14November16
Sunday, November 16th, 2014, 7:00pm (1900) PT
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1 [03:00] <rww> #startmeeting
2 [03:00] <darthrobot> Meeting started Mon Nov 17 03:00:15 2014 UTC. The chair is rww. Information about MeetBot at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/meetingology.
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4 [03:00] <rww> #topic Roll call
5 [03:00] <rww> Raise your hands in the air
6 [03:00] <rww> like you just don't care?
7 [03:00] <rww> o/
8 [03:00] <DonkeyHotei> [Sun 2014-11-16 05:04:05 PM PST] <DonkeyHotei> o/
9 [03:00] <nhaines> _o/
10 [03:00] <ianorlin> o/
11 [03:00] <eps> o|
12 [03:00] <elky> o/
13 [03:01] <ianorlin> wait but I am left handed does that mean I should go \o
14 [03:01] <DonkeyHotei> ô
15 [03:02] <rww> woohoo, people
16 [03:02] <elky> ianorlin: you should try use your offhand as much as possible so it stays strong :P
17 [03:02] <rww> alrighty, I'm going to take the topics in reverse chronological order because why not
18 [03:02] <rww> #topic Next meeting date
19 [03:02] <rww> Next meeting is scheduled for November 30th right now, which is on the Sunday of Thanksgiving week.
20 [03:02] <rww> I guess that's sub-optimal. Shall I suggest on the mailing list that we skip/postpone that one?
21 [03:03] <rww> (and if so, which of skip/postpone)
22 [03:03] <ianorlin> postpone
23 [03:03] <elky> skip
24 [03:03] <DonkeyHotei> maybe the previous sunday?
25 [03:03] <elky> the last few agendas have been so busy and all </s>
26 [03:03] <eps> skip until Dec. 14
27 [03:04] <rww> ianorlin: until the 7th I guess?
28 [03:04] <ianorlin> yes
29 [03:04] <nhaines> Skip.
30 [03:05] <DonkeyHotei> 3 skips so far
31 [03:06] <rww> If we postpone, it's 7th and 21st. if we skip, it's 14th and 28th
32 [03:06] * rww ponders
33 [03:06] <rww> or 7th and 14th I guess
34 [03:06] <DonkeyHotei> 21st is close to christmas, 28th is close to new year's
35 [03:07] <rww> I'll email the mailing list about meetings in december in general, and try to get consensus by the 23rd. Does that work for everyone?
36 [03:07] <ianorlin> yes
37 [03:07] <elky> yep
38 [03:07] <DonkeyHotei> "
39 [03:08] <eps> abstain
40 [03:08] <rww> #action rww to email ML tonight about December meetings, decision by 23rd
41 [03:08] <darthrobot> ACTION: rww to email ML tonight about December meetings, decision by 23rd
42 [03:08] <nhaines> Sounds good to me.
43 [03:08] <rww> #topic 2015 leadership election reminder
44 [03:09] <rww> This is pretty much just a note that we have an election coming up. Based on the timing last year, there should be a nomination period in December and election in January.
45 [03:09] <rww> jyo did it last year, but I'm not running this year and am fine with doing it instead. Whatever works.
46 [03:09] <rww> Anyone have any election-related comments?
47 [03:10] <DonkeyHotei> great because jyo is hereby nominated
48 [03:10] <rww> I forget whether nominations are self-nominations or not.
49 [03:10] <nhaines> I approve of elections in general.
50 [03:11] <DonkeyHotei> i believe both are acceptable
51 [03:11] <rww> yeah, looks like non-self was fine last year and jyo checked in with nominees before election to see if they actually want to run
52 [03:12] <rww> however, the nomination period isn't open yet, so hold that thought until it is ;)
53 [03:12] <rww> anyone have any questions/comments/concerns about that whole process?
54 [03:12] * ianorlin doesn't
55 [03:14] <rww> alrighty, moving onwards
56 [03:14] <rww> #topic SCaLE
57 [03:15] <rww> #link http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale13x
58 [03:15] <darthrobot> Title: [SCALE 13x | scale13x]
59 [03:15] <nhaines> I also approve of SCaLE in general.
60 [03:15] <DonkeyHotei> nhaines: you gonna do ubucon again?
61 [03:15] <rww> Looks like it's scheduled for February 19-22, 2015 this year, at Hilton LAX (again).
62 [03:16] <rww> If anyone's interested in presenting at SCaLE itself, see https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/cfp and submit a proposal by the 10th
63 [03:16] <darthrobot> Title: [Call for Papers | SCALE 13x]
64 [03:16] <rww> Who's planning on going so far? (I'm not, busy at work around then.)
65 [03:16] <eps> I hope most of you have already made arrangements. Affordable travel and accommodations are going to disappear soon, if they haven't already. Cheap seats on Megabus are already sold out.
66 [03:17] <nhaines> I'm planning to be there. I'll take charge of the booth this year.
67 [03:18] <DonkeyHotei> affordable accommodations never *completely* sold out before, just needed an extra drive
68 [03:18] <eps> We need a discount code for regular attendees and the usual packet for workers.
69 [03:18] <rww> nhaines: do you want to coordinate with the SCaLE folks to get the booth registered and such?
70 [03:18] <nhaines> Ooh, tht's a good idea. Yeah, I'll handle that this year and get the discount code and stuff.
71 [03:19] <eps> This year looks different ... the usual overflow hotels are horrendously expensive, suggesting there's another major event on those dates.
72 [03:19] <nhaines> eps: that all comes together with the packet.
73 [03:19] <rww> nhaines: ta. CC: the leadership folks on emails so we know status please :)
74 [03:20] <ianorlin> I am
75 [03:20] <eps> Note that SCaLE has expanded to four days.
76 [03:20] <rww> also, I notice that since action can't be taken on non-agendized items, I'll be emailing the list asking for input before making that decision "official"
77 [03:20] <rww> so hold off about a week
78 [03:20] <rww> #action rww to email list about SCaLE, recommending voluntelling nhaines to coordinate booth work
79 [03:20] <darthrobot> ACTION: rww to email list about SCaLE, recommending voluntelling nhaines to coordinate booth work
80 [03:20] <nhaines> Sounds good to me.
81 [03:20] <eps> Put SCaLE discussion on the next agenda.
82 [03:21] <rww> #action rww to add SCaLE to the next meeting agenda when he makes the next meeting agenda tonight
83 [03:21] <darthrobot> ACTION: rww to add SCaLE to the next meeting agenda when he makes the next meeting agenda tonight
84 [03:21] <rww> (I'll date it for the 30th, until we decide what date to move it to)
85 [03:23] <rww> Any other SCaLE comments/questions/discussion?
86 [03:23] <DonkeyHotei> look for accommodations in the Monterey Park area?
87 [03:24] <eps> DonkeyHotei: that's a bit of a commute
88 [03:24] <DonkeyHotei> yep
89 [03:24] <ianorlin> my commute is from Torrance
90 [03:24] <ianorlin> at my parents house
91 [03:25] <DonkeyHotei> torrance is closer
92 [03:28] <rww> if anyone needs to do rideshare and such, that'd be something to bring up in here pretty shortly
93 [03:28] <rww> anyways, next topic
94 [03:28] <rww> #topic Event ideas
95 [03:28] <DonkeyHotei> personally i can't afford to attend at all without free room & board atm, but if i did, my car seats 5 total
96 [03:29] <eps> nhaines: Do you approve of events in general?
97 [03:30] <DonkeyHotei> i approve of NorCal events in particular
98 [03:31] <nhaines> eps: indeed I do!
99 [03:31] * eps does too
100 [03:32] <rww> any ideas for them? :3
101 [03:32] <nhaines> Every so often OCLUG talks about the old Linux Day events they used to host at Microcenter.
102 [03:32] <nhaines> It might be fun to do that sort of thing.
103 [03:33] <rww> what's a Linux Day?
104 [03:34] <nhaines> They set up a table inside or in front of Microcenter with Linux on them and showed it off, gave out discs, and probably recommended some systems that were compatible.
105 [03:34] <ianorlin> ah nice
106 [03:34] <DonkeyHotei> NorCal no longer has a Microcenter
107 [03:34] <eps> DonkeyHotei: whaaa?
108 [03:34] <ianorlin> except I might lose money from spending it
109 [03:35] <DonkeyHotei> eps: they closed a couple years back
110 [03:35] <DonkeyHotei> 2010 i think
111 [03:35] <eps> Darn. Looks like just Tustin now.
112 [03:36] <nhaines> Oh, bummer.
113 [03:36] <DonkeyHotei> they didn't even tell the employees not to show up for work at the time
114 [03:38] <eps> Well, I guess we'll have to find another place to warn people about Bay Trail-based hardware.
115 [03:38] <nhaines> Anyway, it might be fun to organize these kinds of events at smaller computer shops. I'm going to try and gather information from those who ran the last ones.
116 [03:39] <DonkeyHotei> there are smaller computer shops?
117 [03:40] <nhaines> yes. When you look at all computer shops, they are of various sizes.
118 [03:42] <rww> as far as tabling goes, there's also farmers markets and other community gathering type stuff
119 [03:44] <nhaines> That's true. I've pondered the idea of exhibiting at swap meets or farmers markets.
120 [03:46] <rww> #topic Any Other Business
121 [03:46] <rww> anything else anyone would like to cover tonight?
122 [03:46] * DonkeyHotei puts a lid on it
123 [03:47] <nhaines> I'm good for now.
124 [03:47] * eps moves for adjournment
125 [03:48] <rww> and I think everyone else wandered off
126 [03:48] <nhaines> I approve of adjourment in general.
127 [03:48] * rww bans meeting hammer
128 [03:48] <rww> #endmeeting
129 [03:48] <darthrobot> Meeting ended Mon Nov 17 03:48:55 2014 UTC.
130 [03:48] <darthrobot> Minutes: http://ihas.5cat.com/~darthrobot/ubuntu-us-ca/2014/ubuntu-us-ca.2014-11-17-03.00.moin.txt
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