The Fridge is the main news center for the Ubuntu community. Everything about the community, from what exciting projects LoCos are working on, cool new community happenings, newly approved members and LoCos, to points of interests that get posted on
Team Reports should be promoted on it.
In many ways, the Ubuntu Planet has become the defacto news source for the community. While the planet is definitely enjoyable to read, content slips off the front page too quickly. The planet's focus is also quite different: "Planet Ubuntu is a window into the world, work and lives of Ubuntu developers and contributors." There is a lot of non-Ubuntu material that some readers may not be interested in. The Fridge on the other hand is only about the Ubuntu community. A lot of content on the planet should be on The Fridge.
While the Fridge is read widely, there is simply not enough content on it. Adding editors to it is not easy at the moment. The release of the LP
SSO plugin should make it easy for community members to submit content.
There should also be several calendar feeds (the current one doesn't work with Google Calendar): one for IRC meetings, one for LoCo (real-life) meetings, one for Ubuntu-related events (anything major like an UbuCon). Editors who have access through LP should be able to add meetings as needed.
A feed of The Fridge should be on the main ubuntu.com site. Pre-made widgets should be available so bloggers can post a feed to their site. Placing a feed on the Firefox start page could also be beneficial.
