#title #ubuntu-uk-meeting: Ubuntu UK LoCo Meeting Meeting started by AlanBell at 21:07:11 UTC. The full logs are available at http://ubottu.com/meetingology/logs/ubuntu-uk-meeting/2011/ubuntu-uk-meeting.2011-11-10-21.07.log.html . == Meeting summary == *The Chair - review of action items from last meeting *REPORT] People who have achieved something in November, please place it in the report. (AlanBell, 21:08:07) ''LINK:'' https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/TeamReports/11/November (AlanBell, 21:08:10) *REPORT] Christmas Party (AlanBell, 21:09:41) ''LINK:'' http://www.danslenoir.com/london/ (AlanBell, 21:10:54) ''LINK:'' http://www.danslenoir.com/book/gui/calendar.php?PHPSESSID=vccqkiudd2co4hit6b8odajmi2&id_restaurant=3&month=12&year=2011 (AlanBell, 21:19:12) ''ACTION:'' AlanBell to sort out loco directory event for dans le noir (AlanBell, 21:27:33) *AlanBell - The Next Happy Hour(s) *AlanBell - en_GB Localised ISO ''LINK:'' http://summit.ubuntu.com/uds-p/meeting/19613/community-p-localized-iso-community-growth/ (AlanBell, 21:36:55) *The Chair - Any Other Business ''ACTION:'' brunogirin to investigate venues for an Ubuntu desktop apps hacking evening (AlanBell, 22:05:26) Meeting ended at 22:06:51 UTC. == Votes == == Action items == * AlanBell to sort out loco directory event for dans le noir * brunogirin to investigate venues for an Ubuntu desktop apps hacking evening == Action items, by person == * AlanBell ** AlanBell to sort out loco directory event for dans le noir * brunogirin ** brunogirin to investigate venues for an Ubuntu desktop apps hacking evening == People present (lines said) == * AlanBell (87) * bigcalm (54) * brunogirin (22) * smouty (6) * DJones (6) * christel (5) * meetingology (5) * daubers (5) * SuprEngr (4) * Jorvyk (4) == Full Log == 21:07:11 #startmeeting 21:07:11 Meeting started Thu Nov 10 21:07:11 2011 UTC. The chair is AlanBell. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.ubuntu.com/AlanBell/mootbot. 21:07:11 21:07:11 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 21:07:29 #meetingtopic Ubuntu UK LoCo Meeting 21:07:48 [TOPIC] The Chair - review of action items from last meeting 21:08:07 [PROGRESS REPORT] People who have achieved something in November, please place it in the report. 21:08:10 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/TeamReports/11/November 21:08:18 oh, who is here? o/ 21:08:22 o/ 21:08:26 o/ 21:08:32 o/ 21:08:35 o/ 21:09:20 think we might adjust the time next meeting to get more people along 21:09:41 [PROGRESS REPORT] Christmas Party 21:09:47 Thought it was a bit quiet 21:09:49 so christmas party stuff 21:10:26 I have been investigating the options here, and as discussed we are going to make it more of a meal out than a drinkie pub meet 21:10:36 because we are doing plenty of them and they are great 21:10:54 http://www.danslenoir.com/london/ 21:11:01 ^^ full of awesome 21:11:04 lets go there 21:11:22 o/ 21:11:25 I have been talking to Canonical about doing a joint thing, but they have been a bit unresponsive 21:11:43 so I am going to go ahead and get it arranged 21:11:50 could Father Christmas arrive there and bring gifts of a working Unity ;) 21:11:50 I am all for Danslenoir, though my better half has doubts sadly 21:12:10 'tis a touch pricey, so will depend on dates :) 21:12:31 Talking of dates, I'm already doing an xmas meal thing on the 8th Dec 21:12:37 yeah, I think some time in mid December, but what suits you? 21:13:03 Either the start of the month or the very end of the month suites best for the wallet :) 21:13:19 well there is christmas in that month! 21:13:39 Yep 21:13:43 We are up in the midlands, so would need to make it into a 2 day thing to allow for trains etc 21:14:21 bigcalm: so does that mean a saturday? 21:14:29 AlanBell: Friday or Saturday 21:14:39 AlanBell: thinking of taking a half day to get down there 21:15:10 Will also need to find somewhere to stay for the night :) 21:15:25 thats probably best for various people coming from some distance 21:15:44 Right, so we're all kipping on AlanBell's sofa! 21:15:54 they do a 7pm and 9:15pm sitting 21:16:08 bigcalm: out in the chicken house :) 21:16:12 :D 21:16:23 7pm meal and then pub afterwards? 21:16:29 yeah I think so 21:16:37 otherwise trains home become an issue 21:16:39 Or is that a crazy idea for a Friday anywhere in the big smoke? 21:16:53 q/ why London as only choice? 21:17:36 SuprEngr: it is the most equally inconvenient place for everyone, plus that interesting restraunt is there 21:17:48 ;) 21:18:26 trains all go to london 21:18:31 * bigcalm pokes christel 21:19:03 If I can't get Hayley to go, I might try and blag a sofa off somebody ;) 21:19:12 http://www.danslenoir.com/book/gui/calendar.php?PHPSESSID=vccqkiudd2co4hit6b8odajmi2&id_restaurant=3&month=12&year=2011 21:19:53 Heh, the page is in french 21:20:04 hmm, some dates are full already 21:20:07 Click the union jack 21:20:50 DJones: got it, ta :) 21:21:31 9th is still available 21:21:46 23rd is a bit close to xmas I think 21:21:53 Will push hotel prices way up 21:22:47 If we can't all do 9th, I'll see if I can blag a day off in the week 21:23:13 9th is good for me 21:23:40 bit concerned that there might just be one or two seats left 21:23:41 I'll have to check with the calendar, but she's out on the town :) 21:24:06 It's not the best booking system is it? 21:24:15 not the best 21:24:26 Maybe it would be best to get an idea of +ve numbers and then phone in a booking? 21:24:31 I spoke to them on the phone, they seemed fine 21:24:41 bigcalm: yeah, I think that would be best 21:25:38 OK, I think I will set up a loco directory event for it with a provisional date, get people to sign up to that and then phone the place and get us all booked in together 21:25:54 Sounds good 21:26:08 preferably on a friday or saturday 7PM sitting, followed by later sitting on friday or saturday followed by a weekday 21:26:16 Hopefully it's not too late to accommodate us all 21:26:38 AlanBell: I agree 21:26:56 they seemed fine when I spoke to them, but that was about a weekday lunchtime private party :) 21:27:33 #action AlanBell to sort out loco directory event for dans le noir 21:27:33 * meetingology AlanBell to sort out loco directory event for dans le noir 21:28:07 [TOPIC] AlanBell - The Next Happy Hour(s) 21:28:16 right, next happy hour, probably Southampton 21:28:56 Southampton sounds good to me (my home town!) 21:29:02 trying to get a date for that when some locals (Tony Whitmore in particular can turn up) 21:29:04 Still a bit far for me, but do carry on :) 21:29:04 sorry I'm late 21:29:28 ooh smouty pick a date you can certainly attend and we will go with that 21:29:39 I just need commitment from one person that they will turn up 21:29:51 maybe I could make Southampton, depends on the date 21:30:45 I might be able to get down to Southampton too 21:30:47 After xmas would be great say 2nd fri in jan? 21:31:09 smouty: was hoping a bit sooner than that, early december perhaps 21:31:29 if someone wants to volunteer a different city then that would be good too 21:32:41 unfortunatley my ubuntu using friend who would also love to join in is in hospital early dec and is likley to be recovering over xmas 21:32:49 :( 21:33:01 but if early dec I could make it alone 21:33:51 ok, well I will try and sort something out, 2nd friday in jan would work great for the happy hour after next, so if we can do somewhere else early december and go to Southampton in January that works 21:34:16 works for me too :) 21:35:26 ok, I will get that sorted one way or another 21:35:34 [TOPIC] AlanBell - en_GB Localised ISO 21:35:57 last week was the Ubuntu Developer Summit, I think there was a session on these localised ISO images 21:36:29 Are people really in need of a GB specific ISO? It would be en_US with only minor alterations surely? 21:36:55 http://summit.ubuntu.com/uds-p/meeting/19613/community-p-localized-iso-community-growth/ 21:37:06 bigcalm: yeah, but the translations are done pretty much 21:37:21 good for schools in particular 21:38:04 I am not 100% certain of the benefits 21:38:35 I'm struggling myself. A tool to set up localisation during install would be a good idea though 21:38:56 Though isn't that what's done during install already? 21:39:07 dunno, but I think we should find out more about it 21:39:59 Who here added it as a discussion topic for this meeting? 21:40:07 me from last time 21:40:23 Not blaming anybody, just wondered if they had any input 21:40:24 Ah :) 21:40:38 not much input sadly :) 21:40:48 A live Cd without Trashcans and color would be nice! 21:40:56 just the localised iso project was mentioned to all loco teams and I figured it could be interesting for us 21:40:56 bigcalm: POKEAGE? 21:41:04 christel o/ 21:41:07 I would say find out more about it, but seems to be a bit of a duplication of work 21:41:11 Somebody thought it was a good enough idea have it discussed at UDS 21:41:17 christel: \o/ 21:41:27 9th works for me to i think! 21:41:37 yay 21:41:57 christel: mind if I pm for a moment? 21:42:07 AlanBell: i think we need a happy half-hour next week sometime since we still don't have a southampton date 21:42:09 * christel nods 21:42:16 bigcalm: go ahead! :) 21:42:44 anyhow, I think for the iso thing we should just follow along with the progress, maybe listen to the audio of the session and figure out what the benefits are over the standard image 21:42:48 lets move on 21:42:57 I would guess the localised iso would be more useful for non-english based locos, but certainly worth looking into 21:43:26 DJones: yes, more useful for other languages, but on the flip side I figure it is probably less hard for us to do 21:43:35 very true 21:43:55 [TOPIC] The Chair - Any Other Business 21:44:00 Unless we go for Yorkshire/Lancashire/Geordie/Cockney localised versions :) 21:44:20 DJones: ee by gum, what a smashing thought 21:44:28 Would it take the image under 700M ir there was only English on it? 21:44:29 Haha 21:45:26 Jorvyk: there might be some space saving, interesting point as they are thinking of busting the CD size limit (no idea if they will need it or not) 21:45:33 The image is being extended to 750mb to give more room for good packages 21:45:40 anyone got anything else to raise? 21:45:47 anything interesting that happened at UDS? 21:45:47 yes 21:45:58 go ahead brunogirin 21:46:43 unrelated to UDS but wild thoughts I had over the weekend: what abut organising an Ubuntu App Bar/Pub/Cafe evening? 21:46:59 i.e. anybody interested in building Ubuntu apps, come along 21:47:07 whatever level of experience 21:47:14 would need a place with decent free wi-fi 21:47:28 intersted in learning how to build apps! 21:47:33 Or wi-fi for the price of a coffee? 21:47:43 bigcalm: yes that sort of things 21:47:53 Though a lot of gastro pubs offer free wifi as well 21:48:09 ok, I like that plan 21:48:11 brunogirin: were you thinking any region of the UK? 21:48:15 As do I 21:48:27 I'd like to do desktop app dev at some point 21:48:29 I'm based on London so I could organise one here, see how it goes 21:49:04 brunogirin: you have experience in this field then? 21:49:15 London is quite good for getting Canonical folk along who may be able to help 21:49:53 bigcalm: I have a lot of experience in development and I was planning to use quickly to start with as it simplifies the deployment part 21:49:54 Seems to be a few Canonical folk in the West Midlands as well (see work place days organised by davmor2) 21:50:11 brunogirin: what language? 21:50:13 there are, and sil did a talk in Manchester on development 21:50:23 Indeed he did 21:51:09 bigcalm: if using quickly, it would be python but happy to do Java, Vala, C++ or anything you can think for which we can find good resources online 21:51:20 Fair enough 21:51:21 s/for/of 21:51:35 making unity lenses would be an interesting topic 21:51:47 I'm a PHP web dev with a history of perl. So I'd have to learn a new language whatever it is :) 21:51:52 AlanBell: yes, I'd like to do that but probably not on the first one 21:52:00 Ooo, interesting 21:52:14 as I'd have to work out how you do it first :-) 21:52:23 Shame I've had to move to xubuntu-desktop due to my multi-monitor set up and thus don't have the lens to play with 21:52:24 yeah, me too 21:52:39 I have modified a lens, but I didn't really understand what it was doing very much 21:53:49 ok, so we need some kind of venue 21:54:13 Find a Yates and snarf their wifi? ;) 21:54:46 yeah, but not too worried about connectivity, phone wifi tethering is good now 21:54:58 Indeed 21:54:58 yes, requirements: free wi-fi, not too busy, where they are happy for a bunch of geeks to sit down for a couple of hours sipping a glass or two 21:55:11 I know diddly about London :) 21:55:36 AlanBell: true but that implies at least one person present has their phone setup to do that 21:56:15 I think a starbucks or something would be good for that kind of thing 21:56:20 more requirements: somewhere with power sockets! you don't want to run out of juice halfway 21:56:38 Netbooks 21:57:37 I'll go have a look at a few places in central London 21:57:51 the other question is: would it be better in the evening or at the weekend? 21:59:20 evening sounds good to me 22:00:51 ok so the place needs to be open until 9pm-ish while not being a busy pub where drunken patrons are likely to spill beer on laptops 22:01:03 I think cafe would be better 22:01:10 and quieter in the evening 22:01:22 yes, as long as they are open in the evening :-) 22:02:34 What about https://london.hackspace.org.uk/ 22:03:33 Jorvyk: that's a possibility, I'll see if I can go round one evening and ask 22:03:52 I have been round there, interesting place, it might work for this 22:05:04 ok, lets give bruno an action 22:05:26 #action brunogirin to investigate venues for an Ubuntu desktop apps hacking evening 22:05:26 * meetingology brunogirin to investigate venues for an Ubuntu desktop apps hacking evening 22:05:43 anything else to discuss right now? 22:06:46 ok, lets wrap it up then 22:06:51 #endmeeting Generated by MeetBot 0.1.5 (http://wiki.ubuntu.com/AlanBell/mootbot)