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   1 IRC meeting 03/02/2010 – Report
   2 Present at the meeting (in random order) : mongolito404, mimor, nero_, wamukota, jean7491, JanC, ADcomp, mandel, selckin
   3 
   4 1. Past and Future events
   5  a. Dipro Ghent 31/01- report
   6 Report and pictures are already in the wiki.
   7 In his report, kws had some ideas about the repetition of Dipro fairs especially in Ghent : 4 fairs in 1 year is perhaps too much. Firstly we can skip the Dipro Ghent on 18/04.
   8 We should find new ways/events to promote Ubuntu: Accenta-fair (thanks Digipolis Ghent) seemed to be a good example. All suggestions are welcome ! Participation to the Digital Week through local initiative ? 
   9 For more events, we should find a way to put the emphases on collaboration with existing groups. HCC invited us on their booth at Antwerp Dipro (20-21/02). Maybe we should seek for more collaboration like this (with LUG's or other computer clubs).
  10 About cost of the booth and CD's, we need a cheaper solution for (Ubuntu) CD's.
  11 
  12  b. Dipro Kortrijk 07/02 
  13 The team is at minimum level with 3 volunteers (yanu, wamukota and jean7491)
  14 We still need additional volunteers, but it seems hopeless!
  15 No problem of preparation, just a few coordination.
  16 
  17  c. Fosdem 2010 06-07/02 
  18 T-shirts, stickers, mouse mats, mugs, lanyards & keychains and ad-hoc flyers are available.
  19 Hardware : JanC - EEE 900 + Tux Droid, mongolito404 – idem + laptop? + Tux Droid, Adcomp - Acer Aspire one + dev board (arm processor) + touchscreen 4.3”   
  20 
  21  d. Antwerp, Hobby & computerdagen (20-21/02) In cooperation with HCC regio Vlaanderen. 
  22 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BelgianTeam/ComputerFairs/Antwerp_2010-02-20_21
  23 nero_ (coordinator) will be present both days.
  24 We still need additional volunteers (2 each day) : wiki is updated with (JanC and Ward) (Jan B.?) 
  25 
  26  e. Dipro Brugge 28/02
  27 See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BelgianTeam/ComputerFairs/Brugge_2010-02-28
  28 The preparation will start in the next days.
  29 
  30 2. Promotion 
  31  a. Material - Proposal to burn CD's for Ubuntu-be 
  32 See last week report (in the wiki).
  33 Who will be in charge of this project ? Adcomp can help for creating ISO, if needed. The main thing to decide currently is how to finance it (both burning & pressing) : sponsoring is one way (we are sure about this income), making people to pay for is another (we hope to succeed!). 
  34 Other possibility : no CD, but usbkey : better but more expensive !
  35 We need more information about past experience with sponsors and covering the cost for 8.04LTS CD's in 2008. Of course, we would have to look for other sponsors.
  36 Perhaps there is a possibility for CD4s from Marocco : again we need more information (and guarantee).
  37 
  38  b. mimor suggests better contacts with bloggers-ubunteros in Belgium : he will try to gather the Ubuntu blogging belgians, as a start to pull Belgian Ubuntu users closer to the Ubuntu-be community.
  39 
  40 3. Support points map status 
  41 mongolito404 has something ready to test (not map, just list), need an host where to host a test site PHP 5.2+
  42 , and testers to test the stuff when installed. selckin and mandel made propositions to help mongoliti404.
  43 
  44 4. Things living in the mailing list 
  45  a. The procedure for re-approval-application is started : the LoCo council meeting about the re-approval of our LoCo Team is planned on Tuesday 16/02 at 21.00 hr (Belgian time).  All members of the LoCo Team are invited to take part to the meeting on IRC #ubuntu-meeting.
  46 The draft of the re-approval application is available in the wiki https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BelgianTeam/ReapprovalApplication2010-Draft, but not complete. It is only related to the activities in which the Belgian LoCo Team was involved.
  47 Questions : What were the actions of Ubuntu-be in relation with "non-profit, and inter-governmental institutions" since 2006 ? What about schools ? 
  48 JanC will continue to gather information during Fosdem 2010.
  49 
  50  b. Suggestion of a monthly report (JanC)
  51 Two advantages : regularly summary of Ubuntu-be life, and our activities will be more visible for the Ubuntu community, but more work !
  52 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TeamReports
  53 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BuildingCommunity/TeamReporting/HowTo
  54 Is there a volunteer ? It looks more like repeating copy/pasting every month
  55 and probably wiki markup cleanup. A motivated person with some spare time could probably do it. The idea is not the ave a single person responsible of reporting everything in the wiki !
  56 
  57 5. Next meeting on 10/02/2010 at 21 h.