23:00 <BobJonkman2> #startmeeting Ubuntu-ca IRC meeting 22 Aug 2013 23:00 <meetingology> 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 <meetingology> 23:00 <meetingology> 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 <BobJonkman2> #chair dscassel 23:01 <meetingology> Current chairs: BobJonkman2 dscassel 23:01 <BobJonkman2> 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 <BobJonkman2> So, let's introduce ourselves... 23:01 <BobJonkman2> I'm Bob Jonkman, one of the contacts for Ubuntu Canada 23:02 <BobJonkman2> I'm from Elmira, Ontario, but currently I'm at Ubuntu Hour in Kitchener with a bunch of other ubuntoids 23:03 <BobJonkman2> #link There's an agenda at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CanadianTeam/Meetings 23:03 <azend> I'm Verdi R-D from Ubuntu Guelph 23:04 <azend> I'm sitting at home on the couch because Ubuntu Hour Guelph is next week 23:04 <chaslinux> Charles from Ubuntu Hour Kitchener. 23:06 <BobJonkman2> Yay! another Ubuntu Hour! 23:06 <Cranky> yay Bob 23:07 <BobJonkman2> http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-ca/2489-ubuntu-hour-guelph/ 23:07 <azend> seconded 23:07 <BobJonkman2> So, let's whittle away at the agenda... 23:07 <BobJonkman2> #topic Events 23:08 <BobJonkman2> #subtopic Ubuntu Hours 23:08 <BobJonkman2> We just did that... 23:08 <BobJonkman2> #subtopic Ubuntu Events 23:08 <BobJonkman2> They start next week: UDS is 27-29 August, entirely online 23:09 <BobJonkman2> http://uds.ubuntu.com/ 23:09 <BobJonkman2> The Ubuntu Global Jam is from 13 to 15 September 23:09 <BobJonkman2> http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/global/2315/ 23:09 <BobJonkman2> That's one I'd like to do some planning for. 23:10 <BobJonkman2> Randall from Vancouver is pretty hepped on UGJ, so I'd like to have at least one event. 23:11 <BobJonkman2> But a venue is needed. 23:11 <BobJonkman2> Like a workshop with classroom facilities 23:12 <BobJonkman2> Or a computer refurbishing shop... 23:12 <bregma> sorry to sound ignorant, but what is a global jam? 23:12 <BobJonkman2> UGJ is Ubuntu GLobal Jam; UDS is Ubuntu Developer Summit 23:12 <chaslinux> Was that a hint???? 23:13 <BobJonkman2> 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 <dscassel> Live from @UbuntuWaterloo Ubuntu hour! http://twitter.com/flying_squirrel/status/370684521920094209/photo/1 23:13 <BobJonkman2> At the very least, doing an install of the latest beta and seeing how it behaves on our equipment. 23:14 <BobJonkman2> And reporting to the developers about pitfalls, problems, &c. 23:14 <chaslinux> Could probably provide the computers for the workshop, we just got a bunch of core 2 duo sff lenovos.... 23:15 <BobJonkman2> And, of course, UGnJ another excuse to get together in person and have some fu 23:15 <BobJonkman2> fun 23:15 <bregma> so you can give Mir a thorough test, then? 23:16 <BobJonkman2> bregma: Yup. 23:16 * BobJonkman2 didn't know Mir was ready for release in 13.10 23:16 <azend> It probably won't be ;) 23:17 <Cranky> I heard that they're trying to squeeze it in 23:17 <bregma> it's already in main 23:17 <bregma> I use it every day, it's got a few missing features but is almost ready 23:17 <BobJonkman2> dscassel tells me it'll be shipping with 13.10, but it won't be default 23:18 <bregma> needs hammer testing, especially on low-spec machines 23:18 <bregma> it's very likely going to be the default 23:18 <chaslinux> I can certainly do that bregma, I have access to lots of low end machines. 23:18 <BobJonkman2> So, hammer testing is a thing to do duing a Global Jam 23:19 <bregma> sweet 23:19 <BobJonkman2> I didn't hear any volunteers offering a venue for UGJ... 23:20 <BobJonkman2> The Global Jam is usually a few weeks before the official release 23:21 <BobJonkman2> And that means Release Parties! 23:21 <BobJonkman2> #subtopic Ubuntu 13.10 Release Parties 23:21 <BobJonkman2> Who's having one? 23:22 <azend> \o/ 23:22 <BobJonkman2> Yay azend! 23:24 <BobJonkman2> dscassel says having release parties is a tradition, so there will likely be one in KW 23:28 <chaslinux> Will check with the powers that be @TWC for the venue. 23:28 <BobJonkman2> Yay chaslinux! 23:29 <BobJonkman2> Finally, 23:29 <BobJonkman2> #subtopic Software Freedom Day 23:29 <BobJonkman2> Who's having one? 23:30 <BobJonkman2> Kwartzlab is hosting one for Kitchener-Waterloo: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-ca/2497-sfd-kwartlab/ 23:30 <BobJonkman2> http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/2013/Canada/Kitchener/Kwartzlab 23:30 <azend> SFD Guelph will be discussed at Ubuntu Hour Guelph 23:31 <azend> if we decide to have one, I'll post it to the various lists 23:31 <BobJonkman2> Yay azend again! 23:32 <BobJonkman2> 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 <chaslinux> I find it creeps up really quickly.... we normally plan months in advance. 23:32 <BobJonkman2> And the LoCo Events Page lists SFD2013 as a global event: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/global/2483/ 23:33 <BobJonkman2> For some reason, SFD Kwartzlab looks like it's primarily media oriented: Blender, Ubuntu Studio, 23:34 <BobJonkman2> maybe chaslinux will do something on XBMC. 23:34 <BobJonkman2> I'm talking about autonomy in the cloud, so I'm demonstrating Media G...oblin 23:36 <BobJonkman2> (Did You Know: chaslinux has a new book out on XBMC: http://www.packtpub.com/build-entertainment-system-with-XBMC/book 23:38 <chaslinux> Hi Katherine 23:38 <azend> I would like to talk about getting through your job with nothing but a text editor 23:38 <BobJonkman2> azend: ??? You mean in a programming/developer job? 23:39 <azend> well actually I was more talking about school 23:39 <azend> powerpoint presentations 23:39 <azend> writing essays 23:39 <azend> BobJonkman2: regular stuff 23:39 <chaslinux> LateX 23:40 <chaslinux> LaTeX* 23:41 <BobJonkman2> chaslinux dscassel and I are remembering people who did KWLUG presenatations with text-based presentation software 23:41 <BobJonkman2> Can't remember what software that was, but there's probably a clue on http://kwlug.org 23:42 <BobJonkman2> 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 <BobJonkman2> 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 <BobJonkman2> 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 <BobJonkman2> OK, continuing on at this blistering pace... 23:46 <BobJonkman2> #topic Other stuff 23:47 <BobJonkman2> I have nothing... 23:48 <Cranky> you should get something 23:48 <azend> #topic Marketing 23:49 <BobJonkman2> #chair azend 23:49 <meetingology> Current chairs: BobJonkman2 azend dscassel 23:49 <azend> #topic Marketing 23:49 <BobJonkman2> try that again... 23:49 <azend> I've started making some marketing tools for public use 23:50 <bregma> marketing what? 23:50 <BobJonkman2> What kind of tools? 23:50 <azend> I plan on demoing some of them at Ubuntu Hour Guelph 23:50 <azend> Posters and things 23:50 <azend> Next event reminder cards 23:51 <azend> My printer jammed on those 23:52 <BobJonkman2> Got a file? 23:52 <azend> It would be nice to get some other promotional tools 23:52 <BobJonkman2> You did up a nice poster a while ago. 23:52 <azend> Perhaps but give me a minute 23:53 <azend> Heh yeah 23:53 <azend> almost four months ago in fact 23:53 <azend> I think I can do better though 23:53 <azend> If you give me a few minutes I can pull something up 23:53 <BobJonkman2> ttachments 23:54 <BobJonkman2> That is, we can put them on the wiki as attachments 23:55 <azend> https://www.dropbox.com/s/vuxpwquqnkc7983/MeetingCard.gif 23:55 <BobJonkman2> (and everybody at Ubuntu Hour starts sucking down that file and slamming my phone's bandwidth) 23:56 <azend> :) 23:56 <azend> Why don't I make it an svg 23:56 <BobJonkman2> OK, I'll look at it later... 23:56 <BobJonkman2> Oh, there it is! 23:56 <BobJonkman2> Like business cards! 23:57 <azend> almost exactly like business cards 23:58 <azend> But yeah, I thought it would be nice if we had something to show when we go out to events/conventions 23:59 <azend> I've been known to go to an event or two and could potentially and these out 23:59 <BobJonkman2> OK, folks are leaving here... 23:59 <azend> or could stick up posters in central areas 23:59 <azend> Communitech hub for example 00:00 <BobJonkman2> I've always had difficulty finding places to put posters where I won't be arrested. 00:00 <azend> It's fine as long as you have a cover story :) 00:01 <azend> At Diyode, one of our members gave some teenagers some stickers and told them to put them up wherever they felt 00:01 <BobJonkman2> There's always the bulletin boards at the grocery store 00:01 <azend> There are now Diyode stickers all around downtown 00:01 <azend> free advertising 00:02 <BobJonkman2> OK, I'm going to drop off... 00:02 <azend> Have an egg roll good time! 00:02 <BobJonkman2> And it's 8:00pm here in EDT, so probably time to pack it up. 00:03 <BobJonkman2> Thanx to everyone who joined in (some of whom have already left) 00:03 <BobJonkman2> See you next month! 00:03 <BobJonkman2> #endmeeting