Meeting #1

Date and Time

Thursday 20 September 2007, 16:00-18:00 CDT (UCT-5)

Present

Members

• TonyYarusso (chaired)

• JonHoman

• NicholasOmann

• JordanPeacock

• Jay Curry

• MarkMeloche

• JonathonJongsma

• Eric Honaker

• Brad Johnson
• aaronm

Observers and Guests

• RichardJohnson

• GregGrossmeier

• StephenStalcup

• IanMcewen

Agenda

• See MinnesotaTeam/Meetings/AgendaOne

Logs

• Raw: http://www.tonyyarusso.com/ubuntu/ubuntu-minnesota_mtg1.log

• Pretty: http://www.tonyyarusso.com/ubuntu/ubuntu-minnesota_mtg1.log.html

Items of Business

Administrative Stuff

Infrastructure

• Our Launchpad team page: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-minnesota - official roster

• Mailing list: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-mn - primary communication and announcements, ALL should be on this

• Forum: http://minnesota.ubuntuforums.org/ - support, discussion, and other threaded stuff

• IRC: #ubuntu-minnesota on Freenode - live chat

• Personal wiki pages: ie, https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TonyYarusso - include info about experience, skills, professional connections, things you have to offer

• Project page: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu-minnesota-projects - will use more in the future; feel free to explore

(Note: In all of those places, remember to follow the Ubuntu Code of Conduct, listed at http://www.ubuntu.com/community/conduct)

Gutsy Release Party

General Concepts

• Sticking to a social gathering this time

Date and Time

• Tentatively Saturday 20 October 2007, 19:00-? CDT (UCT-5) (that's 7 PM, btw)

Location

• Should be bus-accessible, in Twin Cities metro area

• University of Minnesota campus, empty classroom if possible; should have digital projector and screen if possible - Jay Curry

• Restaurant TBD afterwards (suggestions include Buffalo Wild Wings, Cosetta, Grandma's, Dunn Brothers'); should allow <21 - Brad Johnson

Advertising

• Planet Ubuntu - TonyYarusso

• Consumer tech columnist @ PP & ST - TonyYarusso

• Local computer stores (flyers) - Eric Honaker

• Libraries - started by Erik Honaker, all help

• Radio public service announcements - MarkMeloche, Jay Curry

• Workplace bulletin boards - all

Other Notes

* TonyYarusso may be able to bring a digital projector and screen if not available on-site. Maybe.

Future Ideas

• InstallFest in collaboration with TCLUG

• Polar Bear Club (Winter BBQ)

• Computer renovation (Craigslist/SVDP/FreeGeek, etc); other sources include schools, banks, Henneping Co. recycling centers - TonyYarusso, MarkMeloche

• Minnesota State Fair 2008 - letter by NicholasOmann

• Convergence LAN party - Jay Curry, Eric Honaker

• Public library computer labs - started by Eric Honaker; Roseville and Shoreview by TonyYarusso; New Hope, Golden Valley, and Minnetonka by Jay Curry

• Comics Conference - JordanPeacock

• Various flyers and other material for these events and in general - all, LOTS on the wiki, Gobby as needed by TonyYarusso

• Distribution at computer stores - Eric Honaker, former CompRen in Minnetonka and Microcenter by Jay Curry

• Legislators - see /Political

• Schools - all; have a dedicated meeting on this in the future; look into getting a demo laptop to bring around

Finances and Paperwork

• Little decided at this time
• Not doing IRC 501c3/4 registration for now

• May look into non-profit mailer with USPS, community checking account with BankCherokee

• Discuss in future as needed

• Write up procedures for record-keeping - TonyYarusso

Meeting Frequency

• Between twice a month to every two months
• At least one more before Gutsy release, to finalize party plans
• Next meeting should rotate day of week and time - watch the mailing list