== Sunday, July 3rd, 2011, 7:00pm (1900) PT == ||<>|| === Original Agenda === 1. Append a sentence to the default meeting pages something like: "If you have anything else you'd like to add ... apparent. To be considerate and allow people to prepare for meeting topics please try to add agenda items at least 24 hours before the start of the meeting." 1. Review [[CaliforniaTeam/ApprovalApplication2011]] If you have anything else you'd like to add to the agenda, or want to make some changes, please feel free to edit it. Please include an explanation of your item if it's not immediately apparent. Agenda items added within 24 hours of the start of the meeting may be postponed until the next meeting. Adding your item well in advance helps everyone [[collaborate|http://www.ubuntu.com/community/conduct]] and avoids last minute surprises. ## !!! WHEN COPYING THIS TEXT: double-check the timezone is right !!! ## 7PM PDT (Summer time) is 2AM UTC. 7PM PST (Winter time) is 3AM UTC. Our meetings are held for about 60 minutes every other Sunday at 7:00pm (19:00) PDT / 02:00 UTC in our IRC channel, [[CaliforniaTeam/ContactUs|#ubuntu-us-ca on freenode]]. All interested people are welcome to join us. For questions or help connecting, check out the InternetRelayChat page or use the Web client linked from the [[CaliforniaTeam/ContactUs|Contact page]]. {{{#!IRC 19:05 < jdeslip> Thanks for coming everyone who is here even though I forgot the announcement. (pleia2 is going to kill me) 19:05 < sn9> MarkDude: i think the zeroth item on the meeting agenda is whether there is a meeting 19:05 < jdeslip> sn9: MarkDude: we do have one agenda item to at least bring to people's attention. So it is on. 19:05 < MarkDude> Well we can start arguing about stuff- for old times sake :D 19:05 *** MarkDude kids 19:05 < rww> jdeslip: this action would be in line with other historical triumvirates 19:05 < jdeslip> But first, let's start with announcements. Anyone got any? 19:06 < sn9> MarkDude: that's last 19:06 < MarkDude> July 16th 19:06 < grantbow> sn9: short meetings are not a crime. Anyone who's present can participate. no quorum required. 19:06 < MarkDude> Geeknic in Los Gatos 19:06 < sn9> grantbow: old news 19:06 *** MarkDude will email about it to ML and LUGS 19:06 < jdeslip> sounds good 19:06 < MarkDude> Lets argue about it G XD 19:07 *** MarkDude likes quorums - lol 19:07 < jdeslip> Any other announcements? 19:07 < sn9> linuxpicnic? 19:07 < grantbow> Oregon events are soon. not sure who's going. 19:07 < sn9> for august, that is 19:07 < grantbow> sn9: yes, good point 19:07 < jdeslip> sn9: Ya, August 27 19:08 < jdeslip> last year Ubuntu had a table there. We should look into doing another one. 19:08 < grantbow> www.linuxpicnic.org 19:08 < jdeslip> Ok, I'll add that as an agenda item for the next meeting (Linux picnic planning and registration) 19:09 < grantbow> great 19:09 < jdeslip> So, we can a count of how many people are going and what we want to do 19:10 < jdeslip> Ok, so our only agenda item for the meeting is to review our approval application here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam/ApprovalApplication2011 19:10 < MarkDude> Oh, Google+ rocks, bigtime 19:10 < jdeslip> MarkDude: agreed on that count 19:10 < jdeslip> Has anyone had a chance to review the application? 19:10 < jdeslip> Any comments. 19:11 < jdeslip> As it stands now, it looks pretty good to me. But a few things are missing. Long term goals for one. 19:12 < MarkDude> besides lack of penguin pics- looks good 19:12 < MarkDude> Nice and orderly- people did some great work on it 19:12 < MarkDude> Nice job 19:14 < grantbow> I think goals would be useful. 19:14 < jdeslip> agreed 19:14 < jdeslip> Any suggestions? 19:15 < seidos> hello, i for one would like to figure out a way to get excited about a project again 19:15 < seidos> the only thing i can think of is propaganda 19:15 < grantbow> Perhaps the elected folks could talk and make a proposal or host a discussion. 19:15 < seidos> creation of propaganda that is 19:18 < grantbow> Perhaps a call for suggestions on the mail list would get more input too. 19:18 < rww> didn't we brainstorm goals last meeting? 19:20 < jdeslip> rww: Yes I think so. Perhaps it is time to just send suggestion to the mailing list and pick something. 19:20 < jdeslip> I think the idea is to get the application off sometime in the next week or so 19:20 < grantbow> yes https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam/Meetings/11June19 19:21 < jdeslip> I'll review the log with DarkwingDuck and pleia2, make a suggestion and send it to the list 19:22 < jdeslip> Ok, so there is actually a second agenda item for the meeting that I missed. Which is a suggestion by grant that we limit the addition of new topics to the meeting to 24 hours before the start 19:22 *** MarkDude votes against such a thing as a rule 19:22 < jdeslip> (i.e. you cannot add an agenda item less than 24 hours before the meeting) - I guess this would be more of a suggestion of courtesy rather than a hard rule. 19:22 < MarkDude> A suggestion maybe 19:23 < jdeslip> Is that correct Grant? 19:23 < grantbow> MarkDude: there's no voting and there's no rule. It's just text on the page describing. 19:23 < MarkDude> There were a few time that a timely agenda item was the most fair way to deal with sumthin' IMHO 19:23 < grantbow> jdeslip, correct 19:23 < MarkDude> I know G 19:24 < jdeslip> As a suggestion, I don't see any problem with it. As a hard-rule I guess it could be problematic (I could see people needing exceptions on occassion and we don't want to make it harder for new members to participate) 19:24 < grantbow> The reason I wrote it as I did was to make it a suggestion as I know that "life happens" 19:25 < jdeslip> Anyone have any complaints about the text? 19:25 < rww> I'd like something on the wiki along the lines of "Agenda items added within 24 hours of the meeting time may be postponed until the next meeting so that everyone has a chance to consider them." 19:26 < sn9> seconded 19:26 *** MarkDude thoughts were it should ONLY be for extraordinary circumsrtances 19:26 < grantbow> rww: sure 19:26 < MarkDude> rww +1 19:26 < MarkDude> I mean 99% of the time it is not good to do 19:26 < jdeslip> rww: that seems fine to me too. If grantbow is happy with it as well. We can go with that. 19:26 < MarkDude> that 1% situation- another matter 19:27 < grantbow> rww: where on the wiki? in the meeting template as I had proposed? 19:27 < seidos> is there anything presently stating that agenda items *can't* be postponed? 19:27 < rww> grantbow: works for me 19:27 < jdeslip> I think the meeting template makes the most sense. 19:28 < grantbow> partly this issue was raised again because a newcomer added something to the agenda last minute. Clarifying the expectations helps everyone. 19:28 < jdeslip> seidos: No, but people might be a bit angry if their agenda item is postponed for no reason... 19:29 < jdeslip> this is giving people fair warning I guess 19:29 < grantbow> rww: would you like to do the honors or should I? 19:29 < MarkDude> Well leadership is reasonable here- I see them giving reasons (if needed) :) 19:30 < rww> grantbow: I'm out of the loop on where that stuff is stored, go ahead. 19:30 < grantbow> ok 19:30 < seidos> jdeslip: ah, it's a CYA kind of thing 19:30 < grantbow> anything else for this item? 19:30 < jdeslip> OK, grantbow - I'll leave it up to you make the change that sounds reasonably close to the wording rww used 19:31 < MarkDude> Make sure it is good, or I will put it in agenda at last minute 19:31 < MarkDude> to be meta 19:31 < grantbow> jdeslip: I'll edit it tonight, thanks. 19:31 < jdeslip> Anyone have any final announcements to make before we close this meeting? 19:31 < grantbow> lol 19:31 < seidos> idea here 19:32 < seidos> just thinking that sunday night is bad for me, well, during the school year 19:32 < seidos> is the solution to that simply reviewing logs? 19:32 < jdeslip> Ya, we have been talking about moving one of the Sunday meetings to another day of the week. 19:32 < jdeslip> (Like on an every-other meeting basis) 19:33 < jdeslip> But, I don't think we ever decided on anything and the talk died down. 19:33 < seidos> hate to say it, but the meeting reeks of work 19:33 < jdeslip> lol 19:33 < MarkDude> :) 19:33 < seidos> which is fine, but like, bad work, ya' know? 19:34 < jdeslip> If you don't enjoy your time here, nothing is keeping you. You are definitely free to review the logs. 19:34 < seidos> like not dwarves whistling to work...but in a cubicle, joe vs. the volcano kind of work 19:34 < MarkDude> lol 19:34 < rww> I'm waiting for MarkDude to suggest we move meetings to Google+ Hangouts. 19:34 < seidos> oh right, should've handed out party hats 19:34 < jdeslip> And we do accept suggestions on improving things... but meetings are ... you know ... meetings 19:34 *** seidos hands out party hats 19:35 *** MarkDude is hanging out in + now- 19:35 < MarkDude> actually more like lonely- with no takers to talk 19:35 < rww> I know, my Stream keeps telling me. 19:35 < seidos> jdeslip: understood 19:35 *** seidos hands jdeslip a bat cowl 19:36 < jdeslip> So, if you have suggestions on changing the day of the week or somehow otherwise improving the meeting, please make them. But, most importantly, spend your time whatever you want to spend it. Have fun :) 19:36 < jdeslip> Being involved in a community, working on code etc ... is a lot like work, but it is also something I find fun. Which is why I am here. 19:37 < seidos> it can be fun 19:37 < seidos> not trying to harsh your meeting 19:37 < jdeslip> MarkDude: I tried to invite a bunch of people to G+ but the invites are closed still - once more people get on, I am sure you will be in hangout heaven 19:37 < MarkDude> Well- seidos we can do a hangout on + sometime 19:38 < seidos> MarkDude: right, whenever access is granted 19:38 < jdeslip> OK, anyway, seidos, thanks for the feedback. 19:38 < jdeslip> Anyone else got anything before we close? 19:38 < MarkDude> Nope 19:38 < jdeslip> ok, since MarkDude is qualified to answer for everyone, we will end there. }}}