17:04 <dholbach> #startmeeting
17:04 <meetingology> Meeting started Thu Apr 17 17:04:21 2014 UTC.  The chair is dholbach. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.ubuntu.com/meetingology.
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17:04 <dholbach> #chairs  elfy pleia2 mhall119 czajkowski
17:04 <dholbach> ah... chairs command is gone
17:04 <dholbach> :)
17:04 <elfy> :)
17:04 <dholbach> welcome  everyone
17:05 <czajkowski> that works
17:05 <czajkowski> :)
17:05 * Pici is sort of here
17:05 <dholbach> so we're meeting up with the IRC Council today
17:05 <elfy> I'll take a sofa then
17:05 <dholbach> :-)
17:05 <dholbach> how are you all doing?
17:05 <dholbach> busy with release activities? :)
17:05 <AlanBell> chair command is singular, not chairs :)
17:05 <elfy> what can you do ... :p
17:06 <AlanBell> so, yes, today I have been doing a bit of moderating of #ubuntu-release-party :)
17:06 <AlanBell> we have had some tough times over the last few months, bit of drama around the departure of the floodbots, however things are moving on
17:06 <czajkowski> how are things going in the land of IRCC
17:06 * mhall119 ishere
17:06 <elfy> o/
17:07 <AlanBell> we have put in place a new bot unopaste, that does the most visible bits that the floodbots did, and that seems to be working effectively
17:07 <Pici> Drama... but things seem better now.
17:07 <dholbach> cool
17:07 <elfy> Pici: appears to to me too
17:07 <dholbach> was the rest of the cycle like that as well? :)
17:07 <AlanBell> we had a resignation from the IRCC, so we are down to 4, which is OK
17:07 <Pici> We're in the middle of call-for-operators and should be finishing that up this week
17:08 <mhall119> I assume unopaste doesn't have the same licensing issues that floodbot had
17:08 <AlanBell> dholbach: this is the first cycle of the current IRCC
17:08 * elfy saw that meeting Pici
17:08 <dholbach> and you're still coping with 4 members of the IRCC?
17:09 <elfy> I'd be concerned about votes when needed with just 4
17:09 <AlanBell> mhall119: no, it is nicely licensed,GPL or apache, I would have to look up the precise detail, but it is Free Software
17:09 <mhall119> ok
17:10 <elfy> AlanBell: are there plans to deal with just 4 on IRCC?
17:10 <AlanBell> we are coping with 4, we decided not to urgently recruit, but carry on as is, with the option to fill the seat later
17:10 <elfy> right - I know that position well :)
17:11 <AlanBell> cproffit was helping with some advice as we went along which was great
17:11 <elfy> I assume you'd ask for help if you came across an unresolvable issue internally
17:12 <AlanBell> we don't tend to have split decisions, but yes, we would ask for help
17:12 <AlanBell> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/IRCC/20140319 we discussed that in this meeting
17:13 <Pici> We don't have a lot of votables come up all that often either
17:13 <dholbach> and operations in general? are they working out all right right now?
17:13 <elfy> Pici: I'm in the same position with my other hat
17:14 <AlanBell> I think things are working out all right, we had a meeting yesterday which was quite positive
17:14 <AlanBell> we also did a factoid review which was a good collaborative exercise and got people talking about the general tone we want in the channels
17:15 <elfy> yea - saw that one going on as well - that seemed useful - from both points of view
17:15 <Pici> I was just going to mention the factoid review... I think we lot of input on that from both operators and some of our regulars.
17:17 <dholbach> nice - that's great to hear :)
17:18 <dholbach> did you have plans from vUDS or other discussions which are still on your TODO list?
17:19 <AlanBell> we do have a few long emails from operators expressing an assortment of concerns, one was an open letter to the discussion list, other things have been raised privately
17:20 <AlanBell> we need to address more of the points raised, but it isn't always obvious what to do about them :)
17:20 <dholbach> yeah, I can imagine
17:21 <AlanBell> is there another UDS coming up soon?
17:21 <mhall119> yes
17:21 <dholbach> yes, Jono just announced the dates a week ago - let me go find it
17:21 <mhall119> well, Ubuntu Online Summit, but same thing really
17:21 <dholbach> http://www.jonobacon.org/2014/04/03/ubuntu-online-summit-dates/
17:22 <AlanBell> ok, great
17:22 <dholbach> did you manage to recruit some new members or ops or helpers in the last time?
17:22 <AlanBell> we are just going through the voting process on an intake of operator applicants
17:23 <AlanBell> should be announcing that real soon now
17:23 <dholbach> awesome
17:23 <elfy> nice AlanBell
17:24 <dholbach> I'm quite happy with what I've heard and the work you're doing
17:24 <dholbach> thanks a lot for your hard work
17:25 <dholbach> do you have anything the CC could help with?
17:25 <dholbach> or any questions yourself?
17:25 <mhall119> me too, especialy the way you all handled the trouble you had to deal with
17:25 <elfy> +1 from me as well
17:25 <elfy> it's never easy
17:25 <AlanBell> not right now I think, we certainly appreciated the support we got from cproffit and others over the last few months
17:27 <dholbach> any more questions anyone?
17:27 <elfy> not from me
17:28 <elfy> thanks IRCC - good job done I think
17:28 <Pici> yay (sorry not been terribly active, meatspace things need my attention)
17:29 <dholbach> all rightie
17:29 <dholbach> in that case...
17:30 <dholbach> thanks again everyone from the IRCC - keep up the good work!
17:30 <dholbach> Does anyone have any other business to discuss?
17:30 <mhall119> not me
17:30 <elfy> not me
17:31 <dholbach> ok great - have a great rest of your day everyone!
17:31 <dholbach> thanks
17:31 <dholbach> #endmeeting