== Agenda ==

 *Determine meeting locations
 *Choose webmaster - maintainer of wiki/minutes
 *Should we publish our meeting schedule on MeetUp or Google Calendar or someplace?
 *What do we do with the 40 free Gutsy CDs?
 *Discuss goals of AustinTeam for 2008

== Attendance ==

 *DanielRoesler
 *DavidStidolph
 *DeanChandler
 *JohnWohn

== Minutes ==

 *Introduced ourselves
 *Goals of the club:
  *Advocacy
   *Tabling
   *Free CDs
   *Establishing a presence
  *Philanthropy
   *Distribution of computers to people who can't afford them
    *Possibly coordinate with other Austin LUGs who might have more resources
  *Community support
   *Orientations
   *Switchfests
   *Installfests
   *Development
   *Extensive documentation on a website
 *Reasons why you should switch:
  *Your old hardware is still useful, you don't have to buy something new
  *Vista isn't stepping up, but there are actually alternatives
  *From a casual user standpoint, it's a lot more fun with the eyecandy
  *Local intimate human support and community (might drive attendance)
  *No viruses or spyware
  *Package manager is awesome
  *Fast turnaround time for updates/fixes, and it monitors everything
 *Problems with Ubuntu:
  *Backup features
  *Outlook to Evolution
  *Partition smoothness
  *Vista grub problems
 *Persona of the club:
  *Family friendly
  *New
  *Fun
  *Easy
 *Meeting places for next month:
  *Same place, same time
  *Daniel for Minutes maintainer

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