On 09/03/14 16:55, Ken Fallon wrote: > I would like to bring this topic to some form of closure. Can I invite > everyone to comment on this proposed text. > <quote> > If you have a non urgent show, please consider scheduling it during the > summer period in the Northern Hemisphere as this is usually when we are > short of shows. The backup queue is intended only to be used in the > cases where there is still a gap in the schedule 24 hours prior to release. > > The shows will by their very nature need to be "timeless", ie: your > topic should still be relevant in four years or more. People will be > able to hear the show on the website but they will not be included in > any feeds until release. > > Please begin all shows with text similar to: > "This is a backup show, if you are hearing this then HPR needs shows > ASAP. Please consider contributing a show. Email admin at hacker public > radio dot org for more information." > > We expect that we need at least 10 shows in the backup queue in order to > give people enough time to record and submit shows. Remember once that > all the backup shows have been used up and there are no more shows in > the queue, HPR as a project will stop. > </quote>
I think this makes it clear what to do for non-urgent shows, and how that is different from the emergency queue (the new name for which also adds some clarity). On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 7:28 AM, Ken Fallon <k...@fallon.ie> wrote: > I think we need to make it clear that shows in this queue will *never* > get released unless there is an emergency. The reason I mention 10 > shows, is because that is the minimum I think we need to rally the troops. > > On the other hand as we can see from the discussions to this thread, > some hosts intend that their shows never be rotated out and only used > for backup slots. I think this is the right decision, given the wishes of these hosts. > So the purpose of this clause is to make the Backup queue an Emergency > Queue. IE *only* shows intended to be in there for a looooooong time. No > rotation, no maximum size, playable - yes, but not scheduled until they > are needed. > > So what about people that don't care when they are scheduled, who are in > no particular rush to have their show aired, but expect it to be > released sometime. I do not want to be responsible for scheduling those, > for fear of acquisitions of bias. Yes we could write a script to > schedule them but then that leads to confusion. So then why not let the > people schedule the shows themselves at a time we know will be quiet. > Eg: during the summer. > > Does that seem logical and fair ? I think this is exactly what's needed. _______________________________________________ Hpr mailing list Hpr@hackerpublicradio.org http://hackerpublicradio.org/mailman/listinfo/hpr_hackerpublicradio.org
