News letter

Zuu · Post by **Zuu** » 20 Jan 2005 21:08

In this thread there is a suggestion to make a global monthly news letter for TT forums. The news letter will have a section for each section on the forum (or at least each active section).

For ous it means that we have to put together the TE section and PM/mail it to Owen, who put together all pices and send it to the readers.

My suggestion is that either we have a point at the end of each meeting where we sumaries what have beed done, and use that for the news letter. The other idea I have is that build it on a wiki page, so we dont make the meetings longer than nececcary.

So I suggest that we discuss here at this thread, and then take a fast decison on the meeting.

PJayTycy · Post by **PJayTycy** » 20 Jan 2005 21:45

Nice idea.

I think for now, the featured discussion - outcomes will be about the only things that can go in them.

And, I believe we won't be finished with our current discussion by tomorrow.

An example:

Transport Empire is finally beyond the "collect ideas" stage. Several people have created some prototypes to check how a certain "idee" really turns out. In the mean time, the most basic issues (passenger destinations, scales, ...) are being discussed by the developpers on the wiki pages. No "real" decissions have been made yet. Every two weeks there is an IRC meeting to get some "real" discussion between developpers.

ChrisCF · Post by **ChrisCF** » 20 Jan 2005 22:15

TBH, most people are already struggling to find the time to do any work as it is (as the slow progress shows), and anythng which is going to add to the workload unnecessarily is a Bad Thing.

Hyronymus · Post by **Hyronymus** » 20 Jan 2005 23:21

It can never be that time-consuming, chris. If you find finding time troublesome you shouldn't volunteer to write the summaries I guess

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Zuu · Post by **Zuu** » 21 Jan 2005 08:54

I don't think we should/need write an long essay for each letter, but just a few words, or just make a short list. And Chris I think this is a thing that can be laid on non-programmers if you are afraid that they will code less.

Purno · Post by **Purno** » 21 Jan 2005 18:51

zuu wrote:The other idea I have is that build it on a wiki page, so we dont make the meetings longer than nececcary.

But will it be included in the complete news letter for all sections?

Post by **orudge** » 21 Jan 2005 21:51

You don't have to write an extended essay. Just a general note on progress would be nice, and I can make it sound a bit better if desired.

Zuu · Post by **Zuu** » 22 Jan 2005 09:13

Purno wrote:
zuu wrote:The other idea I have is that build it on a wiki page, so we dont make the meetings longer than nececcary.
But will it be included in the complete news letter for all sections?

hm.. I don't get what you mean. What will/will not be included in the news letter?

Purno · Post by **Purno** » 22 Jan 2005 12:32

It would be nice if all news sections are included together in one news letter so I don't have to search for the TE news letter and such. So I asked if it would be included with the other news letters?

Post by **orudge** » 22 Jan 2005 12:49

Yes, the whole point of it is for a global tt-forums newsletter every month or so, with sections for TTDPatch, OpenTTD, Transport Empire, and anything else people have to say about anything.

Paranoid Android · Post by **Paranoid Android** » 22 Jan 2005 13:58

I ought to bring up The Newspaper (that old OT legend) but I won't.

Oh wait, I just have. Bugger.

Post by **orudge** » 22 Jan 2005 17:28

I was actually thinking of doing a spoken version of the newsletter, akin to The Newspaper, but decided against it.

Paranoid Android · Post by **Paranoid Android** » 27 Jan 2005 16:46

It would work. You could do it in a different comedy accent every week.

Zuu · Post by **Zuu** » 21 Feb 2005 09:16

Only a few days left this month, and time to make another paragraph to the TT-forums news letter.

Post by **orudge** » 21 Feb 2005 16:24

Yes, please do, it will be very helpful.

Zuu · Post by **Zuu** » 22 Feb 2005 08:49

What have happend:
* 3 FRD meetings. (4 when the news letter is emailed out.)
* We have made many decissoins during short time about how the game should work from the users perspective.

What will soon hapen:
* Write the design document, which will be our bible.

This is just things that pop out of my head. So don't take them as final.

Zuu · Post by **Zuu** » 21 Mar 2005 09:37

Okay, orudge wants to have our post for April soon.

So lets see what I can cook togeather:

The last FRD meeting was held.
In April the 2 (or 3) DD writers will be elected.
The DD (Design Document) will hopefully start getting written in April.
We have formed three groups (of work, not people):
- Code
- Content
- Management
We have moved to a new IRC channel (#transportempire) still on irc.quakenet.eu.org.

Please came with comments and suggestions, so that I don't tell to many lies.

Hellfire · Post by **Hellfire** » 21 Mar 2005 10:24

zuu wrote:
In April the 2 (or 3) DD writers will be elected.

The DD (Design Document) will hopefully start getting written in April.

Ideally

, the DD writers will be elected this week and will have their first progress report on the next meeting.

Hyronymus · Post by **Hyronymus** » 21 Mar 2005 11:20

Nothing ideally, they HAVE to be chosen before this wednesday. The whole FRD discussion took too long all together and I would very much like to see us making a decision quickly this time. Consider this as a sample of my future behaviour in case we ever get to form groups and I'm still favoured as leader for the management group

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Zuu · Post by **Zuu** » 21 Mar 2005 14:59

Hellfire wrote:
zuu wrote:
In April the 2 (or 3) DD writers will be elected.

The DD (Design Document) will hopefully start getting written in April.
Ideally , the DD writers will be elected this week and will have their first progress report on the next meeting.

Well, I wasn't at the meeting, and yet 2 days after the meeting, noone have pointed out where to find the logs, nor uploaded a copy.

(Please dont take offense.)

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