20080226
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 Meetup: Pittsford Wegmans @ 7pm March 6th
- Syracuse Meetup: [Tennative Plans]
- Hardy Release Events
- Leadership
- Need leadership for New York City and other major metros
- Develop a core leaders group
- Membership
- Community Advocacy and Support
- Rochester Computer Refurbish with Ubuntu
- Developing more activities to benefit NY
- Possible Regional SIP Conferences for each region in NY
- State leadership and local membership participate
- Status advocacy and support in a region and ability to newtork
- Precursor to local meetups?
- Possible State Meetup... need location, date, and local coordinator
- just more forums or is there interest more?
- Possible Regional SIP Conferences for each region in NY
- Encouraging Member Participation
- Team Application for official recognition
- Team Resume of contributions to Ubuntu and its community involvement
- Recieved endorsements for Approval
Attendance
Minutes
IRC Logs
(07:00:37 PM) ausimage: lets get this meeting started now... (07:00:50 PM) ausimage: no sense waiting (07:01:23 PM) ausimage: Upcoming Events (07:01:56 PM) ausimage: Rochester has their meetup coming up on the 6th of March at Pittsford Wegmans.... (07:02:03 PM) ausimage: it will be at 7pm (07:02:32 PM) ausimage: I have been in discussion with Cybermatt about a Syracuse Meetup (07:02:56 PM) ausimage: he gave me some tentative details but has not confirmed them yet (07:03:14 PM) ausimage: HARDY (07:03:40 PM) psychoneil: ?? (07:03:49 PM) ausimage: I am wondering if there is interest to get together in April when Hardy Herron is released... (07:04:41 PM) ausimage: We could put together something in Rochester... and try and drag the few from buffalo and syracuse in as well :) (07:04:51 PM) ausimage: maybe even ithaca perhaps :) (07:05:28 PM) psychoneil: i would love a chance to come to another meetup. have something on a sunday or monday :P (07:05:52 PM) ausimage: We could also encourage other areas to hold release parties given the size of the state.... (07:06:05 PM) ***ausimage wishes hal14450 was here.... (07:06:37 PM) ausimage: psychoneil: I will do my best to bring it up at Rochester Meetup... (07:07:03 PM) ausimage: That brings us to Leadership subtopic (07:07:07 PM) psychoneil: sounds good (07:07:36 PM) ausimage: There.... I am hoping to get help locating local region leader for NYC (07:08:07 PM) ausimage: our last designated leader there has moved out of state (07:08:46 PM) ausimage: The main responsibility for local region leaders being to coordinate local events and support efforts... (07:08:57 PM) ausimage: for that region... (07:09:54 PM) ausimage: I do not believe it is that much trouble to pull off (07:10:22 PM) ausimage: hmmm... K lets move onto the next topic (07:10:46 PM) ausimage: Community Advocacy and Support (07:11:03 PM) ausimage: I have put a couple ideas forward here... (07:12:06 PM) ausimage: It has been brought up that perhaps we could hold regional sip calls to allow members in an area to work on plans and get comfortable with one another (07:12:58 PM) ausimage: I think this would be a very good idea... though we would need to iron out the technical details.... ensuring everyone is capable of connecting and alll (07:13:38 PM) ausimage: I think this would help regions prepare for regular meetups too (07:13:51 PM) ausimage: comments on this? (07:14:46 PM) psychoneil: might be fun. though considering the lack of participation in a simple irc meeting i dont know how much we'd get for that (07:14:57 PM) ausimage: yeah... I know... (07:15:13 PM) psychoneil: especially with the extra effort to set up and all (07:15:20 PM) ausimage: I know the most requested thing I hear.. is when I can I meet face to face... (07:16:11 PM) ausimage: that is difficult thing with out local members coordinating (07:16:41 PM) ausimage: I surely do not know enough about other areas to do a good job... (07:17:10 PM) ausimage: hmmm... let bring this up on the list then (07:17:27 PM) ausimage: Next up is another State Meetup... (07:17:50 PM) ausimage: I am thinking ahead and Spring will be breaking in few months (07:18:15 PM) ausimage: Is there interest and support for another state meetup? (07:19:02 PM) ausimage: If it is planned well we maybe able to include more than we did last time... (07:19:20 PM) psychoneil: id be up for it (07:19:50 PM) ausimage: awesome... is there concensus that it should be centrally located or does that matter? (07:20:08 PM) ***ausimage thinks about the attendance at the last meeting (07:21:01 PM) ausimage: Dave123, hal14450? (07:21:45 PM) ausimage: again I will forward this to the list too then.... (07:21:47 PM) ausimage: :/ (07:22:16 PM) ausimage: Any other ideas to encourage participation? (07:22:25 PM) ausimage: and involvement? (07:23:16 PM) ausimage: K (07:23:35 PM) ausimage: Last is an update on the Team Approval Application (07:24:03 PM) ausimage: I got word back that we have been put on the agenda for consideration at a future CC meeting... (07:24:16 PM) ausimage: I do not know when it will be yet.... (07:24:46 PM) ausimage: Depending on the time, I will be there to get us approved :) (07:25:07 PM) ausimage: Any Other Business ??? (07:25:31 PM) psychoneil: yay approval! (07:25:34 PM) Bossmanbeta entered the room. (07:25:46 PM) ausimage: on its way yeah psychoneil (07:26:03 PM) ausimage: Bossmanbeta: meeting almost over :/ (07:26:16 PM) ausimage: anything you would like to add? (07:26:37 PM) Bossmanbeta: sorry... no I just walked in ... (not for the meeting) (07:26:45 PM) Bossmanbeta: thanks though (07:26:51 PM) ausimage: yeah np (07:27:04 PM) ausimage: K lets adjourn this meeting then
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