This topic was created as a playground to improve the formatting of the Contributors meetup Async Update and the Core Contributor Sprint Retro . The goal is to make the reports easier to read and to encourage more involvement from Core Contributors. See the recommended updates in the posts below.

Core Contributors Update: Jul 22 - Aug 4, 2023 Use the jump links below to view the section that interests you: Working Groups Updates Events Projects Next async update and meetup 1. Working Groups Updates Working Groups Calendar 1.1. BTR Working Group Chair: @ali_hugo …

Core Contributor Sprint Retro: Jul 22 - Aug 4, 2023 Here is a summary of responses for the end-of-sprint check-in. The full report is on Listaflow . :stopwatch: Core Contributor Hours A total of 228 hours were reported this sprint, down from 319.25 and 238.75 in the previous two sprints: [cha…

Hi @Natalia_Choconta and @Dean , Firstly, thank you for posting the Core Contributor updates at the end of each sprint. I’m sure it takes quite a bit of time and effort, so thanks for that. It’s a great way to keep up to date with what’s going on in the Community. :raised_hands: I’ve been thinking …

Hello @ali_hugo ! Thank you for this proposal to generate a change in how we carry out the Contributors meetup Async Update. The new format seems very successful to me, it is quite organized, it can be read easily and it has all the information that we have been handling, so making the change will b…

@Natalia_Choconta Yay, I’m glad you like the new formatting! I see you’ve already tried it out on the latest update . Looks good! :raised_hands:

@ali_hugo Thanks again for looking into this! I like the new presentation, for both reports - it’s more readable. A few ideas to take it further: It could be nice to have more visual parts, like graphs, illustrations, etc. I.e. taking it a bit further away from a corporate report, and closer to a …

@antoviaque I like those ideas! But before we put them into practice, I think it’s important to determine whether the reward is worth the effort. I’ve started interviewing a few CC’s about our processes, and the two people I have interviewed so far don’t seem to read these reports very closely. Some…

@ali_hugo Yup, completely! I agree with the assessment, that’s precisely why we need to improve the reports :slight_smile:

[image] antoviaque: On the content itself, what could we do to make it more appealing? Are there maybe some techniques from newsletters or journalistic writing that we could apply there? Like putting the important bits at the top, maybe grouping topics by theme, etc. The drawback of this is that…

[image] ali_hugo: Suggested tweaks Looks better thank you @ali_hugo !

Improving the readability of Core Contributor updates

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ali_hugo (Ali Hugo) October 31, 2023, 7:16am 14

@Dean I think how you incorporated graphs in your previous update works nicely.

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Improving the readability of Core Contributor updates

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