June

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  • Ubuntu Forums Beginners Team Meeting 2009-06-02

    • Discuss name change in response to Community Council suggestion
    • Introduction of "Quest for Python", a group learning effort to learn Python using "A Byte of Python" by Swaroop C H.

    • The Ubuntu Community Learning Project was formally presented to the Community Council

    • Discussion about mentoring younger members of the team in regards to proper online etiquette
  • Ubuntu Beginners Team Meeting 2009-06-16

    • Agreed to add ~ubuntu-beginners-council as an administrator for all Ubuntu Beginners Team Launchpad teams
    • Agreed to add icon from ~ubuntu-beginners on Launchpad to Social Group on the forums

    • Discussion about how to handle votes will take place on the mailing list, and clear guidelines will be approved at the next meeting
    • Beginners Team Council will work on drafting a charter for the council, which will be voted on at the next meeting. This is in response to a team desire for the council to be more active.
    • The team has been renamed to the Ubuntu Beginners Team. All team resources are currently being updated
    • Decide to create a team todo list
    • Discussion will take place on mailing list about having more frequent focus group meetings
  • Ubuntu Beginners Team Meeting 2009-06-30

    • Agreed to transition IRC channels from using the ##beginners-foo naming scheme to #ubuntu-beginners-foo
    • Decide to hold off on requiring Beginners Team Council and Focus Group leaders to sign the Leadership Code of Conduct until it can be tracked on Launchpad.

    • Agreed to keep the list of Ubuntu Members on the Beginners Team (Jedi Fellows) in order to encourage new users to work towards Ubuntu membership
    • Provided a status update on the Beginners Team Council Charter

    • Elizabeth Krumbach joined the Ubuntu Beginners Team. She has done a great job working with the Education Focus Group, and is helping to get the Ubuntu Community Learning Project off the ground.

    • Announcement that the Young New Users Focus Group held its first meeting.

    • Announcement that the Ubuntu Beginners Team IRC Channel is now +mz as a result of some recent incidents that transpired.
    • Announcement that the Education Focus Group is still involved with the Ubuntu Community Learning Project, and they are currently discussing which license to use for courses.