== Meeting information == * #ubuntu-ca: Ubuntu Canada Video Chat for 23 January 2014, 24 Jan at 00:00 — 01:08 UTC * Full logs at [[http://ubottu.com/meetingology/logs/ubuntu-ca/2014/ubuntu-ca.2014-01-24-00.00.log.html]] == Meeting summary == === Introductinos === The discussion about "Introductinos" started at 00:02. === Events === The discussion about "Events" started at 00:09. * '''Past Events''' (00:09) * '''Upcoming events''' (00:15) * ''LINK:'' https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UserDays are online courses * ''LINK:'' http://uds.ubuntu.com/ but that site hasn't been updated for this year yet === Other Stuff === The discussion about "Other Stuff" started at 00:47. * ''LINK:'' https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/103177632744805958694 is the Ubuntu Canada LoCo community == Vote results == == Action items == * (none) == People present (lines said) == * BobJonkman (64) * aruna_ (32) * katherineB (8) * bregma (7) * dscassel (4) * genii (4) * CrankyOldBugger (4) * pirivan (4) * dougdastew1 (3) * meetingology (3) * ronswift_ (2) == Full Log == 00:00 #startmeeting Ubuntu Canada Video Chat for 23 January 2014 00:00 Meeting started Fri Jan 24 00:00:11 2014 UTC. 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Roll call: dscassel mainmeister katherineB aruna_ mars dougdastew1 FiReSTaRT DarwinSurvivor bregma BobJonkman jaguar zul laurelrusswurm1 jlamothe johanbr IdleOne azend|vps Chex ryanakca samthetechie sipherdee greeter cyphermox azend txwikinger2 00:00 Hello Everybody! 00:01 Hi BobJonkman! 00:01 This meeting is also on the Google Hangout at URL https://plus.google.com/hangouts/_/7acpj7lt99uvi3m8iirprakd4g?hl=en 00:01 Come join us there if you can 00:02 you can adjust your bandwidth with the little star-step tool 00:02 So let's start with some introductions 00:02 #topic Introductinos 00:03 BobJonkman:Sounds Great see you there :-) 00:04 I'm Bob Jonkman from Elmira, just north of Waterloo 00:04 Hi, I'm Darcy in Waterloo. I'm also a co-contact, although I've been seriously slacking off lately. Thanks, Bob! 00:04 Hi! I'm Katherine in Waterloo. 00:06 Online we also have Aruna, dscassel, David, John, Doug, Jeff, John, Stephen and William 00:07 Hi Katherine welcome 00:07 Hi I'm Doug from London ont. 00:07 Hi aruna_ 00:07 Hi Doug welcome 00:08 helloooooo 00:08 Hi Jeff 00:08 hell-ooooh 00:08 :) 00:08 We're joined by Ron from Maryland LoCO 00:09 #topic Events 00:09 Lots of events on the agenda 00:09 Lets start past Events 00:09 #subtopic Past Events 00:10 Aruna's Ubuntu Hour in Toronto 00:11 hey guys, using headphones will prevent the delay feedback, just so you know for next time 00:11 Aruna explains the reason for holding Ubuntu Hours. Getting people to particate 00:11 We had a lot of fun, so it was a successful Ubuntu Hour 00:13 Kitchener Ubuntu Hours? 00:13 None in January, but maybe in February 00:14 control-D will toggle the microphone nute 00:14 Mute* 00:14 (asking people to mute mics when not speaking) 00:14 Ubuntu Hour Toronto pictures at http://pix.ie/ubuntuca/album/482290/detailed 00:15 I don't know what the Ubuntu Development Sprint is, and noone else seems to know 00:15 #subtopic Upcoming events 00:15 Bob is explaining about upcoming events on the video chat 00:15 Luckily I had a headset 00:15 me too :) 00:16 App Developer Week is on now 00:16 Lots of people would like to participate, but they're not programmers. 00:17 hey Katherine and Doug ask away if you guys have questions 00:17 Saturday is Ubuntu User Days 00:18 Ubuntu User days are information sessions 00:18 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UserDays are online courses 00:19 Ubuntu Developer Summit 00:20 Also an online session, using Google Hangouts 00:20 http://uds.ubuntu.com/ but that site hasn't been updated for this year yet 00:20 bregma says it will probably be in February 00:21 the hangout is full, I can't join :( 00:21 pirivan: hold on let me leave so yo0u can join 00:21 Roundtable discussions on upcoming features 00:21 1 sec 00:22 Phone and Cloud discussions, talking about convergence 00:22 aruna_, why do you want to leave? 00:22 How many people can be in the hangout 00:22 pirivan: so you can JOIN my friend 00:22 I think 10 people is the max 00:22 maximum TEN I belive katherine 00:23 I'll be having to leave soon so there'll be a space opening. 00:23 nope, still full 00:23 no darcy stick around 00:23 you can add value where as I have little 00:24 pirivan: try now 00:24 I'm in! 00:24 Yaaay ! 00:24 gud stuff n pls pay attention 00:25 I'm out, so there's another spot open if someone wants in. 00:26 Darcy has just left, but hopes to have a Trusty Tahr release party 00:26 oki 00:26 someone can also take my spot 00:26 genii will be holding a URP in Toronto on the day of release 00:26 bye 00:26 I'm hoping we'll Global Jam in Computer Recycling in Kitchener 00:26 thanks for dropping by Ron 00:29 genii suggests having simul-parties so we communicate on IRC and video 00:32 I'm explaining that Release Parties are social events for me, but they can also be installfests or educational events 00:34 We're talking about the direction of ubuntu, and what we're running on our own desktops 00:34 Katherine do u have a webcam and mic+headset dear 00:35 Please feel free to ask away everyone here is friendly and helpful 00:35 I can't afford to upgrade from dialup. That's why I don't try to use video from home. 00:36 your on dial-up ? yikes 00:36 we have to do some thing about that :) 00:36 Yeah. I know. Yeech! 00:36 LOL its not dat bad 00:37 A job that pays enough to live on is what will free me! 00:37 join the club hun 00:37 have faith 00:38 never lose faith or give up 00:38 Faith is taking a long time to do any good. 00:38 Talking about the other events... 00:39 John says he's running CrunchBang on an old laptop, wiht low resources 00:39 I didn't know #! was an Ubuntu Derivative 00:40 bregma and John are swapping stories about the EEE PC and the pre-formatted SSD drive 00:41 John mentions Bohdi Linux 00:41 it's just an SD card, not an SSD 00:41 Pedro has Bohdi on an tiny old computer 00:42 the system was read-only with a unionfs overlay, so you could never actually delete any files and eventually you'd run out of disk space and need to reformat 00:42 and the keyboards were so cheap the keys always fell off when my kids used the machines 00:43 try now I just left 00:44 try now 00:46 BobJonkman: Tenant came down to my office complaining of wino in the driveway, had to go wake him up and send him on his way 00:47 #topic Other Stuff 00:51 Ubuntu presence on Social Media channels like StatusNet, Twitter, Facebook, &c 00:52 I've got some of it covered on StatusNet: http://sn.jonkman.ca/group/ubuntuca 00:52 is that what I said?? 00:52 and http://sn.jonkman.ca/group/ubuntu 00:53 CrankyOldBugger will look after Google Plus announcements, &c. 00:53 https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/103177632744805958694 is the Ubuntu Canada LoCo community 00:54 John mentions Sunflower filemanager, worth looking at 00:54 It's a graphical FM. 00:58 Arunu asks can I handle IRC and Video together? 00:58 Yes, but I think people on IRC are losing out on a lot of the conversation 00:59 That was my concern as well 01:00 Should we do video chat again? 01:00 Consensus, yes. 01:00 I hear music.. 01:01 CrankyOldBugger: Aruna's phone :) 01:01 Bregma say Hangouts on Air solve part of that problem by letting more than 10 people participate by viewing only 01:01 So next time I'll try that 01:02 Sorry I had to take the call it's my son from Sri lanka 01:02 Well, good night and we will hopefully "see" each other again soon 01:02 good night everybody 01:03 Also, I'd likt to try running in a community area like Kwartzlab where we can participate as a group, allowing people without video access to participate 01:04 That would be nice. 01:06 For February's meeting we can try Hangouts On Air, and I'll ask Darcy about using Kwartzlab. 01:07 Perhaps azend can see about using Diyode.. 01:07 Anyway, that about finishes off the night. 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