• 2013-01-17 meeting:

  • Meeting log: http://ubottu.com/meetingology/logs/ubuntu-meeting/2013/ubuntu-meeting.2013-01-17-17.00.html

  • Xubuntu check-in
    • The team saw many community-related improvements last cycle, including: revised strategy document, many marketing initiatives, new offline documentation, many improvements on our website and social media outlets and progress towards a bigger team/community
    • Increased community strength seems to have more users because some people are looking for a more classic desktop, more users means more of a pool to draw from contributor-wise
    • Also have been working to fix up some of our getting involved documentation
    • Been looking at automated testing and wondering if we can use them in the future (hopefully for next LTS)
  • Ubuntu Studio check-in
    • Development has been slightly restrained lately, however that may be due to decreased involvement of a team lead who was the one to pursue action items and keep pushing things
    • That isn't to say that all development has stopped because people like zequence and len have been pushing things along with micahg's assistance
    • No immediate cause for concern but there is a feeling that Ubuntu Studio needs active stewardship and vision
    • Discussed ways in which the team could be more cohesive without central leadership, suggested regular meetings
    • To help focus, they are hoping to clarify the mission of the project and _exactly_ who are target audience (like the Xubuntu strategy document)
  • A question was raised about timing and location of the Ubuntu Developer Summit, Jono confirmed the contract was just signed and it will be early May and in Oakland

Developer Membership Board meeting, 2013-01-07

Chair: Cody A.W. Somerville

Members Present: Benjamin Drung, Cody A.W. Somerville, Stéphane Graber, Iain Lane, Barry Warsaw, Micah Gersten

Review of previous action items

laney to describe criteria and process for lightweight amending of ppu rights (for dds)

LINK: http://people.ubuntu.com/~laney/dynamic-ppu-procedure.txt

ACTION: DMB members to read proposal and be prepared to vote next meeting on next action

micahg to ask docs people if they want to apply for a packageset

Action completed.

PerPackageUploader Applications

Bjoern Michaelsen for libreoffice

LINK: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BjoernMichaelsen/DeveloperApplication

VOTE: For: 2 Against: 1 Undecided: 2

Application was unsuccessful.

Ubuntu Contributing Developer

Adam Stokes for Ubuntu Contributing Developer

LINK: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AdamStokes

VOTE: For: 5 Against: 0 Undecided: 0

Application was originally for Ubuntu Core Developer but changed to Ubuntu Contributing Developer during meeting. The application was successful and Adam Stokes welcomed as Ubuntu Contributing Developer.

Any Other Business

Restaffing of DMB

LINK: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CommunityCouncil/Restaffing

The term for several DMB members expire on 2013-02-13. There is a need to arrange for restaffing process to be executed.

ACTION: DMB to sort out re-election stuff.

Developer Membership Board meeting, 2013-01-28

Chair: Stefano Rivera

Members Present: Stefano Rivera, Stéphane Graber, Micah Gersten, Benjamin Drung, Barry Warsaw

Review of previous action items

• We voted to accept the Dynamic PPU procedure

  • http://people.ubuntu.com/~laney/dynamic-ppu-procedure.txt

  • For: 5, Against: 0, Abstentions: 0
  • Action: Iain to publish the Dynamic PPU Procedure on the wiki somewhere
• Upcoming re-staffing election
  • Action: Micah to run the election, starting ASAP, ending on midnight 10th-11th Feb

Aron Xu's application for upload rights to im-config and other pkg-ime packages

• Link: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AronXu/DeveloperApplication

• The application was re-defined from a set of PPU rights, to an input-methods package set, containing "packages maintained by the pkg-ime team in Debian, and im-config"
• The outcome of the application was voted on:
  • For: 5, Against: 0, Abstained: 0
  • It passed, unanimously, and Aron Xu was added to the ubuntu-input-methods-uploaders Launchpad Team, which was granted upload rights to the packageset described above.
• Congratulations, Aron.

• 4 January 2013: Ubuntu Hour Kitchener

• 24 January 2013: IRC Meeting for Ubuntu-ca (Agenda and Minutes)

• 24 January 2013: Ubuntu Hour Waterloo

Work to continue on the CanadianTeam/ReApprovalApplication2012 page in February; submit to LoCoCouncil in March, be ready for April's RaringRingtail release.

• January 16th: irc meeting about the place for the new release party in May.
• January: tasks on organizing new Free Culture pary in Caldes de Montbui, near Barcelona, in February 16th.
• January 25th: install party for IT students in Caldes de Montbui, near Barcelona.

• regular meeting of Czech Civic society for Ubuntu in Prague

• two smaller events in Prague (discussion with our members, plans for this year, etc.)

• Writing

  • http://gihyo.jp/magazine/SD/archive/2013/201302

  • Ubuntu Monthly Report: Using Remote Desktop
  • Ubuntu Weekly Topcis

    • http://gihyo.jp/admin/clip/01/ubuntu-topics/201301/11

    • http://gihyo.jp/admin/clip/01/ubuntu-topics/201301/18

    • http://gihyo.jp/admin/clip/01/ubuntu-topics/201301/25

  • Ubuntu Weekly Recipe

    • http://gihyo.jp/admin/serial/01/ubuntu-recipe/0256

    • http://gihyo.jp/admin/serial/01/ubuntu-recipe/0257

    • http://gihyo.jp/admin/serial/01/ubuntu-recipe/0258

    • http://gihyo.jp/admin/serial/01/ubuntu-recipe/0259

• Meeting

  • https://wiki.ubuntulinux.jp/IRCMeeting/20130129

  • https://wiki.ubuntulinux.jp/IRCMeeting/20130122

  • https://wiki.ubuntulinux.jp/IRCMeeting/20130115

  • https://wiki.ubuntulinux.jp/IRCMeeting/20130108

• Mainly correspondence over FB group and Forum
• Organizing more people to participate in our Blog/News

* Ubuntu hour - lectures for beginners were held in Belgrade haklab, every Tuesday.

* Ubuntu LoCo and System 76 cooperation (a renowned manufacturer of hardware devices) that results in making Ubuntu labels.

* Elections for the new Ubuntu Serbia forum moderators were held.

* On Saturday 6th, 13th, 20th and 27th January, Administration team meeting was held.

• Mon, 21 January: Monthly IRC Meet -- Minutes

• Ubuntu-flash coffee

• Team Meetings

  • Sunday, January 13th

  • Sunday, January 27th

• Ubuntu Hours

  • Jan 5 Berkeley

  • Jan 9 San Francisco

• Began planning for Ubucon and Ubuntu booth at SCaLE11x in February

  • https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-us-ca/2013-January/002127.html

Team Events:

• Hands on Linux Workshop on Saturday, January 19 2012 at 12:00 EST
• Command Line Fu and Linux vs Android on Thursday, January 17th 2012 at 19:00 EST

• January 15: QA Team Classroom Events

  • Introduction to QA / Testing by balloons

  • Introduction to Manual Test Cases by phillw

• Ubuntu Women Italy by Deindre & Dolasilla

• January 29 - 31: UbuntuDeveloperWeek

  • Review of Day 1

  • Review of day 2

  • Review of Day 3