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Log of the Saturday 14th April Meeting
Maw 14 19:02:17 * ianto has changed the topic to: Meeting in progress :: Welcome to Ubuntu Wales || Croeso i Ubuntu Cymru || Wiki: http://wiki.ubuntu.com/WelshTeam || Members: http://wiki.ubuntu.com/WelshTeam/Members || Please idle here if you would like to help us become an official LoCo group || Meeting: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WelshTeam/Meetings/14032009 Maw 14 19:02:36 <ianto> Alright all members please type "present" ;) Maw 14 19:02:43 <Skyrail> I'll keep an eye on it Maw 14 19:02:50 <arthurL> Present Maw 14 19:02:51 <dariusH> yma Maw 14 19:03:02 <ianto> dariusH: Don't be silly ;) Maw 14 19:03:07 <dariusH> :( Maw 14 19:03:11 <dariusH> present Maw 14 19:03:17 <ianto> Alright, on the agenda tonight, we have just two things Maw 14 19:03:26 <ianto> So the meeting shouldn't last more than 20mins Maw 14 19:03:52 <arthurL> Which item shall we discuss first? Maw 14 19:03:58 <ianto> As the Southies here know, NPT and Swansea police forces are merging due to a lack of funds; Maw 14 19:04:19 <dariusH> ^^ didn't know Maw 14 19:04:19 <ianto> We have recently had news of the French police savnig £50M by switching to Ubuntu Maw 14 19:04:39 <ianto> dariusH: Evening Post and/or NPT Guardian Maw 14 19:04:48 <Skyrail> £50M, wow Maw 14 19:04:54 <arthurL> There is an opinion page on the Evening Post Maw 14 19:04:57 <ianto> Skyrail: http://www.gearcrave.com/2009-03-12/french-police-adopt-ubuntu/ Maw 14 19:05:08 <ianto> arthurL: Today's issue? Maw 14 19:05:23 <Skyrail> That's pretty amzing Maw 14 19:05:30 <ianto> Oops €50M ;) Maw 14 19:05:44 <dariusH> that's near enough the same these days Maw 14 19:05:56 <arthurL> http://www.thisissouthwales.co.uk/ Maw 14 19:06:12 <arthurL> ^ Bost Noswaith Maw 14 19:06:21 <ianto> Obviously, the security services have a great effect on technology, as they are partly linked to the councils who run education too Maw 14 19:07:02 <ianto> So for now, what do you think fthe best method of contacting Heddlu De Cymru would be? Maw 14 19:07:22 <arthurL> I'll paste the email addresses here ... Maw 14 19:07:44 <arthurL> NeathPortTalbot@south-wales.pnn.police.uk Maw 14 19:07:49 <arthurL> Swansea@south-wales.pnn.police.uk Maw 14 19:08:05 <arthurL> Chief Constable: acpo.staff.office@south-wales.pnn.police.uk Maw 14 19:08:22 <ianto> Email the CC and then CC (ironic) the emails to the forces Maw 14 19:08:45 <arthurL> Agreed. Maw 14 19:09:02 <ianto> However, we need a good written email, showing the strong points of OSS Maw 14 19:09:08 <ianto> Benefits Maw 14 19:09:13 <arthurL> Shall we Gobby it? Maw 14 19:09:21 <ianto> But also we must include some disadvantages not to appear zealots Maw 14 19:09:32 <arthurL> True that Maw 14 19:09:47 <dariusH> dis- would be incompatability with other police forces Maw 14 19:10:13 <Skyrail> And a little bit of retraining Maw 14 19:10:18 <ianto> If Regional and/or national adoption eventually, that would no longer be a disadvantage ;) Maw 14 19:10:19 <arthurL> One province in France switched and only good news came from it Maw 14 19:10:20 <Skyrail> Even though the swap between the two is quite easy now Maw 14 19:10:51 <arthurL> The long term benefits outweight the costs of not adopting Ububtu/Linux Maw 14 19:10:59 <arthurL> We need to show them that Maw 14 19:11:21 <Skyrail> And this French example is a brilliant one :) Maw 14 19:11:24 <ianto> Skyrail: Edit our mail to your Northern departments too Maw 14 19:12:21 <ianto> Alright, we can all apt-get gobby Maw 14 19:12:27 <ianto> and connect to gobby.ubuntu.com Maw 14 19:12:28 <Skyrail> D: I guess that would make sense Maw 14 19:12:43 <ianto> Cymru is the document ;) Maw 14 19:17:14 <Skyrail> Are we editing it now? Maw 14 19:17:15 <Skyrail> hehe Maw 14 19:17:22 <dariusH> appears so Maw 14 19:17:27 <ianto> Aye we is Maw 14 19:17:35 <arthurL> Yes, you don't seem to be there though :P Maw 14 19:17:40 <Skyrail> Give me a moment, my PC is working quite well for FF, Opera, Foobar2000, IRC, TF2 Maw 14 19:41:11 <phantomjinx> http://www.articlesbase.com/careers-articles/police-career-linux-computer-systems-in-law-enforcement-148535.html Maw 14 19:41:36 <ianto> phantomjinx: We're drafting a letter atm Maw 14 19:41:39 <ianto> Feel free to edit Maw 14 19:42:05 <phantomjinx> belated present Maw 14 19:42:23 <dariusH> SWpolice allready upgrading to linux Maw 14 19:42:24 <dariusH> :/ Maw 14 19:42:46 <ianto> New South Wales? Maw 14 19:42:50 <ianto> That's Australian Maw 14 19:42:57 <dariusH> oh aii Maw 14 19:43:02 <dariusH> didn't see the new Maw 14 19:43:17 <phantomjinx> thats what I thought but the rest of the article concerns UK police forces so not sure. Presume its Aussie Maw 14 19:43:39 <ianto> Could google new south wales and linux Maw 14 19:43:56 <phantomjinx> date of article is 2007 and thats currently the most up to date info found so far Maw 14 19:44:15 <dariusH> no it means NSW Maw 14 19:44:18 <ianto> Yeah it's the state governmennt Maw 14 19:44:18 <dariusH> as in aussi Maw 14 19:44:21 <ianto> Just googled Maw 14 19:44:22 <dariusH> aussie* Maw 14 19:44:51 <Skyrail> I guess the examples of the other police forces using some form of linux can be of help to Maw 14 19:45:03 * ChanServ gives channel operator status to dariusH Maw 14 19:45:07 * dariusH removes channel operator status from ianto Maw 14 19:45:09 * dariusH removes channel operator status from dariusH Maw 14 19:45:17 <ianto> Why? Maw 14 19:45:21 <phantomjinx> add more weight than the french Maw 14 19:45:21 <ianto> I need to edit the topic in a mo Maw 14 19:46:48 <Skyrail> Yeh Maw 14 20:55:46 * ChanServ gives channel operator status to ianto Maw 14 20:55:56 * ianto has changed the topic to: Welcome to Ubuntu Wales || Croeso i Ubuntu Cymru || Wiki: http://wiki.ubuntu.com/WelshTeam || Members: http://wiki.ubuntu.com/WelshTeam/Members || Please idle here if you would like to help us become an official LoCo group
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