{{{ [20:01] Hello there everyone, lets get the LoCo Council meeting started! [20:01] #startmeeting [20:01] Meeting started Tue Mar 20 20:01:27 2012 UTC. The chair is greg-g. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.ubuntu.com/meetingology. [20:01] Available commands: #accept #accepted #action #agree #agreed #chair #commands #endmeeting #endvote #halp #help #idea #info #link #lurk #meetingname #meetingtopic #nick #progress #rejected #replay #restrictlogs #save #startmeeting #subtopic #topic #unchair #undo #unlurk #vote #voters #votesrequired [20:01] thelinuxer: ping [20:01] hi czajkowski [20:02] We only have one thing on the agenda today, and that is the approval of the Egyptian LoCo [20:02] hi thelinuxer [20:02] anyone else here from the team [20:02] hi greg-g [20:02] hello [20:02] do you mind doing a quick introduction of the Egyptian LoCo? [20:02] yes ashams MohamedAlaa98 [20:02] greg-g: of course [20:02] #topic Egypt LoCo Approval === meetingology changed the topic of #ubuntu-meeting to: Egypt LoCo Approval [20:02] the team started to be really active almost 2 years ago [20:02] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/EgyptTeam/ApprovalApplication [20:02] hi guys [20:03] we made our main objective to introduce more people to free software [20:03] and we decided that ubuntu was the right way to go [20:03] #link https://wiki.ubuntu.com/EgyptTeam/ApprovalApplication [20:03] we had several install fests [20:03] workshops [20:03] and of course we do support on our different channels, IRC, Faceboook ...etc [20:03] there was a choice? :) [20:03] thelinuxer, nice pictures! [20:03] (of Ubuntu vs ???) ;) [20:04] SergioMeneses: thanks check out more on facebook [20:04] lovely application folks well done [20:04] does make things a lot easier! [20:04] czajkowski: thanks [20:04] yes we had a choice :) [20:04] they have a good number of ubuntu members [20:04] but ubuntu was winning in every way :) [20:04] Very concise, I really enjoyed reading about what the Egypt team has been doing [20:04] thelinuxer: :) I know I know, we all do. I'm not always serious in meetings :) [20:05] itnet7: thanks :) [20:05] are there any questions ? [20:05] yup [20:05] thelinuxer: so tell us how things are done in your tema [20:05] *team [20:06] how do you organise events? [20:06] any issues you've come across and how you've delt with them [20:06] yes of course there are always issues with venues [20:06] but most of this is solved because we have so many active members in different universities [20:06] which is really a good place for our events [20:07] nods [20:07] true [20:07] * greg-g nods to issues associated with venues [20:07] mostly to organize an event we set a date for it like a week after the release date [20:07] then we start to search for an appropriate venues [20:07] * greg-g nods [20:07] thelinuxer, I like the new structure, it's working now? [20:07] we start calling for volunteers for the help desk activities and FAQs and giving presentations [20:08] we are actually test driving it right now [20:08] some bugs have been reported on launchpad [20:08] but it's not 100% active [20:08] still some rough edges :) [20:09] thelinuxer, ok!... [20:09] SergioMeneses: :) [20:09] you do seem very active my only concern is many members being from unis, will they still be involved once they finish and how to get non uni folks invovled [20:09] we are trying our best, but the fact is if we get for students involved then this technology choice would adopted by companies [20:10] and hence we can make real change [20:10] great stuf [20:10] I've no other questions [20:10] we also have a couple of members who has graduated and they are still active [20:10] thelinuxer, I like the idea of an orientation session. Could you tell us more about it. How do it works? Is it online or face-face activity? [20:10] Definitely true thelinuxer [20:10] very good. [20:10] xdatap1: sure [20:10] I will say I'm not gone on the use of n00b would perfer to see the word new user. but that's my only comment [20:11] #voters czajkowski itnet7 huats greg-g xdatap1 [20:11] Current voters: czajkowski greg-g huats itnet7 xdatap1 [20:11] czajkowski: sure we can think about another geeky term :) [20:11] czajkowski, I'm agree [20:11] agreed re "n00b" :) [20:11] alright, I think we ready to vote! [20:11] greg-g, wait, I asked a question [20:11] ah, yes, please do [20:11] xdatap1: the session should includedfull details about how the team works [20:11] and what's the different activities people can get involved in [20:12] if it's offline then it would be a normal presentation so the new folks would meet the team [20:12] and if online we can use IRC, Google+ or whatever platform we choose [20:12] )done answering the question : [20:12] :)* [20:12] :) [20:12] thelinuxer, thanks, it's a nice idea, congrats [20:13] any other questions? I don't want to step on anyone's toes. Hard to read people's faces over IRC :) [20:13] xdatap1: thank you very much [20:13] good here [20:13] thelinuxer, last info, just a curiosity [20:14] xdatap1: please do [20:14] thelinuxer, egypt is a very big country. Where are from most of the members? Are them mainly from big cities or do you have people from all around? [20:14] i am happy you asked that [20:14] our biggest governorates are Alexandria and Cairo [20:14] a great number of members are from these 2 [20:15] but also there is a small governorate called Mansoura [20:15] some people from Mansoura joined the team [20:15] and one of our very active members is originally from Mansoura [20:15] * xdatap1 checking the map :) [20:15] they are planning to start a team there but it hasn't been officially on [20:16] and they were the ones who gave us a chance to participate in OSDay in Mansoura [20:16] cool! Thanks thelinuxer! [20:16] xdatap1: yw :) [20:16] awesome [20:17] greg-g, I'm ready to vote [20:17] alrighty, I think we're all ready then [20:17] #vote Egypt LoCo Approval [20:17] Please vote on: Egypt LoCo Approval [20:17] Public votes can be registered by saying +1, +0 or -1 in channel, (private votes don't work yet, but when they do it will be by messaging the channel followed by +1/-1/+0 to me) [20:17] +1 [20:17] +1 received from greg-g [20:17] +1 [20:17] +1 received from itnet7 [20:17] +1 [20:17] +1 keep up the good work [20:17] +1 keep up the good work received from xdatap1 [20:18] +1 well done [20:18] +1 well done received from czajkowski [20:18] 20:11 < greg-g> #voters czajkowski itnet7 huats greg-g xdatap1 [20:18] you missed SergioMeneses [20:18] +1 [20:18] +1 received from huats [20:18] great work [20:18] whoops! [20:18] :) [20:18] #endvote [20:18] Voting ended on: Egypt LoCo Approval [20:18] Votes for:5 Votes against:0 Abstentions:0 [20:18] Motion carried [20:18] I realy like the application [20:18] I see [20:18] thanks everyone :) [20:18] congratulation thelinuxer ! [20:18] oh well, Egypt still was approved without SergioMeneses' vote :) [20:18] huats: that's Menopia's work our designer :) [20:18] thanks everyone :) [20:18] greg-g, :D [20:19] great job thelinuxer and everyone else in the Egypt team [20:19] Awesome job, way to go!! [20:19] SergioMeneses: my apologies, my second faux pas during the meeting ;) [20:19] Thanks again I will go spread the news :) [20:19] well done folks [20:19] thelinuxer, congratulations [20:19] is there any other business for this LoCo Council meeting? [20:19] greg-g, don't worry! [20:19] and again if you could use another word for n00b like new user that would be best [20:19] #topic AOB === meetingology changed the topic of #ubuntu-meeting to: AOB [20:19] SergioMeneses: thanks :) }}}