WG/OBIT/Minutes/120307

Malaka Maintenance

• https://lists.mayfirst.org/pipermail/service-advisories/2012-March/000323.html
• https://support.mayfirst.org/ticket/5389
• Attucks will be down
• Brandon's proposal:
  • Notify GA and WGs
  • rsync attucks (possibly with Lefty's script)
  • Place temporary page on boggs
  • During downtime repoint DNS to boggs
  • When attucks comes back up switch back DNS
• Dana volunteers to make the downtime page.
• Mike: we should drop the TTLs soon.
• Ross will sync wordpress and the db back to boggs.

Community Gathering

• https://pad.riseup.net/p/mP3gLbvk8E0M
• We could use the time to focus on producing a mock proposal using General Will.
• Ross: we could have some sort of free software theatre to help demonstrate the idea. He'll look into that.
• Publicity:
  • Fliers
    • Dana volunteers
  • Blog Post
    • Ross volunteers
  • GA Announcements
    • Brandon usually goes to GA
• Jeremey will prepare the presentation for his software.

OBIT weekend teach-in

• Topics will be the wiki & secure mail.
  • First hour wiki
  • Second hour and a half open format help/discussion
• Meeting to discuss the plan Friday, March 9th, at 5PM in Toscanini's in Central Square

Groups / Hack Day

• 11 AM on Saturday

Ravi's Wiki

• We have the domain registrar information.
• Ross will create the mediawiki install on Boggs.

Trac Spam

• Brandon has (temporarily?) disabled anonymous ticket creation.
• captcha / other spam prevention plugin

Media Wordpress Feature (ticket #52)

• Inspired by http://stopcorporateabuse.org/
• Some folks from media may have found some plugins which might be applicable.
• Brett is working on collecting the campaigns which will be displayed.