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If you have anything else you'd like to add to the agenda, or want to make some changes, please feel free to edit it. Please include an explanation of your item if it's not immediately apparent. | === Log === {{{ 19:04:22 < Flannel> Welcome everyone to tonight's meeting. 19:04:31 < Flannel> Our agenda for tonight is available here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam/Meetings/10July25 19:04:46 < Flannel> And consists of Announcements, Website Status, and Banner printing 19:05:17 < Flannel> If anyone has anything to add to it, feel free to speak up, as always. 19:05:35 < Flannel> Before we begin, do we have anyone who's new and would like to introduce themselves? 19:06:47 < Flannel> Alright, so on to announcements 19:07:46 < nhaines> The Ubuntu Hour experiment down in Lake Forest has been a comfortable success. 19:07:58 < Flannel> We've got an Ubuntu Hour coming up this Tuesday in San Francisco, and another on Thursday in Lake Forest 19:08:06 < Flannel> And, nhaines types faster than I do. 19:08:15 < pleia2> loco entry for the SF one is here: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/team/182/detail/ 19:08:21 < nhaines> There've been 1-3 visitors every week except one, and everyone seems to be enjoying themselves. 19:09:22 < nhaines> I'm going to start advertising on Craigslist and looking at those free print community magazines that are all around the OC. 19:09:41 < nhaines> The next two Thursdays will be Ubuntu Hours and then it's going to switch to every other week, I think. 19:09:52 < Flannel> nhaines: I already spoke to you about potential Reader connections, right? 19:10:27 < nhaines> Flannel: yup! 19:10:39 < nhaines> So now would be a good time to see what they need for a writeup or an ad. 19:10:44 < DarkwingDuck> One thing that worked here in MS too was going to Coffee shops and lounges with little flyers 19:11:06 < nhaines> DarkwingDuck: now that I have the Ubuntu font available I think it'd be a perfect time to start making some fliers. 19:11:15 < Flannel> DarkwingDuck: Are most places pretty receptive to that? 19:11:30 < DarkwingDuck> Yes, esp if they have open mic nights and such 19:11:37 < pleia2> nhaines: the one that jack was working on at our global jam is a nice start, I'll see if I can dig up the links 19:11:41 < DarkwingDuck> Look for artists. They love stuff like this. 19:11:47 < nhaines> pleia2: that'd be great. :) 19:11:56 < DarkwingDuck> nhaines: Let me get at you after the mtg... I would like to get those. 19:12:14 < nhaines> My main goal with Ubuntu Hour down here was to get a meatspace gathering and see if there was any interest. 19:12:17 < Flannel> DarkwingDuck: You have it available too, as a member 19:12:29 < grantbow> sounds like a LUG 19:12:35 < nhaines> And now that that's been proven, I'm looking to leverage this into outreach. 19:12:35 < DarkwingDuck> Very true. 19:12:51 < nhaines> grantbow: it's not. 19:12:54 < pleia2> DarkwingDuck: http://design.canonical.com/2010/07/the-ubuntu-font/ has instructions 19:12:55 < Flannel> grantbow: Ubuntu Hours are for initial contact, not regular attendendees 19:13:09 < DarkwingDuck> pleia2: I owe you coffee. :) 19:13:17 < pleia2> \o/ 19:13:36 < grantbow> still sounds like a LUG 19:13:38 < MarkDude> Ubuntu hours are what you want them to be, IMHO 19:14:04 < nhaines> grantbow: I can't imagine how. 19:14:25 < DarkwingDuck> In a way a LoCo is a LUG 19:14:28 < nhaines> In any case, I'm now convinced that Panera is a good venue for outreach. 19:14:43 < grantbow> DarkwingDuck: true 19:15:13 < grantbow> many of the LoCo documents spell that out explicity 19:15:33 < lfitz> nhaines: good turn out last week, btw :) 19:15:40 < nhaines> So that's about all I have to say. Might be time for a progress report or other lengthy analysis or something. 19:15:49 < Flannel> Anyone have any other announcements? 19:15:52 < nhaines> lfitz: I thought so too. Thanks for showing up recently. :) 19:15:52 < seidos> grantbow, I can see it as a LUG. LUGs are good, no? 19:16:00 < nhaines> pleia2: any thoughts about your UH? 19:16:03 < grantbow> seidos: yes 19:16:17 < pleia2> nhaines: too early to say, our last meetup was nice 19:16:28 < nhaines> pleia2: I look forward to hearing that Tuesday is nice as well. :) 19:16:29 < pleia2> hoping people will come to this one on tuesday too 19:16:46 < pleia2> might switch to 2nd AND 4th tuesdays of the month or something 19:17:06 < pleia2> need to check on conflicts and stuff, there is always something going on here 19:17:46 < Flannel> pleia2: If you change-up the days (Tuesday one week, Wednesday the other) then that can help alleviate those conflicts 19:17:57 < pleia2> yeah, we'll see 19:18:09 < nhaines> Can get hard to annouce though. :) 19:18:18 < pleia2> it's different every week, I just need to figure out what'll work best 19:19:23 < Flannel> Any other announcements before we move on? 19:19:46 * MarkDude can give the OSCON wrap- up pretty quickly 19:19:55 < MarkDude> I have an announcement, YokoZar freakin' rocks. We gave out close to 500 CDs at the Ubuntu table at OSCON 19:20:27 < MarkDude> Valorie Z was excellent as well, as were the others that helped 19:20:28 < grantbow> YokoZar: +1 19:20:56 < MarkDude> We also handed out fliers for Ubuntu Women :) 19:21:00 < pleia2> yay :) 19:21:19 < MarkDude> & case badges with tux or Ubuntu Logo 19:21:50 < MarkDude> Courtesy of Zareason. My pics will be up by mid week 19:21:52 < Flannel> MarkDude: How's the OR LoCo doing? I imagine this gave them a decent kick start 19:22:13 < MarkDude> Not as much as I would have liked 19:22:30 < MarkDude> Free Geek acts as the FOSS center in Portland 19:22:47 * MarkDude met people from the Bay mostly 19:22:51 < pleia2> yeah, free geek has been doing linux deployments for *years* 19:22:57 < MarkDude> and not the west coast 19:23:42 < grantbow> MarkDude: and FreeGeek Vancouver, BC, CA too 19:24:12 < MarkDude> True, Ifny LaChance is very cool 19:24:40 * MarkDude got some good ideas for Geeknics also 19:24:46 < pleia2> woo geeknics 19:24:58 < MarkDude> Geeknic3 will be on August 28th 19:25:07 < MarkDude> 99% sure of that 19:25:10 < pleia2> MarkDude: looking forward to seeing the oscon pictures :) 19:25:18 < MarkDude> 100% sure it will rock 19:25:27 < nhaines> Okay, any other announcements before we move on? 19:25:31 < grantbow> big geeknic http://linuxpicnic.org Sat, Aug 21st coming up. 19:25:36 < DarkwingDuck> Oh, for those that were wondering... My presentation re documentation at CampKDE from Feb is up on youtube... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeMyUTTdvXM 19:25:42 < Flannel> DarkwingDuck: Nice 19:25:45 < nhaines> DarkwingDuck: excellent. :) 19:25:47 < MarkDude> pleia2, my 1st pics are on FB 19:25:47 < pleia2> DarkwingDuck: nice! 19:26:06 < MarkDude> Ass kickin' DarkwingDuck 19:26:20 < DarkwingDuck> That was in SD. grantbow was able to make that. :) 19:26:42 < grantbow> DarkwingDuck: it was awesome 19:26:43 < DarkwingDuck> They are looking for venues for CampKDE 2011 right now. 19:26:54 < DarkwingDuck> If you want to bid http://camp.kde.org 19:27:24 < pleia2> re: linuxpicnic, we (ubuntu california) have a couple tables there 19:27:27 < MarkDude> Oh, if anyone is interested in havng a geeknic at the O'Reilly orchards , let me know 19:27:39 < pleia2> thanks to grantbow for attending their volunteer meetings and getting that all squared away :) 19:27:48 < MarkDude> We might see about camping there 19:27:59 < MarkDude> grantbow is everywhere 19:28:05 < pleia2> it's a pretty huge event from what I hear, so I'm pretty excited about it 19:28:05 < grantbow> not hardly 19:28:11 < DarkwingDuck> Also, 10.10 is stable enough to run and test. ALL varients are looking for Alpha testors for bug running. 19:28:13 < Flannel> pleia2: When/What is Linux Picnic? 19:28:21 < pleia2> Flannel: the link grantbow gave above 19:28:36 < pleia2> it's a linux picnic held every year for 19 years in the bay area 19:28:38 < Flannel> pleia2: Ah, missed that. 19:28:39 < grantbow> http://linuxpicnic.org is Sat, Aug 21st at the Baylands Park in Sunnyvale 19:28:53 < nhaines> Okay, so we have some geeknic and Linux Picnic stuff coming up. Be sure to check that out. :) 19:29:12 < pleia2> pretty much the most famous linux picnic in the world (as far as these things go :)) 19:29:23 < nhaines> First up on our agenda, is the California Ubuntu Website. 19:29:27 < Flannel> Oh, that's the one we did last year too, right. 19:29:39 < grantbow> yes 19:30:54 < pleia2> I need to scoot, later all 19:30:59 < Flannel> bye pleia2 19:31:04 < grantbow> we have tables 3H and 3I http://www.linuxpicnic.org/twiki/bin/view/Picnix19/Picnx19TableLayout 19:31:34 < MarkDude> Later Princess 19:31:54 * MarkDude bows to her exiting stage left 19:31:58 < MarkDude> ;) 19:31:59 < grantbow> pleia2: later 19:33:04 < grantbow> between wedge 3 & 4 at the 19th Linux Picnic is a path to an open area where some activities can take place 19:33:30 < grantbow> shall we move to the next item on the agenda? 19:34:09 < Flannel> grantbow: You mind mailing the list about it, so everyone knows about it and we can start generating stuff for it? 19:34:22 < grantbow> sure 19:34:55 < Flannel> Alright, our next agenda item is a status check on the website 19:35:39 < Flannel> We're in the planning stages still, looking for ideas for content and design, 19:35:42 < Flannel> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam/Projects/Website 19:36:13 < MarkDude> What is the domain name going to be? 19:36:37 < Flannel> MarkDude: Haven't thought about it yet, we have a few options on that page already, if you have more, feel free to add them 19:37:13 < Izinucs> Flannel: I haven't read all the page.. but what's going to run the site? a cms or hand coded? 19:37:34 < nhaines> Izinucs: probably aCMS, but we need to determine content first, 19:37:46 < nhaines> That way we can pick the best CMS, 19:37:47 < Flannel> Izinucs: It'll probably be a CMS, but which one we choose will depend on what our needs are, which is why we're collecting ideas 19:37:57 < Flannel> and, once again, nhaines is quicker 19:38:04 < Izinucs> fast fingers 19:39:14 < DarkwingDuck> I've used drupal as a cms for many years. its stable and there are built in modules for all the things listed on the wiki 19:39:35 < DarkwingDuck> also, its fully open source writen in php 19:39:39 < grantbow> Jono talked about wordpress highly during one of his last shot of jaqs. 19:40:14 < Izinucs> So.. content... Calendar of events, About, specific Links to help at other sites, links to public stuff our group does.. like youtube )... Wordpress has a new easier backend.. joomla has tons of plugins as well. 19:40:36 * MarkDude bow in moment of silence for the passing of SofJ 19:40:54 < nhaines> So any other ideas about content? 19:41:05 < MarkDude> Gallery is very importnt 19:41:11 < grantbow> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam/Projects/UserGroupContacts/Groups 19:41:11 < Izinucs> member map location (like the wiki 19:41:15 < DarkwingDuck> I think it sould be picked on the least amount of a learning curve for the maintainers 19:41:30 < MarkDude> Pics *are* worth 1000 words, IMHO 19:41:33 < DarkwingDuck> imo 19:41:34 < MarkDude> DarkwingDuck, +1 19:41:40 < Izinucs> member pics - their website links 19:41:48 < grantbow> pics +1 19:42:33 < MarkDude> For those hosting their own, we should pick system that allows easy linking 19:42:51 < Flannel> If everyone can take a look and add their things to the content section by next meeting or so, we'll be able to move on from there 19:42:58 < Izinucs> a link shouldn't be an issue with any system 19:43:28 < eps> There are plenty of issues open to debate. 19:44:05 < nhaines> eps: are there? 19:44:09 * MarkDude is concerned about using a *fully* Open Source solution 19:44:14 < Izinucs> now there's a segway 19:44:15 < MarkDude> RMS happy 19:44:39 < eps> 1. A bad CMS is worse than no CMS 19:44:47 < eps> 2. Remote image loading is perilous 19:44:49 < Izinucs> MarkDude: in what way? you mean a hosting solution running linux.. and cms Open source option? 19:44:51 < nhaines> RMS refuses to have anything to do with Open Source software. 19:44:55 < rww> MarkDude: I don't know of any good closed-source CMSes anyway, so I don't think that'd be a problem ;) 19:44:58 < Flannel> We won't be hotlinking images, we'll be hosting them. 19:45:09 < eps> rww: Vignette? 19:45:17 < nhaines> eps: se're not deciding on CMS options right now. 19:45:22 < Flannel> Half of the reason we wanted to do that was because we ran into issues with image hosting sites being unstable 19:45:38 < eps> Or people replacing their images with pr0n 19:45:55 < nhaines> eps: that hasn't been an issue so far. 19:46:02 < Flannel> eps: We haven't run across that issue before to my knowledge, actually. 19:46:27 < nhaines> But it's irrelevant. We won't be hotlinking. 19:46:59 < Flannel> Anyway, try and take a gander at that page before the next meeting so we can keep moving along. 19:47:03 < Flannel> Anyone have questions? 19:47:04 < grantbow> except for Ubuntu countdown banners 19:47:38 < Flannel> grantbow: I'd actually rather see a php image script that just spits out [current image data] instead of just redirecting 19:47:46 < Flannel> (or any language, really) 19:48:09 < DarkwingDuck> better then my hack a couple releases ago lol 19:48:11 < grantbow> me too, but for the wiki we have tried for several cycles to get something better 19:48:32 < rww> and now that we're going to have an actual webserver, making something better will be trivial. 19:48:46 < Flannel> Yeah, we can do that now, and have it wiki-friendly 19:48:49 < DarkwingDuck> although my hack did work for the wiki 19:48:58 < grantbow> DarkwingDuck: the hack the website team did last cycle is equivalent to your hack two cycles ago. 19:48:59 < Flannel> DarkwingDuck: Indeed it did! 19:49:07 < grantbow> they call it facebook but it's the same thing 19:49:25 < DarkwingDuck> ill write it up in a script and bomb it to the ML 19:49:35 < grantbow> lol 19:50:02 < Flannel> Any other questions? 19:50:06 < DarkwingDuck> ill call it joys of .htaccess hehehe 19:50:47 < Flannel> Alright, our next item is a second LoCo banner 19:51:19 < grantbow> LoCo banner? There aren't any LoCo banners yet. 19:51:37 < grantbow> berkeleylug loaned one to the team - it cost quite a bit. 19:52:11 < Flannel> pleia2 spoke with jack, and jack believes he can get another one printed, so assuming everything works out, we'll have two. 19:53:13 < Flannel> If something comes up, we'll find another solution. But keep your fingers crossed. 19:53:13 < grantbow> I repeat, we'll have one., 19:53:15 < eps> Are we talking vinyl sign-cutter banner, or HP DesignJet banner? 19:53:30 < grantbow> vinyl, yes. 19:53:33 < Flannel> eps: the vinyl one, yeah. 19:53:35 < eps> sweet 19:54:06 < DarkwingDuck> neal, you're slow tonight lol 19:54:08 < nhaines> I'm for just using the same design as our current banner. 19:54:27 < seidos> there's a Berkeley LUG with their own banner? cool 19:54:43 < grantbow> the borrowed banner? Berkeley LUG did a great job with that, didn't they? 19:54:44 < Flannel> nhaines: Yeah, we've already given the artwork and stuff. 19:54:49 < Flannel> grantbow: Please stop. 19:54:55 < grantbow> Flannel: please stop 19:55:23 < nhaines> grantbow: please stop. 19:55:25 < Flannel> Alright, anyone have any other topics for tonight's meeting? 19:55:38 < grantbow> more ignored objections, nice 19:56:00 < nhaines> grantbow: you will first need to state an objection for it to be addressed/ignored. 19:56:04 < Flannel> grantbow: I'd be happy to discuss whatever it is you feel like discussing after the meeting, but it'd be rude to waste everyone's time on them during it. 19:56:31 < seidos> it isn't surprising that the Berkeley LUG would do a great job. Is the LUG at the University? 19:56:32 < grantbow> you steal a banner and I'm the bad guy? 19:56:56 < Flannel> seidos: Yeah, jack got the banner printed at the University print shop 19:57:10 * seidos doesn't know jack, or Jack for that matter 19:57:12 < rww> to be fair, I wasn't under the impression that it was borrowed 19:57:19 < grantbow> Jack is jdeslip 19:57:31 < seidos> oh 19:57:34 < grantbow> he's been traveling this summer 19:57:36 < nhaines> Neither was I, but I'd be happy to discuss it with Jack to make sure there weren't any misunderstandings. 19:57:58 < Flannel> grantbow: This is the first time Ive ever heard of "stealing" or "borrowing", as I said, I'd be happy to discuss it with you after the meeting. 19:58:32 < grantbow> This place is closing now so I have to go. I welcome a phone call. 19:59:06 < grantbow> bye 20:00:08 < Flannel> So, in summary, Jack is trying to get another printed so we don't have to deal with the logistics of having our banner in many places at once. 20:00:19 < Flannel> Anyone have any other topics for tonight's meeting? 20:00:29 < nhaines> It's definitely very generous of him. :) 20:00:42 < Flannel> nhaines: I agree. 20:00:54 < MarkDude> Flannel, when I asked about the banner... 20:01:08 < MarkDude> The location answer I got was 20:01:14 < MarkDude> "its down here" 20:01:17 < nhaines> MarkDude: after the meeting. 20:01:20 * MarkDude is *just sayin' 20:01:52 * MarkDude quites down 20:02:25 < seidos> s/quites/quiets :D 20:02:43 < rww> quite 20:02:44 < Flannel> MarkDude: I have our banner. We kept it down here since at SCaLE I asked people, and the next banner-needing event we could think of was SCaLE (in 2011). Because OSCON moved to Oregon. 20:03:19 < Flannel> I thought we already had this discussion, but I may be mistaken. 20:03:22 < MarkDude> Flannel, same thing nhaines said after the meeting :) 20:03:38 < Flannel> Anyway, Thank you all for coming tonight. Our next meeting is on August 8th, 7pm. |
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Sunday, July 25th, 2010, 7:00pm (1900) PDT
Agenda
- Announcements
Website discussion status
- Printing of a second banner
Log
19:04:22 < Flannel> Welcome everyone to tonight's meeting. 19:04:31 < Flannel> Our agenda for tonight is available here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam/Meetings/10July25 19:04:46 < Flannel> And consists of Announcements, Website Status, and Banner printing 19:05:17 < Flannel> If anyone has anything to add to it, feel free to speak up, as always. 19:05:35 < Flannel> Before we begin, do we have anyone who's new and would like to introduce themselves? 19:06:47 < Flannel> Alright, so on to announcements 19:07:46 < nhaines> The Ubuntu Hour experiment down in Lake Forest has been a comfortable success. 19:07:58 < Flannel> We've got an Ubuntu Hour coming up this Tuesday in San Francisco, and another on Thursday in Lake Forest 19:08:06 < Flannel> And, nhaines types faster than I do. 19:08:15 < pleia2> loco entry for the SF one is here: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/team/182/detail/ 19:08:21 < nhaines> There've been 1-3 visitors every week except one, and everyone seems to be enjoying themselves. 19:09:22 < nhaines> I'm going to start advertising on Craigslist and looking at those free print community magazines that are all around the OC. 19:09:41 < nhaines> The next two Thursdays will be Ubuntu Hours and then it's going to switch to every other week, I think. 19:09:52 < Flannel> nhaines: I already spoke to you about potential Reader connections, right? 19:10:27 < nhaines> Flannel: yup! 19:10:39 < nhaines> So now would be a good time to see what they need for a writeup or an ad. 19:10:44 < DarkwingDuck> One thing that worked here in MS too was going to Coffee shops and lounges with little flyers 19:11:06 < nhaines> DarkwingDuck: now that I have the Ubuntu font available I think it'd be a perfect time to start making some fliers. 19:11:15 < Flannel> DarkwingDuck: Are most places pretty receptive to that? 19:11:30 < DarkwingDuck> Yes, esp if they have open mic nights and such 19:11:37 < pleia2> nhaines: the one that jack was working on at our global jam is a nice start, I'll see if I can dig up the links 19:11:41 < DarkwingDuck> Look for artists. They love stuff like this. 19:11:47 < nhaines> pleia2: that'd be great. :) 19:11:56 < DarkwingDuck> nhaines: Let me get at you after the mtg... I would like to get those. 19:12:14 < nhaines> My main goal with Ubuntu Hour down here was to get a meatspace gathering and see if there was any interest. 19:12:17 < Flannel> DarkwingDuck: You have it available too, as a member 19:12:29 < grantbow> sounds like a LUG 19:12:35 < nhaines> And now that that's been proven, I'm looking to leverage this into outreach. 19:12:35 < DarkwingDuck> Very true. 19:12:51 < nhaines> grantbow: it's not. 19:12:54 < pleia2> DarkwingDuck: http://design.canonical.com/2010/07/the-ubuntu-font/ has instructions 19:12:55 < Flannel> grantbow: Ubuntu Hours are for initial contact, not regular attendendees 19:13:09 < DarkwingDuck> pleia2: I owe you coffee. :) 19:13:17 < pleia2> \o/ 19:13:36 < grantbow> still sounds like a LUG 19:13:38 < MarkDude> Ubuntu hours are what you want them to be, IMHO 19:14:04 < nhaines> grantbow: I can't imagine how. 19:14:25 < DarkwingDuck> In a way a LoCo is a LUG 19:14:28 < nhaines> In any case, I'm now convinced that Panera is a good venue for outreach. 19:14:43 < grantbow> DarkwingDuck: true 19:15:13 < grantbow> many of the LoCo documents spell that out explicity 19:15:33 < lfitz> nhaines: good turn out last week, btw :) 19:15:40 < nhaines> So that's about all I have to say. Might be time for a progress report or other lengthy analysis or something. 19:15:49 < Flannel> Anyone have any other announcements? 19:15:52 < nhaines> lfitz: I thought so too. Thanks for showing up recently. :) 19:15:52 < seidos> grantbow, I can see it as a LUG. LUGs are good, no? 19:16:00 < nhaines> pleia2: any thoughts about your UH? 19:16:03 < grantbow> seidos: yes 19:16:17 < pleia2> nhaines: too early to say, our last meetup was nice 19:16:28 < nhaines> pleia2: I look forward to hearing that Tuesday is nice as well. :) 19:16:29 < pleia2> hoping people will come to this one on tuesday too 19:16:46 < pleia2> might switch to 2nd AND 4th tuesdays of the month or something 19:17:06 < pleia2> need to check on conflicts and stuff, there is always something going on here 19:17:46 < Flannel> pleia2: If you change-up the days (Tuesday one week, Wednesday the other) then that can help alleviate those conflicts 19:17:57 < pleia2> yeah, we'll see 19:18:09 < nhaines> Can get hard to annouce though. :) 19:18:18 < pleia2> it's different every week, I just need to figure out what'll work best 19:19:23 < Flannel> Any other announcements before we move on? 19:19:46 * MarkDude can give the OSCON wrap- up pretty quickly 19:19:55 < MarkDude> I have an announcement, YokoZar freakin' rocks. We gave out close to 500 CDs at the Ubuntu table at OSCON 19:20:27 < MarkDude> Valorie Z was excellent as well, as were the others that helped 19:20:28 < grantbow> YokoZar: +1 19:20:56 < MarkDude> We also handed out fliers for Ubuntu Women :) 19:21:00 < pleia2> yay :) 19:21:19 < MarkDude> & case badges with tux or Ubuntu Logo 19:21:50 < MarkDude> Courtesy of Zareason. My pics will be up by mid week 19:21:52 < Flannel> MarkDude: How's the OR LoCo doing? I imagine this gave them a decent kick start 19:22:13 < MarkDude> Not as much as I would have liked 19:22:30 < MarkDude> Free Geek acts as the FOSS center in Portland 19:22:47 * MarkDude met people from the Bay mostly 19:22:51 < pleia2> yeah, free geek has been doing linux deployments for *years* 19:22:57 < MarkDude> and not the west coast 19:23:42 < grantbow> MarkDude: and FreeGeek Vancouver, BC, CA too 19:24:12 < MarkDude> True, Ifny LaChance is very cool 19:24:40 * MarkDude got some good ideas for Geeknics also 19:24:46 < pleia2> woo geeknics 19:24:58 < MarkDude> Geeknic3 will be on August 28th 19:25:07 < MarkDude> 99% sure of that 19:25:10 < pleia2> MarkDude: looking forward to seeing the oscon pictures :) 19:25:18 < MarkDude> 100% sure it will rock 19:25:27 < nhaines> Okay, any other announcements before we move on? 19:25:31 < grantbow> big geeknic http://linuxpicnic.org Sat, Aug 21st coming up. 19:25:36 < DarkwingDuck> Oh, for those that were wondering... My presentation re documentation at CampKDE from Feb is up on youtube... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeMyUTTdvXM 19:25:42 < Flannel> DarkwingDuck: Nice 19:25:45 < nhaines> DarkwingDuck: excellent. :) 19:25:47 < MarkDude> pleia2, my 1st pics are on FB 19:25:47 < pleia2> DarkwingDuck: nice! 19:26:06 < MarkDude> Ass kickin' DarkwingDuck 19:26:20 < DarkwingDuck> That was in SD. grantbow was able to make that. :) 19:26:42 < grantbow> DarkwingDuck: it was awesome 19:26:43 < DarkwingDuck> They are looking for venues for CampKDE 2011 right now. 19:26:54 < DarkwingDuck> If you want to bid http://camp.kde.org 19:27:24 < pleia2> re: linuxpicnic, we (ubuntu california) have a couple tables there 19:27:27 < MarkDude> Oh, if anyone is interested in havng a geeknic at the O'Reilly orchards , let me know 19:27:39 < pleia2> thanks to grantbow for attending their volunteer meetings and getting that all squared away :) 19:27:48 < MarkDude> We might see about camping there 19:27:59 < MarkDude> grantbow is everywhere 19:28:05 < pleia2> it's a pretty huge event from what I hear, so I'm pretty excited about it 19:28:05 < grantbow> not hardly 19:28:11 < DarkwingDuck> Also, 10.10 is stable enough to run and test. ALL varients are looking for Alpha testors for bug running. 19:28:13 < Flannel> pleia2: When/What is Linux Picnic? 19:28:21 < pleia2> Flannel: the link grantbow gave above 19:28:36 < pleia2> it's a linux picnic held every year for 19 years in the bay area 19:28:38 < Flannel> pleia2: Ah, missed that. 19:28:39 < grantbow> http://linuxpicnic.org is Sat, Aug 21st at the Baylands Park in Sunnyvale 19:28:53 < nhaines> Okay, so we have some geeknic and Linux Picnic stuff coming up. Be sure to check that out. :) 19:29:12 < pleia2> pretty much the most famous linux picnic in the world (as far as these things go :)) 19:29:23 < nhaines> First up on our agenda, is the California Ubuntu Website. 19:29:27 < Flannel> Oh, that's the one we did last year too, right. 19:29:39 < grantbow> yes 19:30:54 < pleia2> I need to scoot, later all 19:30:59 < Flannel> bye pleia2 19:31:04 < grantbow> we have tables 3H and 3I http://www.linuxpicnic.org/twiki/bin/view/Picnix19/Picnx19TableLayout 19:31:34 < MarkDude> Later Princess 19:31:54 * MarkDude bows to her exiting stage left 19:31:58 < MarkDude> ;) 19:31:59 < grantbow> pleia2: later 19:33:04 < grantbow> between wedge 3 & 4 at the 19th Linux Picnic is a path to an open area where some activities can take place 19:33:30 < grantbow> shall we move to the next item on the agenda? 19:34:09 < Flannel> grantbow: You mind mailing the list about it, so everyone knows about it and we can start generating stuff for it? 19:34:22 < grantbow> sure 19:34:55 < Flannel> Alright, our next agenda item is a status check on the website 19:35:39 < Flannel> We're in the planning stages still, looking for ideas for content and design, 19:35:42 < Flannel> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam/Projects/Website 19:36:13 < MarkDude> What is the domain name going to be? 19:36:37 < Flannel> MarkDude: Haven't thought about it yet, we have a few options on that page already, if you have more, feel free to add them 19:37:13 < Izinucs> Flannel: I haven't read all the page.. but what's going to run the site? a cms or hand coded? 19:37:34 < nhaines> Izinucs: probably aCMS, but we need to determine content first, 19:37:46 < nhaines> That way we can pick the best CMS, 19:37:47 < Flannel> Izinucs: It'll probably be a CMS, but which one we choose will depend on what our needs are, which is why we're collecting ideas 19:37:57 < Flannel> and, once again, nhaines is quicker 19:38:04 < Izinucs> fast fingers 19:39:14 < DarkwingDuck> I've used drupal as a cms for many years. its stable and there are built in modules for all the things listed on the wiki 19:39:35 < DarkwingDuck> also, its fully open source writen in php 19:39:39 < grantbow> Jono talked about wordpress highly during one of his last shot of jaqs. 19:40:14 < Izinucs> So.. content... Calendar of events, About, specific Links to help at other sites, links to public stuff our group does.. like youtube )... Wordpress has a new easier backend.. joomla has tons of plugins as well. 19:40:36 * MarkDude bow in moment of silence for the passing of SofJ 19:40:54 < nhaines> So any other ideas about content? 19:41:05 < MarkDude> Gallery is very importnt 19:41:11 < grantbow> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam/Projects/UserGroupContacts/Groups 19:41:11 < Izinucs> member map location (like the wiki 19:41:15 < DarkwingDuck> I think it sould be picked on the least amount of a learning curve for the maintainers 19:41:30 < MarkDude> Pics *are* worth 1000 words, IMHO 19:41:33 < DarkwingDuck> imo 19:41:34 < MarkDude> DarkwingDuck, +1 19:41:40 < Izinucs> member pics - their website links 19:41:48 < grantbow> pics +1 19:42:33 < MarkDude> For those hosting their own, we should pick system that allows easy linking 19:42:51 < Flannel> If everyone can take a look and add their things to the content section by next meeting or so, we'll be able to move on from there 19:42:58 < Izinucs> a link shouldn't be an issue with any system 19:43:28 < eps> There are plenty of issues open to debate. 19:44:05 < nhaines> eps: are there? 19:44:09 * MarkDude is concerned about using a *fully* Open Source solution 19:44:14 < Izinucs> now there's a segway 19:44:15 < MarkDude> RMS happy 19:44:39 < eps> 1. A bad CMS is worse than no CMS 19:44:47 < eps> 2. Remote image loading is perilous 19:44:49 < Izinucs> MarkDude: in what way? you mean a hosting solution running linux.. and cms Open source option? 19:44:51 < nhaines> RMS refuses to have anything to do with Open Source software. 19:44:55 < rww> MarkDude: I don't know of any good closed-source CMSes anyway, so I don't think that'd be a problem ;) 19:44:58 < Flannel> We won't be hotlinking images, we'll be hosting them. 19:45:09 < eps> rww: Vignette? 19:45:17 < nhaines> eps: se're not deciding on CMS options right now. 19:45:22 < Flannel> Half of the reason we wanted to do that was because we ran into issues with image hosting sites being unstable 19:45:38 < eps> Or people replacing their images with pr0n 19:45:55 < nhaines> eps: that hasn't been an issue so far. 19:46:02 < Flannel> eps: We haven't run across that issue before to my knowledge, actually. 19:46:27 < nhaines> But it's irrelevant. We won't be hotlinking. 19:46:59 < Flannel> Anyway, try and take a gander at that page before the next meeting so we can keep moving along. 19:47:03 < Flannel> Anyone have questions? 19:47:04 < grantbow> except for Ubuntu countdown banners 19:47:38 < Flannel> grantbow: I'd actually rather see a php image script that just spits out [current image data] instead of just redirecting 19:47:46 < Flannel> (or any language, really) 19:48:09 < DarkwingDuck> better then my hack a couple releases ago lol 19:48:11 < grantbow> me too, but for the wiki we have tried for several cycles to get something better 19:48:32 < rww> and now that we're going to have an actual webserver, making something better will be trivial. 19:48:46 < Flannel> Yeah, we can do that now, and have it wiki-friendly 19:48:49 < DarkwingDuck> although my hack did work for the wiki 19:48:58 < grantbow> DarkwingDuck: the hack the website team did last cycle is equivalent to your hack two cycles ago. 19:48:59 < Flannel> DarkwingDuck: Indeed it did! 19:49:07 < grantbow> they call it facebook but it's the same thing 19:49:25 < DarkwingDuck> ill write it up in a script and bomb it to the ML 19:49:35 < grantbow> lol 19:50:02 < Flannel> Any other questions? 19:50:06 < DarkwingDuck> ill call it joys of .htaccess hehehe 19:50:47 < Flannel> Alright, our next item is a second LoCo banner 19:51:19 < grantbow> LoCo banner? There aren't any LoCo banners yet. 19:51:37 < grantbow> berkeleylug loaned one to the team - it cost quite a bit. 19:52:11 < Flannel> pleia2 spoke with jack, and jack believes he can get another one printed, so assuming everything works out, we'll have two. 19:53:13 < Flannel> If something comes up, we'll find another solution. But keep your fingers crossed. 19:53:13 < grantbow> I repeat, we'll have one., 19:53:15 < eps> Are we talking vinyl sign-cutter banner, or HP DesignJet banner? 19:53:30 < grantbow> vinyl, yes. 19:53:33 < Flannel> eps: the vinyl one, yeah. 19:53:35 < eps> sweet 19:54:06 < DarkwingDuck> neal, you're slow tonight lol 19:54:08 < nhaines> I'm for just using the same design as our current banner. 19:54:27 < seidos> there's a Berkeley LUG with their own banner? cool 19:54:43 < grantbow> the borrowed banner? Berkeley LUG did a great job with that, didn't they? 19:54:44 < Flannel> nhaines: Yeah, we've already given the artwork and stuff. 19:54:49 < Flannel> grantbow: Please stop. 19:54:55 < grantbow> Flannel: please stop 19:55:23 < nhaines> grantbow: please stop. 19:55:25 < Flannel> Alright, anyone have any other topics for tonight's meeting? 19:55:38 < grantbow> more ignored objections, nice 19:56:00 < nhaines> grantbow: you will first need to state an objection for it to be addressed/ignored. 19:56:04 < Flannel> grantbow: I'd be happy to discuss whatever it is you feel like discussing after the meeting, but it'd be rude to waste everyone's time on them during it. 19:56:31 < seidos> it isn't surprising that the Berkeley LUG would do a great job. Is the LUG at the University? 19:56:32 < grantbow> you steal a banner and I'm the bad guy? 19:56:56 < Flannel> seidos: Yeah, jack got the banner printed at the University print shop 19:57:10 * seidos doesn't know jack, or Jack for that matter 19:57:12 < rww> to be fair, I wasn't under the impression that it was borrowed 19:57:19 < grantbow> Jack is jdeslip 19:57:31 < seidos> oh 19:57:34 < grantbow> he's been traveling this summer 19:57:36 < nhaines> Neither was I, but I'd be happy to discuss it with Jack to make sure there weren't any misunderstandings. 19:57:58 < Flannel> grantbow: This is the first time Ive ever heard of "stealing" or "borrowing", as I said, I'd be happy to discuss it with you after the meeting. 19:58:32 < grantbow> This place is closing now so I have to go. I welcome a phone call. 19:59:06 < grantbow> bye 20:00:08 < Flannel> So, in summary, Jack is trying to get another printed so we don't have to deal with the logistics of having our banner in many places at once. 20:00:19 < Flannel> Anyone have any other topics for tonight's meeting? 20:00:29 < nhaines> It's definitely very generous of him. :) 20:00:42 < Flannel> nhaines: I agree. 20:00:54 < MarkDude> Flannel, when I asked about the banner... 20:01:08 < MarkDude> The location answer I got was 20:01:14 < MarkDude> "its down here" 20:01:17 < nhaines> MarkDude: after the meeting. 20:01:20 * MarkDude is *just sayin' 20:01:52 * MarkDude quites down 20:02:25 < seidos> s/quites/quiets :D 20:02:43 < rww> quite 20:02:44 < Flannel> MarkDude: I have our banner. We kept it down here since at SCaLE I asked people, and the next banner-needing event we could think of was SCaLE (in 2011). Because OSCON moved to Oregon. 20:03:19 < Flannel> I thought we already had this discussion, but I may be mistaken. 20:03:22 < MarkDude> Flannel, same thing nhaines said after the meeting :) 20:03:38 < Flannel> Anyway, Thank you all for coming tonight. Our next meeting is on August 8th, 7pm.
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