Monthly PyLadies Meeting Notes: Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 10PM UTC

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This template should be used (edited) the month prior and during the meeting. This will ensure we can address all topics added throughout the month; as well as provide minutes and follow up after the meeting is held.

PyLadies Global Meeting

• Date: May 7th, 2024
• Previous meeting issue link: Monthly PyLadies Meeting Notes: Tuesday, April 9th, 2024 10PM UTC #146
• Current meeting attendees: @BethanyG @JUpani @MmeMarieLouise @econchick

Agenda

Please add items as needed. If you add a topic please make sure to attend the meeting.

Project Updates

1. Project Comms (Slack: #project-communication / Repo: https://github.com/pyladies/project-communications)

2. Project Admin & Logistics (Slack: #project-admin-logistics / Repo: https://github.com/pyladies/project-admin-logisitics )

3. Project Tech & Infra (Slack: #project-tech-infra / Repo: https://github.com/pyladies/pyladies )

Review Actions Items from Last Meeting

Action Item	Owner	Relevant links	Completed

New Business

• website specification
  • include kit.pyladies.com in scope
  • make sure kit.pyladies.com and pyladies.com are more strongly linked together
  • make sure that the new site is easy to maintain.
    • what does that look like for us? esp since energy / volunteers ebb and flows
  • possibility: use django (or django plugin of some sort) to build a static site
  • stick to static, make it collaborative
    • same "format" for collaboration (contribute blog posts, new chapters, learning resources)
    • mynt is no longer maintained
    • options: Hugo (Go), django-distill (Python, Django), Jekyll (Ruby), pelican Python, 11ty(node, JavaScript)
  • cookiecutter repo for chapters (or refresh the existing one)
  • problem to solve: "what do i need to do to make this change?"
    • many repos, many possible places to make changes; netlify vs heroku vs what else
    • chapter meetup or meetup equivalent posts
    • add my chapter's twitter / mastodon
    • add my chapter's info
    • add my chapter to the world map
    • add a blog post
    • add a resource
    • aggregator of chapters' blog posts
  • probably want to maintain same/similar content structure / info architecture
  • design needs: clean, nice, not trendy, mobile friendly; "stands test of time"; supports dark mode
  • community:
    • what content do we want on there?
    • what's no longer needed?
    • what do you want to see as a pylady?
    • do we localize?
  • sprints:
    • come away with a rough timeline
• mastodon acct/server
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Old Business: Follow up items from prior meeting:

• conclude Hopefully the final attempt to migrate the PyLadies static website pyladies#649
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Action Items and Assignees for Next Meeting

Action Item	Owner	Relevant links
review @MmeMarieLouise microfunding proposal for next meeting	@MmeMarieLouise

@pyladies/pyladies-global-contributors
@pyladies/pyladies-global-admin