== General Agenda Items and Proposals == PLEASE COME TO THE MEETINGS PREPARED. This means: 1. If there is an issue for the team, add it to the agenda. 1. Agenda items then should be discussed "informally" on #ubuntufourms-beginners. 90 % of the discussion should have taken place before the meeting. 1. Meetings are primarily for decision making/team votes. Read the agenda and discuss your thoughts before the meeting. 10 % (or less) of the discussion should happen during the meeting. 1. Agenda items that require more then 5 minutes of discussion may need to be deferred. ||Who || What || || [[swoody]] || (08/11 Meeting) [[FoldingAtHome|Folding@Home]] and the #ubuntu-folding channel|| || [[nhandler]] || Remove Beginners Team Calendar || || [[nhandler]] || Drop ##beginners-classroom || === Agenda discussion === == Log == {{{#!IRC [00:08] #startmeeting [00:08] Meeting started at 18:08. The chair is Rocket2DMn. [00:08] Commands Available: [TOPIC], [IDEA], [ACTION], [AGREED], [LINK], [VOTE] [00:08] Ok, bodhi hasn't shown up, so we'll start without him [00:08] let's just run down the focus groups, hopefully he'll be here for the main agenda [00:09] Development FG? I don't see paultag [00:09] Education FG? I don't see any leads for them either [00:09] IRC? [00:10] Nobody's around in August... [00:10] Launchpad? Security? Stalking? [00:10] jgoguen, YNU FG? [00:10] i think its dev [00:10] guess this is gonna be a quiet meeting... [00:10] Rocket2DMn: Not much to say ATM. We've got a bunch of users, thinking about a meeting soon :) [00:11] cool jgoguen , don't wait to set one up, summer is starting to wind down for people [00:11] Rocket2DMn: We were thinking soon, next week or so [00:12] Sounds good [00:12] [LINK] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BeginnersTeam/Meetings [00:12] LINK received: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BeginnersTeam/Meetings [00:12] let's start with the main agenda then [00:13] [TOPIC] Folding@Home and the #ubuntu-folding channel [00:13] New Topic: Folding@Home and the #ubuntu-folding channel [00:13] swoody, you're up [00:13] Thanks Rocket2DMn, I'll make this short for everyone :) [00:13] I just wanted to make a brief annoucement to everyone here about the Folding@Home project. [00:13] For those of you who don't know what Folding@Home is, it's a distributed computing project that was started by Stanford University. [00:14] F@H uses your computer's spare processing power to assist researchers in folding proteins. [00:14] The work that's being done by the F@H project is giving scientists a better understanding of how certain diseases develop, and can lead to cures for diseases such as Parkinson's, Huntington's, Alzheimers, and cancer amoung many others. [00:14] I feel that it's a very worthy project, and I also believe that this project ties in greatly with Ubuntu's philosiphy of giving back to the greater community. [00:15] For some more info on the project or to find out how you can help out, plese drop by our channel at #ubuntu-folding, or check out: [00:15] [LINK] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FoldingAtHome [00:15] LINK received: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FoldingAtHome [00:16] and if there's no questions..... [00:16] Is there just one Ubuntu team now? [00:16] drs305: ah, yes! The multiple teams that used to be are now united under Tem Ubuntu :) [00:17] Team Ubuntu** [00:17] ty [00:17] Only thing ya might want to add swoody is mentioning origami installer, very handy. [00:18] yes, thank you starcraftman :) [00:18] There are a number of ways to install the F@H client on your computer. Most of them are very simple (2 commands [00:18] ) and very painless :) [00:19] Anyone want to toss out anything else, or have any questions? [00:19] can you give us the commands? [00:20] to install origami it's simply 'sudo apt-get install origami'... [00:21] then to set it up would be "sudo origami install [-t TEAMNUMBER -u FOLDINGUSER ]" [00:21] For more information on the origami installer (including more advanced options see: [00:21] [LINK] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FoldingAtHome/origami [00:21] LINK received: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FoldingAtHome/origami [00:21] ah, thank you starcraftman :) [00:22] and that should be about it then :) [00:22] swoody: no problem, always here to help. [00:22] Cool project swoody , thank you for sharing [00:22] Again, if anyone has any questions, please feel free to drop by #ubuntu-folding [00:22] ty Rocket2DMn :) [00:23] [TOPIC] Remove Beginners Team Calendar [00:23] New Topic: Remove Beginners Team Calendar [00:23] ill run this on both of my computers [00:23] I can talk about this Rocket2DMn [00:23] floor is yours nhandler [00:23] Pretty much, we started using a separate calendar due to the closed nature of the old fridge (and because we had meetings in #ubuntuforums-beginners) [00:23] Now, we use #ubuntu-meeting and the Fridge for our main meetings [00:24] I see it as a waste of time duplicating this on our own calendar that not many people subscribe to [00:24] If there are no objections, I would like to go ahead and get the BT calendar deleted [00:24] nhandler, let's get bodhi's final approval on that before we shut it down [00:25] Rocket2DMn: Of course. But I would like to get a vote at this meeting as well [00:25] is there really any work that goes into it? i dont see any reason why we cant just leave it there for people, such as myself who do use it [00:25] I also use it, perhaps we should just remove it from the wiki page? [00:25] superbenny: Might I ask why you use that instead of the normal Fridge calendar? [00:25] gcal it sends email reminders [00:26] Rocket2DMn: The Fridge is a gcal now [00:26] no idea, that was just the one on the wiki. also, is the fridge cal only bt items? [00:26] link? [00:26] superbenny: No, it has items for all Ubuntu teams [00:26] as of right now, I'm not really involved in much outside of the BT. [00:26] [link] http://fridge.ubuntu.com/calendar [00:26] LINK received: http://fridge.ubuntu.com/calendar [00:26] Long as the fgs and main teem meetings are all consolidated into the fridge calendar I'm fine with it, means no duplication like I get now. [00:26] so it just keeps useless events off of my calendar [00:27] starcraftman: Most FG don't even use the BT calendar. However, I think it would be fine to have them use the Fridge calendar [00:27] now, if there is someone who sits there and devotes more than 10 minutes to it, then its reasonable to delete it, but as far as i'm aware, its just an auto-repeating event every other tuesday [00:28] nhandler, can you schedule events on the fridge calendar that aren't held in this channel? [00:28] in which case, no harm can come from leaving it as-is [00:28] superbenny: As of a few weeks ago, it is auto-repeating. I have no issue leaving it like that. However, I have no plans on correcting it for the few instances we get off schedule (which happen around US holidays and such) [00:28] Rocket2DMn: Yes [00:28] +1 if that is the case superbenny [00:28] Rocket2DMn: For example, we use it for classroom sessions that are in #ubuntu-classroom [00:29] The Doc Team has also used it for meetings in #ubuntu-doc [00:29] ok, shall we put it to a vote then? [00:29] Sure [00:30] are we voting to close it down, or just to remove it from the wiki page? [00:30] Rocket2DMn: I would make the vote to "stop using it". We would start referencing the Fridge on the wiki, and I (and other people) would stop updating the BT calendar [00:31] sounds good to me. [00:31] [VOTE] Stop using the BT Google Calendar and only use The Fridge instead? [00:31] Please vote on: Stop using the BT Google Calendar and only use The Fridge instead?. [00:31] 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 [00:31] E.g. /msg MootBot +1 #ubuntu-meeting [00:31] +1 [00:31] +1 received from nhandler. 1 for, 0 against. 0 have abstained. Count is now 1 [00:31] +1 [00:31] +1 received from andrew_46. 2 for, 0 against. 0 have abstained. Count is now 2 [00:31] 0 [00:31] +1 [00:31] +1 received from swoody. 3 for, 0 against. 0 have abstained. Count is now 3 [00:31] +1 [00:31] +1 received from starcraftman. 4 for, 0 against. 0 have abstained. Count is now 4 [00:31] +1 [00:31] Rocket2DMn: +0 [00:31] +1 received from Raidsong. 5 for, 0 against. 0 have abstained. Count is now 5 [00:31] +1 [00:31] +1 received from superbenny. 6 for, 0 against. 0 have abstained. Count is now 6 [00:31] +0 [00:31] Abstention received from Rocket2DMn. 6 for, 0 against. 1 have abstained. Count is now 6 [00:32] any more votes? [00:32] +0 [00:32] Abstention received from duanedes1gn. 6 for, 0 against. 2 have abstained. Count is now 6 [00:32] [ENDVOTE] [00:32] Final result is 6 for, 0 against. 2 abstained. Total: 6 [00:33] [AGREED] Stop using BT Google Calendar. Use Fridge instead. [00:33] AGREED received: Stop using BT Google Calendar. Use Fridge instead. [00:33] Just as a note, only BT members should be participating in these votes [00:33] nhandler, you want the action to double check with bodhi and remove it from wiki? [00:33] Rocket2DMn: That is fine [00:34] [ACTION] nhandler to check removal of GCal and remove from wiki [00:34] ACTION received: nhandler to check removal of GCal and remove from wiki [00:34] I'll postpone the next agenda item since bodhi isn't here [00:34] [TOPIC] Drop ##beginners-classroom [00:34] New Topic: Drop ##beginners-classroom [00:34] nhandler, you're up again [00:35] We stopped using ##beginners-classroom in favor of #ubuntu-classroom a while ago [00:35] This is why we did not create a #ubuntu-beginners-classroom when we renamed the team [00:35] As a result, I see no reason to keep this unused channel open, and I propose dropping it [00:36] How do we go about removing it? [00:36] is it just a matter of not referencing it on the wiki anymore? [00:36] Rocket2DMn: Bodhi would do a /msg ChanServ drop ##beginners-classroom [00:36] Rocket2DMn: I'm not even sure if it is referenced still on the wiki [00:36] [LINK] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BeginnersTeam/FocusGroups [00:36] LINK received: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BeginnersTeam/FocusGroups [00:36] it's still listed there [00:37] nhandler: The channel hasn't been used for anything recently? [00:37] swoody: Correct [00:37] We moved to #ubuntu-classroom [00:37] ok, does anybody want to voice any objections? [00:37] nhandler: Ah, I don't forsee any objections then :) [00:38] I got nothing. [00:38] nor do i... [00:38] ok, I don't think we need to vote on that [00:38] that's really a FG decision [00:38] I'll talk to bodhi and get it dropped then [00:39] * nhandler -> dinner [00:39] [ACTION] nhandler to talk to bodhi - remove ##beginners-classroom [00:39] ACTION received: nhandler to talk to bodhi - remove ##beginners-classroom [00:39] [TOPIC] Other [00:39] New Topic: Other [00:39] does anybody have anything else at all they want to discuss? The floor is open. [00:40] Nope. [00:40] Nothing here [00:40] nope [00:40] Okie dokie then, there aren't any padawan nominations, so I think we're finished [00:41] Guess so. [00:41] nobody has any last minute nominations right? [00:41] cool [00:41] Ok, thanks for coming everybody [00:41] #endmeeting [00:41] Meeting finished at 18:41. }}} ---- CategoryBeginnersTeam