<> == Topics == {*} Blogging is now enabled. {*} Ubuntu Live Online party. {*} Planning for the next install fest and release party. Please feel free to add to this list of topics as you see fit. == Log == http://logs.buley.org/ubuntu-kentucky.20070705_2001.html {{{ 20:01 < etank> hola all 20:01 < etank> you guys ready for a meeting? 20:02 < venomous> fire it up! 20:02 < etank> @startmeeting 20:02 < Ubuntu-Ky> Meeting started at 20:01. The chair is etank. 20:02 < Ubuntu-Ky> Commands Available: [TOPIC], [IDEA], [ACTION], [AGREED], [LINK], [VOTE] 20:02 < Ubuntu-Ky> Please announce yourself with [PRESENT] if you are participating in the meeting. 20:03 < etank> topic list is available @ https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KentuckyTeam/Meetings/2007July05 20:03 < etank> first on the list is: 20:03 < etank> [TOPIC] Blogging is enabled on the team site 20:03 < Ubuntu-Ky> New Topic: Blogging is enabled on the team site 20:04 < etank> if any of you would like to start making posts on the team site that are Ubuntu specific 20:04 < etank> please let me know 20:04 < klb> [present] 20:04 < Ubuntu-Ky> PRESENT received: klb" 20:04 < etank> i have set up some different roles 20:04 < etank> if you are interested then i will add you to the "Team Member" role 20:05 < venomous> [present] 20:05 < Ubuntu-Ky> PRESENT received: venomous" 20:05 < etank> that will give you the ability to have a blog on the site 20:05 < comfurtn> [present] 20:05 < Ubuntu-Ky> PRESENT received: comfurtn" 20:06 < etank> so far Koji has asked to be added to it 20:06 < etank> any questions or interest? 20:06 < venomous> honestly team, i've haven't even looked at the site in over two weeks. too say i would be able to make any contribution that would be other than detrimental wouldn't be a fair statement. been busy of late. 20:06 < comfurtn> i'm already on it right? 20:07 < etank> comfurtn: you have an account on the site 20:07 < comfurtn> k. 20:07 < etank> but i would need to add you to the role to allow the blog feature 20:07 < venomous> s/toot/to 20:07 < etank> i have also made it so that new accounts have to be authorized 20:08 >>> montgoej!n=jordan@unaffiliated/montgoej 20:08 < etank> the reason for the seperate role is because before now anyone could create an account 20:08 < etank> without authorization first 20:08 < etank> i did not want just anyone posting content on the site 20:08 < comfurtn> ah, okay. i would like to be added then. 20:08 < etank> the only thing the new role adds is the blogging stuff 20:09 < montgoej> sorry I'm late 20:09 < etank> comfurtn: just checked and you already are after all :) 20:09 < etank> np montgoej 20:10 < etank> we are discussing the blogging feature of the team site 20:10 < montgoej> ok 20:10 < etank> another thing that we could do is setup a planet of our own for those that already have blogs 20:10 < etank> if that is something that there is interest for 20:11 < montgoej> I like the idea 20:11 < etank> the blogging or the planet? 20:11 < montgoej> I have a blog, I just don't blog much because there aren't too many people who even see my blog 20:11 < montgoej> planet 20:11 < etank> cool 20:12 < etank> it is something that we can look at doing soon then 20:12 etank has never setup a planet before 20:12 < etank> any other discussion on this topic? 20:13 < etank> next topic then: 20:13 < etank> [TOPIC] Ubuntu Live Online party. 20:13 < Ubuntu-Ky> New Topic: Ubuntu Live Online party. 20:13 < klb> I hate the word "blog" 20:14 < etank> there was some discussion in the #ubuntu-us channel for having an online party during Ubuntu Live for those that can not go to the real thing 20:14 < comfurtn> i good idea. 20:14 < comfurtn> *a good idea. 20:14 < comfurtn> :p 20:14 montgoej agrees with comfurtn 20:14 < etank> even if other teams do not do anything during this time i think that it would be a good chance for us to get together 20:14 < etank> and do something 20:14 < venomous> +! 20:14 < etank> even if it is just to hang out some 20:15 < venomous> +1 20:15 < etank> of course we could all go into #ubuntu-us and try to stir up some other teams to do the same 20:15 < etank> the dates are July 22 - 24 i think 20:16 < comfurtn> sunday through tuesday? 20:16 < etank> someone had mentioned meeting IRL and then having some stuff in IRC too 20:16 < montgoej> sounds good to me, I should be free those days 20:17 < etank> http://www.ubuntulive.com/ 20:18 < etank> it would be cool to have people doing "talks" in irc 20:18 < etank> maybe about the stuff that their teams are doing or something 20:19 < etank> but it would take more than just our team to get something that big setup 20:19 < montgoej> we could setup a room where people could be doing walkthroughs of different things such as installing eyecandy, etc. with multiple teams 20:19 < montgoej> have stuff going all day 20:19 < etank> kind of like what happens in #ubuntu-classroom 20:20 < etank> i like that idea montgoej 20:20 < montgoej> yeah, just have people agree to a certain time and to do a certain topic 20:20 < etank> time is starting to get short for some planning though 20:21 < montgoej> we could probably pull something together quickly if we have people that are 100 20:21 < montgoej> *100% certain 20:21 < etank> start poking some in the us channel and see what you can come up with :) 20:22 < montgoej> ok 20:22 < etank> the person (Zelut) that first had the idea is now actually going to be at the live event 20:22 < etank> he may be good one to talk to for ideas and such 20:23 < etank> any other thoughts? 20:23 < etank> good job montgoej :) 20:23 < montgoej> thanks 20:25 < etank> ok then to the next topic: 20:25 < etank> [TOPIC] Planning for the next install fest and release party. 20:25 < Ubuntu-Ky> New Topic: Planning for the next install fest and release party. 20:26 < etank> before we talked about doing an install fest in august or september 20:26 < etank> it would probably be a good idea to get some ideas rolling now 20:26 < etank> so that we have a good idea of all the stuff that we want to do 20:26 < etank> and where 20:27 < montgoej> why not have a poll in the forums as to where> 20:27 < montgoej> I meant a ? instead of a > 20:28 < etank> we could do it at UK again 20:28 < comfurtn> i'll be at UK by that time. 20:28 < etank> or i have a friend that is a teacher who can get us access to the school where he teaches 20:30 < etank> last time we had a pretty good turn out 20:30 < etank> but most of those were members 20:30 < montgoej> I think if we get it planned out well in advance this time we could get a greater turn out 20:30 < etank> we may want to think of a better way of getting the word out 20:31 < montgoej> hmm... 20:31 < etank> a few (very few) of us hung flyers and stuff 20:31 < montgoej> find a live news broadcast and run in front of the camera with a poster! 20:31 < etank> that may have pulled in one person 20:32 < comfurtn> lexington herald ad? 20:32 < montgoej> mass emails, maybe something that our members can stick in their sigs to attract attention of other forum-goers 20:32 < etank> we could use the forums, our site, blogging (sorry klb) , etc 20:33 < etank> but what % of the forum people are going to be local enough to attend 20:33 < montgoej> I may be able to put something up at work if I get this job, they use Linux on their server and probably wouldn't mind me putting something up 20:33 < etank> cool 20:33 < etank> for those that were there last time: 20:33 < montgoej> well, it's better than nothing...think of how many people that are in KY haven't joined the team simply because they haven't seen it 20:34 < montgoej> the loco forums aren't on the front page anymore :( 20:34 < etank> try to think of what we did and what worked, kinda worked, and did not work at all 20:34 < etank> and maybe some new ideas of stuff that we can try to make work 20:35 < etank> i think that the presentation that i did was useless 20:35 < etank> since most of the people there were already linux users 20:36 < venomous> lag is killing me...try coming in again.. 20:36 < etank> venomous: where did it cut out? 20:36 < comfurtn> our first Install Fest wiki page is at /InstallFest... where should we put the new planning page? 20:37 < venomous> last i got was ubuntulive.com 20:37 < venomous> brb 20:37 < venomous!i=ven0m0us@gateway/tor/x-80cfb2bfd0bf073e ["Leaving"] 20:37 < etank> comfurtn: we could rename that page to InstallFest032007 or something 20:37 < etank> and then reuse the current page for the new event 20:38 < comfurtn> okay. 20:38 < etank> same with the release party 20:38 < etank> nevermind 20:38 < etank> the release party is FeistyRelease or something like that 20:38 < etank> so that one is ok already 20:39 < etank> comfurtn: already on the job :) 20:40 < comfurtn> so was i. 20:40 < comfurtn> are we overlapping? 20:40 < etank> i was commenting on what you were already doing 20:40 < etank> good job 20:40 < comfurtn> oh! 20:40 < comfurtn> lol... thx. 20:41 < etank> any thoughts on the Install Fest stuff? 20:41 < montgoej> hmm... 20:41 < etank> if not its fine 20:41 < montgoej> I've got nothin... 20:42 < etank> we have (some) time 20:42 < comfurtn> okay, the planning page is up. 20:42 < comfurtn> so we can work from there. 20:42 < etank> thanks comfurtn 20:42 < comfurtn> np. ;) 20:42 < etank> i will add some stuff to the team site about it later 20:43 < etank> well that was all that was on the original agenda 20:43 < etank> bkingx mentioned that we may want to discuss the charity machines though 20:44 < etank> i have been playing with doing an Xubuntu install and then adding the edubuntu apps to it 20:44 < etank> we can use the alternate CD for Xubuntu to do an OEM install 20:44 < comfurtn> what type of system are we aiming to create on those machines? 20:44 < etank> then we can make images of those installs 20:44 < comfurtn> i notice that you're including edubuntu apps.. 20:45 < etank> in my mind we can do these for families that have school age children 20:45 < etank> that can not afford a computer on their own 20:45 < etank> but really need one for their childs school stuff 20:46 < montgoej> I'm gonna try to compile an all-purpose stripped-down kernel later 20:46 < montgoej> w/o stuff like Bluetooth, Ham Radio, etc. that these computers won't need 20:46 >>> venomous!i=ven0m0us@gateway/tor/x-8b060692923b878f 20:46 < etank> that would be good 20:46 < comfurtn> i have some experience on working with older machines, if something comes up. 20:47 < etank> venomous: i can fill you in later on what you have missed 20:47 < comfurtn> i currently have two computers with ubuntu.. one 350 and one 500 mhz. 20:47 < etank> the idea would be for us to get together one day and work on getting them all set up 20:47 < venomous> more than a little worthy of aggravation... 20:47 < montgoej> I have an older one running Xubuntu, 450 mhz 20:47 < etank> we have 60 machines 20:48 < montgoej> I've also got monitors, although at least 1 or 2 have a bit of burn-in 20:48 < montgoej> stupid windows 2000 screen... 20:48 < etank> it will take a little time and some (wo)man power to get it all done 20:48 < comfurtn> I'm updating the wiki as we discuss. 20:48 < comfurtn> so 60 computers... how many monitors? 20:48 < montgoej> 11 20:49 < etank> about that many 20:49 < montgoej> I have 11 at least 20:49 < etank> some or probably bad though 20:49 < etank> of what we have we may have about 30 - 40 fully working systems 20:49 < montgoej> yeah, I know one is so burnt in that it clearly shows up with the monitor off 20:49 < etank> we just need to test them 20:50 < comfurtn> i would be interested in helping with that. 20:50 < etank> we can use all the help we can get 20:50 < montgoej> I can help with that, not sure when yet though 20:50 < etank> that and we need to figure out a good date to do it 20:51 < etank> half of the machines are in Louisville and the other half are in Lexington 20:51 < montgoej> and the monitors(that I have) are in a storage building in Lincoln county 20:51 < montgoej> in a big box! 20:51 < Ubuntu-Ky> [Planet Ubuntu] Martin Albisetti: New Laptop, System76 rocks - http://beuno.com.ar/archives/29 20:52 < comfurtn> are we still keeping the idea of having a wikipedia mirror? 20:52 < comfurtn> (i'm looking over the wiki todo list trying to update it) 20:52 < etank> comfurtn: there has been no discussion of it latley 20:52 < etank> so i would say no 20:53 < montgoej> that would be good, but it's around 10 gigs and it wouldn't surprise me if the machines didn't have enough space on the hard drives 20:53 < comfurtn> k. i would also.. thats a lot of space. 20:53 < montgoej> I'd also say no 20:53 < etank> oh wait 20:53 < etank> you meant on the charity boxes 20:53 < etank> my bad 20:54 < comfurtn> etank: yes... where are we on that? 20:54 < montgoej> lol 20:54 < etank> if there would be enough space on the boxes then it would be a good idea 20:54 < etank> we wont know if the new owners will have internet access and it would be helpful with homework and stuff 20:55 < etank> but if it wont fit then we leave it out 20:56 < etank> would it work to just set a date and then see who can make it and who can not 20:56 < venomous!i=ven0m0us@gateway/tor/x-8b060692923b878f ["Leaving"] 20:57 < comfurtn> etank: how about a mailing list thread on the date? 20:57 < etank> we can do that too 20:57 < comfurtn> that seems to reach more team members faster. 20:57 < etank> yeah but it is very hard to gage a response 20:58 < etank> we can give it a shot 20:59 < etank> does anyone have anything else that they want to bring up or continue to discuss? 21:00 < etank> if not then are we ready to close the meeting tonight? 21:00 < etank> we will meet again in 2 weeks 21:00 < etank> @endmeeting 21:00 < Ubuntu-Ky> Meeting finished at 20:59. Log is available at http://logs.buley.org/ubuntu-kentucky.20070705_2001.html 21:00 < etank> logs will be online in a few minutes :) 21:01 < comfurtn> sounds good. }}}