<> ||<>|| == Discussion Points == === Logos === * Nick is going to ask about trademark issues with some of the potential logos. === Meeting Time === * IRC meeting time is 3pm on Sundays. === LoCo Approval === * Jon has started working on the application. Looks like we need three good events. Should have the third one with the Ubuntu boxes. === Publicizing Georgia LoCo === ==== CD distribution ==== * Shipit is accepting pre-orders. John and Nick have sent in requests. They can be used to at least start the Ubuntu boxes. * Jon and Bakey are going to keep working on the design and hopefully come up with a prototype by the next meeting. ==== Newspaper articles ==== * Tabled for the moment === Feisty Release Party! === * Thursday, April 19th, 7:30pm to 9 or so, upstairs at Transmetropolitan (145 E. Clayton St) in Downtown Athens. == Log == {{{ first, meeting time? anyone have problems changing it to one hour? noope not me sounds more productive but ti would be nice to point out that its ok to hang out here other times *** Bakey_ is now known as Bakey defenatly, they room is always open right. hold it open from 1-5, but have the meeting at around 3 (or whenever is best) yeah sounds good 3-4pm for the official meeting time sound good then? yeah yeah maybe include the proposed start time (if different from 3) in the weekly agenda on the wiki? like, get everyone wanting to attend the meeting send in the time that they can attend the meeting? also, is Sunday good for everyone? no, like if you or jsvh or one of the "leaders" won't be around at 3 and need to get started at like 2, you post that on the wiki's agenda so that everyone knows and Sunday's as good as any for me that sounds good, We can plan them to be at 3 on Sundays at post up in it will be different. We will also note that the IRC channel is always open for chat that sounds good at= and right, that's what I meant i like it ok next topic then... "Publicizing Ubuntu" "James has access to the Lightscribe burner, let's decide on a design. Where are we with journalists?" is this related to the Ubuntu box project? and I think heathen just dropped out kinda, just making CDs in general I think so sort-of... the cd's could be used in the boxes project ah, that sounds good the people doing the journalists aren't here ok, well we will put that off for now then and segway into the Ubuntu Boxes... alrighty then have we actually set up any yet, or where do we stand? we are waiting for feisty cds? I'm waiting on Feisty CDs I think we are waiting for CDs. we should build a prototype that's a good idea if I get the 20 I ordered from ShipIt, I'm planning on putting one up at work a prototype could then be tested for overall reception sounds good, we could take picures to add to the web site Bakey, can you take pictures once you build it? over a week's period should we just burn CDs just to get started or wait for shipit? I believe that there are CD papers available from Ubuntu to stick inside the CD cases sure I can take pics of the one I build pics - that would be great If we make a chart and track how may CDs are taken in a week, it would be a good indication of how well these things work perhaps place one on the wiki? jon, you know where i can find those cd papers? but if there's only a prototype to start with, location will be VERY influential I think it is under /UbuntuArtworl staples or office depot should have them that l was supposed to be a k.. sorry location location location - is very important i'd love to take the AOL cds at the local Target/WalMart and replace them with Ubuntu CDs not sure how legal that is haha ok, so where do we want to put them? maybe some offices? the boxes? yeah we could place CD stands at offices, if they would stand up better ok here's a good starting point maybe for a CD insert/label: http://www.zimagez.com/zimage/ubuntu610desktopi386.php it kinda depends on the location of the box, and what would work best in that environment that lable looks nice Bakey i'm going to modify that one I posted and make it English/Feisty awesome cool. it looks like it was personalized for the French loco we could add our info in there... yeah, maybe add our logo if we ever decide on one :) right. I think that was one of the topics for this meeting do we want to segway to the logo now? any more on the boxes? sure wait so what have decided on the boxes? so the idea is to have a prototype in place when fiesty comes out? that sounds like a good goal ok, got it anyone want to take the lead with the prototype? I would, but, seriously bad location I can do that, I think that would be great! awesome Bakey Yeah, I don't have a good location, necessarily, but I can build one are we looking for a tabletop thing? wallmount? free standing? Bakey, where are you? Albany, GA bored down south tabletop or freestanding oh. If we can't find a location to do this today, I will see about finding a place for the prototype I can definitely cope up with a tabletop design before the next meeting, i think i agree that location is important, but lets get the prototype done and then figure it out agreed ideas on building materials? a simple wooden design would be the easiest for people to reproduce on their own jon, did you have some ideas on how it was to be built? yup but something out of plexi would looks cool really there was not to be much building ahh, ok exactly, we could use the boxes that home ads are placed in. They are clear, and if you buy the right one should be about the right size the boxes w/ a flap on top alternatively, we could use wood and make our own, but I was hoping for something that people could see into easily then they would see the free CD inside! no one can resist a free CD :P The key is to have them look professional, that will give them a lot of crediablity maybe we should throw in free candy ;-) yup. let's not have anything that says "pirated junk" exactly jon :-p ok, so jon and Bakey , you guys want to illustrations of boxes? sorry guys, another power glitch yes, i'd like some further direction on that sure. I will draw one up tonight quick simple illustrations right do you want me to upload it to the wiki? Jon, maybe we can get together about this outside of a regular meeting time? k what channel? is Ubuntu -georgia up all the time? you guys can do it here JonReagan, yes this one, or using some other chat program if you want sweet i would suggest doing it here sounds good all conversations are logged so you can look back at it ok, that's doable for me that works so. what time is good for you? any weekday after about 4:30 PM really k and the earlier in the week the better if I'm going to get a prototype together and documented before next week's meeting how about on either tuesday or Wednesday ? Tuesday would be better for me k tuesday at around 5:00? sure cool. I'll join this channel and start idling it when I get in from work Bakey, thats what quite a few of us do alright, so we done with this topic? I guess so i think so ok, what do people think about logos? I like ClinicalMistake's ones so far see: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=406502 and http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=379048 same here i agree, i like CMs logos this one? http://ubuntuforums.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=29305&d=1176062596 the 3rd one he did, to be specific: http://ubuntuforums.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=29450&d=1176263152 yeah that's the one I kind of like nomasteryoda's invisible peach which one gossar? err I guess he has just one nm, they are differnt yeah. both the 3rd one by clinical mistake and the one by nomasteryoda look good ew, I didn't see the one with the flag http://ubuntuforums.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=27028&d=1173480685 and http://bp1.blogger.com/_fqEVoqQa9zs/Rhxo9uuBSVI/AAAAAAAAACw/S3VBp4leuxg/s1600-h/ubuntuloco.jpg https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-us-ga/2007-April/000023.html there's one with the flag? ah alright, can we push for a decision on this? think we've talking about this for a while Yea, is it between these two? http://bp1.blogger.com/_fqEVoqQa9zs/Rhxo9uuBSVI/AAAAAAAAACw/S3VBp4leuxg/s1600-h/ubuntuloco.jpg http://ubuntuforums.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=29450&d=1176263152 maybe put a poll up for the choices on the wiki and the winner becomes the logo? sure Is there a good way to put a poll on the wiki? I am not sure... don't know, but you can with launchpad I like ClinicalMistake's 3rd one ok, but I think the orange for the word Georgia may cause problems yeah, we can do it there what about on the forum? jsvh, thats a good idea that would be easier it is easy to make a poll on the forum, that is where most of the discussion is any ways yeah, that sounds better yeah, i think forums is a better idea too ok, I will try to get that set up. cool shall we just have the two most popular choices for now? or what other ones? well, I can't think of any others maybe all 3 that CM has done, and the one that yoda did that sounds like a good idea maybe a playoff...poll with a few, then widdle it down? and keep widdling it down we could do that... maybe if the poll come in close? right bandb: youre a mod there too, right? this only matters if there isn't a clear favorite, maybe there is a favorite JonReagan, yeah, just on the georgia forums along with jsvh could you change the poll after we move on, that way we wouldn't open up a bunch of topics do we really have that many logos to do a playoff? what if we just do a tie breaker if it is close? yeah, good idea cool do we just want CMs 3 and yoda's 1, any other nominations? Where are the icons, farther up ? further up the list. you can find them on the forums alright I've looked at them before sure, those logos seem to be the most favorite let me know if anyone want to nominate another and we can try to add it Which ones are nominated now? This one http://bp1.blogger.com/_fqEVoqQa9zs/Rhxo9uuBSVI/AAAAAAAAACw/S3VBp4leuxg/s1600-h/ubuntuloco.jpg .... and the first 3 by CM on this page http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=379048&page=3 Is the fourth one against canonical policy? good question... I'll take a look at it by the fourth one you mean, the 3rd one by clinical mistake? Actually, never mind. voidmage, yea, that is one of the reasons it was not nominated Looking at it again I don't like it much anyways k Still makes me wonder what exactly it is lol If someone looked at it: "Okay, but what is it?" should voting end by Sunday? I'm not sure what the thing in yoda's logo is though lets give it a couple of weeks k ok, two Sundays from today then? yeah sounds good is that good time with the prototype? sure ok prototype logo? sorry for my temporary stupidity... :P i thought maybe we could slap the logo on there somewhere About CM's second one How does this part of the policy affect it? Additional text may not be added in such a way that it appears to be part of the logo itself. oh. hmm. that looks like that could be a problem sigh it was a good logo... weird rules well, the text isn't part of the logo logo is part of the text does that mean CMs third is out also? I don't know... I am getting confused fast. the Ubuntu trade mark rules oh. maybe we should run the final candidates past trademarks@ubuntu.com before putting the poll up? Probably a good idea. good idea yea just to be sure what if on the two in question we just move the ubuntu logo out of the text into the lower left corner right. we dont wnat to have any issues after we roll out our marketing material *want and just add an "o" to Georgia yea that sounds good alright, john, did you wano to email ubuntu or you want me to do it? ok, I will add to the thread and see if CM can change his logos. Someone want to email trademarks@ubuntu.com with these? what ever i'll email them sounds good so CM's 3, and yoda's one? yea ok k we will hold off on the poll for now, till we figure out these issues that's a good idea on to the next topic? sure yeah Jon, would you care to talk about Georgia Domination 101? sure so, did everyone get a chance to look the paper over *? yeah yes, very good read what did you all think about it? thx I'm specifically concerned about getting all the permits for anyone that missed it: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-us-ga/2007-April/000023.html you will only need to get one permit * voidmage is reading it now thanks for psoting that, jsvh one per county, right? right or at least, it should be, it could be by city, but as far as I know, it is by county gov't the laws are governed by Georgia, and the permits are handled by local govenments i think this process needs to be simplified as much as possible if we want to do this widespread right like get all the links together, figure out what needs to be filled out right so people can follow some steps because trying to deal with the gov't makes me not want to do it so the easier it is, the better If we decide to go with such a plan, I will contact my county gov't and find out whre to go from there lets do some research on it yeah Jon, you want to check on what all is involved exactly? we will need the right clearance, because a bad start w/ the government is not a good way to go yup I agree I will contact my county and find out what is involved in getting such a permit We can break this down into steps to be handled on our project page ( https://wiki.ubuntu.com/GeorgiaUSTeam/Projects ) if we need to sounds good it should only take a couple of minutes to get the permits sounds good would be great if its that easy it should be. like I said, I will get all the details from my county gov't ok, so we are going to look into this plan and come up with the setps we need to take? break it down into parts/ steps each person can take on sure. That sounds good to me yeah hello robert ok, so onto the next topic? sure yeah "Feisty Release Parties" I won't be able to make it :( I will be helpping to host one here in athens with CHUGALUG and Free IT Athens that's cool thats ok, it is not requered oh, good. we should try to set up something maybe in a couple of months But details are on the wiki and were sent out to the mailing list, for anyone who is. When: Thursday, April 19th, 7:30pm to 9 or so Where: Upstairs at Transmetropolitan (145 E. Clayton St) in Downtown Athens Why: Why not? The new version of Ubuntu is our main excuse, but it is for all who support open source and are interested. How: I will bring some Ubuntu 7.04 CDs, my laptop and some random Ubuntu stuff. It is pretty informal, You can buy drinks and food there if you want. this is more of a informal social meet anyways something where people can plan for...maybe on a saturday night or something did i miss it all? right that sounds good hey heathen welcome back not all hey, sorry, i fell asleep, and the comp shutdown.. its something we can put in a todo list and come back to later sounds good agreed ok, next topic? yesh sure "Getting Approved" I think we are ready to be an official LoCo alright! really? i think they want us to spread the ubuntu word before being approved read https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoGettingApproved for more info on it well we have alot of project in the works we will I was talking with people in the Kentuky LoCo they seem to be simmilar level are they approved? they are rqeusting it this week i agree we will, but I don'tt hink we have the experience, what 3 pieces of experience do we have? the release party is one... i think the box will be two hmmmm. support? getting the permits would be huge step, taking special inititative, and that would look great and that should be enough ok, well we can hold off on applying then wonder what kentucky has that would be... it would the first widespread campaign I'm thinking once we deploy a box, we should go for it right https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KentuckyTeam/ApprovalApplication - kentucky's application I started one for us here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/GeorgiaUSTeam/ApprovalApplication nm John, I think you are right, if you Kentucky gets approved, then we should try as well right i think if we put out a box, we are definitely set The advantages would be nice like being about to get 300 ship it CDs at a time that sounds good defniitely that would help us out with our Box project that would help greatly *about = able well, approval seems to be a straight forward process ok, I think that covers everthing on the agenda, anyone have anything else? Hey Nick, how have you been posting the meeting transcript to the wiki? *** fasdfas__ is now known as bandb Hey Nick, how have you been posting the meeting transcript to the wiki? sorry my connection has been crapping out john, yeah nope... nuthin' else here. I g2g, talk to yall later *** bandb is now known as boredandblogging cya Jon ok, so what did we decide on the approval thing? We will work on our application and send it in, the worst that can happen is "not yet" sounds like we need a little more documentation on the experiences front jsvh, sounds good yea, probably once we get a box or two out cool Nick , do you have time to put up the meeting trascript? g2g yeah, I'll do it }}}