Ubuntu-ie July 2012 Team IRC Meeting
This Ubuntu Ireland Team IRC meeting was held at 9pm Irish time on Tuesday the 3rd of July 2012, in the #ubuntu-ie channel on FreeNode.
Meeting started by ebel at 20:07:25 UTC. The full logs are available at http://ubottu.com/meetingology/logs/ubuntu-ie/2012/ubuntu-ie.2012-07-03-20.07.log.html .
Meeting summary
LINK: http://loco.ubuntu.com/meetings/ubuntu-ie/441/detail/ (ebel, 20:08:22)
- Website
- CDs
- another ubuntu hour?
- Any other Business?
Meeting ended at 20:58:46 UTC.
Votes
- should we cancel website?
- For: 5 Against: 0 Abstained: 0
Action items
- (none)
People present (lines said)
- ebel (81)
- airurando (36)
- Mokmeister (30)
- tdr112 (16)
- Victor9098 (15)
- meetingology (13)
- zmoylan (3)
- airurando2 (1)
Full Log
20:07:25 <ebel> #startmeeting
20:07:25 <meetingology> Meeting started Tue Jul 3 20:07:25 2012 UTC. The chair is ebel. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.ubuntu.com/meetingology.
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20:07:46 <ebel> Please say "PRESENT" if you're here and paying attention.
20:07:49 <ebel> PRESENT
20:07:53 <Victor9098> PRESENT
20:07:55 <airurando> PRESENT
20:08:03 <zmoylan> PRESENT
20:08:09 <Mokmeister> Present
20:08:19 <ebel> as mentioned the agenda page is here: http://loco.ubuntu.com/meetings/ubuntu-ie/441/detail/
20:08:22 <ebel> #link http://loco.ubuntu.com/meetings/ubuntu-ie/441/detail/
20:09:09 <ebel> #agenda Website
20:09:13 <ebel> #topic Website
20:09:39 <ebel> right, the ubuntu-ie website hosting on blacknight has expired.
20:09:51 <ebel> it being 1 year since we renewed
20:09:56 <ebel> So what do we want to do?
20:10:36 <Mokmeister> Options?
20:10:42 <airurando> Blacknight have very kindly sponsored two years hosting now.
20:10:42 <tdr112> hello
20:10:49 <ebel> We could (a) ask blacknight to please donate another year of hosting (as they have done very kindly for 2 years) or (b) tell them we don't need it anymore
20:10:53 <Victor9098> What sort of traffic did it get? Is it worth keeping up or will the loco.ubuntu do (with twitter/G+ accounts etc.)?
20:10:57 <airurando> no website
20:11:11 <airurando> no need for a host
20:11:15 <ebel> Victor9098: there is no website. No-one has created or set up or maintained the website.
20:11:18 <tdr112> we never use it
20:11:25 <ebel> Hence why I'm leaning towards cancellation.
20:11:27 <Victor9098> ok...thats that then
20:11:35 <tdr112> we have had it for 2 years and not done anything
20:11:41 <Mokmeister> Seems reasonable.
20:11:45 <Victor9098> I always go to and link to the loco.ubuntu
20:11:53 <tdr112> ebel: call a vote on it
20:11:56 <ebel> twas a nice idea. Alas nothing happened
20:12:03 <ebel> #vote should we cancel website?
20:12:03 <meetingology> Please vote on: should we cancel website?
20:12:03 <meetingology> Public votes can be registered by saying +1, +0 or -1 in channel, (private votes don't work yet, but when they do it will be by messaging the channel followed by +1/-1/+0 to me)
20:12:16 <ebel> er +1 for 'yes cancel it' -1 for 'no ask for another year'
20:12:21 <ebel> +1
20:12:21 <meetingology> +1 received from ebel
20:12:21 <Victor9098> +1
20:12:21 <meetingology> +1 received from Victor9098
20:12:23 <tdr112> +1
20:12:23 <meetingology> +1 received from tdr112
20:12:33 <zmoylan> +1
20:12:33 <meetingology> +1 received from zmoylan
20:12:49 <Mokmeister> Where is my plus sign?
20:12:56 <Mokmeister>
20:13:10 <Mokmeister> +1
20:13:10 <meetingology> +1 received from Mokmeister
20:13:35 <ebel> consensus seems clear…
20:14:04 <ebel> #endvote
20:14:04 <meetingology> Voting ended on: should we cancel website?
20:14:04 <meetingology> Votes for:5 Votes against:0 Abstentions:0
20:14:04 <meetingology> Motion carried
20:14:19 <ebel> poor old airurando's internet is poor…
20:14:24 <Victor9098> We really do not need to be paying for hosting, plenty of options to get the message out and raise awareness
20:14:33 <ebel> anything else on the website?
20:14:46 <ebel> Victor9098: aye, we have a good bare minimum now
20:15:02 <tdr112> ebel: can we email blacknight and thank them
20:15:17 <ebel> tdr112: yes, I'll do that.
20:15:18 <tdr112> for the hosting so far so we leave on good terms
20:15:31 <ebel> yes, it was very kind of them to do that for us.
20:15:46 <Mokmeister> Should we thank them publicly?
20:16:06 <ebel> Mokmeister: yes.
20:16:07 <airurando2> awful shame we never got up and running with a website on blacknight.
20:16:39 <ebel> airurando2: aye.
20:16:42 <Mokmeister> Yeah
20:16:59 <ebel> #topic CDs
20:17:15 <ebel> right, we (i.e. I) have the ubuntu ie loco set of CDs for this release.
20:17:43 <ebel> They are from canonical, professional pressed CDs, and for promotion of ubuntu within ireland
20:17:55 <ebel> if you think you can help with that, send me a SAE and i'll send you some CDs.
20:18:07 <tdr112> we could give some out at makerfaire
20:18:12 <ebel> uptake has been… slow… there are loads of CDs left.
20:18:19 <ebel> suggestions welcome…
20:18:55 <Victor9098> I just upgraded all the fam over the web (and always have a LiveUSB on me
) 20:18:56 <ebel> tdr112: good idea. I was tempted to go to that. P'haps I should hand you over some CDs shortly just in case
20:19:04 <Mokmeister> Ebel, as I said, I've put out an ad at work, have 12 requests already.
20:19:21 <ebel> Mokmeister: kewl. yep saw them emails. Good to see interest
20:19:46 <Mokmeister> Did you get the sae yet? Probably not
20:20:00 <Mokmeister> I only sent it monday
20:20:28 <ebel> Mokmeister: not yet
20:20:59 <ebel> any other ideas wrt CDs?
20:21:15 <ebel> airurando made a good point (ages ago) that since this is a LTS, it'll be useful for years for people.
20:21:15 <tdr112> have another ubuntu hour in late july
20:21:35 <ebel> So there's no rush to get rid of these soon. They won't be obseleted in a few months
20:22:23 <airurando> I think the life long learning festivals in Cork and Limerick could be a good place to use these CDs
20:22:40 <Mokmeister> Indeed.
20:23:03 <Mokmeister> The lifelong learning festival in limerick was in may though I thought?
20:23:05 <airurando> people from both Nexus cork and MilkLabs Limerick have expressed initial interest
20:23:09 <tdr112> maybe if we hit up some coder dojos
20:23:39 <airurando> Mokmeister indeed, I'm thinking 2013
20:23:47 <Mokmeister> I think the coder dojos would be a great idea
20:23:59 <ebel> aye coder dojo is a good idea
20:24:16 <tdr112> ok how about i take up the job of contacting some of them
20:25:06 <Mokmeister> Yeah, I could contact some in Limerick, Clare, maybe Kerry area
20:25:18 <ebel> that would be very helpful
20:25:28 <ebel> since we need to knock on their door
20:26:01 <Mokmeister> Email?
20:26:14 <ebel> yeah, email em all
20:27:22 <tdr112> i will contact some of the dublin ones
20:27:37 <Mokmeister> I was only looking into coder dojos there the other day (my kids are 8 and 7), and of the ones I liked at seem to be contactable electronically
20:27:57 <Mokmeister> Looked
20:28:14 <airurando> If there is a meetup in Dublin soon i'd like to take some.
20:28:22 <Mokmeister> I'm doing this from my phone, you'll have to forgive me!
20:28:38 <ebel> thanks guys
20:28:50 <ebel> another ubuntu hour is prob a good idea, sometime
20:30:02 <ebel> so if the coder dojos say "yes please", what do ye wanna do? Just send them my address? I can do the stuffing envelopes? Something else?
20:30:26 <ebel> (likewise lifelong learning, will people (who?) do the same again?)
20:31:08 <airurando> I'll try to keep a track on Lifelong Learning
20:31:21 <airurando> for 2013
20:31:57 <ebel> cool, thanks airurando
20:33:13 <ebel> ye all know my address to give out? If not ping me, i'll send it to ye.
20:33:34 <Mokmeister> Ok
20:34:39 <ebel> any other thoughts on CDs?
20:36:09 <Mokmeister> Can't think of anything at the moment
20:36:16 <tdr112> just had someome screem ubuntu out of a moving car
20:36:30 <airurando> could we call meetups or UHs in areas for say 4 weeks time to distribute some?
20:36:39 <airurando> nice tdr112
20:36:45 <ebel> airurando: good idea
20:36:50 <ebel> #topic another ubuntu hour?
20:37:01 <airurando> noot too soon
20:37:10 <airurando> plenty of time to promote
20:37:35 <tdr112> 28th?
20:37:54 <Victor9098> If anybody is in Vue Dublin at 5am on 20th July I will be happy to have an impromptu UH (Batman fan
) 20:39:05 * ebel could maybe do early afternoon on sat 28th july, busy in evennig, maybe all day… 20:39:20 <Victor9098> +1 on early afternoon
20:39:32 <airurando> is the August bank holiday the first monday?
20:39:41 <ebel> 20th I'll be away
20:40:13 <ebel> airurando: aye. mon 6th aug
20:41:59 <ebel> so maaaaybe 28th from me…
20:42:03 <airurando> ebel: are you suggesting 20th or are you available on 28th?
20:42:14 <airurando> sorry
20:42:27 <ebel> not available 20th
20:42:36 <ebel> miiiight be available 28th
20:42:36 <airurando> 28th I think maybeeeee also for me
20:42:53 <ebel> could go for sat 4th aug?
20:43:14 <airurando> bank holiday weekend
20:43:23 <tdr112> grand by me
20:43:32 <airurando> not sure
20:44:12 <airurando> geeknic last bank holiday was poorly attended
20:44:25 <Victor9098> I already have other plans that weekend
20:44:33 <ebel> doodle poll…. ?
20:44:44 <airurando> what about the 11th or 18th of August
20:45:07 <airurando> I don't like the idea of a doodle poll
20:45:07 <Victor9098> Anything other then the bank holiday suits me
20:45:30 <airurando> there is no real rush in this
20:45:54 <airurando> I reckon mid to late August would be fine if people are available?
20:46:59 <ebel> last 2 weekends of august no good for me (away on honeymoon)
20:47:12 <ebel> may need to be away one weekend in aug
20:47:25 <airurando> ohhh sorry
20:48:25 <ebel>
20:48:36 <ebel> well i dunno
20:48:37 <Mokmeister> Congrats! I'm going top a wedding mid August too, good time to get married! 20:48:49 * ebel got married a month or so ago
20:49:03 * ebel doesn't understand why you'd go honeymoon straight after the wedding
20:49:13 <Mokmeister> Lol
20:49:15 <airurando> ebel dead right
20:49:23 <airurando> go when you choose
20:49:26 <ebel> anyway, dunno when to have UH
20:49:46 <ebel> hence suggesting doodle poll, then we can sort out when lots of people are free?
20:50:13 <airurando> aye but if you are not free there is little point
20:50:21 <airurando> you have the CDs
20:50:29 <airurando> so you call the date and time
20:51:06 <ebel> oh good point
20:51:12 <airurando> I just ask for a fair amount of time to promote
20:51:23 <airurando> If it goes to Sept so be it!
20:51:33 <ebel> well find the best time when (a) I'm free and (b) more other people are free ?
20:51:57 <Mokmeister> I'm not sure about cds for uh. Isn't it like bringing beer to a pub?
20:52:13 <Mokmeister> Just putting the question out there
20:52:20 <airurando> good point Mokmeister
20:53:09 <ebel> huh?
20:53:12 <zmoylan> but some of the attendees might have a user in mind for the disks?
20:53:32 <ebel> ah "preeching to the choir" sorta?
20:53:43 <Mokmeister> Indeed
20:53:49 <ebel> well those people might know people?
20:53:59 <ebel> and get past the backlog of me?
20:54:13 <Victor9098> Yes, no broadband out where I live, so the CDs are really handy
20:54:20 <Mokmeister> But yeah, people might have ideas alright.
20:54:35 <ebel> ok, i'll make a doodle poll of when I'm free, and send that to the mailing list? please mark your preferences, and we'll see from there?
20:54:45 <ebel> some weekend afternoon in dublin city centre?
20:55:00 <tdr112> ebel: if you cant be there i will meet you the week before and get them from you
20:55:08 <Victor9098> Sounds good
20:55:11 <ebel> tdr112: yes, we could that aswell
20:55:41 <ebel> grand
20:55:48 <ebel> #topic Any other Business?
20:56:35 <Victor9098> Should have given out the cds at the wedding...
20:56:59 <Mokmeister> Lol!
20:57:31 <airurando> Mokmeister had a good point on IRC a week or so ago regarding reviving the LoCo but as we are approaching an hour I think we should finish
20:57:58 <Mokmeister> Yes actually, things are quiet.
20:58:24 <airurando> Mokmeister solid topic for August?
20:58:32 <Victor9098> Must be due to this glorious weather
20:58:38 <Mokmeister> Ok
20:58:41 <ebel> ok
20:58:46 <ebel> #endmeeting
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