Scribe list & instructions

Scribe list

The person at the top of the list will scribe for the next teleconference. If top person is not able to scribe, the second will scribe and name #1 remains at the top for next time. Once you have scribed, move your name to the bottom of the list.

Note: Chairs and AG WG Chair (liaison) are exempt from scribing.

• Shadi Abou-Zahra
• Bruce Bailey
• Gregg Vanderheiden
• Shawn Thompson
• Fernanda Bonnin
• Bryan Trogdon
• Devanshu Chandra
• Chris Loiselle
• Olivia Hogan-Stark
• Thorsten Katzmann
• Anastasia Lanz
• Laura Miller
• Daniel Montalvo

Instructions

Tips for Scribing

When it's your turn to scribe at a meeting:

• Scribe the gist of what is being said, not word-for-word.
• Take down who is speaking by including their IRC nickname. Example: suzieq: Scribing is easy.
• Write down if there's general agreement within the group. Example: General agreement that scribing is easy.

IRC Commands for Scribing

Here's some common scribe commands for you to use.

Command	Usage
scribe+ your-irc-nickname	Add yourself as a meeting scribe.
zakim, next item	Opens the next agenda item.
TOPIC: Some new topic	Creates a new linkable topic in the minutes. Used for topics introduced outside of the agenda items.
s/X/Y	Substitutes text X with text Y. Used to make corrections. Example: s/teh/the replaces the most recent occurrence of teh with the.
ACTION: irc-nickname to Task to do - [due date]	Creates an action item and assigns an action number for the tracker.
close action-number	Closes the action with that number. Example: close action-2
RESOLUTION: Group consensus to be noted in the minutes.	Creates a linkable decision to add to our Decisions page.

Ending a meeting

To end the meeting, use the following commands.

1. zakim, bye
2. rrsagent, make minutes

Then send the generated link to the minutes to the group public list: [email protected]