Ubuntu-ca Team Meeting in IRC

In the IRC channel irc://irc.freenode.net/#ubuntu-ca. Freenode Webchat at http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=ubuntu-ca

Minutes

HTML log files are at http://irclogs.ubuntu.com/2011/11/02/%23ubuntu-ca.html#00:00

Delegation of jobs

• BobJonkman will be helping with meetings (promo, minutes, logs)

• rugbeeprop (Tek Ang) will help with Web site(s)

  • There are some stale websites, eg. CanadianTeam/Toronto; refresh but don't delete content

• Still need help with CanadianTeam/TeamReports and Local Event Coordinators

• Feel free to jump in with anything that makes Ubuntu better or supports the community

Province Teams

• There's some city teams, and an online community across the Country

• Ubuntu Quebec and Ubuntu Vancouver have their own LoCos, but still part of Ubuntu-ca online community

• Provincial LoCos would not make it any easier to participate in local events in other areas. It's just as difficult to go from Toronto to Thunder Bay as it is to go from Newfoundland to British Columbia.

• Provincial LoCos may increase the administrative burden:

  • Applying to LoCo council for LoCo approval

  • Multiple LoCo sites to maintain

• Provincial LoCos might improve access to CDs and other Canonical swag

• Consensus: We do nothing about Provincial LoCos.

  • Even if LoCo council does require Provincial LoCos it won't change the activities we're already doing

Past events

• FSOSS was pretty awesome

  • dscassel (Darcy Casselman) and Rarsa (Raul Suarez) presented on Saturday

  • Next year we get a table at FSOSS!

Upcoming Events

• Kitchener Ubuntu Hour on Friday, 4 November

• Waterloo Ubuntu Hour on Wednesday, 16 November

• Toronto Drupal Camp on 12-13 November

• UDS is going on right now, schedule at http://summit.ubuntu.com/uds-p/

Other

• Michael Kaulbach (genii-around) is working on https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IRC/FactoidCleanup

Agenda

Introductions

• Regulars say hi. New people introduce themselves.

Delegation of jobs

• dscassel is looking for volunteers.

Province teams

• The LoCo council (or members thereof) have suggested that Canada is too big for one team (or three) and would prefer it be split into province teams

  • What value would province teams have over a national team?
  • Is this something people would be in favour of?

Past Events

• Ubuntu Release Parties

• FSOSS Toronto Linux Fest, Oct 27-29

Upcoming Events

• Ubuntu Developer Summit, Orlando, Florida, USA, 31 October – 4 November, 2011

• Ubuntu Hours