20:03 <s-fox> #startmeeting Ubuntu Forums Council Meeting 20:03 <meetingology> Meeting started Sun Mar 2 20:03:47 2014 UTC. The chair is s-fox. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.ubuntu.com/meetingology. 20:03 <meetingology> 20:03 <meetingology> Available commands: action commands idea info link nick 20:04 <s-fox> #voters s-fox elfy cariboo907 coffeecat elfy howefield 20:04 <meetingology> Current voters: cariboo907 coffeecat elfy howefield s-fox 20:04 <Iowan> o/ 20:04 <s-fox> #voters Iowan 20:04 <meetingology> Current voters: Iowan cariboo907 coffeecat elfy howefield s-fox 20:04 <s-fox> :D 20:04 <s-fox> sorry Iowan 20:05 <Iowan> That happens when I sit in the back... 20:05 <elfy> happens when I sit in the front ... 20:05 <s-fox> Right, we currently have an empty agenda so i guess just a bit of feedback really. But before that i wanted to know if anyone here has anything they want to bring up 20:06 <elfy> agenda isn't empty 20:06 <elfy> it's got caboose885 on it ... 20:06 <howefield> hmm 20:06 <s-fox> That is old? 20:06 <Iowan> "last" meeting... 20:06 <caboose885> I missed the last one...so elfy told me to roll it over to this one 20:06 <s-fox> Ah, okay :) 20:06 <elfy> no that is left from the last meeting(s) when there won't enough of us here 20:06 <s-fox> caboose885, go for it 20:07 <s-fox> #topic 20:07 <s-fox> Followup report to the UA team revision 20:07 <caboose885> Well, I have been working on the UA team. Currently I have 9 active members. I actually have a few more people that are eager to join but they don't meet the requirements yet 20:07 <caboose885> Hopefully in the next couple months we can bring them on 20:08 <Iowan> What are membership requirements? 20:08 <caboose885> 6 months active on the forums 20:08 <s-fox> I was just wondering how you are going about getting in contact with people, or are they coming to you? 20:09 <caboose885> At first I was reaching out to people but lately I've had a couple come to me 20:09 <elfy> good 20:09 <caboose885> I'm not sure if its members spreading the word or how they are learning about the team 20:10 <caboose885> I never really asked them how they heard about the team 20:10 <elfy> it might be worth doing that 20:10 <caboose885> I will make sure to ask next time 20:11 <caboose885> So, the team is slowly getting started. Still need more members but at least we have a small team working on reducing unanswered posts left on the forums 20:11 <elfy> caboose885: nothing to stop you asking those you've got :) 20:11 <s-fox> That sounds great caboose885 , I know it can be hard getting movement :) 20:11 <caboose885> I think I estimated the team a bit too small. I think I will need more than 15 members but i will take what I can get 20:11 <s-fox> agreed elfy 20:12 <elfy> caboose885: yep - though I'd say it's best to start with a compact team 20:12 <caboose885> agreed, with growing pains and figuring a good system out and all 20:12 <caboose885> that is all from me unless you guys have more to ask 20:12 <s-fox> Okay, anything else you want to add caboose885 , or can we move on? (not that i am trying to change topic) 20:13 <elfy> caboose885: thanks for the time you're putting in to it 20:13 <s-fox> Nothing more from me except i am glad it is slowly coming together and a big thank you 20:13 <s-fox> :) 20:13 <caboose885> you can move on s-fox. I am done :) 20:13 <caboose885> Thanks for everyones help and support 20:13 <howefield> thanks caboose885 20:14 <s-fox> Okay moving on... 20:14 <s-fox> #topic Moderator Nominations 20:15 <s-fox> We have been trying quite hard to become more democratic with the way in which moderators (and admins) will be chosen on the forums 20:15 <s-fox> It has been difficult to find a way to implement, but we getting there. 20:15 <s-fox> We have recently come up with this outline: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ForumCouncil/TeamNomination 20:16 <s-fox> It is still a work in progress that needs the Community Council to agree on (we have 3/7 officially at this time) 20:16 <s-fox> I guess we are looking for general feedback from an outsiders point of view, as well as just letting you know what is coming 20:17 <s-fox> I think that is about it, unless any of the other FC members have anything to add. 20:17 <elfy> not to that 20:17 <Iowan> nothing here 20:17 <s-fox> Also big thank you to those that drafted it and did the organisation on launchpad , and going over the vote script :) 20:18 <cariboo907> you've summed it up pretty good s-fox 20:18 <elfy> that's still needing some work 20:18 <elfy> but we've time 20:18 <howefield> how do we want general feedback, a thread in the forums ? 20:19 <s-fox> By nature we are forum based, so i think that would be a good idea 20:19 <elfy> howefield: I've posted one - will post a general forum thread later 20:19 <s-fox> Thank you elfy :) 20:19 <howefield> thanks 20:19 <elfy> let's get feedback from those affected first 20:19 <s-fox> I want to be quick to add i am not expecting a flood of feedback *right now this instant* 20:19 <elfy> it can go in the general forum once we're sure of what we are going to do - rather than draft 20:20 <s-fox> Agreed elfy , i wish to wait until we have a majority from the CC 20:20 <elfy> I'm not sure that the moderator nomination is of concern 20:21 <elfy> ok - think move onto fixed items now 20:21 <s-fox> I wouldn't want to guess the concerns of others. ;) 20:22 * elfy neither 20:22 <s-fox> Okay, but before that does anyone have anything that they want to bring up that isn't on the agenda for whatever reason :) 20:22 <elfy> other than it has been the province of the FC up till now 20:22 <s-fox> I guess nobody has anything. 20:22 <s-fox> Next topic 20:22 <elfy> s-fox: that's what we put AOB on the agenda for I thought :) 20:23 <s-fox> #topic Division of labour 20:23 <s-fox> Alright, who wants to do what? 20:23 <cariboo907> who did what last time? :) 20:23 <elfy> sef does 20:23 <s-fox> very funny :) 20:24 <elfy> not sure what there is on the list anymore tbh - some are long gone now 20:24 <howefield> I'm not fussy, what does nobody like doing :) 20:24 <Iowan> I *think* I did the report lasttime. 20:24 <s-fox> Okay, well there is the team report 20:24 <s-fox> i think i fixed it the other month, but that might have been elfy 20:24 <Iowan> Then there's the ML 20:24 <s-fox> hmm 20:25 <elfy> team report should be done regardless of there being a meeting 20:25 <s-fox> elfy, +1 20:25 <elfy> Iowan: ML is whoever sees it first and approves the post 20:25 <s-fox> I think the ml is being looked after generally by a few people though 20:25 <Iowan> Similar to Res centre... 20:25 <s-fox> to me that is a good thing 20:26 <elfy> we changed that at the same time as sending replies to the join notice to dev/null 20:26 <s-fox> i only think we had it that way to ensure someone looks at it. i think we are better than we used to be 20:26 <s-fox> i don't mind doing the report 20:26 <elfy> I think the only thing that needs to be rotated is the report 20:26 <Iowan> No new members to add :( 20:27 <s-fox> i haven't done the report for a while, i'll do it tomorrow at some point 20:27 <elfy> Iowan: not at present - though we actually do those when they get majority 20:27 <elfy> shouldn't be on Agenda 20:27 <s-fox> oh, does anyone know when the next announcement bot post is due? 20:27 <s-fox> that needs checking 20:28 <s-fox> hopefully it is fixed :) 20:28 <elfy> no - but I'm subscribed to a couple of -announce m/l's 20:28 <s-fox> pity we can't fake an announcement to test it 20:28 <s-fox> or can we? 20:28 <elfy> no 20:28 <s-fox> shame 20:29 <elfy> IS are waiting for one to appear same as us :) 20:29 <s-fox> Oh yes, while i remember. Thank you to IS for sorting out those tickets i created last week :) 20:29 <elfy> so all in agreement - QIII can do that? 20:29 <s-fox> yes 20:29 <s-fox> agreed 20:29 <howefield> approved 20:29 <Iowan> +1 20:30 <s-fox> +! 20:30 <coffeecat> +1 20:30 <elfy> ok - seems like a wrap then 20:30 <QIII> can we review what the payment rate is for that? 20:30 <elfy> same as previous 20:30 <s-fox> Also, thank you to you all for being active in the running of the forums. to me it feels we are much more organised / active than we have been for a long time :) 20:30 <Irihapeti> I don't do anything much... 20:30 * s-fox fires Irihapeti 20:31 <howefield> thanks s-fox et all, and good night :) 20:31 <Irihapeti> TY 20:31 <s-fox> :D 20:31 <s-fox> good night howefield 20:31 <s-fox> i think that is it 20:31 <s-fox> #endmeeting