wgutils

This is a utility command to help with managing Working Groups. It was designed for the GraphQL Working Groups, but could be used for other projects that work in a similar way (if this is of interest, get in touch and we can figure out how to make it even more configurable).

Installation

yarn add wgutils

wgutils init

Create an example wg.config.js file with the wgutils init command:

wgutils init

Then edit this file and customize it for the local repository.

wg.config.js

Main options:

• name - name of the WG, e.g. "GraphQL WG"
• repoUrl - the root URL to the repo, e.g. "https://github.com/graphql/graphql-wg"
• videoConferenceDetails - the video conference URL; gets interpolated into the markdown, so if additional details (e.g. password) are required include them indented after a newline
• liveNotesUrl - the URL to the Google Doc that is used for the live notes
• attendeesTemplate - a markdown table for your attendees to populate
• timezone - US/Pacific or UTC or similar; what time governs your meeting times. Critical for international daylight savings time.
• frequency - monthly or weekly - how frequently do you meet
• weekday - M, Tu, W, Th, F, Sa or Su - which day of the week do you meet on?
• time - the time range of the meeting in strict 24 hour range format: HH:MM-HH:MM (e.g. 12:30-14:00)

When frequency = 'monthly':

• nth - 1-4 - which of the weekdays do you meet on?
• secondaryMeetings - are there additional meetings? If so, a list of them:
  • nth - which instance
  • dayOffset (optional) - if this meeting is a different day of the week, how does it relate to the normal schedule? (e.g. if you normally meet Thursdays, then Wednesday would be -1)
  • time - the time range of the meeting in strict 24 hour range format: HH:MM-HH:MM (e.g. 12:30-14:00)
  • name (optional) - a name for this secondary meeting
  • description (optional) - a description for this secondary meeting
  • filenameFragment (optional) - extra text to add to the agenda filename

When frequency = 'weekly':

• primaryN - which meeting is the primary (if any)? We really only support this being 1 right now...

Optional but important options:

• joiningAMeetingFile (optional) - if your repository contains a "JoiningAMeeting.md" file, name it here and we'll embed parts into the agendas
• description (optional) - description of the working group; will appear in agendas
• dateAndTimeLocations (optional) - the locations to add to the end of the dateandtime.com URL for the time of the meeting
• filenameFragment (optional) - extra text to add to the agenda filename

Options that are unlikely to be overridden for new projects:

• links (optional) - an object defining some named links to use in the markdown (e.g. from the description)
• repoSubpath (optional) - if the agendas/etc folder is not in the root, the relative path to it. Unlikely you'll need this.
• agendasFolder (optional) - the name of the folder the agendas are stored in (i.e. "agendas"), relative to repoSubpath (or the repo root)

wgutils agenda gen

Generates agenda files for the given year and month, according to the settings in wg.config.js.

Example: generate the agenda file(s) for April 2024:

wgutils agenda gen 2024 4

Current limitations

These are known limitations of the software that we won't bother to address unless there's a need to do so:

• Primary meeting must be the first meeting in the month (otherwise 'prior meetings' is not populated correctly)