It would, I think, be very good if people could produce some more  
>> in-depth
>> content for the website.
>>
>
> Yes.  But what type of content, specifically?  Articles about best
> practice or more in the WTF is EPO?  Right now the website is ...
> legal.

Yes to both, as well as stuff targeted at people outside the community  
(CxO's, for ex.) explaining why Perl isn't what their preconceptions  
say it is, etc....
>
>> LAST (and yet somehow first) ) Time.
>>       As core officers of EPO, can I suggest that we all try and  
>> formally
>> dedicate a couple of hours a week, or perhaps more, to doing EPO  
>> stuff?
>
> When things calm down with the new baby, I can devote some regular
> time.  It will help to have specific goals and tasks laid out and more
> strictly defined "things", as left to myself I may just end up getting
> distracted and playing with Moose or something.


FULLY agree.
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Mike Whitaker - mike at altrion.org