Hello Donald, thanks a lot for your response! Looking forward to receiving the details in regard to the next meeting in IRC! Regards, Pavlos *Pavlos K. Ponos* My blog: https://howtothelinuxway.wordpress.com/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Don't send me files in the following formats:.doc(x),.xls(x),.ppt(x) Instead, try and use Open Document formats: https://www.libreoffice.org Save your money & use a Linux distro: http://distrowatch.com/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- On 05/17/2016 01:01 AM, Donald Norwood wrote: > Hi Pavlos, Gerardo, *, > > I want to start off saying thank you for this thread and the responses, > it's sometimes difficult to gauge how people and the community interact > with the DPN as it's a send only medium and honestly we do not get as > much feedback as we would like. This thread so far has been invaluable > in that regard. I would like to invite you and any of our readers to > participate in the next meeting that we will have in IRC, the details of > the next meeting will be posted to > this list shortly. > > Onto the details: > > We can start to publish the DPN in a shorter version which would help to > get an issue out weekly or bi-weekly and should satisfy keeping people > who rely on the email with information as they have been accustomed to. > > We would include a 'Quick Digest' section which will list and link to > items that we've posted on identi.ca and other social networks. > > Hopefully with the quicker turnaround and links to additional > information should keep everyone informed whether they rely on news > directly from the DPN or if they follow our social media channels. > > > Best regards, > > Donald Norwood > -Debian Publicity Team > > On 05/11/2016 04:36 PM, Pavlos K. Ponos wrote: >> Hello Donald, >> >> If I may, allow me to add few things/thoughts.. >> >> We all know since last October that other channels are mainly used to >> communicate the Debian news to the word but to me (and this is my bad >> for not mention it earlier) people with many parallel jobs/activities >> have little/no time to follow the links you mentioned below every day or >> few times per week/biweekly. >> >> On the other hand, it is much easier (and I think everybody does that) >> to check your emails, even by using a smartphone nowdays. >> >> What I'm trying to say? >> Could it be possible to link (somehow) the posts you upload in identi.ca >> and in bits.debian with that list? Even a collective email per week is >> enough, with only the headers of the news and a link to follow. >> Is this something that can be done or do you think that will introduce >> to much noise to the list? >> >> Looking forward to hearing your thoughts! >> >> Regards >> Pavlos >> >> >> *Pavlos K. Ponos* >> >> >> My blog: https://howtothelinuxway.wordpress.com/ >> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Don't send me files in the following formats:.doc(x),.xls(x),.ppt(x) >> Instead, try and use Open Document formats: https://www.libreoffice.org >> Save your money & use a Linux distro: http://distrowatch.com/ >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> On 05/11/2016 07:47 PM, Donald Norwood wrote: >>> Hi Gerardo, >>> >>> Yes the frequency of the DPN has changed, we are moving more of the >>> content to the Debian Blog[1] and Identi.ca[2]. There are also other >>> media channels[3] that share our news. >>> >>> We did indicate this change in the October 2015 DPN[4] issue, however >>> you are correct in that we do need to get the DPN, as one of our >>> official channels, out with more frequency and your email has started >>> that effort as of today. So look out shortly for the next issue. >>> >>> We are a small team and sometimes it is a bit difficult to get the news >>> out in the volume that we wish and that would make everyone happy, so we >>> are always looking for new members or volunteers to help the effort and >>> I'd invite you to take a look at our team wiki page[5] for more >>> information if you are interested and have the time. >>> >>> It is great to hear feedback from someone who not only reads the DPN but >>> looks forward to it, thank you for your support! >>> >>> Best regards, >>> >>> Donald Norwood >>> Debian Publicity Team >>> >>> >>> >>> [1]https://bits.debian.org/ >>> [2]https://identi.ca/debian >>> [3]https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Publicity/otherSN >>> [4]https://www.debian.org/News/weekly/2015/08/ >>> [5]https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Publicity >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On 05/11/2016 03:21 AM, Gerardo Ballabio wrote: >>>> Hello, >>>> I see that the frequency of Debian Project News issues has been dropping >>>> recently. There were 21 issues in 2013, 17 in 2014, 8 in 2015. We're in >>>> May 2016 now and there have been 2 issues this year, the last one almost >>>> three months ago, and I can find no indication of when the next one will >>>> appear. >>>> >>>> Do you still plan to publish issues on a regular basis? If so, can you >>>> please announce a schedule and commit to it? If not, can you >>>> please announce that DPN is abandoned, so that I can stop having false >>>> expectations? And remove the link from the Debian web page -- by the >>>> way, the URL is still https://www.debian.org/News/weekly/ , that >>>> is rather ironic now... >>>> >>>> Thank you >>>> Gerardo >>>> >> >> > >
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