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Agenda
Need a New Mexico Ubuntu LoCo Council meeting (Agenda item carried over from last weeks meeting)
Setting up a booth at Solar Fiesta ColonelPanik update
- 9.04 CD's have been ordered (Thanks Mike)
If you want to add anything else to the agenda, please feel free!
Members Present
- dthomasdigital
- tritium
- gcleric
- jimrz
- genfool_
- weazzle
- novelo|hm
- beanie77
- kenneth_
Proceedings
Meeting called to order at 8:05 by tritium
Topics Discussed
<tritium> dthomasdigital: I only posted the agenda. <tritium> There's ubot3 ;) <tritium> !upgrade > ColonelPanik <ColonelPanik> I'll be a General? <tritium> heh, he's supposed to /msg you with the info above <tritium> Looks like he's not behaving <jimrz> ooops <tritium> Shall we start? <dthomasdigital> +1 <genfool_> +1 <gcleric> +1 <jimrz> +1 <beanie77> +1 <tritium> Who wants to facilitate today? <genfool_> -1 * kenneth_ (n=kenneth@c-69-254-140-79.hsd1.nm.comcast.net) has joined #ubuntu-us-nm <tritium> gcleric, jimrz: one of you care to? <weazzle> +1 <tritium> weazzle: go for it <weazzle> uh-oh <weazzle> one sec <tritium> Agenda here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NewMexicoTeam/April_21_2009 <genfool_> weazzle, you can doooo it! :) <weazzle> waiting for it to load :( <weazzle> wohoo <weazzle> New Mexico Ubuntu LoCo Council meeting <weazzle> First agenda item <gcleric> agreed we need schedule a meeting. <weazzle> Ok, gotta help me out <dthomasdigital> I like to have a meeting of the loco Council <weazzle> since this one was carried over from last meeting <weazzle> Is this a face-to-face? <dthomasdigital> mainly just to talk about what should be listed on the wiki <tritium> Yep, we do need a council meeting. <jimrz> face to face or on line? <gcleric> I could go either way irc or face to face. <dthomasdigital> council members are tritium,gcleric,jimrx,dthomasdigitsal am I missing anyone? <dthomasdigital> jimrz <gcleric> face to face could mean food though... =) <tritium> I've missed the past two meetings. What are the topics? <jimrz> :) <jimrz> \+1 for food <tritium> dthomasdigital: protonchris <dthomasdigital> How could I forget him <tritium> I have no preference either. <jimrz> ditto <weazzle> dthomasdigital: don't you follow him on Twitter too? <weazzle> ;) <tritium> We have a few options if we choose IRC: #ubuntu-us-nm, #ubuntu-meeting, or I could create another channel for the council. <dthomasdigital> yes I do <gcleric> those in favor of F2F? <gcleric> +1 <dthomasdigital> +1 <tritium> +1 <jimrz> +1 <dthomasdigital> looks like the +1's have it <gcleric> now where Flyingstar? or somewhere new? <dthomasdigital> I'll go anywhere <jimrz> +1 <kenneth_> popeye's now have free wifi ;p <tritium> heh, that's a new one ;) <genfool_> check out flying star, make sure it is up to snuff <gcleric> kenneth_: no way...really?? <jimrz> kenneth:all of 'em or just a particular one? <kenneth_> the one on Coors NW has a sign advertizing free wifi <dthomasdigital> we can figure out a time and place later if we want, what ya think? <weazzle> Do you guys want to pick the location now, or do you vote to move on to the next item? <dthomasdigital> +1 next item <gcleric> kenneth_: that kills me in NY everywhere wanted a $2 or more per hour of wifi. <jimrz> +1 <weazzle> arg, lost connection again <gcleric> +1 <weazzle> sorry <weazzle> c'mon wi-fi <dthomasdigital> Are we on the next item? <tritium> dthomasdigital: yes, weazzle was re-loading the agenda <tritium> Perhaps in the interest of time, he won't mind if I paste it: <tritium> Setting up a booth at Solar Fiesta ColonelPanik update <tritium> Fire away, Colonel. * weazzle has quit (Read error: 60 (Operation timed out)) * weazzle (n=weazzle@71-222-215-215.albq.qwest.net) has joined #ubuntu-us-nm <dthomasdigital> check out the cool info ColonelPanik found on there web site: <dthomasdigital> This web site is powered by Debian Gnu/Linux, Apache web server and other Free software. <dthomasdigital> NMSEA would like to thank the New Mexico Gnu/Linux users group for their work in setting up, configuring and maintaining our server. <weazzle> hello <tritium> Hi, weazzle. <weazzle> grrrr wi-fi <ColonelPanik> They are not taking apps yet. <dthomasdigital> Sounds like our kind pf people <dthomasdigital> of people <tritium> URL? <dthomasdigital> ColonelPanik do you know when the date will be? <ColonelPanik> No, I go to the NMSEA site twice a day. <tritium> ColonelPanik: what's the URL for the Solar Fiesta? <ColonelPanik> Sept 9/26-27 http://nmsea.org/index.php <dthomasdigital> dthomasdigital is having a quote to convert his house next month, to solar at the very least his cooling and computer room done. <tritium> Pretty cool stuff. <dthomasdigital> Cool thanks ColonelPanik for running with this. <gcleric> very cool. <ColonelPanik> dthomasdigital, wait until you go to the Solar Fiesta before you do anything expensive <dthomasdigital> Oh it's going to cost big time, I'm thinking about 800 Kilowatt hour system <ColonelPanik> ouch <dthomasdigital> The Thomas house is gadget full we suck up the juice. <gcleric> dthomasdigital: I'm saving up for mine. I'm looking to split solar/wind <dthomasdigital> cool....next item? <gcleric> +1 <tritium> Yes, I did get the CDs ordered. <tritium> I got a response back today: <tritium> Hi, <tritium> Your Cd's have been requested. <tritium> Many Thanks Rachael <dthomasdigital> Thank's to tritium for ordering, with out him I'd have nothing for my presentations. <beanie77> I heard a solar guy say that is is 10x cheaper to buy low power appliances than for a solar system. The data point is about 5 years old. <tritium> So, now it's just a waiting game. <dthomasdigital> Rachael Tripp? She rocks <tritium> She's a trip ;) <gcleric> tritium: that's bad... <tritium> gcleric: hehe, I know. <gcleric> like something I'd say.. =) <tritium> =) <tritium> So, I'll need all of your help in distributing the CDs. <dthomasdigital> I have small update about LinuxFest if any one want to hear? <gcleric> yes. <tritium> I don't want any leftovers in my house. Let's get them out into the community. <tritium> dthomasdigital: sure <weazzle> +1 <genfool_> +1 <jimrz> +1 <dthomasdigital> Last weekend the floodgates opened and 20 people registered <tritium> sweet <jimrz> :) <gcleric> nice! <genfool_> sked for it <dthomasdigital> we are over the 75 mark on official registered attendees. <dthomasdigital> not counting presenters <gcleric> sweet. <ColonelPanik> tritium, I could use a few, priming the pump for the Portales Lindependence <genfool_> you asked for it, genfool needs new keyboard <dthomasdigital> also 2 other presentations where turned in and I just need to get them on the site <tritium> ColonelPanik: sure thing. We'll get you some. <dthomasdigital> fedora will let me know next quarter how much money they can donate. <gcleric> speaking of which when is the next meeting for the NMLC? <ColonelPanik> I need something to pass out about the Fest. Fliers <dthomasdigital> I have other sponsors getting them lined up too <dthomasdigital> gcleric NMLC meeting coming up soon I'll let you knwo ASAP <dthomasdigital> also April 16, 2009 Las Cruces, NM - Southwest Regional Technology Symposium was a blast <dthomasdigital> met some folks from the MVLUG handed out lots of disk <dthomasdigital> My next presentation is April 29, 2009 Santa Fe, NM - Ignite Santa Fe <dthomasdigital> OK I'm done <kenneth_> On the topic of CD's I'll created Ubuntu 9.04 cd labels <kenneth_> http://sites.google.com/site/nmlocoparty/ <kenneth_> I'm using google sites to post a first draft <dthomasdigital> kenneth_ rocks <tritium> Nice, kenneth_ ! <gcleric> kenneth_: 5 point for Gryffindor! <beanie77> Very nice, how did you do it and how do you get them printed? <dthomasdigital> Oh the wife is going to kill me as I'll be printing them on her nice color printer <kenneth_> I used gLabel and I printed them through print to file (pdf) <beanie77> What's you favorite flower for your funeral? 8)