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   1 18:56 < jdeslip> ---------------- Begin Meeting ------------------
   2 18:57 < jdeslip> We usually begin with announcements.  Does anyone have something to share that is relevant to the team?
   3 18:58 < jdeslip> In case anyone is not aware Ubuntu 11.04 is scheduled to be released on the 28th of this month.
   4 18:58 < grantbow> Agenda is at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam/Meetings/11April10
   5 18:58 < jdeslip> grantbow: thanks
   6 18:58 < philipballew> how did the global jams play out?
   7 18:58 < philipballew> thats the first item
   8 18:58 < jdeslip> So, that is agenda item 1.
   9 18:58 < grantbow> Open Week is coming up May 2nd. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOpenWeek
  10 18:59 < jdeslip> excellent
  11 18:59 < jdeslip> Any other announcements?
  12 18:59 < grantbow> not that I can think of.
  13 18:59 < grantbow> jono did a Global Jam in Walnut Creek on Friday.
  14 19:00 < jdeslip> Can you summarize that grantbow?
  15 19:00 < grantbow> pleia2 did a Global Jam on Sunday in Berkeley
  16 19:00 < grantbow> I attended both.  I wish they could summarize but pleia2 is on vacation.
  17 19:00 < jdeslip> I can summarize the second, but did not attend the first.
  18 19:01 < grantbow> were there others?
  19 19:01 < philipballew> i assume jono isnt here
  20 19:01 -!- Irssi: #ubuntu-us-ca: Total of 31 nicks [1 ops, 0 halfops, 0 voices, 30 normal]
  21 19:01 < jdeslip> Well, at the second event, Sunday in Berkeley, we had 6 attendees total.
  22 19:02 < grantbow> no other events are listed http://loco.ubuntu.com/teams/ubuntu-california/events/history
  23 19:02 < grantbow> Global Jam events at least
  24 19:02 < jdeslip> pleia2 brought some documentation on xubuntu with instructions for testers.  I believe a couple of bugs were file
  25 d against it.
  26 19:03 < jdeslip> I personally spent my time testing Ubuntu and Unity - and filed a couple bugs.  
  27 19:03 < philipballew> my email says there were only two
  28 19:03 < grantbow> the folks in this channel for IRC were helpful at both events - thank you virtual attendees too!
  29 19:04 < jdeslip> I think, in the future, we might be able to make the events even more succesful by coming up with a short list of
  30  focused tasks ahead of time.
  31 19:05 < grantbow> sounds good
  32 19:05 < jdeslip> pleia2 task list for xubuntu seemed like a good example
  33 19:05 < grantbow> We talked about several bugs including some in Unity and road tested the future release.
  34 19:05 < jdeslip> Any other feedback from anyone who attended one of the two events?
  35 19:06 < grantbow> We had a new MOTU attend the Walnut Creek event.
  36 19:06 < grantbow> We talked about UDS sponsorships which have now been announced. You know if you are going by now.
  37 19:06 < grantbow> That's all I can recall right now.
  38 19:07 < jdeslip> OK, so let's move on to agenda item 2.  Release party for 11.04.
  39 19:07  * kevin6888296 sneaks in
  40 19:07 < jdeslip> Since I missed the last meeting, I am a bit out of the loop (or not?) - are there any plans or locations planned 
  41 yet?
  42 19:08 < grantbow> jono often has something up his sleeve.  I'll email him.
  43 19:08 < jdeslip> For the last few releases, we have met in SF either at the Thirsty bear or nearby
  44 19:08 < philipballew> i dont recal  any being mantoned last meeting
  45 19:08 < grantbow> nothing planned that I am aware of.
  46 19:09 < jdeslip> Usually just an opportunity for people who live nearby to meet eachother person and have fun celebrating the rele
  47 ase
  48 19:09 < kevin6888296> are you doing anything in your neck philipballew ?
  49 19:09 < jdeslip> Ok, I'll talk to pleia2 and see if she wants to host something in SF at Thirsty Bear or nearby again.  
  50 19:10 < jdeslip> Ya, hopefully some of the SoCal folks can put something together.
  51 19:10 < kevin6888296> it's just a matter of finding a venue, i'm starting to sync up with a hacker space in culver city
  52 19:10 < kevin6888296> perhaps that might be an option
  53 19:10 < grantbow> kevin*: cool!
  54 19:10 < eps> I like the concept of "nearby." Thirsty Bear is so noisy it's difficult to converse.
  55 19:10 < JamezQ> So, how about the NorCal guys? Up in the bay? What if someone is there?
  56 19:11 < philipballew> nothing, i might email david as he possibly has something. i personaally have nothing though
  57 19:11 < jdeslip> Cool.  Let us know how that goes by sending an email to the mailing list
  58 19:11 < grantbow> eps: plan an event if you don't prefer the ones that get planned.
  59 19:11 < grantbow> jdeslip: right
  60 19:11 < eps> grantbow: I'm not challenging the event, just the venue
  61 19:11 < kevin6888296> philipballew: ah
  62 19:12 < jdeslip> JamezQ: We will likely have a party in the Bay area (probably SF) - I'll talk to pleia2 and write an email to the
  63  list. We should sync with jono if he is planning something
  64 19:12 < kevin6888296> eps: finding a venue ain't easy, at least not in my experience.
  65 19:12 < Eureka> wiki: http://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam/Projects/UbuntuHours edited
  66 19:12 < jdeslip> eps: we'll keep your opinion in mind.  Do you have another suggestion for a place?
  67 19:12 < grantbow> there is no limit to the number of events.
  68 19:12 < philipballew> does the jam have to be on the actual release date or would the weekend work just as well?
  69 19:13 < kevin6888296> well, i suppose an event with just 1 person still counts as an event
  70 19:13 < jdeslip> philipballew: the weekend is fine.  Usually we do it within a week or so of release.  But, there is no reason it 
  71 has to be on the release date.
  72 19:13 < eps> jdeslip: not off the top of my head. Thirsty Bear would work if we had enough attendees to reserve our own area; we'r
  73 e just too small at the moment.
  74 19:13 < grantbow> no hard limits, just around that time.
  75 19:14 < philipballew> excellent
  76 19:14 < grantbow> as the time draws closer people will get more details nailed down as usual.
  77 19:15 < grantbow> 18 days or so left
  78 19:15 < kevin6888296> philipballew: it probably depends on who is attending
  79 19:15 < jdeslip> OK.  So if philipballew, kevin6888296 want to se something up as well as anyone else, please send an email to the
  80  list with planned location and time so others in the area know
  81 19:16 < jdeslip> Anything from a get-together to an advocacy event would be great.
  82 19:17 < grantbow> sounds good
  83 19:17 < grantbow> installfests are possible too if you are quick with downloads but it's not required
  84 19:17 < philipballew> is doing one just finding a place to have it and a time?
  85 19:17 < grantbow> yes
  86 19:17 < jdeslip> philipballew: that is probably the hardest part.  
  87 19:18 < grantbow> and telling people about it
  88 19:18 < jdeslip> You can basically just make it a get-together for ubuntu users / team-members in the area.  If you want you can a
  89 lso burn some discs, make a sign and do a little advocacy.
  90 19:19 < jdeslip> Can use the teams cd-sleeve design
  91 19:19 < philipballew> for sure. well i can make the sing, find a place. but would people from greater so cal come is the real ques
  92 tion
  93 19:20 < grantbow> ask around
  94 19:20 < jdeslip> I am guessing you would get quite a few.  You can judge by response to the mailing list.
  95 19:20 < eps> Publicity helps. High gasoline prices don't.
  96 19:20 < jdeslip> true story
  97 19:20 < philipballew> bikes ftw!
  98 19:21 < philipballew> i can shoot a invitation out then find a place by the number of people that respond
  99 19:22 < jdeslip> That would be a good plan I think
 100 19:22 < jdeslip> Ok does anyone have something they would like to add to the meeting agenda?  Announcements, proposals etc...?
 101 19:22 < akk> A lot of people won't respond much ahead of time, though.
 102 19:22 < grantbow> Here are a couple URLs I should have mentioned during the global jam wrap-up section. http://princessleia.com/jo
 103 urnal/?p=4196  Jono didn't write much about Walnut Creek specifically but he has a few global jam entries.  http://www.jonobacon.o
 104 rg/
 105 19:23 < aaditya> How about an Ubuntu California biking group?
 106 19:23 < grantbow> the floor is open
 107 19:23 < jdeslip> If you can find other team-members who like biking than why not? ;)
 108 19:23 < philipballew> yes. we ride bikes while holding our laptops!!!
 109 19:24 < aaditya> Would people enjoy going out in the greens and burn some calories than sitting in a coffee shop and consuming mor
 110 e?
 111 19:24 < aaditya> I won't be surprised to see a laptop mounted on a bike.
 112 19:24 < aaditya> There's mounts for smartphones out there.
 113 19:24 < JamezQ> Heh, I don't know if that is legal.
 114 19:24 < aaditya> Everything's legal when you're on a bike ;)
 115 19:24 < aaditya> well almost.
 116 19:24 < jdeslip> JamezQ: was about to say that
 117 19:25 < akk> There's a bill in the works to ban non-handsfree phones (and presumably texting) on bikes, I've read.
 118 19:25 < aaditya> Do people actually do that? o.O
 119 19:25 < philipballew> but the cheeper pay as you go phones rule!
 120 19:25 < grantbow> because that's the most important issue in the state of course...
 121 19:25  * akk would be interested if there was a south bay group going biking
 122 19:25 < grantbow> anything else Ubuntu related?
 123 19:25 < eps> It looks like the next SF Ubuntu Hour will be one week later than customary. http://loco.ubuntu.com/teams/ubuntu-cali
 124 fornia/events
 125 19:26 < jdeslip> eps: yes, good find.
 126 19:26 < aaditya> alright akk, that makes two of us.
 127 19:26 < akk> aaditya: Oh yeah, I've seen lots of people riding with 1 or 0 hands while using the other(s) to hold a phone to their
 128  ear.
 129 19:26 < grantbow> eps: thanks for the reminder
 130 19:26 < jdeslip> OK: Anything else before we close the meeting?
 131 19:27 < grantbow> Ubuntu Hours are coming up - keep an eye on http://loco.ubuntu.com/teams/ubuntu-california/events and/or ...
 132 19:27 < grantbow> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam/Projects/UbuntuHours
 133 19:27 < jdeslip> -------------- Meeting Ends ---------------------