Archive:2007-07-22


 * A meeting for those interested in volunteering with FreeCulture.org -- come if you want to help!
 * 22 July 2007 (Sunday), 8 pm EDT (convert to your time zone)
 * in #freeculture (see IRC for help)
 * Volunteers mailing list: Join it!

RSVP
If you plan to attend this meeting, please RSVP here! Please list your chapter, and link to your userpage on the wiki if you like.

Web Team

 * Progress on existing projects (see bugs on Launchpad)
 * Bugs closed this week:
 * (#109407) Need an off-site status blog
 * (#125467) wordpress produces invalid blog markup, (#125310) invalid xhtml: We're 100% valid now!
 * (#125194) Add favicon
 * (#125661) We don't do backups
 * (#125582) Old feed URL is now broken
 * (#125470) google maps thingey uses invalid markup
 * (#125357) footer doesnt stretch across at /chapters
 * (#126203) Old chapters database web interface is missing
 * (#102351) Authorship on blog posts hard to find
 * Progress made on bugs this week:
 * (#125195) Add CC licensing: Triaged (added link, still need metadata)
 * Other accomplishments:
 * Improved Contact page (cleaned up, bulleted, added/updated information)
 * Improved footer on Web pages (added link to CC license, clarified language about attribution, added link to validate Web standards, added link to status blog)
 * Started agenda for Net architecture strategy meeting
 * Help wanted
 * (#125185) New chapter registration system & database, (#125291) Chapters registration page missing: These need to go live by 2007-07-29
 * How to get involved
 * Meetings:
 * Next meeting is ___
 * Net architecture strategy meeting: Schedule TBD
 * Mailing list:
 * Launchpad:

Fundraising

 * Progress on existing projects
 * Help wanted
 * How to get involved
 * Mailing list: Google Group FreeCulture.org

Help wanted
Post requests for help (that are not specific to a team) and new proposals here


 * Blog:
 * This story about a statement FreeCulture.org signed, about NBC's comments to the FCC that recommend breaking the internet
 * NIH Public Access policy passed the House. FC.o is a member of the Alliance for Taxpayer Access, which lobbied for the bill
 * New York Times article about FreeCulture.org and open access (upcoming)
 * Swapnotes
 * Opensearch
 * Campus concerts
 * With Future of Music Coalition, re: Net neutrality (Rock the Net)
 * With Digital Freedom Campaign re: p2p
 * Wiki cleanup
 * Hill visits

Log
A log of the IRC chat is available at 2007-07-22/log.

Next Meeting
The next volunteers meeting will be 2007-08-01 at 9 pm EDT (convert to your time zone) in #freeculture (see IRC for help).