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EPA Weekly—March 24, 2022

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Mar 24, 2022

Submissions Folder

Editing Framework

Attendees

Retrospective!

Feedback/notes/ideas:

Things we did well

(links) I think the emphasis on quality editing was good - it definitely made me feel I could spend more time on an article and I really felt like I helped a few authors nurture their voices

(links) I liked the empowerment of people like SamJ and Trewkat, although I almost wish I understood more what their authorities/responsibilities are

(links) is it just me or is the newsletter fucking killing it? Are they part of EPA? Cause they are fucking killing it

Things we could improve

(links) I felt a bit stressed with the constant inflow of new articles to edit. I identified that I could handle 1 article every 2 weeks and ended up doing roughly one a week, which was difficult when I was spending ~5hrs/article

(links) I have a lot less motivation to edit articles. Partly this is due to economic forces (pay has been decreased and the price of BANK is down), but also I don’t really see what I’m doing makes a difference. I don’t really see where we are going as an organization

I also realize that since I only get paid if an article gets published, I have even less incentive to spend time on things, because if I make too many edits, authors might be turned off of leveling up their article

(links) our talent process leaves a lot to be desired. I used to feel energized about the WG, new people constantly coming in and contributing. Now it feels like we are stagnating a bit

I will admit I’m not always able to make it to meetings, so I may have an outlier view

(links) IP agreement needs to be solidified

(links) feels slow to get an article from submission to published

Things I am pondering

(links) What does decentralized publishing even mean? How is it different from centralized publishing?

I’ve had a few conversations about this and it’s clear that my ideas are NOT everyone else’s ideas

Some people say “I dunno, that’s what we’re trying to figure out!” - it would be nice to at least have some sort of operating hypothesis