12:19 <jared> #startmeeting 1200 UTC Ubuntu Membership Board
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12:19 <jared> Hello and welcome to the Ubuntu Membership Review Board for the 1200 UTC meeting for August 21, 2013.
12:20 <jared> The wiki page for the Review Board is available here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Membership/Boards
12:20 <jared> We will attempt to get through all of the applicants that have added themselves to that list before today's meeting. If we are unable to make it through the entire list due to time constraints, then at the next meeting we will pick up where we left off.
12:20 <jared> The format for the meeting is as follows: We will go through the list of applicants one by one, by date of application (FIFO).
12:20 <jared> Each applicant should introduce themselves (1-5 sentences) and provide links to their Ubuntu Wiki page. After the introduction the members of the Membership Review Board will review the pages and, if needed, ask the applicant further questions.
12:20 <jared> During this time it is encouraged for other members of the community to show their support for the applicant. Do not be alarmed if the members of the Membership Review Board are quiet during this time; they are most likely reading wiki/launchpad/forum/other pages and deciding how they are going to vote.
12:20 <jared> When the board is ready to vote, they will publicly vote in the channel with either +1, 0, or -1 (for membership, abstain, and against membership, respectively).
12:21 <jared> #voters cyphermox freeflying Destine jared
12:21 <meetingology> Current voters: Destine cyphermox freeflying jared
12:21 <jared> Now, without any further ado, lets get started with the first applicant...
12:21 <jared> #subtopic mzanetti
12:21 <mzanetti> hi
12:21 <jared> #topic mzanetti
12:22 <jared> mzanetti: thanks for coming along, can you please introduce yourself to the board
12:22 <mzanetti> Well, I'm Michael.
12:22 <mzanetti> My current relation to Ubuntu is that I work for canonical and in my spare time try to contribute some other stuff to Ubuntu Touch
12:23 <mzanetti> In my history (and still a bit) I'm contributing to KDE
12:23 <mzanetti> the main reason why I apply for membership is to be able to blog on planet.ubuntu
12:23 <mzanetti> ofc the other stuff you "get" is fun too :)
12:24 <mzanetti> here's my wiki page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/mzanetti
12:24 <jared> mzanetti: your application wiki page is a little sparse, is there anyone here to support your involvement? We usually like to see some community endorsements to show involvement
12:25 <mzanetti> hmmm. Jono said he would do if needed, but he's not around. I can ping him
12:25 <mzanetti> seems it's too early for him
12:25 <freeflying> mzanetti, :)
12:26 <mzanetti> well, thb I hoped my blog with latest entries about ubuntu touch would be convincing enough :)
12:27 <mzanetti> here it is http://notyetthere.org/
12:27 <jared> On the notthereyet?
12:27 <mzanetti> yeah
12:27 <cyphermox> mzanetti: could you say more about what you work on, like, which projects that are of importance to Ubuntu?
12:28 <jared> mzanetti: I'm scanning it now
12:28 <mzanetti> yeah: I'm working on a bunch of apps. For example I'm in the process of porting my MeeGo apps to ubuntu touch. That is Xbmcremote and GetMeWheels for now. others to follow
12:28 <mzanetti> lately I also started to port Marble to Ubuntu Touch. Current state is that it compiles for Qt5
12:29 <mzanetti> and of course unity8, which is my job tho
12:29 <mzanetti> here is my launchpad page: https://launchpad.net/~mzanetti
12:30 <freeflying> mzanetti, marble without kde stuff?
12:30 <mzanetti> yep
12:31 <cyphermox> mzanetti: are you involved in your LoCo team?
12:31 <mzanetti> freeflying: I imagine it to be similar to the Nokia N9 edition in the end
12:31 <mzanetti> cyphermox: no, I'm not
12:31 <freeflying> mzanetti, sounds likely
12:33 <cyphermox> outside your work-related contributions, who do you normally interact with? is there someone else who would cheer for you?
12:34 <mzanetti> well, depends, I mostly interact at the ubuntu-phone mailing list for that
12:34 <mzanetti> or irc, but mostly work-mates I'd say
12:36 <cyphermox> ubuntu-phone is good
12:37 <mzanetti> and one important communication channel, which is blogging, is the main reason I apply for. to be able to make people aware about the stuff I do.
12:37 <mzanetti> for example the howto on syncing ubuntu touch with syncevolution
12:38 <mzanetti> or have visibility on the launchpad ppa's with my apps so people can easily test/use them
12:38 <mzanetti> it's here btw: https://launchpad.net/~mzanetti/+archive/testing
12:38 <cyphermox> re: syncevolution, indeed that's quite helpful. playing with evo manually is painful on touch
12:38 <mzanetti> ah right. I forgot. Also wrote an app for Ubuntu touch for fitbit users
12:39 <cyphermox> dholbach: ping?
12:41 <jared> mzanetti: sorry we're doing a lot of reading
12:41 <mzanetti> no problem
12:42 <jared> mzanetti: if you can rouse any supporters from other channesl (preferably members) it would be useful
12:43 <smartboyhw> mzanetti, I would suggest for #ubuntu-touch
12:46 <mzanetti> I think I found one :)
12:46 <mzanetti> om26er: ^
12:47 <jared> om26er: are you about to vouch for mzanetti 's significant and sustained contribnutions via Ubuntu Touch?
12:47 <om26er> Hey guys, I am here to support mzanetti for his Ubuntu Membership
12:48 <om26er> jared, yes actually, He have been doing great work for Ubuntu Touch much outside of his job work from what I have seen over the past few months
12:48 <jared> om26er: great, and it's been sustained (we usually like to see about one release cycle)
12:49 <om26er> jared, that's atleast since january from what I remember
12:49 <jared> om26er: awesome to hear
12:49 <jared> Well we should really get to a vote, sorry to all for it dragging out
12:49 <jared> #vote mzanetti  to obtain Ubuntu Membership (remembering only Board Members can vote)
12:49 <meetingology> Please vote on: mzanetti  to obtain Ubuntu Membership (remembering only Board Members can vote)
12:49 <meetingology> Public votes can be registered by saying +1, +0 or -1 in channel, (private votes don't work yet, but when they do it will be by messaging the channel followed by +1/-1/+0 to me)
12:50 <mzanetti> also, tsdgeos is not a ubuntu member, but he knows me and my contributions for a while
12:50 <mzanetti> right tsdgeos?
12:50 <tsdgeos> exactly
12:50 <jared> tsdgeos: you're able to support mzanetti's efforts in Ubuntu Touch?
12:50 <tsdgeos> i can
12:50 <tsdgeos> +1
12:50 <tsdgeos> f that helps at all
12:50 <jared> tsdgeos: thanks for that, we just like to confirm applicants are involved int he community as well
12:51 <jared> +1 I think you are doing some really good work, the application was a little sparse but I think we have got there in the end with enough information
12:51 <meetingology> +1 I think you are doing some really good work, the application was a little sparse but I think we have got there in the end with enough information received from jared
12:51 <Destine> +1
12:51 <meetingology> +1 received from Destine
12:52 <cyphermox> +1
12:52 <meetingology> +1 received from cyphermox
12:53 <freeflying> +1
12:53 <meetingology> +1 received from freeflying
12:53 <jared> #endvote
12:53 <meetingology> Voting ended on: mzanetti  to obtain Ubuntu Membership (remembering only Board Members can vote)
12:53 <meetingology> Votes for:4 Votes against:0 Abstentions:0
12:53 <meetingology> Motion carried
12:53 <freeflying> congrats mzanetti
12:53 <om26er> \o/
12:53 <cyphermox> yay! congrats mzanetti
12:53 <jared> Congratulations mzanetti on obtaining Ubuntu Membership :)
12:53 <mzanetti> thanks guys :)
12:53 <om26er> congrats mzanetti
12:54 <Destine> congratulations! mzanetti
12:54 <Ck> congratulation mzanetti
12:54 <mzanetti> \o/
12:54 <jared> I don't like to cut congratulations short but I'd like to move to the second applicant so we don't go too far over time if possible
12:55 <jared> mzanetti: you'll be added to the LP group soonish, then you can make the request to the planet team I believe.
12:55 <jared> #topic Ck
12:55 <mzanetti> jared: cheers
12:55 <kokoye2007> welcom mzanetti
12:55 <jared> Thanks for waiting Ck, can you please introduce yourself while we read the application
12:55 <kokoye2007> welcome mzanetti
12:56 <Ck> Hi every one
12:56 <Ck> this is Chit Ko Ko Win from Myanmar and this is my 2nd try
12:57 <Ck> I help translation wiki into burmese language and
12:57 <Ck> burmese localization team .
12:58 <jared> Thanks for putting the extra information in the application, we're just reading over it now
12:58 <Ck> I translate some articles in http://chitkoko.ubuntu-mm.net/
12:59 <Ck> and we translate ubuntuguide.org 80% done in offline and
12:59 <Ck> next month will be publish.
13:00 <freeflying> Ck, do you have any plan on ubuntu dev document?
13:00 <jared> Ck: I also notice there isn't a lot of translation on launchpad, is that for a reason?
13:00 <Ck> Yes, I try to translate Ubuntu -manual guide into burmese language offline
13:02 <Ck> Yes, we 're poor connection
13:02 <Ck> but edit at PO
13:02 <Ck> Right now , I teach ubuntu training 4day -aweek and 3 months.
13:03 <jared> Ck: ah, that's ok. I was curious as you all seem to do lots of translation but not much on launchpad. I understand now
13:03 <Ck> already past 4 weeeks. .
13:03 <Ck> yesa
13:04 <Ck> I know
13:04 <jared> #voters cyphermox freeflying Destine jared hggdh
13:04 <meetingology> Current voters: Destine cyphermox freeflying hggdh jared
13:04 <Ck> right now ,I gave a time for people in our class
13:04 <Ck> sorry for launchpad.
13:05 <hggdh> Ck no problem
13:05 <Ck> In our country ,connection back bone wasw cut in past weeks.
13:05 <jared> jounih: are you the same Jouni on Ck (Chit's) wiki page? It's not signed with a LP or Wiki login so just confirming
13:06 <kokoye2007> Ck: is Our Local Community Top Contributor
13:06 <jounih> jared - hi, yep that's me
13:06 <Ck> Yes. this is me.
13:06 <jared> jounih: great to see, they look like they're doing great work in Myanmar, last time Chit applied it was hard to tell which members were doing what.
13:07 <jounih> jared, yep, they are doing brilliant work over there, I met them in March when we were doing a couple of talks together on Ubuntu and Ubuntu Touch
13:07 <jared> jounih: awesome
13:07 <jounih> Chit Ko, Ko Ko Ye and a few others travel around the country lecturing about Ubuntu - completely on their own expense and with the help of some local sponsors
13:08 <jounih> they've managed to push ubuntu to be the 2nd most used OS in the country, it's pretty impressive
13:09 <jounih> largely due to the education and the localisation work they do
13:09 <jared> jounih: awesome
13:10 <Ck> you can find our work done in http://www.flickr.com/groups/ubuntu-mm and we already change
13:10 <Ck> Myanmar semi -gov .
13:10 <Ck> into Ubuntu  OS.
13:10 <jounih> i've got a bunch of video i shot over there, just editing it to a couple of minutes long clip, going to publish that on our blog and send to Mark S to check out. I think there's a big opportunity for Ubuntu Toouch over there too (if we can localise it to Burmese), as they are opening up the telco market and letting foreign telcos in
13:11 <freeflying> Ck, brilliant
13:11 <jared> Ck: your application is much better this time aruond, sorry for the hassles last time btu I don't think the language barrier helped.
13:11 <hggdh> jounih: we do appreciate your help here, thank you
13:11 <jared> #vote Ck  to obtain Ubuntu Membership (remembering only Board Members can vote)
13:11 <meetingology> Please vote on: Ck  to obtain Ubuntu Membership (remembering only Board Members can vote)
13:11 <meetingology> Public votes can be registered by saying +1, +0 or -1 in channel, (private votes don't work yet, but when they do it will be by messaging the channel followed by +1/-1/+0 to me)
13:12 <jared> +1 great work by the Myanmar team in general, thanks for updating your application page to make it easier to see who has contributed in what ways.
13:12 <meetingology> +1 great work by the Myanmar team in general, thanks for updating your application page to make it easier to see who has contributed in what ways. received from jared
13:12 <hggdh> +1 please keep on, we appreciate your work!
13:12 <meetingology> +1 please keep on, we appreciate your work! received from hggdh
13:12 <cyphermox> +1
13:12 <meetingology> +1 received from cyphermox
13:12 <Destine> +1
13:12 <meetingology> +1 received from Destine
13:12 <kokoye2007> Ck is Ubuntu Myanmar LoCo Team Future Leader
13:12 <kokoye2007> +1 via me :P
13:12 <hggdh> :-)
13:12 * cyphermox thinks perhaps it's time someone implements the private voting in meetingology, just to remove the message :)
13:12 <jared> cyphermox: hah yeah, but at least the #voters means they can't accidentally count (I've seen that happen in the past)
13:13 <cyphermox> yes
13:13 <jared> kokoye2007: good to hear there is succession planning, that is very important in locos
13:13 <cyphermox> me too ;)
13:13 <freeflying> +1
13:13 <meetingology> +1 received from freeflying
13:13 <jared> #endvote
13:13 <meetingology> Voting ended on: Ck  to obtain Ubuntu Membership (remembering only Board Members can vote)
13:13 <meetingology> Votes for:5 Votes against:0 Abstentions:0
13:13 <meetingology> Motion carried
13:13 <hggdh> Ck: welcome!
13:13 <jared> Well done Ck (and thanks to kokoye2007 for helping out with the application)
13:14 <jared> jounih: thanks for coming along to support as well
13:14 <jounih> no worries, my pleasure
13:14 <kokoye2007> proud with Ck thx jounih jared hggdh freeflying cyphermox Destine
13:14 <Ck> Ubuntu OS is most favourite in our country  .
13:14 * hggdh loves it
13:15 <Ck> I promise what i can do more than I can..
13:15 <jared> Ck: thanks for persisting, last time was a bit difficult for us on the board to determine. If you and kokoye2007 can show the rest of them how to update the applications we're more than happy to reconsider others if they ahve also had significant contributions
13:16 <Ck> Yes , Thanks jared. I 'll do it.
13:17 <kokoye2007> thank for guideline and kind jared
13:17 <kokoye2007> :D
13:17 <Ck> Most of the time we go all around our country with team.
13:17 <Ck> thanks everyone .
13:18 <jounih> thanks guys, nice work, keep it up :)
13:18 <Ck> thanks Jouni. We welcome you to come again our country .
13:19 <jounih> will be seeing you again in January in Yangon
13:19 <kokoye2007> welcome jounih
13:19 <jared> mzanetti & Ck  - you're now both in the launchpad team, thanks very much for your hard work and your applications, I look forward to hearing about your efforts going forward as you both seem to be working on newsworthy items
13:19 <mzanetti> jared: thanks a bunch
13:20 <jared> mzanetti: glad to help :)
13:20 <Ck> hope to see you and love to contribute Ubuntu in Myanmar.
13:20 <jared> #endmeeting