Hope this is a useful quick set of instructions helps those new to scribing on W3C calls. We added this info to our agenda template so it is all in one place.
Bots in a nutshell: Zakim handles the telecon IRC attendance & queuing; trackbot any logged Action Items; RRSAgent produces nicely formatted minutes from the IRC channel.
Scribe's Meeting Checklist:
If not already present, invite bots to the channel (#<channel name>)
Please confirm: Zakim is present. If not, /invite zakim
RRSAgent is present. If not, /invite rrsagent
trackbot is present. If not, /invite trackbot
Enter the following information:
Meeting: <name>
Chair: <Person's name>
Agenda: <URL>
Scribe: <Person's name>
ScribeNick: <IRC nick>
Agenda: <link to the agenda>
Scribe's End of Meeting Checklist:
RRSAgent, set logs world-visible
RRSAgent, make minutes
Preliminary minutes are sent to http://www.w3.org/2011/<group name>/meeting/yyyy-mm-dd
See http://www.w3.org/2009/CommonScribe/panel/
Copy IRC log and generate preview.
Go to minutes URL (provided by RRSAgent) and select "preview nicely formatted minutes"
Select "Save for Review/Approval"
Comprehensive Scribe manual may be found here http://www.w3.org/2011/gld/wiki/Scribes
I hope this helps. If any information proves to be incorrect, please email GLD Chairs <team-gld-chairs@w3.org> and we'll ensure the info is updated & circulated.
Cheers,
Bernadette Hyland