fév 03 21:02:10 hi to all, who is here for the meeting ? fév 03 21:03:37 :-) fév 03 21:04:31 Hello fév 03 21:05:51 I'm kind of here fév 03 21:06:22 hi massimo21 clamam mongolito404 ! JanC ? mimor ? fév 03 21:09:49 JanC ? mimor ? fév 03 21:13:59 i'd like to start now with topic #1. Past and future events, item #1 dipro computer fair ghent 30/01/2011, but i need JanC or mimor to get information ! fév 03 21:16:00 we continue with item #2 Dipro fair Kortrijk 06/02/2011 fév 03 21:16:08 same day as fosdem ! fév 03 21:16:17 team consists of 4 ubunteros, additional volunteers will be welcome! fév 03 21:16:27 preparation is going on fév 03 21:16:36 wiki https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BelgianTeam/ComputerFairs/Kortrijk_2011-02-06 fév 03 21:17:06 but i presume you can not help in kortrijk ! fév 03 21:17:36 no, it's too far away fév 03 21:17:47 2 a 3h drive fév 03 21:17:59 idd ! fév 03 21:19:00 JanC ? fév 03 21:21:56 * padv est parti (Remote host closed the connection) fév 03 21:24:26 next item #3 fosdem 05-06/02/2011 – Brussels fév 03 21:24:46 but without JanC , nothing to report ! fév 03 21:25:11 next item #4 hobby and computers days - antwerp 26-27/02/2011 fév 03 21:25:26 ubuntu-be will organize a booth during the 2 days, … fév 03 21:25:34 therefore, we need at least 2x4 volunteers. Names are already in, but noy enough. fév 03 21:25:45 willing to help promoting ubuntu ? please add your names in the wiki fév 03 21:25:51 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BelgianTeam/ComputerFairs/Antwerp_2011-02-26-27 fév 03 21:26:15 it is less far than kortrijk ! fév 03 21:27:44 I can probably make that, but will need to check agenda fév 03 21:27:53 i hope more volunteers will react, at least 2 x 2 fév 03 21:28:12 * woutervddn (~woutervdd@d54C1A7ED.access.telenet.be) a rejoint #ubuntu-be fév 03 21:28:27 hi guys.. sry I'm late.. fév 03 21:28:30 as you see in the wiki, we have at least 2 on saturday and 2 on sunday fév 03 21:28:49 hi woutervddn fév 03 21:28:51 * mongolito404 thinking out loud fév 03 21:28:54 o/ fév 03 21:29:15 JanC ? fév 03 21:29:24 should we have a page on the wiki describing what we do at Dirpros to ease recruitment ? fév 03 21:29:39 s/on the wiki/website fév 03 21:30:00 ^+1 fév 03 21:30:03 there are some elements, ... fév 03 21:30:27 but a part is personnal experience ... fév 03 21:31:58 jean7491: Where exactly ? fév 03 21:32:08 wait fév 03 21:33:12 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BelgianTeam/ComputerFairs and link to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoComputerFairHowto fév 03 21:34:34 That's info to help organisation, what I was thinking of is more an introduction to what we (actually you) are doing at fairs it has been said on the mailing list numerous times) fév 03 21:35:24 and btw in https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoComputerFairHowto we could add a picture of the last booth in hasselt fév 03 21:35:35 To be used as reference when I want to say "hey, here is what nice people in Ubuntu-be.org are doing at Dipros, see nothing hard. Wanna join ?" fév 03 21:35:38 we could add that info on the "participate" page? fév 03 21:36:17 woutervddn: yes fév 03 21:38:06 * massimo21 est parti (Read error: Connection reset by peer) fév 03 21:38:24 short text as i often send in the mailing list (when asking for volunteers) is easy, but "what we do" is more in the booth reports and pictures in the wiki fév 03 21:39:18 jean, we could make a selection of photo's and info which is sort of an advertisement to people to volunteer on a fair.. fév 03 21:39:53 Exactly, the same kind of text sent by jean7491 on the ML + some pictures. fév 03 21:39:59 (read advertisement as brochure or something..) photo's on facebook where THE thing that made me join my first fair.. fév 03 21:40:01 but what i write is my personnal opinion about what we should do, don't know if there is a consensus fév 03 21:40:59 As usual, the consensus is made be those doing the things (and anybody can), so if we (people discussing and willing to put the content on the site) agree on something, we do it. fév 03 21:41:12 @jean: is your opinion in the line of the Ubuntu-be goals? fév 03 21:42:07 @woutervddn: i hope! @mongolito404 : perhaps link to pictures in facebook could be a good idea fév 03 21:43:07 why not put the pictures on the site also? make the page look good and make it easy for people to see in 1 shot what the fairs are about.. :) fév 03 21:43:55 it's a good idea to promote our work/hobby on facebook or ubuntu-be.org, maybe we can interest some people for joining us fév 03 21:45:06 clamam: exactly fév 03 21:45:48 i fully agree with the need to promote our job/work/hobby ! ... fév 03 21:45:55 my facebook profile has at least one ubuntu related status a week.. most people don't really care about it but yesterday I had a friend telling me he saw a website on the internet that said: download for ubuntu.. He asked me to install U for him.. :) fév 03 21:46:34 * massimo21 (~massimo21@91.176.193.13) a rejoint #ubuntu-be fév 03 21:48:24 problem is to compose the promotion (pics and text) and how to publish it ? ... fév 03 21:49:33 as i already spend a lot of time in organizing or helping to organize, i've no time to do that ! fév 03 21:49:49 I'm sure drupal can handle that.. (or can't it?) problem is I can't post pictures on the site :p fév 03 21:50:17 apart from that I can make/compose the text for it.. :) fév 03 21:53:05 thanks for helping ! fév 03 21:53:47 woutervddn: you can start working on the text fév 03 21:54:00 And yes, Drupal can handle pictures fév 03 21:54:18 np.. ^^ now that I don't have to send a dozen of emails each evening to people who buy shirts I have some time left.. ;-) fév 03 21:54:52 @mongolito404: I will.. I suppose you could add the pictures if I'd put the links between brackets or something? fév 03 21:55:23 woutervddn, i'll send you a few text i often use ... fév 03 21:55:26 woutervddn: pm fév 03 21:56:20 i propose to continue a last item in the events, before promotion and t-shirts fév 03 21:56:48 item #5 digital week 2011, (28/02-05/03/2011) fév 03 21:56:54 already scheduled on 03/03/2011: presentation (2 sessions) of Ubuntu in the public library – Ostend fév 03 21:57:00 wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BelgianTeam/DigitalWeek-2011 fév 03 21:57:12 other info: http://www.digitaleweek.be/organisatie/ubuntu-belgië fév 03 21:57:19 has someone new information about the digital week ? fév 03 21:59:27 if no comment, next topic # 2. Promotion fév 03 21:59:37 item #1 t-shirts for Ubuntu-be : fév 03 21:59:49 you can pre-order your t-shirts till 06/02 (at promotional price), … fév 03 21:59:58 https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dFBJTlJBcGJtdFc0cEZNMlFfaVU0Z3c6MQ#gid=0 fév 03 22:00:00 indeed.. fév 03 22:00:09 * rulus est parti (Quit: Ik ga weg) fév 03 22:00:11 update by wouter ? fév 03 22:00:13 * JanC drops in fév 03 22:00:20 and I am pleased to tell you all that we allready sold 1/4th of the shirts! fév 03 22:00:35 nice! fév 03 22:01:00 and the shirts arrived at JanC earlier this week.. fév 03 22:01:08 @janC: how do they look? fév 03 22:01:36 they are black with text on it ;-) fév 03 22:01:45 awesome ! fév 03 22:01:53 woutervddn: I guess I'll have to take away what is already ordered? fév 03 22:02:19 I suppose that is a good idea :) fév 03 22:02:34 did anything change since your last mail to me? fév 03 22:03:04 we now sold 6 mediums 7 larges 9XL's and 3XXL's :) fév 03 22:03:23 times €12 is 300€ fév 03 22:04:30 will you be at FOSDEM Saturday morning? fév 03 22:05:03 it would have been better to stop pre-sales tomorrow ;) fév 03 22:05:12 I won't (else I'd take the shirts myself) fév 03 22:05:57 now we will be selling t-shirts in 2 places... fév 03 22:06:00 JanC: I thought about that yesterday, but it doesn't really matter if they order later, they'll just have to wait until we order more.. fév 03 22:07:24 Other Ubuntu-be users understand that we can't garantee that we don't run out of shirts.. fév 03 22:07:49 can you send a list of what I have to take out of the box to the mailing list on Saturday morning or Friday evening? fév 03 22:08:26 I'll send you friday evening. I'm going to send 1 last call to order this evening. fév 03 22:08:26 I'll probably not read mails, but I can do a quick check on the ML archives with any computer... fév 03 22:08:48 I'll put it on the ML then :) fév 03 22:09:04 Or if you want I can text you.. :) fév 03 22:09:16 ML is okay fév 03 22:09:23 ok.. fév 03 22:09:43 something else for the t-shirts ? fév 03 22:10:00 1 more thing.. fév 03 22:10:18 I'd like to make something different then the existing google form.. :p fév 03 22:10:33 it works but it's tons and tons of work to do everything manually.. :p fév 03 22:10:47 so I'll probably make a script or something else to automate this.. :) fév 03 22:11:21 ok fév 03 22:11:37 * JanC goes working on FOSDEM stuff again, ping me if you need me ☺ fév 03 22:13:39 JanC : something to say about fosdem ? fév 03 22:13:57 item #3 fosdem 05-06/02/2011 – Brussels : comment JanC ?... fév 03 22:16:46 I'm working on it, and we will have chocolate with Tux on it to sell in addition to the t-shirts fév 03 22:16:53 there will be a mail later this evening fév 03 22:17:17 ok, nothing for the meeting ? fév 03 22:17:55 Jan C : and how was dipro ghent ? fév 03 22:18:14 mimor: ^^^ fév 03 22:18:46 anyway, it was just me & mimor who were there, mimor was going to contact the others who said they would come fév 03 22:18:54 I don't know more about that fév 03 22:19:23 there wasn't a lot of visitors either (maybe because of teh cyclocross championship) fév 03 22:19:50 ok, did you find hardware for fosdem ? fév 03 22:21:05 no problem (I hope, installing natty on them...) fév 03 22:21:46 ok, we continue with promotion item #2 fév 03 22:21:56 item #2 other material - promotion material for fairs/events : fév 03 22:22:06 first :flyers 2011 fév 03 22:22:12 we need more new ideas/designs for new flyers 2011 … fév 03 22:22:20 till now, only 1 proposal, with a few remarks in the wiki page (to be improved) fév 03 22:22:26 I have received a flyer from someone.. fév 03 22:22:27 sec fév 03 22:22:35 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BelgianTeam/PromotionMaterial/ProposalsFlyers2011 fév 03 22:22:59 Massimiliano Lentini emailed me his flyer. fév 03 22:23:33 He used mine as a base to start of but he used the U-be tag and changed the text and icons. fév 03 22:23:59 He said he'd do some changes and he'll put it on the wiki then. fév 03 22:24:09 I also suggested that he put it out on spreadubuntu.com fév 03 22:24:28 spreadubuntu.org* fév 03 22:24:37 when i am done i will do that fév 03 22:25:36 lol xD didn't knew you were here :p fév 03 22:26:03 I'm thinking of also making an entirely new one.. but I need some time to do that.. fév 03 22:26:15 @jean7491: what was the deadline for the flyers? fév 03 22:27:40 I am also working on a new one fév 03 22:27:51 maybe we can work togheter fév 03 22:28:13 no deadline, i expect we will need it in september fév 03 22:28:18 good idea.. we might talk everything trough on the ML, maybe it makes people create there own.. fév 03 22:28:31 idd fév 03 22:28:42 deadline is in fact end of june fév 03 22:28:50 ok.. fév 03 22:32:05 feel free to add comments/proposals in the ml and in the wiki fév 03 22:32:27 second idea for a more “professional” look of our booths and events ... fév 03 22:32:34 we could use rollups with ubuntu logo or another design ? (cost +/- 60 euros) fév 03 22:32:39 ok. fév 03 22:32:57 please add your suggestions/comments in the wiki: fév 03 22:33:02 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BelgianTeam/PromotionMaterial/ProposalsRollup2011 fév 03 22:33:12 would it be cheaper to take an ubuntu roll up from canonical then to make our own ubuntu-be one? fév 03 22:33:57 from canonical ??? ... to start with something, i just added 3 examples fév 03 22:34:06 in the wiki fév 03 22:34:25 i don't know about canonical rollups ? fév 03 22:35:11 hmm.. I thought there were.. sec I'll look it up fév 03 22:36:25 indeed there aren't on their shop.. strange.. we were talking about canonical rollups on the ubuntu-art ML.. fév 03 22:37:21 perhaps there are somewhere else, not in the shop ? fév 03 22:38:06 I'll ask about it :) fév 03 22:38:29 good idea to ask canonical for it ! fév 03 22:39:01 other comment about promotion topic ? fév 03 22:40:25 topic # 3. Update Wiki : are there suggestions or comments (beside the need to promote our actions in fairs) fév 03 22:41:13 Well I think we all should take a look at it and update something.. fév 03 22:41:36 I'd love to do it but it's not like I have an infinite amount of time.. fév 03 22:41:50 nor me ! fév 03 22:41:59 would it be an idea to set up an update team? fév 03 22:42:25 sort of like the tshirt team.. just a few members that put their teeth in it for a week or 2.. fév 03 22:42:38 yes, but if we are both the only members ?! fév 03 22:43:40 hmm.. we could ask the ML.. fév 03 22:44:28 as the load of work is fairly high for the moment, i suggast to wait for better moment ! fév 03 22:44:56 good plan.. fév 03 22:45:05 topic# 4. Update web-site : are there suggestions or comments ? mongolito404 ? fév 03 22:45:32 The suggestion I made about dipro fév 03 22:45:35 But that's all fév 03 22:45:50 I've not announced loudly http://ubuntu-be.org/fr/social_networks fév 03 22:45:58 So no feedback on this fév 03 22:46:35 mongolito: how does it work so far? fév 03 22:47:15 It fetch the Atom feed from Twitter and Identi.ca and store each entry in the DB fév 03 22:47:21 I can fetch any Atom feed fév 03 22:47:45 but still no luck with facebook? fév 03 22:47:47 On the page, all entry are displayed (with paging) fév 03 22:48:06 No luck with facebook, FB doesn't provide any Atom or RSS feed for group fév 03 22:48:23 There is a JSON "feed" available but I've worked on that fév 03 22:48:39 The "easier" would be to have some proxy to Atom-ize FB's JSON fév 03 22:49:15 would that be hard? fév 03 22:50:27 Not really hard, but unfun to me fév 03 22:51:02 so we need an U-be member that loves to get his hands dirty? :p fév 03 22:52:51 yep fév 03 22:54:13 we continue with next topic # 5. things living in the mailing list and others questions not in the agenda ? fév 03 22:54:36 from last week - Possibility of a meeting IRL ? (Meet & Drink?) fév 03 22:55:01 I like that idea.. fév 03 22:55:19 it's a shame that there wasn't real response on the ML.. fév 03 22:55:31 how has this been organised/handled in the past? fév 03 22:55:39 * padv (~pascal@ip-83-134-153-218.dsl.scarlet.be) a rejoint #ubuntu-be fév 03 22:55:57 it hasn't fév 03 22:56:06 nothing since end 2008, i don't know before ? fév 03 22:56:28 :O fév 03 22:58:43 So it's really starting from scratch.. fév 03 22:58:50 if someone is willing to relaunch the idea in the ml ? we will see if reaction ? fév 03 22:59:21 i though clamam or massimo were taking initiative ? fév 03 23:00:12 that's true, but i had little time to look for locations on the internet fév 03 23:01:50 clamam.. I'd like to help in this to.. fév 03 23:02:00 ok fév 03 23:02:18 are there other questions not in the agenda ? (except next meeting) fév 03 23:02:40 ok woutervddn fév 03 23:03:23 if no question, ... last topic, next irc meeting ? on thursday 10/02/2011 at 21 h. fév 03 23:04:51 should be fine for me :) fév 03 23:04:51 ok, good night fév 03 23:04:54 * clamam (~claudio@d51A51FDD.access.telenet.be) a quitté #ubuntu-be fév 03 23:04:55 gn fév 03 23:05:00 good niight fév 03 23:05:02 end of meeting - thanks to all for your participation, have a good night !