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Sunday, August 10th, 2008, 7:00pm (1900) PDT

Agenda

1. Ubuntu Developer Summit for the future 9.04 was announced for Mon 8th - Fri 12th December 2008 at the Google Campus, Mountain View, CA - planning

2. FOSSCON call for speakers & workshops for Sat. Sept 6 - Sun. Sept. 7, 2008 in San Diego, CA

3. LinuxWorld Expo Recap

4. Bug Jam Recap

Logs

19:10 < Flannel> alright, so looks like we'll have a lightweight meeting tonight.
19:11 < Flannel> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam/Meetings/08August10 is our agenda
19:11 < Flannel> Has two things on it so far: UDS, FOSSCON
19:12 < Flannel> and We'll go ahead and add a wrapup of yesterdays bug jam to the end as well
19:12 <Grantbow> I can give a quick report on what I saw at LinuxWorld too
19:12 < Flannel> Alright, sounds good.
19:13 < Flannel> Anyone else?
19:14 < Flannel> Alright, so we'll start off with UDS.
19:14 < Flannel> UDS for Intrepid+1 is going to be in CA, in december
19:14 < Flannel> UDSs are a place for developers who work on Ubuntu to get together and work in person, etc.
19:15 < Flannel> There is a FOSScamp that happens the Friday and Saturday before UDS, that'd be... the 5th and 6th of December
19:15 <Grantbow> Nice, I didn't know that.  Have you been to one before?
19:15 < Flannel> I haven't no.
19:15 < nhaines> Do we know where in California yet?
19:15 < Flannel> nhaines: Mountain View, like before
19:16 < Flannel> Google Campus, to be specific
19:16 <Grantbow> nhaines: rtfa, lol
19:16 <Grantbow> agenda
19:16 <    jess> the fine....?
19:16 <    jess> oh
19:16 < nhaines> *There's* the announcement.
19:16 < nhaines> Cool.
19:17 < Flannel> These things are open to the public, but they're not "conference" sorts of things.
19:17 < Flannel> FOSSCamp is a place for general FOSS projects to get together and discuss collaboration, etc.
19:18 < Flannel> Anyone else have questions/comments/whatever about that?
19:18 < Flannel> Alright, moving on to our next: FOSSCON
19:19 < nhaines> It will be fun to have a chance to attend.  Now I just have to have a reason.  :)
19:19 <Grantbow> I thought I would mention it on the agenda but I'm not sure what, if any, preparations might be useful.
19:19 < Flannel> alright, not moving on
19:19 < Flannel> Grantbow: there really isn't anything for us to do.  If people want to attend to check it out, that might be fun
19:19 <Grantbow> San Diego is closer for you folks :-)
19:19 <Grantbow> yeah, ok
19:19 < Flannel> Re-moving on to fOSSCON
19:20 < Flannel> FOSSCON was originally scheduled for last year, got delayed for whateverreason
19:20 < Flannel> Its put on by the freenode people, as a convention/expo/whatever thing for FOSS
19:20 < Flannel> It's going to be in San Diego, September 6 and 7
19:20 <Grantbow> http://fosscon.org/talks/
19:21 < Flannel> Hmm, website seems to be devoid of a location, so I can't comment on how nice it'll be.
19:22 < nhaines> Do we want to do anything for FOSSCON?
19:22 < Flannel> But, they are still open to talks, and exhibitors, if we'd like to have a booth
19:23 <    jess> sounds like it could be fun
19:24 < Flannel> Don't all jump up at once :)
19:25 < nhaines> I'd be willing to do a booth.  :)
19:25 <    jess> is this a nationwide event?
19:25 <    jess> like, will others be coming from around the country for it?
19:26 < Flannel> I guess that depends on if they want to.  But I imagine some people will, yes.
19:26 < Flannel> Ah, there is a location
19:28 < Flannel> Yeah, it'd be an easy location to get to, no need to slog through downtown to get to the convention center either.  And pretty easy parking too
19:28 < nhaines> yay
19:28 <Yasumoto> gosh
19:28 < Flannel> and if you don't mind walking a little, you can park for free either near, or at a trolley thing and then take the trolley
19:28 <Yasumoto> I was just so proud of the wireless network here at chapman, but I guess not anymore :(
19:29 <Yasumoto> thank goodness for ethernet cables (back)
19:29 < nhaines> :)
19:29 < Flannel> Alright, we'll look into getting a booth, and also announce it to the list, and see if we can't drum up some more support.
19:29 < nhaines> Flannel: okay, so I'll expect a writeup of all that info on the wiki next weekend. ;)
19:29 <    jess> i'd be interested in helping out if yasumoto wants to too, heh
19:30 < Flannel> nhaines: Once school starts I'll take one of my breaks and time it, so you know it takes you 340 seconds to walk from the trolley station
19:30 < nhaines> I'll expect a statistical report with averages then.
19:31 < Flannel> nhaines: Sounds good.
19:31 <Yasumoto> cool, I'm caught up ~_~
19:31 <Yasumoto> does anyone want to send an email to the FOSScon guys?
19:31 <Yasumoto> otherwise I will
19:31 *** Flannel nominates Yasumoto for email correspondence to FOSScon.
19:32 <Yasumoto> brutal
19:32 <Yasumoto> kk
19:33 <Yasumoto> I'll make sure to be much more open about what's going on too :)
19:33 < nhaines> Good.  :)
19:33 <    jess> yeah, dont be so proprietary
19:33 <Yasumoto> I think I'll be heading up to UDS, though it's the week before Finals
19:33 <    jess> :-)
19:33 <Yasumoto> jess: haha
19:34 < Flannel> Alright, so... That it for FOSScon?
19:34 < nhaines> Yasumoto: I probably won't be at all, but if I go for a day or two we'll have lunch.  :)
19:34 <Yasumoto> nhaines: aw, come on, you have to
19:34 <Yasumoto> nhaines: it's in California :)
19:34 <Yasumoto> christer edwards was saying we have no excuse not to go
19:35 < Flannel> Yasumoto: where was this?
19:35 < Flannel> Ah
19:35 <Yasumoto> at oscon
19:35 < nhaines> 400 miles away and an entire workweek is a good excuse not to go.  ;)
19:35 <Yasumoto> yeah, yeah
19:36 <Grantbow> lol
19:36 < Flannel> Alright, so... next Grantbow will give a wrap up on LWE?
19:36 <Grantbow> ok
19:36 <Grantbow> http://www.linuxworldexpo.com concluded this week
19:36 <Grantbow> I unfortunately didn't get to see all the activities and talks
19:36 <Grantbow> I met greg-g representing the Creative Commons at his booth
19:37 <Grantbow> Ed Cherlin with the OLPC project had a booth.  He runs a San Francisco SIG.
19:37 <Grantbow> James of the www.accra.org installed *** 700 *** computers with Ubuntu in a recycling effort
19:37 <Grantbow> cosponsored with Untangle, quite a site.
19:38 <Grantbow> On the last day was the Ubucon.  https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Ubucon/SanFrancisco
19:38 < nhaines> Ooh, how was that?
19:38 <Grantbow> I caught the tail end and saw Fabina Rodriguez from the Montreal support office give a general Ubuntu talk.
19:39 <Grantbow> I talked with John Mark Walker, the Ubucon organizer
19:39 <Grantbow> he wasn't aware of our activities, unfortunately.
19:39 < Flannel> What do you mean?
19:40 <Yasumoto> Grantbow: yeah, I just managed to email him about us, I was bummed we didn't hear from him :(
19:40 <Yasumoto> (before Ubucon, that is)
19:40 <Grantbow> John had lost track of the California LoCo activities when the older group near San Francisco stopped organizing local things.
19:40 <Grantbow> I mentioned our IRC meetings.  I was hoping he might show up here tonight.  Maybe next time.
19:41 <Grantbow> Yasumoto: ok, thanks for trying.
19:41 <Grantbow> Unfortunately I was a bit busy so I didn't see all that much of the show and none of the conference sessions.
19:42 <Grantbow> Next year I'll be more prepared.
19:42 <Yasumoto> we live and learn, that's for sure
19:42 <Yasumoto> Grantbow: thanks for being there :)
19:43 <Grantbow> Flannel: unless there's anything else, do you want to talk about the bugjam?
19:44 <Grantbow> or anyone else that was there
19:44 < Flannel> Grantbow: If you're done, yeah, we'll talk about the bug jam
19:44 < nhaines> The bug jam was awesome.  We had an excellent turnout and a lot of fun.
19:44 <Grantbow> I'm done, go for it
19:44 < Flannel> Yasumoto: you want to summarize?
19:45 <Yasumoto> of course
19:45 *** greg-g waves to everyone in the meeting
19:45 < Flannel> Howdy greg-g
19:45 *** Grantbow waves
19:45 <Yasumoto> nhaines: gave a good how-to on gpg
19:45 *** greg-g will just sit back and watch :)
19:45 <Yasumoto> Yasumoto: gave a presentation on bugs
19:45 <Yasumoto> heya greg-g
19:45 <  greg-g> hi
19:46 <Yasumoto> There were a lot of people interested in helping out, which was awesome
19:46 <Yasumoto> although we only got... maybe 10 bugs triaged
19:46 < Flannel> We also installed Ubuntu on two people's laptops
19:46 <Grantbow> About how many people came?
19:47 <Yasumoto> there was a lot of camaraderie and learning
19:47 <Yasumoto> Flannel even played Guitar Hero :)
19:47 *** Flannel won't admit to that.
19:47 < nhaines> Yasumoto: should have played Frets on Fire!
19:47 < nhaines> We had 10 or 12 people, didn't we?
19:47 < Flannel> I'd say more like 15?
19:48 <    jess> and one of those laptops was 10 years old
19:48 < Flannel> jess: actually, with yours it made three new installs
19:48 <Yasumoto> Flannel: yeah, 15 feels about right
19:49 < nhaines> danage provided us with some really lovely photos.
19:49 <Grantbow> that's good
19:49 <  danage> nhaines: did you check them out? some are really cool
19:50 < Flannel> Are they up yet?
19:50 < nhaines> danage: I did, with the kiddos tonight.  :)
19:50 <  danage> nice
19:50 < nhaines> No, I haven't put any up yet but I will this week.
19:50 <  danage> ah, was about to ask
19:51 < Flannel> anyone else have anything to add?
19:52 < nhaines> GPG presentation seemed to be a good primer for most people in the room.
19:52 <Yasumoto> I'll post my pictures of nhaines too :)
19:52 <Grantbow> Nothing else right now.  Thanks for hosting the meeting, Flannel.
19:52 < Flannel> As a reminder: This Thursday is SGVLUG meeting, 7pm at CalTech.
19:52 <Yasumoto> nhaines: make sure you use the flickr tag for gbj
19:52 <Yasumoto> I don't remember what it is though
19:52 < nhaines> Yasumoto: thanks!
19:52 < nhaines> ha
19:52 <Yasumoto> carpool ftw
19:53 <Grantbow> I just did a quick search.  It seems attendance was down this year for LinuxWorld Expo.  Only around 4,000 showed up.  http://www.examiner.com/r-1490047~LinuxWorld_2008__Enthusiam_Up__Attendance_Down.html
19:54 < Flannel> I think that about covers it then?  Thank you all for coming.  Our next meeting will be in two weeks.  On the 24th, at 7pm.
19:54 < Flannel> Refreshments are in the back
19:54 <    jess> where?
19:55 < Flannel> back there