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Code sprints and informal discussion will happen every day. The following are topics of interest for these sessions. | Code sprints and informal discussion will happen every day. The following are topics of interest for these sessions. | ||
=== Avoiding Maintainer Burnout === | |||
Or, if we can't find ways to avoid burnout, can we find ways to ensure that no maintainer tasks are the responsibility of a single individual. That way, there is someone available to handle the task even if a maintainer drops out of sight from the project. | |||
=== Socializing Octave === | === Socializing Octave === | ||
To increase the visibility of GNU/Octave to a more general public(in jwe's words: "non-believers") we could create profiles in several social networks. There are ones based on proprietary software (G+, twitter, facebook) and others free, like [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identi.ca identi.ca]. We should discuss the perspectives of using them. | To increase the visibility of GNU/Octave to a more general public (in jwe's words: "non-believers") we could create profiles in several social networks. There are ones based on proprietary software (G+, twitter, facebook) and others free, like [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identi.ca identi.ca]. We should discuss the perspectives of using them. | ||
Perhaps we could invite [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:EvanProdromou Evan Prodromou] to the discussion. He lives in Montreal. | Perhaps we could invite [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:EvanProdromou Evan Prodromou] to the discussion. He lives in Montreal. | ||