Organizing team meeting for MiniDebConf Online India 2021
Contents
Information
Date: 10 Jan 2021
Time: 7:00 PM IST
Venue: https://jitsi.debian.social/MiniDebConfOnlineIndiaTeam
Agenda
- Updates from teams.
- Discuss about Talk proposals.
- AOB
Attendees
- Abbyck, Akshay, Raju, Suman, Sahil, Anupa, Rojin, Praveen, Shameel.
Updates
CFP closes today. A few ?BoFs pending from our side.
- Need a talk from debian developers related to DPL.
- Test call with speakers:
- We don't do a screenshare over etherpad
- Speaker, talk meister, and director in same Jitsi room, and audio-only questioning
- Video upload - 3 options
- Speaker uploads the recording somewhere and provides link - video team handles rest - okayish
- Probably possible through FSCI peertube
- Might set up a nextcloud shared folder
- Probably debian peertube - but slow process to get account
- Can provide shell access for video team to upload - blocked by access
- Central place to upload - waiting for wouter's reply
- Speaker uploads the recording somewhere and provides link - video team handles rest - okayish
- Video quality review:
- Not blurred video
- Clear audio
- pulse effects plugin is a must for obs recording I think
- Jitsi test call
- Make it a dry run
- Make sure they use latest version of browser
- Make sure their microphone and lighting settings are the same as final day
Introduce etherpad so speaker knows how q&a works - use any etherpad for now (nixnet/disroot). Every talk will have a unique URL which will be shared on stream page and schedule page
- (Optional) IRC channel - #minidebconf-india
- The speaker and TM comes on camera in front for the intro and then recording. And then comes the QnA.
- usually the talk meister copy the IRC question with name on etherpad
- Sahilister:
- Can list down video upload options
- Share link / invite content team to video team matrix
- Talk meister / talk director selection
- Coordinated through a wiki page's table
- Video team training - Jan 16th, Saturday, 6pm to 7pm IST
- FOSSology workshop
- Suggest doing 45 minutes long talk or 45 minutes workshop
- Perhaps make it after the two days
- Decision: Either 45 minutes talk or demo in which they coordinate a workshop outside the event
- Telugu as language in submission
- Request from Swecha
- Fulfilled - added to website and new proposal page
- Ranjith Raj Vasam also requested AAJ to be added as admin - redirected to Praveen - hasn't contacted Praveen yet
- Need Hindi talks
- Sahil - introduction to debian
- Raju - state of debian
- Need talk about local communities and where to find them
- Need Malayalam talks
- Sruthi - intro to debian
- Regarding extension of deadlines
- No official extension of deadlines to avoid delays, especially in recording videos
- Informally, accept late submissions
- The /new link might remain open. If it doesn't admins can add talk
- Regarding gameathon
- Shout-out between talks and play as you wish
- Supertuxcart
- Opening and closing session
- Someone has to submit. Who?
- AAJ? Sahil?
- T-shirt
- Navy blue + fabric has only unisex
- Modified sizes based on that shared by AAJ to t-shirt makers
- Finalized
Advice for recording: https://debconf-video-team.pages.debian.net/docs/advice_for_recording.html
- Praveen to send MR to mention pulseeffects plugin for OBS
Next Meeting
17-01-2021, 7:00 PM IST Venue: https://jitsi.debian.social/MiniDebConfOnlineIndiaTeam
19-01-2021, 8:30 PM IST with DebConf Video team.
Venue: Join IRC channel #debconf-video for updates. Via matrix: #_oftc_#debconf-video:matrix.org