Agenda

• Can we get a list of what needs doing, and the priority of each item, before release? We're probably not likely to get *all* of the bugs fixed before release. - Hobbsee

Member candidates

• imbrandon ( Brandon Holtsclaw )

• "kwwii" ( Kenneth Wimer )

Meeting Log

Meeting log can be read there : first part, second part.

Summary

First, Riddell asked each one to just tell who (s)he is.

  === Riddell jonathan riddell
  === Lure is Luka Renko
  === allee Achim Bohnet
  === Hobbsee is Sarah Hobbs, she thinks...
  === kwwii is Kenneth Wimer
  === m-onkey Carlos Diener
  === toma is Tom Albers
  === comm[A|n] der is Robert Mueller
  === bddebian [n=bdefrees@mail.ottens.com] has joined #ubuntu-meeting
  === `6og Karl Goetz (usually)
  === OculusAquilae is Bastian Holst
  === imbrandon is Brandon Holtsclaw
  === nixternal is Richard Johnson
  11:06  klichota  klichota is Krzysztof Lichota
  === crimsun [n=crimsun@pdpc/supporter/silver/crimsun] has joined #ubuntu-meeting
  === kmon Javier monteagudo, just a reader
  === linuxmonkey is Terry Jacob (at least I think I am)

Because of Hobbsee's sleeping state, she asks to report her agenda point for later.

Members

Brandon Holtsclaw - imbrandon

• He mentions his Wiki page : imbrandon for presentation

• crimson mentions that imbrandon has been taking an active role in universe-fixing for 6.06

• imbrandon mentions that bddebian uploaded a lot for him
• Hobbsee mentions imbrandon fixing kvirc and having been working with him in -motu fixing dh_iconcache
• Answering Riddell, imbrandon mentions he's been around #kubuntu-devel for 3 months

• imbrandon mentions his presence mostly on IRC in -motu and #kubuntu, for general help, like install problems and setting up restricted formats for people, sudo understanding and such, and that he spends about 6 hours a day on average on #kubuntu and #kubuntu-offtopic

• Riddell mentions the fact that imbrandon is no op for the moment and that it'll be fixed

• Red-Sox mentions that imbrandon helps out a lot for us newbies in #kubuntu-offtopic

• On Riddell's question will you be able to help us with the RC and final release at all?, imbrandon aggrees: yes (...) i'm here for the long haul

• Hobbsee mentions how hard it is to answer to people on #kubuntu, because of very high ratio of newbies to people who know what they're talking about and mentions that imbrandon tends to be one of the few people that helps around

• Tonio_ mentions that he also did a quite interesting bunch of patches

• Lure: I think we need more people to help newbies in irc and forums - thsi is where Kubuntu is lacking (+25 from Hobbsee)

• Answering a few questions about involvment in Edgy, imbrandon: i plan on being very active in edgy and kde4 and can definitively be put on Riddell's list of people to throw packaging problems at.

• i plan on concentrating on kde ( qt4 patches ) but i also lkike to look on malone and help where i can while ideling on irc heling new people

• imbrandon did sign the Code of Conduct (question from toma)

Votes

• Riddell: well I've not heard much involvement from imbrandon before but what I'm hearing here is good and the testimonials are all positive so I think a +1 from me

• Hobbsee is debating saying yes, or asking for more contributions before membership...

  • Hobbsee: +1 from the stuff i see in -motu - i'd like to see you in #k-devel though :)

• allee: many others supported him. +1 from me too.

• Tonio_: +1 for me although I wasn't here at the beginning

• toma: +1 for me

11:25  Riddell  seems like +1s all around
11:25  Riddell  thanks for taking the grilling imbrandon and congratulations on being the first kubuntu-member

Kenneth Wimer - kwwii

• kwwii, presenting himself (he had no Wiki page at that moment):

  • well, I am kenneth wimer, been around linux for a long while

  • worked for another major linux company for 7 years doing all the graphics

  • kde member, kde-hci member, kde-artists ring-master or such

  • since about a 6-8 months using kubuntu

  • in the meantime, a ubuntu-art member

  • did lots of stuff for dapper

  • learning deb packaging recently

• Riddell: well I know kwwii pretty well, I don't have any questions (...) he did all the dapper artwork for kubuntu

• Riddell mentions that kwwii is contracted by canonical at the moment

• To toma's question about being working on kde stuff as well, kwwii answers: "I am part of the oxygen team

• At that moment, kwwii had NOT signed the Code of Conduct (question from toma)

• He even had no wiki page (first question from Hobbsee, Tonio_ then precises its importance), but he mentions his blog : http://kwwii.blogspot.com

• Riddell: he won't get into the kubuntu-members team without signing the conduct

Votes

• Hobbsee: +1 based on the artwork contributions - looking forward to seeing what happens in edgy

• Tonio_: +1 based of artwork contribution, work done for the linux tag (...)

• Riddell: +1 from me for kubuntu artwork, top linuxtag help and oxygen goodness

• toma: +1 for me, although a wiki page describing yourself is badly missing

• allee: kwwii: then +1 of course!!

11:37  Riddell  +1s all round again, congatulations kwwii

11:37  Riddell anyone else here for membership?
11:38  toma    Riddell: maybe i should be there?

• Riddell mentions that toma is our KDE link on the committee

• toma, presenting himself :

  • well, I'm working on RSIBreak, i was working on digiKam

  • i was a dutch translator before that

• Tonio_ mentions that toma works on codeine
• Answering Tonio_, toma mentions he worked on media:/ library and tried to implement it in codeine (upstream implemented it differently)
• toma then mentioned :

  • next to that, i did some packaging on alioth (debian). learning from allee

  • and code kde-nl member core

• Answering to Riddell asking what makes him interested in Kubuntu: "i think linux should be easier for the users and i'm seeing kubuntu making a good efford doing so, so i want to help in that area and focuessed on KDE

• allee mentions toma's upstream work on kipi-plugins
• Answering Riddell, toma mentions that he attended all kde meetings in Netherlands and no other one.

• toma: yes, i can not say I have done a lot for kubuntu untill now, but I will be more active, you have to know that the council is a bit of a surprise for me.

  • Riddell: toma: I'm not asking for more kubuntu involvement, as I say we value you for the upstream involvement

• Answering to Hobbsee, toma confirms that he has signed the Code of Conduct

Votes

11:51  Riddell  toma is in the positive then, congratulations and welcome to kubuntu membership