In May 2023 we started experimenting with Monthly Reports curation being a [responsibility of the Fundraising team](https://tails.net/contribute/working_together/roles/fundraising/).
The curator is solely responsible for the report, but contributors are
encouraged to help.
The curator is solely responsible for the report, but contributors are encouraged to help.
You have 2 ways to work on the report:
* editing in GitLab web interface
* editing using Git on your computer
To initialize the wiki page for the monthly report you're working on:
1. Create the `wiki/src/news/report_YEAR_MO.mdwn` page in a new branch in tails.git.
2. Copy and paste the template that's at the bottom of this page,
without the code markers.
2. Copy and paste the template that's at the bottom of this page, without the code markers.
Publishing
==========
# Publishing
- Ensure the `meta date=` directive is set to today's date in RFC 2822 format
(e.g. `date --rfc-2822`).
- Ensure the `meta date=` directive is set to today's date in RFC 2822 format (e.g. `date --rfc-2822`).
- Copy the report to `wiki/src/news/report_YEAR_MO.mdwn` in tails.git.
-[Build the website locally](https://tails.boum.org/contribute/build/website) and check that it builds fine and the
report renders well (e.g. no broken links).
-[Build the website locally](https://tails.boum.org/contribute/build/website) and check that it builds fine and the report renders well (e.g. no broken links).
- Commit.
- Push.
- Tweet about the report:
- "In MONTH, we worked on [...] and more: https://tails.boum.org/news/report_YEAR_MO."
- If you don't have access to our Twitter account send your text
for the tweet along with your merge request for the report.
- "In MONTH, we worked on \[...\] and more: https://tails.boum.org/news/report_YEAR_MO."
- If you don't have access to our Twitter account send your text for the tweet along with your merge request for the report.
- Email the [simplified HTML version of the report](https://tails.boum.org/inc/simplified_monthly_report):
```plaintext
To: tails-dev@boum.org
Cc: tor-project@lists.torproject.org
Subject: Tails report for XXXXXXXX YYYY
Reply-to: tails-dev@boum.org
```
Do the following to compose an email in HTML in *Thunderbird*:
2. In the **Composition & Addressing** tab of your email account, select **Compose messages in HTML format**.
If your email client, like _Thunderbird_ in Tails, doesn't allow you to send emails in HTML format, you can probably do so from the webmail application of your email provider.
- Make sure that we already have a curator for next month.
If we do, notify them.
Else, raise the issue to Core Workers and update the
[list of volunteers](monthly_report#coordinators).
Else, raise the issue to Core Workers and update the [list of volunteers](monthly_report#coordinators).
Template
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# Template
```
```plaintext
[[!meta title="Tails report for MONTH YEAR"]]
[[!meta date="`date --rfc-2822` eg. Thu, 08 Feb 2018 07:21:15 +0000"]]
[[!pagetemplate template="news.tmpl"]]
...
...
@@ -93,14 +76,11 @@ Metrics
Tails has been started more than BOOTS/MONTH times this month. This makes BOOTS/DAY boots a day on average.
XXX: Check the [archives of tails-dev@boum.org](https://lists.autistici.org/list/tails-dev.html) for this number.
