20071211

This is the XXth IRC General meeting of the NewYorkTeam, starting at 7:00 PM EST and finishing at 8:00 EST When adding new agenda items please "sign" them, place @SIG@ (without the escape - marks) after each of your items. If you won't be in attendance, please describe your item and wishes in detail otherwise those items may not be effectively discussed.

Agenda

  • Meet Up Reports
    • Encouraging more Meet Ups
  • Upcoming Events
    • Rochester: First Thursday's at Pittsford Wegmans-Upstairs Cafe. Jan 3rd 7pm
  • Leadership
    • Develop a core leaders group
  • Membership
    • Set team Launch Pad memberships to expire one year from join date - Will be activating soon
  • Website will be moving...
    • Yharrow got notice the server our site is on will be shutting down by the end of the month.
  • Community Advocacy and Support
    • Rochester Computer Refurbish with Ubuntu
    • Developing more activities to benefit NY
    • Encouraging Member Participation
    • Conference 2008
  • Team Application for official recognition

Attendance

Minutes

IRC Logs

(07:01:48 PM) ausimage: Who is here besides RobNyc and deejoe_rcsi?
(07:02:06 PM) deejoe_rcsi: hi
(07:02:06 PM) spudnoggin: privet, deejoe_rcsi
(07:03:55 PM) ***ausimage was hoping for more participation... :/
(07:05:25 PM) ausimage: Lets make this a quickie I guess :)
(07:05:45 PM) ausimage: Our first topic is meetups...
(07:06:09 PM) ausimage: deejoe_rcsi: you went to the rochester meetup... want to give a summary?
(07:06:19 PM) ***ausimage could not go.. :(
(07:07:10 PM) deejoe_rcsi: on my n800
(07:07:21 PM) ausimage: on the meetup :)
(07:07:26 PM) deejoe_rcsi: so ,in brief
(07:07:36 PM) ausimage: yeah... 
(07:07:54 PM) deejoe_rcsi: dave123, hal14450 aand i went
(07:08:14 PM) deejoe_rcsi: nice space, wifi
(07:08:56 PM) deejoe_rcsi: we just hope
(07:09:19 PM) deejoe_rcsi: no one went to victor ny mistake
(07:09:41 PM) deejoe_rcsi: hendriski was out of country
(07:09:45 PM) ausimage: yeah that would not be good...
(07:10:01 PM) deejoe_rcsi: ausimage was shopping ;)
(07:10:16 PM) deejoe_rcsi: that's it.
(07:10:24 PM) ausimage: yeah :( gotta do what the wife wants ;)
(07:10:35 PM) deejoe_rcsi: jan 19th rcsi ifest
(07:11:15 PM) ausimage: The Rochester meetup next is Jan 3rd at 7pm Pittsford Wegmans Cafe... again...
(07:11:27 PM) ausimage: I do hope to make it this time...
(07:11:44 PM) ausimage: deejoe_rcsi: feel free to spread the word ;)
(07:12:19 PM) deejoe_rcsi: there was some ? as to whether to do it close to new years
(07:12:40 PM) deejoe_rcsi: i think we said go for it
(07:12:47 PM) ausimage: yeah I am wondering that... but I do not think it be a problem
(07:14:06 PM) ausimage: next is Launchpad memberships... I will be setting the yearly expiration date as soon I as I get time and ensure it will work correctly...
(07:14:25 PM) deejoe_rcsi: jan 19th rcsi ifest 1 to 430 greece pub lib
(07:14:45 PM) deejoe_rcsi: good re lp expiry
(07:15:26 PM) ausimage: The responses from the email list were mostly that would not be able to continue after the expiration... which is not true just an acknowledgement 
(07:15:37 PM) ausimage: will reinstate their membership
(07:15:55 PM) ausimage: um... next is our website...
(07:16:26 PM) ausimage: yharrow gave me some bad news... the host is shutting down
(07:16:37 PM) ausimage: or something to that effect... 
(07:16:52 PM) ausimage: I have backed up what we do have on our site...
(07:17:12 PM) ausimage: We have two solutions I can think of at this point...
(07:17:44 PM) ausimage: use my hosting plan.... which allows for multiple domains
(07:18:07 PM) ausimage: or get hal14450 to help us with setting up on his...
(07:18:30 PM) ausimage: I think hal14450 was looking at a virtual server for us...
(07:19:19 PM) ausimage: but since I have not been able to get a response on IRC... nothing has been decided
(07:19:45 PM) deejoe_rcsi: hmm
(07:20:01 PM) deejoe_rcsi: how soon from yharrow?
(07:20:11 PM) ausimage: 26th of dec
(07:20:21 PM) ausimage: EOY
(07:20:41 PM) ausimage: I need to see if he is willing to transfer the domain too
(07:20:42 PM) deejoe_rcsi: ok
(07:20:49 PM) deejoe_rcsi: yeah
(07:21:17 PM) ausimage: I would not mind attempting to host on my webhosting account temporarily
(07:21:52 PM) ausimage: I think hal14450 server will be the best longterm
(07:21:52 PM) deejoe_rcsi: at least list, irc & wiki won't be affected
(07:21:57 PM) ausimage: yeah
(07:22:46 PM) ausimage: So it is a wait and see at this point...
(07:23:21 PM) ausimage: The last topic I have is the next time of our general IRC....
(07:24:07 PM) ausimage: I am thinking that we wait to the fourth Tuesday in January... and then hold one on the 2nd and 4th tuesday
(07:24:09 PM) deejoe_rcsi: hehe
(07:24:24 PM) ausimage: or we could mix things up 
(07:24:33 PM) deejoe_rcsi: i like 2nd & 4th
(07:24:46 PM) ausimage: 2nd thu and 4th tue ?
(07:25:01 PM) ***ausimage just thinking aloud...
(07:25:16 PM) ***deejoe_rcsi shrugs
(07:25:24 PM) deejoe_rcsi: good as any
(07:25:24 PM) ausimage: I know...
(07:25:53 PM) ausimage: if we very the day of the week... it may give a chance for more to participate...
(07:26:19 PM) ausimage: though I am not sure that it would confuse too :/
(07:26:35 PM) ausimage: deejoe_rcsi: opinion?
(07:27:04 PM) deejoe_rcsi: wed is the only other one
(07:27:24 PM) ausimage: hmmm...
(07:27:25 PM) deejoe_rcsi: tho some do church then
(07:27:30 PM) ausimage: :/
(07:28:02 PM) ausimage: I guess I could throw it the list... :S
(07:28:20 PM) ausimage: see how many would chose which ?
(07:28:38 PM) deejoe_rcsi: ask for top 3 prefs
(07:29:39 PM) ausimage: hmmm... K... well get something to the list later tonight then
(07:29:50 PM) deejoe_rcsi: decreasiasing order
(07:29:58 PM) ausimage: but the weeks will be firm 
(07:30:07 PM) ausimage: 2 and 4
(07:30:56 PM) ausimage: Ok... that is everything I wanted to discuss...
(07:31:09 PM) ausimage: anything else from anyone else?
(07:31:15 PM) deejoe_rcsi: ok
(07:31:20 PM) deejoe_rcsi: nope
(07:31:27 PM) ausimage: good adjourned

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