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#koha: General IRC meeting 10 July 2019
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Meeting started by cait at 20:04:27 UTC.  The full logs are available at
http://meetings.koha-community.org/2019/general_irc_meeting_10_july_2019.2019-07-10-20.04.log.html
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Meeting summary
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* Introductions  (cait, 20:04:35)
  * LINK:
    https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/General_IRC_meeting_10_July_2019
    Today's agenda  (cait, 20:04:52)
  * Katrin Fischer, BSZ, Germany  (cait, 20:04:59)
  * Chris Cormack, Catalyst IT, NZ  (rangi, 20:05:03)
  * Charles Quain, Interleaf Technology  (Charles_Quain, 20:05:04)
  * Martin Renvoize, PTFS-E  (ashimema, 20:05:16)
  * Brendan Gallagher, ByWater  (bag, 20:05:21)
  * Thomas Dukleth, Agogme, New York City  (thd, 20:05:47)
  * David Nind, New Zealand  (davidnind, 20:07:01)

* Announcements  (cait, 20:07:05)
  * Registration for koha-US conference is open
    https://koha-us.org/2019/07/01/kohaus-conference-registration-open/
    (cait, 20:08:41)
  * Hackfest 2019 30 September to 4th
    Octoberhttps://lists.katipo.co.nz/pipermail/koha/2019-July/053277.html
    (davidnind, 20:08:54)

* Update on releases  (cait, 20:09:44)
  * Maintenance releases are moving along nicely  (cait, 20:10:02)
  * Moving into pushing small to medium sized enhancements on master now
    - out of bugfix only freeze period :)  (ashimema, 20:11:30)

* Wiki  (cait, 20:12:05)
  * Liz Rea  (wizzyrea, 20:12:16)
  * current wiki version is 1.16, dating back to 2011  (cait, 20:15:36)
  * current Mediawiki is running on PostgreSQL  (cait, 20:23:44)
  * IDEA: Change of wiki platform, for example to DokuWiki (no database
    needed, easier to maintain)  (cait, 20:25:49)
  * AGREED: current wiki software is way out of date and we need to
    remedy that  (cait, 20:33:36)
  * ACTION: davidnind named as 'lead of wiki update' - will try and help
    get a plan down  (cait, 20:35:29)
  * Equinox willing to continue hosting the wiki  (cait, 20:36:42)
  * Consensus on starting fresh with a plan to keep things organized
    (cait, 20:37:11)
  * Wiki software to be discussed (continue with new Mediawiki, use
    Dokuwiki, use $wiki)  (cait, 20:37:32)
  * ACTION: add Wiki and requirements/wish list for future to next
    educator's meeting  (cait, 20:37:57)

* Update/obsolete installation guides on wiki  (cait, 20:39:19)
  * LINK:
    https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Installation_Documentation
    Release notes link to this page for installation guides  (cait,
    20:41:34)
  * Package installation is the recommended installation method  (cait,
    20:44:10)
  * IDEA: have one official installation guide for a package
    installation, variations for devs in the wiki  (cait, 20:46:49)
  * remember to change links in the release note scripts once in place
    (cait, 20:47:30)
  * ACTION: davidnind working through installation guide currently for
    updating  (cait, 20:48:50)

* Koha Community Project Day  (cait, 20:49:33)

* Next meeting  (cait, 21:01:09)

* Update on KohaCon  (cait, 21:01:37)
  * KohaCon website will be officially launched in a week or 2  (cait,
    21:02:34)
  * venue is the National Library of NZ  (cait, 21:03:03)
  * Asking volunteers on the programme committee soon  (cait, 21:03:34)
  * format will be 3 + 1 + 1  + 2 = conference + excursion + workshops +
    hackfest  (cait, 21:05:40)
  * Discussion on how to use the money raised at KohaCon19 to be
    continued  (cait, 21:13:53)
  * IDEA: If you send a person, you get a logo (your presence not
    presents)  (cait, 21:16:29)

* Next meeting  (cait, 21:18:19)
  * Next meeting: 14 August 2019, 13 UTC  (cait, 21:19:30)



Meeting ended at 21:19:35 UTC.



Action items, by person
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* davidnind
  * davidnind named as 'lead of wiki update' - will try and help get a
    plan down
  * davidnind working through installation guide currently for updating



People present (lines said)
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* cait (161)
* rangi (62)
* ashimema (58)
* davidnind (30)
* bag (28)
* thd (23)
* gmcharlt (16)
* Nemo_bis (14)
* Charles_Quain (14)
* kathryn (10)
* caroline_catlady (5)
* huginn` (4)
* wahanui (2)
* lukeG (1)
* wizzyrea (1)



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