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   1 20:59 < jaricanese7> hey everyone
   2 21:00 < cprofitt> hello jaricanese7 
   3 21:01 < jaricanese7> I don't have too much time but I heard there was a meeting today so I dropped in.
   4 21:01 < jaricanese7> I'm from the New York City area.
   5 21:02 < cprofitt> There is...
   6 21:02 < cprofitt> beginning right now
   7 21:02 < cprofitt> anyone else here for the meeting
   8 21:03 < cprofitt> ausimage: 
   9 21:03 < cprofitt> DavidLevin: 
  10 21:03 < cprofitt> Dave123: 
  11 21:03 < cprofitt> hal14450: 
  12 21:03 < Dave123> hi cprofitt
  13 21:03 < cprofitt> hey Dave123 -- we are having our meeting right now
  14 21:03 < cprofitt> glad you could make it
  15 21:03 < cprofitt> here is the planned agenda - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NewYorkTeam/Meetings/20100921
  16 21:04 < asymptote-school> hey cprofitt is my name showing up as asymptote-school ?
  17 21:04 < cprofitt> though I think we may discuss NYC with jaricanese7 
  18 21:04 < cprofitt> yes it is asymptote-school 
  19 21:04 < asymptote-school> k - I tried to change it to strAlan but I guess it didn't take
  20 21:04 < cprofitt>   Begin Meeting
  21 21:04 < cprofitt> welcome everyone.
  22 21:04 < asymptote-school> I'm trying to centralize my aliases with ubuntuforums and stuff
  23 21:04 < asymptote-school> ok go
  24 21:04 < cprofitt> Glad to see you here
  25 21:05 < cprofitt> The first and only pre-planned topic is Launch Parties
  26 21:05 < cprofitt> I am sure you all know that 10.10 is closing in
  27 21:05 < Dave123> yes
  28 21:05 < cprofitt> and we currently have a launch party scheduled for Rochester
  29 21:05 < jaricanese7> can't wait
  30 21:05 < cprofitt> November 6th
  31 21:05 < Dave123> planning to do it at B&N?
  32 21:05 < cprofitt> and Syracuse is looking at either the 6th or 13th
  33 21:05 < cprofitt> Yes, the Rochester will be at B&N
  34 21:06 < cprofitt> 6pm to 9pm
  35 21:06 < cprofitt> three hours in the big room
  36 21:06 < cprofitt> jaricanese7: any chance you want to organize one for NYC?
  37 21:06 < cprofitt> asymptote-school: where are you again?
  38 21:06 < asymptote-school> cprofitt: morrisville
  39 21:07 < asymptote-school> cprofitt: i'm Alan Nordman
  40 21:07 < cprofitt> launch parties do not have to be tremendously formal affaird
  41 21:07 < cprofitt> asymptote-school: I know... did not remember where you were though...
  42 21:07 < asymptote-school> I've just been popping in and out w/ so many aliases
  43 21:07 < cprofitt> should have with all our discussions of your getting a job -- Syr
  44 21:07 < jaricanese7> I would love to however I'm not sure how effective it will be in such a short time span.
  45 21:08 < cprofitt> jaricanese7: even if it was little more than an Ubuntu hour type event at a local coffee shop
  46 21:08 < cprofitt> I would think it would be a success
  47 21:08 < cprofitt> NYC has had little to nothing... and things must start... even if small
  48 21:08 < jaricanese7> I have my own development company and I am trying to push support for Ubuntu on that end.
  49 21:09 < cprofitt> if you would like to do it I can work with you to try to get some ideas flowing...
  50 21:09 < jaricanese7> I'm also going to start offering discounts for NYC residents for computer services when it's Linux related
  51 21:09 < cprofitt> and get some advertising out for the NYC folks via email lists, etc
  52 21:09 < jaricanese7> Sure I would definitely like to hold an event here.
  53 21:09 < asymptote-school> cprofitt: yeah I'm finally settled :D
  54 21:10 < cprofitt> alright
  55 21:10 < asymptote-school> jaricanese7: you know what you need to do
  56 21:10 < asymptote-school> or is this not the right time
  57 21:10 < cprofitt> not the right time asymptote-school 
  58 21:10 < cprofitt> we can work out details after the meeting
  59 21:10 < asymptote-school> k
  60 21:11 < cprofitt> ok...
  61 21:11 < cprofitt> one other small announcement
  62 21:11 < cprofitt> I will be attending UDS this October
  63 21:11 < cprofitt> I was fortunate and have been sponsored for the trip
  64 21:11 < jaricanese7> cprofitt: I know some stuff. I sent you an email.
  65 21:11 < asymptote-school> cprofitt: sweet
  66 21:11 < cprofitt> I will try to represent NY State while there
  67 21:12 < cprofitt> jaricanese7: awesome
  68 21:12 < asymptote-school> cprofitt: are you a dev or are you just an observer ?
  69 21:12 < jaricanese7> Hopefully you can meet more New Yorkers at the event.
  70 21:12 < cprofitt> asymptote-school: not good enough to be a FOSS dev yet
  71 21:13 < cprofitt> I do development, but I believe I am there mostly because of my advocacy
  72 21:13 < cprofitt> any other topics that anyone else wants to bring up?
  73 21:13 < asymptote-school> understood
  74 21:13 < asymptote-school> cprofitt: well I'd just like to say that I'd definitely like to participate in any way I can
  75 21:14 < cprofitt> with the launch?
  76 21:14 < asymptote-school> like if I could demonstrate a service or show off a specific aspect
  77 21:14 < asymptote-school> yes
  78 21:14 < cprofitt> you should, if you want to work with the Syracuse folks
  79 21:14 < cprofitt> work with ducky and slick666
  80 21:14 < cprofitt> they have a base plan I believe
  81 21:15 < jaricanese7> For some ideas, how is the Rochester launch going to me handled?
  82 21:15 < cprofitt> I am holding it at a local book store
  83 21:15 -!- ducky [~dnewell@pool-74-111-41-177.syrcny.fios.verizon.net] has joined #ubuntu-us-ny
  84 21:15 < cprofitt> Barnes and Noble @ RIT
  85 21:15 < cprofitt> I will, if others have their at the same day/time, setup a video feed
  86 21:15 < asymptote-school> cprofitt: ok well I may be able to come chill in crackchester as well
  87 21:16 < cprofitt> and we will also be going over the new features, etc
  88 21:16 < cprofitt> mostly launch is to go over new features, see each other and advocate if non-Ubuntu users come by
  89 21:16 < jaricanese7> Sounds good
  90 21:16 < asymptote-school> are you planning on
  91 21:16 < cprofitt> yeah... launch parties are fun
  92 21:16 < asymptote-school> posting flyers or something
  93 21:16 < asymptote-school> mailings
  94 21:17 < asymptote-school> I dunno how this works - I would imagine you don't want to push it on people
  95 21:17 < cprofitt> bug jams are fun, but take more work
  96 21:17 < cprofitt> I usually send a message on LUG mailing lists
  97 21:17 < cprofitt> announce at LUG meetings
  98 21:17 < cprofitt> and post some fliers at local schools
  99 21:17 < cprofitt> ducky: 
 100 21:17 < ducky> hi
 101 21:17 < cprofitt> if you can,... do you have a plan for Syr yet?
 102 21:17 < cprofitt> we are discussing the launch
 103 21:17 < ducky> ah
 104 21:18 < cprofitt> jaricanese7: is from NYC and will try to put an event together...
 105 21:18 < asymptote-school> yeah I could put up something at Morrisville - unfortunately there isn't a very large *nix contingent there though :(
 106 21:18 < ducky> um i will talk to landon and post it
 107 21:18 < cprofitt> though likely a simple meetup style just to get things rolling
 108 21:18 < cprofitt> ducky: cool.
 109 21:18 < ducky> it looks like it wil most likely be the 13th
 110 21:18 < cprofitt> asymptote-school: may want to help
 111 21:18 < cprofitt> jaricanese7: one other thing our team has been looking for is a News Letter team
 112 21:18 < cprofitt> if you are interested in that or know of others... let us know
 113 21:19 < jaricanese7> to write a newsletter for the NY LoCo?
 114 21:19 < cprofitt> yes
 115 21:19 < cprofitt> monthly
 116 21:19 < ducky> ...
 117 21:19 < asymptote-school> do we have enough to write about monthly ?
 118 21:19 < ducky> its alot of work
 119 21:19 < cprofitt> we do have stuff to write about...
 120 21:19 < cprofitt> but we need a team
 121 21:19 < ducky> and yes there is alot of stuff to write about
 122 21:20 < cprofitt> one person can coordinate, but it takes a team willing to write some articles
 123 21:20 < asymptote-school> alright - I'll go with it and I'll contribute in any way I can
 124 21:20 < cprofitt> in the past it has been Ducky and me
 125 21:20 < asymptote-school> I am slowly learning artwork
 126 21:20 < cprofitt> two people can not make it happen
 127 21:20 < jaricanese7> Yes I would't mind working on a newsletter as long as I'm not alone on it.
 128 21:21 < cprofitt> cool... perhaps we can start to get a little steam on that as well...
 129 21:21 < asymptote-school> jaricanese7: I'll support.  I think I should be flexible enough to contribute
 130 21:21 < cprofitt> we can talk about the specifics on the newsletter after the meeting...
 131 21:21 < cprofitt> anyone else have anything?
 132 21:21 < asymptote-school> I don't have a family or other commitments so I should be able to support
 133 21:21 < ducky> i dont mind leading
 134 21:22 < ducky> i just cannot do the whole thing
 135 21:22 < asymptote-school> cprofitt: can u recap and save me scrolling up, times/locations of launch party
 136 21:22 < cprofitt> I agree ducky 
 137 21:22 < cprofitt> asymptote-school: they are on the wiki
 138 21:22 < asymptote-school> cprofitt: ok
 139 21:22 < cprofitt> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NewYorkTeam/Events
 140 21:22 < cprofitt> Syracuse and NYC still have to set a date/time though
 141 21:22 < asymptote-school> right I'll be sure to read it
 142 21:22 < asymptote-school> ok that's fair
 143 21:22 < asymptote-school> well we have some time right
 144 21:22 < cprofitt> Ducky you have a good template for the newsletter
 145 21:22 < asymptote-school> october 10th
 146 21:22 < asymptote-school> well that's not very much time
 147 21:23 < cprofitt> so we can have you focus on that and start rolling again
 148 21:23 < cprofitt> asymptote-school: our lauch is usually after that... 
 149 21:23 < cprofitt> November 6th
 150 21:23 < asymptote-school> ohhh
 151 21:23 < asymptote-school> oh right I remember now
 152 21:23 < asymptote-school> my bad
 153 21:23 < cprofitt> gives us time to get the new CDs, etc
 154 21:23 < cprofitt> and makes sure if their is a delay that we are not celebrating Duke Nukem
 155 21:23 < asymptote-school> yeah I should be in good position to contribute
 156 21:23 < cprofitt> alright...
 157 21:23 < cprofitt> I think the official stuff is over
 158 21:24 < cprofitt> Meeting Closed