Ubuntu NC LoCo Team IRC Meeting - March 18, 2010 - 7pm

Agenda

The agenda that was used to conduct the meeting can be found here.

Meeting opened by akgraner at 23:07

• <BugeyeD> aaaaa

  <BugeyeD> i'm here, i'm here

  <BugeyeD> not enough hours in the day ...

  <akgraner> ok I need to mute the mootbot one sec

  <alindgr1> YAY!! I am attending my first IRC meeting.

  <akgraner> can some grab the agenda link and drop it in while I do that

  <BugeyeD> alindgr1: welcome!

  <magedragon25> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NorthCarolinaTeam/Meeting

  <BugeyeD> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NorthCarolinaTeam/Meeting/Agenda

  <BugeyeD> heh

  <akgraner> thank you!

  <akgraner> ok so who is here for the meeting

  <BugeyeD> o/

  <magedragon25> +1

  <alindgr1> Thanks, Bugeyed

  <BugeyeD> alindgr1: hlrg.nc.charter.com ... hmmm, i give. where are you?

  <alindgr1> Richlands.

  <jcg_> +1

  <BugeyeD> heh. gonna have to google that.

  <akgraner> [TOPIC] Review the leadership wiki

Review the leadership wiki

• <alindgr1> Close to Camp Lejeune

  <BugeyeD> so far this meeting includes folks from richlands, greensboro, winston-salem, the mountains, charlotte ...

  <BugeyeD> oh, and the UK.

  <akgraner> has everyone looked over the leadership wiki

  <jcg_> yes

  <magedragon25> yes

  <BugeyeD> yup

  <akgraner> [LINK] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NorthCarolinaTeam/TeamCouncil

• <magedragon25> any suggestions for the forum maoderator

  <akgraner> according to the agenda there is to be a final vote tonight

  <akgraner> who is a forum user in the group

  <alindgr1> forum user here.

  <jcg_> looks like we are a bunch of rebels here LOL

  <akgraner> it would make sense that it should be someone who uses forums and understands how to moderate

  <BugeyeD> yeah, i'm not there yet.

  <magedragon25> I use the forum...but not much knowledge on how to moderate it

  <akgraner> hmm let's keep that one open - I'll talk to the forums council and see if they have some suggestions

  <jcg_> What is the issue? I'm not that clear on what we are runnng against.

  <akgraner> magedragon25, let me get all the info for forum moderation to you - you can read over it, ask some questions etc

  <magedragon25> ok...that works...

  <akgraner> and if you want to do it - then we'll get you added

  <magedragon25> ok

• magedragon25 @gmail.com

  <akgraner> thanks I'll get it for you but if you haven't heard from me by next Friday - ping me and bug me about it

  <magedragon25> ok

  <akgraner> [action] akgraner to get magedragon25 info for forums moderator

• <MootBot> ACTION received: akgraner to get magedragon25 info for forums moderator

  <akgraner> grrrr

  <BugeyeD> battle of the bots

  <akgraner> [action] akgraner to get mootbot removed

• <MootBot> ACTION received: akgraner to get mootbot removed

  <akgraner> I'll clean up the logs :-/

  <akgraner> [VOTE] do we want to adopt the current leadership council for the team for the term of 1 year?

• <MootBot> Please vote on: do we want to adopt the current leadership council for the team for the term of 1 year?.

  <MootBot> Public votes can be registered by saying +1/-1/+0 in the channel, private votes by messaging the channel followed by +1/-1/+0 to MootBot

  <MootBot> E.g. /msg MootBot +1 #ubuntu-us-nc

  <BugeyeD> +1

  <jcg_> +1

  <MootBot> +1 received from BugeyeD. 1 for, 0 against. 0 have abstained. Count is now 1

  <MootBot> +1 received from jcg_. 2 for, 0 against. 0 have abstained. Count is now 2

  <nameiner_> +1

  <MootBot> +1 received from nameiner_. 3 for, 0 against. 0 have abstained. Count is now 3

  <alindgr1> +1

  <MootBot> +1 received from alindgr1. 4 for, 0 against. 0 have abstained. Count is now 4

  <akgraner> anyone else?

  <MootBot> +1 received from Mootbot-UK. 5 for, 0 against. 0 have abstained. Count is now 5

  <akgraner> [endvote]

• <MootBot> Final result is 5 for, 0 against. 0 abstained. Total: 5

  <akgraner> Next topic

  <akgraner> [TOPIC] Ubuntu Advocacy

Ubuntu Advocacy

• <MootBot> New Topic: Ubuntu Advocacy

  <akgraner> individual advocacy - What are you doing to get the word out?

  <akgraner> Team advocacy - What is the team doing to get the word out?

  <magedragon251> my connection dropped...what did I miss?

  <akgraner> magedragon25, vote for leadership

  <magedragon251> oh..ok

  <akgraner> so who has anything for the individual advocacy

  <jcg_> Personally, I presented a Loco presentation to the Guilford County LUG last week

  <magedragon251> I am going to get the flyer that was edited by jcg posted around forsyth tech

  <jcg_> And as the organizer of GCLUG, we I have scheduled our moderator to make a presentation in April

  <BugeyeD> i talked about akgraner at gclug, if that helps.

  <akgraner>

  <BugeyeD> i dropped by a flooring company yesterday, next to the pizza parlor i went to. i'm going tomorrow to install ubuntu on one of their boxes. if that goes well, i'll be taking over their windows server and installing ubuntu there too.

  <BugeyeD> krikey, joe!

  <magedragon25> what?

  <BugeyeD> you keep stepping on your network cable?

  <alindgr1> What can I do? I am not really sure what I can do.

  <magedragon25> wireless

  <BugeyeD> alindgr1: if you like using ubuntu, simply pass along the excitement.

  <BugeyeD> magedragon25: less, for sure

  <akgraner> alindgr1, let's talk after the meeting and we'll figure out what you can do

  <magedragon25> hehe

  <alindgr1> Thanks, akgraner.

  <akgraner> there are tons of things let's figure out what you like, what you want to learn etc and go from there

  <alindgr1> Sounds good to me.

  <akgraner> I spoke at the WNCLUG meeting

  <akgraner> ok so Team advocacy?

  <jcg_> We conducted an Ubuntu Hour in Winston-Salem last Saturday with 4 in attendance and 2 others that saw us and inquired abt Ubuntu

  <akgraner> how did that go?

  <jcg_> really well, IMO

  <akgraner> great!!!

  <jcg_> Put a sign on the table and it attracted the questioners

  <akgraner> [idea] who on the team would like to be involved in the greater Ubuntu Community but isn't right now?

• <MootBot> IDEA received: who on the team would like to be involved in the greater Ubuntu Community but isn't right now?

  <jcg_> BugeyeD was the man with the answers

  <jcg_> +1

  <magedragon25> +1

  <akgraner> great

  <akgraner> there are some great opportunities in the the: testing, learning team, Ubuntu Women, Ubuntu Weekly News etc

  <akgraner> so throughout the next week lets's look at the projects in the community that team members can get involved with

  <jcg_> OK

  <magedragon25> cool

  <akgraner> SELF is coming up in June which would be another way for the team to get involved

• magedragon25 is not going to be able to attend SELF

  <akgraner> I've arranged for an Ubucon to be there - and help will be needed on it and at the Ubuntu Booth on June 12th there as well

  <jcg_> [idea] i think we need info on what kind of involvement and how to move forward with it

• <MootBot> IDEA received: i think we need info on what kind of involvement and how to move forward with it

  <akgraner> [agreed] akgraner to get more info on involvement - nothing is a half to just suggestions - remember that the ubuntu community is a lattice not a ladder so there are many ways to get involved

• <MootBot> AGREED received: akgraner to get more info on involvement - nothing is a half to just suggestions - remember that the ubuntu community is a lattice not a ladder so there are many ways to get involved

  <akgraner> any objections to moving on to Projects?

  <jcg_> works for me

  <akgraner> [TOPIC] Global Jam Days

Global Jam Days

• <MootBot> New Topic: Global Jam Days

  <BugeyeD> well, that was crap. i make fun of joe and then my net goes down ... what'd i miss?

  <akgraner> [LINK] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGlobalJam

• <akgraner> What, if anything are we doing here?

  <MootBot> LINK received: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGlobalJam

  <magedragon25> karma BugeyeD.....it will get you

  <jcg_> I see little chance we can effectively manage a GJ project given the time frame and the lack of a venue

  <magedragon25> hehe

  <BugeyeD> i think we dropped the ball in winston, though i can sit in my office and jam bugs and stuff for awhile.

  <akgraner> BugeyeD, I'm going to get more information for the team to help get people started on getting involved in the Ubuntu Community

  <BugeyeD> magedragon25: that's different from the koala, right?

  <BugeyeD> akgraner: good deal

  <magedragon25> hehe yeah

  <akgraner> ok so I am working on getting an Virtual Global Jam going to the Ubuntu Women Project

  <akgraner> so the team can do that as well here

  <magedragon25> lack of venue in winston with such short time left...

  <akgraner> magedragon25, you don't have to plan anything drawn out - basically you can show up at a coffee shop and invite people to join you

  <akgraner> and you can talk about ubuntu

  <akgraner> brainstorm ideas

  <akgraner> etc

  <akgraner> you don't even half to tell the cofffe shop

  <magedragon25> ok...guess that could work....

  <akgraner> just send an email saying hey I'm going to be here from this time to this time want to join be to do X with Ubuntu

  <magedragon25> jcg, BugeyeD, I will reserve the room at Panera in Kville for one day and make a flyer to post around

  <BugeyeD> magedragon25: what date? if the calendar works i'll be there

  <jcg_> OK, then we need to come up with an idea for an agenda

  <BugeyeD> bac was at my first, and showed us how to do it "the right way"

  <magedragon25> 27th sound ok?

  <akgraner> jcg_, you can or you can just show up and wing unconference style

  <jcg_> OK, works for me

  <magedragon25> winging it is my style

  <akgraner> the more comfortable you are with just gathering together the more you can begin to do as time goes on... comfort, fun, social all around ubuntu

  <jcg_> can't do much in the way of marketing, but given that fact, I'll be there

  <magedragon25> all day except the lunch hour...which I will reconfirm and post on the flyer

  <BugeyeD> magedragon25: sounds good

  <akgraner> ok anything else about global Jam?

  <akgraner> not sure what we will do here but we'll do something in western NC

  <jcg_> do we need to record an action item?

  <jeffrash> what is kville?

  <jcg_> kernersville, nc

  <akgraner> [action] ongoing planning for Ubuntu Global Jams

• <jeffrash> got it

  <akgraner> [TOPIC] Release Parties

Release Parties

• <akgraner> April 29th is around the corner - release parties anyone

  <jcg_> What was the result of pollling the list for plans, Joe?

  <akgraner> we are going to do one the weekend after the 29 in Asheville

  <magedragon25> we have a collaborated made flyer that I am getting posted around Forsyth Tech in Winston....

  <BugeyeD> foothills in winston-salem

  <magedragon25> I got one response...and it was from Mark

  <akgraner> [action] release party in Asheville, NC April 1st weekend

• <jcg_> [idea] appears we need to stir more excitement re: Ubuntu across NC

• <BugeyeD> [action] release party in Winston-Salem, NC April 29

  <akgraner> nameiner_, what about Raleigh?

  <BugeyeD> akgraner: you mean may 1, right?

  <nameiner_> We still need a venue in Raleigh, I tried reserving the flying saucer but they already have a bigger group. So if anybody has an idea please post

  <akgraner> BugeyeD, grrr yeah May 1st

  <BugeyeD> nameiner_: here's an idea ... let's crash the other party!

  <nameiner_> I guess we could have it on Friday or Saturday after the 29th

  <akgraner> [action] anyone in the Raleigh area send suggestions to nameiner_ or talk to nameiner_ and see what you all can come up with

• <BugeyeD> yoos guys can come to winston

  <akgraner> so looks like - Winston, Asheville, and Raleigh areas will most likely have a release Party of some sort - this is AWESOME!!!

  <BugeyeD> tronyx: ping

  <BugeyeD> i know a couple of folks in charlotte were talking about it a few weeks back, but ...

  <akgraner> jfrorie, are you all planning anything in Charlotte? or do you know if anyone who is?

  <jeffrash> I would come if something is charlotte

  <jfrorie> I'm chekcing the dates. Hang....

  <jeffrash> I will do kernersville, nc on the weekend too

  <jcg_> As advocacy lead, I'll be happy to assist i getting something organized in both Charlotte and Raleigh

  <jfrorie> MAy 1st, right?

  <akgraner> April 29th is release date

  <akgraner> but many people just have the parties on the following weekend

  <magedragon25> I will be out of town....my brother is getting married may1st

  <BugeyeD> what use is a release party if you can't overdo it and skip work the next day?

  <magedragon25> haha

  <akgraner>

  <jfrorie> Where are the others meeting. Beer or coffee?

  <akgraner> jfrorie, both

  <BugeyeD> yeah, wide-awake drunk

  <jfrorie> am pm?

  <magedragon25> pm

  <nameiner_> I'm open to any suggestions, some nice food would be nice and beer is always welcome

  <BugeyeD> winston is at a brewery, so ...

  <BugeyeD> and the food is great at foothills. not typical bar food at all.

  <akgraner> alright - anything else about release parties?

  <jfrorie> Ill host something, dunno the venue

  <akgraner> GREAT!!!

  <BugeyeD> jfrorie: if it's your place, i'll come!

  <jfrorie> lol

  <akgraner> [TOPIC] Outreach to rural areas

Outreach to rural areas

• <akgraner> anything new with this or are we going to put this on hold for a while?

  <akgraner> [LINK] see MD Tour

• <akgraner> continue or backburner?

  <akgraner> enter below if time allows

  <akgraner> New projects begun since last meeting

  <akgraner> New project ideas

  <jcg_> We are working on a presentation for LUGs in other areas

  <akgraner> jcg_, who is we?

  <jcg_> marx and I

  <akgraner> great!

  <jcg_> guess that could have been an advocacy topic but it fits here better, IMO

  <akgraner> [action] _marx_ and jcg_ working on presentation for LUG's see MD Tour Link

• <alindgr1> I am in a rural area, pretty much. There may be something I can help with.

  <jcg_> I really want to see us presenting wherever and whenever we can re: the NC Loco

  <akgraner> jcg_, I'll redo to the agenda

  <jcg_> akgraner, good

  <akgraner> so last but not least

  <akgraner> [TOPIC] Team Approval

Team Approval

• <jcg_> any progress?

  <akgraner> how are the wiki's looking

  <jcg_> magedragon25 was working on that from last mtg, but I think he's gone now

  <magedragon25> I am learning to how to make my own wiki so I can do the team wiki and make it look pretty

  <akgraner> ahh ok are the pages still in sandbox?

  <magedragon25> yeah

  <akgraner> ahh ok

  <magedragon25> I needed stuff to put on the team wiki

  <jcg_> Joe if I can help, I'll be willing to do so.

  <magedragon25> ok...

  <jcg_> Sure would like to see this thing kicked into high gear

  <akgraner> usable application and updated roadmap wiki's by March 31st?

  <akgraner> how does that sound?

  <akgraner> that is about 2 weeks - I can help a little

  <jcg_> akgraner, can you tell us where we are re: the review of what we have?

  <akgraner> oh sure

  <alindgr1> I have plenty of time, but not a lot in depth knowledge, but I would like to help if I can

  <akgraner> we are doing a lot - and should have enough active participation to seek membership

  <akgraner> we just need to clean up the wiki's

  <akgraner> and get it all ready to go before the LoCo council

  <nameiner_> I have pictures from the last release party in Raleigh here: http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/sredir?uname=guethling&target=ALBUM&id=5444957222288049569&authkey=Gv1sRgCJak7Oi9yMr--QE&feat=email

  <jcg_> so if we work hard on the wikis for the next two weeks, we should be in pretty good shape to apply?

  <akgraner> they are also doing re-approvals - and their meetings are only lasting about an hour

  <BugeyeD> i'll do what i can. i'm buried, but committed.

  <akgraner> so we should add ours and make sure it is ready and if they get to us them great and if not we can just work on it some more

  <BugeyeD> or should be committed.

  <BugeyeD> something like that.

  <akgraner> ok so I can block out about a couple hours next week between 8-10pm

  <jcg_> What must we do to get it added to their agenda?

  <akgraner> I'll just add it to the wiki

  <akgraner> but we can't do that until our application is ready

  <jcg_> their wiki or ours?

  <akgraner> b/c they will look at it as soon as we put our name on it

  <akgraner> their wiki

  <akgraner> the way the council agendas work is you add your item to their wiki and it is 1st come 1st serve - they go in the order the agenda items were added

  <jcg_> This is a bit frustrating .. for the last three meetings this has been the focal point of approval yet it has not hapened

  <akgraner> jcg_, we all have day jobs - this is all volunteer

  <jcg_> Maybe an action Item with a date needs to be getting the application ready

  <jcg_> akgraner, I understand, but I don't have a job and have a fair amount of time ..

  <jcg_> Yet, I'm not being used in the approval process at all

  <akgraner> jcg_, let's talk tomorrow and come up with a timelime

  <magedragon25> maybe handing off finishing the app wiki to jcg would be a good idea....

  <jcg_> sounds good

  <alindgr1> I also have a day job, but I am 103 days from military retirement, so I have lots of time during the day. I am more of an advisor than a worker.

  <BugeyeD> alindgr1: good for you!

  <jcg_> congrats, alindgrl

  <BugeyeD> (and thanks for your service)

  <jcg_> ditto

  <akgraner> jcg_, I'll log in about 10am tomorrow morning whom ever wants to work on the timeline and let's get a plan in place we can start working on it in the am

  <alindgr1> can't wait. (Giant party at my house June 26)

  <magedragon25> I haven't had much time to work on the wiki since last meeting

  <jcg_> OK, where will we meet? here?

  <akgraner> [action] 10am Friday March 19th, in #ubuntu-us-nc approval planning timeline

• <akgraner> alright folks anything else?

  <jcg_> 10am it is .. on my cal

  <akgraner> we have a plan for release parties, global jams, advocacy, and for approval planning timeline - anything else anyone want to add

  <akgraner> or is there any announcements anyone wants to make?

  <BugeyeD> akgraner: question ... we sometimes have training on

  <BugeyeD> various topics right here in the channel. can that be used somehow for the approval request?

  <jcg_> I've only gotten two weeks older since the last meeting

  <akgraner> yep it sure can

  <jcg_> mage has been doing quite a lot of that

  <BugeyeD> aight, 'nuther bullet point then

  <akgraner> BugeyeD, or anyone else who can summarize those can you send them too me

  <BugeyeD> we'll work on that

  <jcg_> BugeyeD, conducted server install training last week

• magedragon25 couldn't find the general daily logs for this room

  <akgraner> cool thanks

  <jcg_> nor could I mage

  <BugeyeD> magedragon25: i have logs for everything.

  <magedragon25> ok

  <akgraner> alright next meeting April 1st, 2010 at 7pm in #ubuntu-us-nc

  <jcg_> I'm not sure this chan is actually being logged

  <BugeyeD> 'cept a minute ago when karma kicked me off for making fun of you

  <akgraner> jcg_, yep it is

  <magedragon25> hehe

  <jcg_> would be good to know where, then

  <akgraner> see the ubot2

  <akgraner> it's the log bot

  <akgraner> see topic - it says were the logs can be found at

  <alindgr1> Announcement: retirement party at my house June 26. Cookin a pig, lots of beer!

  <jcg_> but they are NOT there ... that's my point

  <jeffrash> where is the log bot logging? I think the topic url and I found nothing

  <magedragon25> tried that....not there

  <nameiner_> alindgr1: that sounds like fun

  <akgraner> yes they are

  <akgraner> go to the link

  <jcg_> alindgr1, army

• <jeffrash> http://logs.ubuntu-eu.org/freenode/

  <jeffrash> that link?

  <alindgr1> Hope so, I have been waiting 20 years.

  <alindgr1> jcg_ Marines

  <akgraner> then pick 2010

  <jcg_> cool

  <akgraner> then pick o3

  <akgraner> then pick date

  <akgraner> then pick the channel

  <akgraner> make sense?

  <jcg_> OK, will look again ...

  <BugeyeD> i don't see it

  <jeffrash> I'm looking now

  <akgraner> keep in mind times are in UTC

  <jcg_> what does o3 represent

  <jeffrash> I don't see it

  <BugeyeD> hmmm, maybe march?

  <akgraner> ok follow these links

• <akgraner> http://logs.ubuntu-eu.org/freenode/

• <akgraner> http://logs.ubuntu-eu.org/freenode/2010/

  <BugeyeD> we seem to show up in feb but not march

• <akgraner> http://logs.ubuntu-eu.org/freenode/2010/03/

  <nameiner_> so, anyone from Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill area has an idea where we can have our release party???

  <jeffrash> and then?

• <akgraner> http://logs.ubuntu-eu.org/freenode/2010/03/19/

  <jcg_> nameiner, I know a restaurant in Durham

  <jeffrash> and then?

  <alindgr1> Could it not be there yet because the meeting is not over yet?

  <jcg_> Owner is quite happy with Ubuntu and has wifi

  <nameiner_> That sounds good jcg_

  <jcg_> we can talk later, if you like

  <nameiner_> ok, just call my name

  <akgraner> hmm - I guess nc isn't there any - I'll look into that - sorruy guys

  <akgraner> ok anything else

  <jcg_> gotcha

  <BugeyeD> akgraner: looks like it stopped sometime midway thru feb

  <akgraner> I'll find out

  <akgraner> ok if that's all

  <akgraner> Thanks again!!

  <akgraner> #endmeeting

Meeting closed at 00:26

People Present

• BugeyeD
• akgraner
• alindgr1
• magedragon25
• jcg_

• MootBot

• nameiner_
• magedragon251
• jeffrash
• jfrorie

Actions Recorded

• akgraner to get magedragon25 info for forums moderator
• akgraner to get mootbot removed
• ongoing planning for Ubuntu Global Jams
• release party in Asheville, NC April 1st weekend
• anyone in the Raleigh area send suggestions to nameiner_ or talk to nameiner_ and see what you all can come up with
• _marx_ and jcg_ working on presentation for LUG's see MD Tour Link
• 10am Friday March 19th, in #ubuntu-us-nc approval planning timeline

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