== Meeting information == * #ubuntu-us-fl Meeting, 11 Mar at 00:24 — 01:14 UTC * Full logs at [[http://ubottu.com/meetingology/logs/ubuntu-us-fl/2014/ubuntu-us-fl.2014-03-11-00.24.log.html]] == Meeting summary == === Ubuntu 14.04 Release Party === The discussion about "Ubuntu 14.04 Release Party" started at 00:25. * '''Qimo 3.0 is going to happen, based on Ubuntu 14.04''' (00:30) === App Developer Schools === The discussion about "App Developer Schools" started at 00:54. * ''LINK:'' http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/global/2677/ has information about what it is * ''ACTION:'' mhall119 to email the team list about the release party and app dev schools === open mic === The discussion about "open mic" started at 01:07. * ''LINK:'' http://loco.ubuntu.com/meetings/ubuntu-us-florida/757/detail/ == Vote results == == Action items, by person == * mhall119 * mhall119 to email the team list about the release party and app dev schools == Done items == * (none) == People present (lines said) == * mhall119 (77) * Nothing_Much (39) * Michelle_ (34) * balloons (16) * meetingology (5) == Full Log == 00:24 #startmeeting 00:24 Meeting started Tue Mar 11 00:24:33 2014 UTC. The chair is mhall119. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.ubuntu.com/meetingology. 00:24 00:24 Available commands: action commands idea info link nick 00:24 #chair mhall119 00:24 Current chairs: mhall119 00:25 oh, I should pay attention. 00:25 #topic Ubuntu 14.04 Release Party 00:25 so we're just over a month away from the release of Ubuntu 14.04 \o/ 00:25 we haven't had a release party in years 00:25 woo! 00:25 ::cough:: and Qimo ::cough:: 00:26 it's time to fix that 00:26 we were thinking about finding a space in Orlando to host a proper, team-wide party 00:26 Orlando sounds nice 00:27 I'd like to try and get a rough estimate of how many we might actually have show up for a party 00:27 supposing we host in orlando somewhere. 00:29 release day is April 17th, and so I'm looking at a release party either April 19th, or the 26th 00:29 This is gonna be a fairly big release, so I'm enthusiastic 00:29 I'm going to bring my Nexus 4 and 2012 Nexus 7 with Ubuntu on both if people want to try them out first-hand 00:29 I think maybe the 26th would be good (for me at least, unsure about anybody else) 00:29 we're also hoping to debut at least a beta of Qimo 3.0, as well. 00:30 that too 00:30 I'm also inclined to go with the 26th, out of personal preference. 00:30 I would show up, provided it's not further away than Orlando, should be easy. I'll note I would rather see it in a smaller city on the coast, but I'm not an Orlando fan, so :-) 00:30 #subtopic Qimo 3.0 is going to happen, based on Ubuntu 14.04 00:30 balloons: I'm not either, but it's a pretty central place 00:31 yes, can't argue much with that 00:31 Tampa is further for itnet7 00:31 I'm not sure it makes a difference to the Miami guys 00:31 I mean like jupiter fl or melbourne or something 00:31 that's quite a bit further for you though isn't it? 00:31 which is technically farther for me yes 00:31 and you'd have to go through Orlando to get there 00:32 balloons: maybe we can move things around the state for the next party. 00:32 I can avoid it :-) but anyways 00:32 19th or 26th I think works.. let me verify 00:32 balloons: would the Kissimmee area be easier for you? 00:32 mhall119: I was leaning more Kissimmee-area than DT Orlando. 00:32 probably going to be easier to find hosting space. 00:33 * mhall119 would prefer that 00:33 as far as easier? Probably Deland is the easiest suburb of Orlando for me 00:33 everything else is probably the same.. I would be coming from the NW 00:34 the host however gets to decide :-) One of the nice things about coordinating 00:34 Deland might be a reasonable option too. I'll look around and see what I can find - considering the time crunch. 00:34 oh goodness, Kissimmee is an hour away from Deltona 00:34 Nothing_Much: Doable, or no? 00:34 Nothing_Much: yeah, but only like 30 miles :) 00:35 it's going through Orlando in I4 that takes so long 00:35 not where I'm from, to kissimmee is 53.9 miles 00:35 away 00:36 ok, we'll start looking for venue options 00:36 and email the team with what we find 00:36 I'll send out some options when I have some on hand. 00:36 so not very doable for me if it takes an hour for that 00:36 an hour to get there* 00:36 Nothing_Much: but east-side of Orlando would be do-able for you? 00:36 Deland area? 00:37 Can we get a poll set up, mhall119 ? 00:37 survey monkey or something? 00:37 yeah, as long as people respond quickly 00:37 Can you make that a todo? 00:37 sure, what cities do we want on there? 00:38 Deland would be best for me, takes me about 15-20 min to get there 00:38 but orlando would be good too, looks like 36 minutes 00:38 I'll focus on the Deland/east Orlando area, and see what I can come up with. 00:38 ok 00:39 any other questions/suggestions on release party? 00:39 wish govatent was here tonight. 00:39 me too, and itnet7 00:39 but I'll email the list so they see 00:39 OK, so watch your mailing list, folks. 00:40 aside from me bringing a phone and tablet running Ubuntu, anything we should plan on *doing* during the event? 00:40 eat? 00:40 priorities, you know 00:40 eat is a given of course :-) 00:41 depends if folks want something like informal talks? or perhaps games are more fun? 00:41 heh, game night. ;) 00:41 do we want a venue where we can buy food, or one where we can bring in pizzas or something? 00:41 mhall119: depends on what I can get for community funding. I'd rather bring in, if possible. 00:42 Puts less stress on budgets for folks. 00:43 The other alternative would be to have people meet in Orlando and carpool into our house, mhall119, and host here. 00:43 ok, I'm going to setup an event without a venue for now, so we cna see how many people want to attend 00:44 panera lets you book private rooms for free I believe, could be an option. Not sure what other types of places you were thinking 00:45 balloons: yeah, they're on my list to look at. 00:45 ok, mhall119, let's start with this, and go from there. 00:46 alright, here's the event: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-us-florida/2737-ubuntu-1404-release-party/ 00:46 what game? 00:46 o.o 00:46 Nothing_Much: something child-friendly, I have a fun card game though 00:46 balloons: I've got that "We didn't play test this at all" game that popey had at our sprint 00:46 oh I thought you meant a sorta cross platform game 00:46 because I have the perfect one 00:47 which is really good for LAN games 00:47 which one, Nothing_Much ? 00:47 Bitfighter, cross platform and Linux friendly 00:47 Nothing_Much: getting a working LAN at a venue might be too difficult 00:47 and child friendly 00:47 oh okay 00:47 If I can swing it, I wouldn't be opposed, but it'll depend on getting a LAN. 00:47 mhall119, that could be quite fun. I have some german style board games, and some more interesting stuff as well. I think I'd rather keep it light, cards games, etc 00:48 ohh, physical games was what you were talking about 00:48 my bad 00:48 yeah, there's not even a guarantee we'll have power outlets, depending on the venue 00:48 mhall119: I can get "We didn't play test this either" to go with it, too. 00:49 ok, I'll email the list with the location options and the link to the event page 00:49 don't libraries have computers though? 00:49 if you guys can all register at http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-us-florida/2737-ubuntu-1404-release-party/ so we can start getting an idea of how many people we need to accomodate 00:49 Nothing_Much: yeah, but what we cna do with them is going to be restricted 00:49 when we've had meetups at libraries before, we got a separate room without computers 00:50 you can invite/bring along people from outside the team too 00:50 anybody who might be interested in attending an Ubuntu release party 00:50 I don't have a gaming capable laptop, plus it's nice to be off the pc :-) 00:51 There's a portable release you can put on a USB drive on Windows and I *think* Linux as well 00:51 Let's sort that out when we get some sort of idea of venue, and go from there. :) 00:51 mhall119: How do I say that I'm attending? 00:51 Michelle_: sure 00:51 Nothing_Much: there should be a "Register" button on the right side of the page 00:52 ah I see it 00:53 ok, anything more on the topic of release parties? 00:54 enthusiasm! 00:54 +1 :) 00:54 #topic App Developer Schools 00:54 so we at Canonical have been working hard to build up our app development platform 00:54 part of that is teaching how to write apps for Ubuntu phone and desktop 00:55 we've created a "course" that can be taught either in person or online, and if anybody on the team is interested I'd be happy to lead one for us 00:55 http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/global/2677/ has information about what it is 00:56 since it can be done online, I can do it anytime people are available, we don't need a physical meetup 00:56 I might even be able to talk balloons into teaching how to write tests for apps :) 00:57 whoa, cool 00:57 though I'm not a developer so I can't really teach that kind of stuff 00:58 Nothing_Much: I would be the one teaching 00:59 if there is interest from anyone in the team in learning it 00:59 oh! 00:59 what kind of development stuff is it? does it work well for newbies wanting to program or do you have to have some sort of experience? 01:00 Nothing_Much: it should be newbie friendly 01:00 if it's not, our course material needs to be improved :) 01:00 part of this would be me test-driving the material before we get other loco teams to start using it 01:01 is that during the party or a course during the summer? 01:01 Nothing_Much: separate from the party 01:01 it would be a one-day thing, maybe a couple of hours at most 01:02 ohh, okay so that means it's once per year or is that like a test run to see how well it catches on or something? 01:02 Nothing_Much: it can be anytime, as many times as people want 01:02 I imagine we could run it again, but I'm guessing you want to do it once this cycle and see how it goes? 01:03 yeah, ultimately we want to get a lot of instructors all over the world working with this material 01:04 but for our team, specifically, I can run one as often as there's a desire for one 01:04 I'm looking at the slideshow, looks like I need an Ubuntu Phone.. 01:04 Nothing_Much: you don't necessarily, apps will run on the Ubuntu desktop, and we have a phone emulator too 01:04 oh right 01:04 duh 01:04 lol 01:05 so the goal is to get schools to pick this up? 01:05 no, just local enthusiasts 01:06 ohh, sorry about the confusion 01:06 it's okay 01:06 we can discuss this more on the mailing list 01:07 Nothing_Much: you should join this team: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-florida 01:07 that way you get those emails 01:07 #action mhall119 to email the team list about the release party and app dev schools 01:07 * meetingology mhall119 to email the team list about the release party and app dev schools 01:07 #topic open mic 01:08 anything else anybody would like to talk about in this meeting? 01:08 let's go ahead and get the next meeting scheduled. 01:08 oh, good idea 01:09 April 7th is the first monday on April 01:09 http://loco.ubuntu.com/meetings/ubuntu-us-florida/757/detail/ 01:10 let's plan on that first monday, with a repeat meeting if necessary before the party. 01:10 remember, anybody can add agenda items to the meeting schedule, you just have to log in and you'll see the "Add Agenda Item" button 01:11 Alright, that's all on my list mhall119 01:13 I'm excited about the release party, should be fun 01:14 #endmeeting Generated by MeetBot 0.1.5 (http://wiki.ubuntu.com/meetingology)