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Meeting Minutes

Monday, 2013 July 15st, 6:00 pm UTC

Agenda

review tasks from last week/reports
course data progress
- Skeleton work
- Translations
course editor progress
progress contributor documentation
Akademy contributor recruiting
miscellaneous

Notes

Attendees: Andreas, Magda, Oindrila

Reports
- Oindrila:
  - finished all units
  - created Hindi Course
  - Bengali Course will be done by this week
- Magda
  - Added recording for female polish speaker for 8 units and for french male speaker for 2 units
  - Translated 8 units into french
  - added screenshots to current contributor manual
- Andreas
  - created release
course data progress
- basic course skeleton: done
- good progress
- Andreas will add working statistics to course editor (number of missing recordings...)
Course editor progress
- Andreas has some plans...
  1. allow to change the backend (Qt Multimedia, what is currently used, is not available everywhere)
  2. introduce a backend that can also easily be built in Windows (Simon-lib)
  3. by default change to Simon-lib which has an awesome set of internal tools that make recordings "better" (automatic noise removal, normalization...)
  4. reenable the training mode the next weekend
- Andreas creates sketch for GHNS implementation, compiles a list of starting points for Magda
Contributor Documentation
- Contributor documentation: done
- next week: talk about user documentation
- Oini drafts structure for user documentation
Contributor Recruiting
- slides are done
- let's see how many people will show up
Misc
- nothing

Monday, 2013 July 8st, 6:00 pm UTC

Agenda

review tasks from last week/reports
course data progress
- Skeleton work
- Translations
course editor progress
progress contributor documentation
Akademy contributor recruiting
miscellaneous

Notes

review tasks from last week/reports
- Magda:
  - nearly finished translating basic skeleton into Polish (one unit left)
  - added some recording for male polish speaker (Time and Dates, Alphabet, Numbers, Weather, Countries and cultures, Sport and Tourism
  - translated two units into French (Numbers and Alphabet)
  - filled in gaps in the contributor manual and general cleaning
- Oindrila:
  - skeleton units: only "at a party" remains undone
  - six units translated into Bengali
- Andreas:
  - several editor fixes
course data progress
- schedule says, we should be done this week
- only two units remain
- adjusted schedules a little bit
- Andreas will create overview table about current translation state
course editor progress
- release targetted to Thursday/Friday
- Andreas will create blog post after release
progress contributor documentation
- nearly finished \o/
- put skeleton creation by UI button as Wishlist bug to bugs.k.o and point documenation to it
- else contributor documentation should be done
- Magda will add screenshots
- everybody proof reading please!
Akademy contributor recruiting
- Andreas prepares slides and sends them around this week
- everybody blogs :)
miscellaneous
- Andreas will add "dismiss" button for phrases (skeleton phrases that explicitly are not part of a unit)

Monday, 2013 July 1st, 6:00 pm UTC

Agenda

review tasks from last week/reports
course data progress
- Skeleton work
- Translations
editor progress
progress contributor documentation
Akademy contributor recruiting
tasks until next meeting
miscellaneous

Notes

Attendants: Andreas, Magda, Mamarok, (Oindrila excused)

review tasks from last week/reports
- Magda:
  - added Polish phonology and created a Polish and French course
  - translated some units into Polish: Weather, Sport, Countries and Cultures,Toursim and Family
  - worked on the contributor manual: so now almost all subsections have some information
- Andreas:
  - scheduled some BoFs for Akademy: general KDE Edu meeting, Persona discussion for language learning programs, Artikulate contributor recruiting
  - fixed several small bugs at Artikulate
  - did some small UI cleanup at the course editor
  - figured out that we already can have different phrase types in skeleton and course
- Oindrila:
  - finished several courses
course data progress
- Skeleton work
  - slightly ahead of schedule
- Translations
  - about 5 units already translated into Polish
  - Magda will soon start making recordings
editor progress
- next meeting: list of remaining blockers for a contributor release
progress contributor documentation
- a lot of progress
- everybody: please review the texts
Akademy contributor recruiting
- BoF scheduled
- Andreas will discuss with Oindrila how to plan that hour
- Andreas will prepare release of contributor preview of Artikulate
miscellaneous
- high priority is contributor manual
- we need a logo!

Monday, 2013 Juni 24th, 6:00 pm UTC

Agenda

review tasks from last week/reports
progress in skeleton work
progress contributor documentation
courses:
1. translations
2. gathering recordings strategy
www.flossie.org
Akademy contributor recruiting
Trainer UI
tasks until next meeting
miscellaneous

Notes

Attendants: Andreas, Magdalena, Myriam, Oindrila

Task Review/Reports
- Magda:
  - added three more units: Entertainment, At the Doctors and At the supermarket
  - edited the techbase to create a manual incorporating the existing instruction into it
- Andreas:
  - fixed open file handlers bug
  - started work at recording indicator
- Oindrila:
  - Lydia replied saying that she will let her know more about the Student Programs Presentation
progress in skeleton work
- Magda finished all her units
- Oindrila will add her units the next days
progress contributor documentation
- already quite good
- discussed minor improvements
courses: translations & gathering recordings strategy
- Magda started with translating to Polish and French
- we must respect that if a phrase is a word in one language, in another it can be an expression/sentence: Andreas will make changes to allow different set values
- we should not aim to make word-by-word translations but try to give each phrase a most similar meaning in the translated language
- we should translate the skeletons trying to keep similar structure, but if not we are able to change words into phrases, maybe phrases to sentences, etc.
- try to have same amount of male as of female recordings
- rule of thumb: speaker records every second sound
www.flossie.org
- Oindrila will prepare proposal
Akademy contributor recruiting
- skip, since no BoF call out yet
Trainer UI
- can we allow the specific choice of speakers for a training? (Andreas checks what would be necessary to implement that)
Misc
- Andreas will make changes to allow different phrase type in skeleton and course

Monday, 2013 Juni 17th, 6:00 pm UTC

Agenda

review tasks from last week/reports
progress in skeleton work
progress contributor documentation
Akademy contributor recruiting
Trainer UI mockups
tasks until next meeting
miscellaneous

Notes

Attendants: Andreas, Magdalena, Myriam, Oindrila

review tasks from last week/reports
- Magda:
  - new units added to course skeleton: Weather, Time and Dates and Clothing
  - skeleton for contributor manual created
- Oindrila: added descriptions to the CourseData wiki
  - Artikulate/Events page created
  - mailed Jeff and Lydia about the Student Programs Presentations and the Bof
  - created Hindi Phonology
- Andreas: created Trainer UI Mockup
progress in skeleton work
- progress looks good, everything still as predicted by the schedule :)
progress contributor documentation
- Magda will start merging existing documentation to the new structure
- we will talk next week about distributing documentation tasks
Akademy contributor recruiting
- we want to have a BoF at the Akademy
- we should get in touch with local KDE communities (Spain, France)
- discussion point for BoF is how to handle different accents
- the [Marble/VoiceOfMarble Voice of Marble] project could give interesting ideas
Trainer UI mockups
- positively received
- Andreas will sketch implementation plan for this until next meeting
tasks until next meeting
- only the ones from above
miscellaneous
- none

Monday, 2013 June 10rd, 6:00 pm UTC

Agenda

review tasks from last week/reports
progress in skeleton work
discuss structure for contributor documentation
plans for Akademy contributor recruiting
tasks until next meeting
miscellaneous

Notes

Attendants: Andreas, Magdalena, Myriam, Oindrila

Reports
- Magda:
  - added blog to planetKDE
  - created developer account
  - added 4 new units: Weather, Sport, Family, and Countries and cultures
  - added recordings for British English
  - drafted plan for contributor handbook
- Oindrila
  - working on Hindi phonology
  - added blog to planetKDE
- Course overview has new column
- work at course editor
Course Skeleton Progress
- progress is good!
- Newly finished: Weather, Sport, Family, and Countries
- we update the course planning page with unit descriptions
Contributor Documentation
- Magda presents concept (now at wiki)
- contributor documentation will be at techbase
- we will start creating stub pages for the main topics
- major part must be finished until Akademy
Akademy Event
- Oindrila will ask Jeff about lightning talks for GSoC students
- we will organize a BoF to talk about how to contribute courses
- course editor, basic course skeleton and contributor documentation must be finished (and tested) for this
ToDos
- all: add unit descriptions to planning page
- Oindrila: add Akademy event concept to wiki
- Magda: create pages for contributor documenation
- Andreas: create mockup for new traning screen
Misc
- nothing

Monday, 2013 June 3rd, 6:00 pm UTC

Agenda

discuss proposed unit list
project responsibilities for OPW/GSoC 2013
milestones for OPW/GSoC 2013
promotion (subscribe to planet.kde.org, etc.)
workflows/technical stuff:
- usage of reviewboard
- creating developer accounts
tasks until next meeting

Notes

Attendants: Andreas, Magdalena, Myriam, Oindrila

Units
- overall look OK
- "Emergency" unit will cover natural calamity, theft, accident (but not medical)
- "Proverbs" will not be included in basic course skeleton, but moved to list of "interesting topics" (reason: proverbs differ too much even for simliar languages)
- Oindrila will add column "Descriptions" to course list and we all will add some details what the units will be about
Coordination Responsibilities
- Learner UI & Feedback mechanisms: Oindrila
- Course Distribution & Course Integrity Checks: Magdalena
- Languages:
  - Bengali (Oindrila)
  - Hindi (Oindrila)
  - French (Magdalena)
  - Polish (Magdalena)
  - American English (Andreas)
- Documentation
  - Contributor Part: Magdalena
  - End User/Learner: Oindrila
Milestones
- look OK
- will discuss again next week and check if time points seem reasonable
Organization
- Oindrila and Magdalena will register blogs at planet.kde.org
- Magdalena will request KDE contributor account

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 == Monday, 2013 July 15st, 6:00 pm UTC ==
-=== Preliminary Agenda ===
+=== Agenda ===
 # review tasks from last week/reports
 # course data progress
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 # miscellaneous
 === Notes ===
+Attendees: Andreas, Magda, Oindrila
+# Reports
+#* Oindrila:
+#** finished all units
+#** created Hindi Course
+#** Bengali Course will be done by this week
+#* Magda
+#** Added recording for female polish speaker for 8 units and for french male speaker for 2 units
+#** Translated 8 units into french
+#**  added screenshots to current contributor manual
+#* Andreas
+#** created release
+# course data progress
+#* basic course skeleton: done
+#* good progress
+#* Andreas will add working statistics to course editor (number of missing recordings...)
+# Course editor progress
+#* Andreas has some plans...
+#*# allow to change the backend (Qt Multimedia, what is currently used, is not available everywhere)
+#*# introduce a backend that can also easily be built in Windows (Simon-lib)
+#*# by default change to Simon-lib which has an awesome set of internal tools that make recordings "better" (automatic noise removal, normalization...)
+#*# reenable the training mode the next weekend
+#* Andreas creates sketch for GHNS implementation, compiles a list of starting points for Magda
+# Contributor Documentation
+#* Contributor documentation: done
+#* next week: talk about user documentation
+#* Oini drafts structure for user documentation
+# Contributor Recruiting
+#* slides are done
+#* let's see how many people will show up
+# Misc
+#* nothing
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