== Meeting information == * #ubuntu-ca: Ubuntu-ca IRC meeting 22 Aug 2013, 22 Aug at 23:00 — 00:03 UTC * Full logs at [[http://ubottu.com/meetingology/logs/ubuntu-ca/2013/ubuntu-ca.2013-08-22-23.00.log.html]] == Meeting summary == ''LINK:'' There's an agenda at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CanadianTeam/Meetings ''LINK:'' http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-ca/2489-ubuntu-hour-guelph/ === Events === The discussion about "Events" started at 23:07. * '''Ubuntu Hours''' (23:08) * '''Ubuntu Events''' (23:08) * ''LINK:'' http://uds.ubuntu.com/ * ''LINK:'' http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/global/2315/ * '''Ubuntu 13.10 Release Parties''' (23:21) * '''Software Freedom Day''' (23:29) * ''LINK:'' http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/2013/Canada/Kitchener/Kwartzlab === Other stuff === The discussion about "Other stuff" started at 23:46. === Marketing === The discussion about "Marketing" started at 23:49. * ''LINK:'' https://www.dropbox.com/s/vuxpwquqnkc7983/MeetingCard.gif == Vote results == == Action items == * (none) == People present (lines said) == * BobJonkman2 (81) * azend (38) * chaslinux (9) * bregma (8) * meetingology (5) * Cranky (3) * dscassel (1) == Full Log == 23:00 #startmeeting Ubuntu-ca IRC meeting 22 Aug 2013 23:00 Meeting started Thu Aug 22 23:00:51 2013 UTC. The chair is BobJonkman2. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.ubuntu.com/meetingology. 23:00 23:00 Available commands: #accept #accepted #action #agree #agreed #chair #commands #endmeeting #endvote #halp #help #idea #info #link #lurk #meetingname #meetingtopic #nick #progress #rejected #replay #restrictlogs #save #startmeeting #subtopic #topic #unchair #undo #unlurk #vote #voters #votesrequired 23:01 #chair dscassel 23:01 Current chairs: BobJonkman2 dscassel 23:01 Greetings to Jebster dscassel chaslinux BobJonkman2 philipballew mars laurelrusswurm DarwinSurvivor azend sigint cjopcjop FiReSTaRT jlamothe sipherdee ryanakca cyphermox Gregorio_ KombuchaKip bregma Chex lubotu1 txwikinger2 johanbr egerlach jaguar 23:01 So, let's introduce ourselves... 23:01 I'm Bob Jonkman, one of the contacts for Ubuntu Canada 23:02 I'm from Elmira, Ontario, but currently I'm at Ubuntu Hour in Kitchener ‎with a bunch of other ubuntoids 23:03 #link There's an agenda at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CanadianTeam/Meetings 23:03 I'm Verdi R-D from Ubuntu Guelph 23:04 I'm sitting at home on the couch because Ubuntu Hour Guelph is next week 23:04 Charles from Ubuntu Hour Kitchener. 23:06 Yay! another Ubuntu Hour! 23:06 yay Bob 23:07 http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-ca/2489-ubuntu-hour-guelph/ 23:07 seconded 23:07 So, let's whittle away at the agenda... 23:07 #topic Events 23:08 #subtopic Ubuntu Hours 23:08 We just did that... 23:08 #subtopic Ubuntu Events 23:08 They start next week: UDS is 27-29 August, entirely online 23:09 http://uds.ubuntu.com/ 23:09 The Ubuntu Global Jam is from 13 to 15 September 23:09 http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/global/2315/ 23:09 That's one I'd like to do some planning for. 23:10 Randall from Vancouver is pretty hepped on UGJ, so I'd like to have at least one event. 23:11 But a venue is needed. 23:11 Like a workshop with classroom facilities 23:12 Or a computer refurbishing shop... 23:12 sorry to sound ignorant, but what is a global jam? 23:12 UGJ is Ubuntu GLobal Jam; UDS is Ubuntu Developer Summit 23:12 Was that a hint???? 23:13 The Ubuntu Global Jam is a time to work on the forthcoming release, do some bug finding, triaging, fixing; maybe work on documentation. 23:13 Live from @UbuntuWaterloo Ubuntu hour! http://twitter.com/flying_squirrel/status/370684521920094209/photo/1 23:13 At the very least, doing an install of the latest beta and seeing how it behaves on our equipment. 23:14 And reporting to the developers about pitfalls, problems, &c. 23:14 Could probably provide the computers for the workshop, we just got a bunch of core 2 duo sff lenovos.... 23:15 And, of course, UGnJ another excuse to get together in person and have some fu 23:15 fun 23:15 so you can give Mir a thorough test, then? 23:16 bregma: Yup. 23:16 * BobJonkman2 didn't know Mir was ready for release in 13.10 23:16 It probably won't be ;) 23:17 I heard that they're trying to squeeze it in 23:17 it's already in main 23:17 I use it every day, it's got a few missing features but is almost ready 23:17 dscassel tells me it'll be shipping with 13.10, but it won't be default 23:18 needs hammer testing, especially on low-spec machines 23:18 it's very likely going to be the default 23:18 I can certainly do that bregma, I have access to lots of low end machines. 23:18 So, hammer testing is a thing to do duing a Global Jam 23:19 sweet 23:19 I didn't hear any volunteers offering a venue for UGJ... 23:20 The Global Jam is usually a few weeks before the official release 23:21 And that means Release Parties! 23:21 #subtopic Ubuntu 13.10 Release Parties 23:21 Who's having one? 23:22 \o/ 23:22 Yay azend! 23:24 dscassel says having release parties is a tradition, so there will likely be one in KW 23:28 Will check with the powers that be @TWC for the venue. 23:28 Yay chaslinux! 23:29 Finally, 23:29 #subtopic Software Freedom Day 23:29 Who's having one? 23:30 Kwartzlab is hosting one for Kitchener-Waterloo: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-ca/2497-sfd-kwartlab/ 23:30 http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/2013/Canada/Kitchener/Kwartzlab 23:30 SFD Guelph will be discussed at Ubuntu Hour Guelph 23:31 if we decide to have one, I'll post it to the various lists 23:31 Yay azend again! 23:32 SFD isn't an official Ubuntu event, but in the past we've always relied heavily on Ubuntu to demonstrate free software at the KW SFDs 23:32 I find it creeps up really quickly.... we normally plan months in advance. 23:32 And the LoCo Events Page lists SFD2013 as a global event: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/global/2483/ 23:33 For some reason, SFD Kwartzlab looks like it's primarily media oriented: Blender, Ubuntu Studio, 23:34 maybe chaslinux will do something on XBMC. 23:34 I'm talking about autonomy in the cloud, so I'm demonstrating Media G...oblin 23:36 (Did You Know: chaslinux has a new book out on XBMC: http://www.packtpub.com/build-entertainment-system-with-XBMC/book 23:38 Hi Katherine 23:38 I would like to talk about getting through your job with nothing but a text editor 23:38 azend: ??? You mean in a programming/developer job? 23:39 well actually I was more talking about school 23:39 powerpoint presentations 23:39 writing essays 23:39 BobJonkman2: regular stuff 23:39 LateX 23:40 LaTeX* 23:41 chaslinux dscassel and I are remembering people who did KWLUG presenatations with text-based presentation software 23:41 Can't remember what software that was, but there's probably a clue on http://kwlug.org 23:42 So, I don't know how much more planning we can do here right now; it's probably something best done by the local groups 23:43 For SFD Kwartzlab, anyone interested in helping out with Software Freedom Day should contact Paul Nijjar so he can add you to the sfd-planning mailing list 23:44 There's all kinds of stuff to be done: design flyers, distribute flyers, gather free software to create a distribution, burn CDs of that distribuition... 23:46 OK, continuing on at this blistering pace... 23:46 #topic Other stuff 23:47 I have nothing... 23:48 you should get something 23:48 #topic Marketing 23:49 #chair azend 23:49 Current chairs: BobJonkman2 azend dscassel 23:49 #topic Marketing 23:49 try that again... 23:49 I've started making some marketing tools for public use 23:50 marketing what? 23:50 What kind of tools? 23:50 I plan on demoing some of them at Ubuntu Hour Guelph 23:50 Posters and things 23:50 Next event reminder cards 23:51 My printer jammed on those 23:52 Got a file? 23:52 It would be nice to get some other promotional tools 23:52 You did up a nice poster a while ago. 23:52 Perhaps but give me a minute 23:53 Heh yeah 23:53 almost four months ago in fact 23:53 I think I can do better though 23:53 If you give me a few minutes I can pull something up 23:53 ttachments 23:54 That is, we can put them on the wiki as attachments 23:55 https://www.dropbox.com/s/vuxpwquqnkc7983/MeetingCard.gif 23:55 (and everybody at Ubuntu Hour starts sucking down that file and slamming my phone's bandwidth) 23:56 :) 23:56 Why don't I make it an svg 23:56 OK, I'll look at it later... 23:56 Oh, there it is! 23:56 Like business cards! 23:57 almost exactly like business cards 23:58 But yeah, I thought it would be nice if we had something to show when we go out to events/conventions 23:59 I've been known to go to an event or two and could potentially and these out 23:59 OK, folks are leaving here... 23:59 or could stick up posters in central areas 23:59 Communitech hub for example 00:00 I've always had difficulty finding places to put posters where I won't be arrested. 00:00 It's fine as long as you have a cover story :) 00:01 At Diyode, one of our members gave some teenagers some stickers and told them to put them up wherever they felt 00:01 There's always the bulletin boards at the grocery store 00:01 There are now Diyode stickers all around downtown 00:01 free advertising 00:02 OK, I'm going to drop off... 00:02 Have an egg roll good time! 00:02 And it's 8:00pm here in EDT, so probably time to pack it up. 00:03 Thanx to everyone who joined in (some of whom have already left) 00:03 See you next month! 00:03 #endmeeting Generated by MeetBot 0.1.5 (http://wiki.ubuntu.com/meetingology)