12:11 <diddledani> #startmeeting Ubuntu Membership Board 12:11 <meetingology> Meeting started at 12:11:55 UTC. The chair is diddledani. Information about MeetBot at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/meetingology 12:11 <meetingology> Available commands: action, commands, idea, info, link, nick 12:12 <diddledani> Hello and welcome to the Ubuntu Membership Review Board meeting for 18th January 2023. The wiki page for the Review Boards is available here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Membership/Boards 12:12 <diddledani> We will attempt to get through all the applicants that have added themselves to that list, or posted a thread to the Ubuntu Discourse, before today's meeting. If we are unable to make it through the complete list due to time constraints, then at the next meeting we will pick up where we left off. 12:12 <diddledani> The format for the meeting is as follows: We will go through the list of applicants one by one, by date of application (FIFO). 12:12 <diddledani> Each applicant should introduce themselves (1-5 sentences) and provide links to their Ubuntu Wiki page or Ubuntu Discourse thread. After the introduction, the members of the Membership Review Board will review the pages and, if needed, ask the applicant further questions. 12:12 <diddledani> 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 reading wiki/launchpad/forum/other pages and deciding how they are going to vote. 12:12 <diddledani> 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). If most of the voting board members vote +1, then the applicant is now an official Ubuntu member! (Feel free congratulate them!) 12:12 <diddledani> Now, with any further ado, let's get started with the first applicant... 12:12 <diddledani> #topic Aaron Whitehouse 12:12 <aaron-whitehouse> Would you like me to introduce myself? 12:12 <Kilos-> yes please 12:12 <diddledani> Hi @aaron-whitehouse , could you please introduce yourself to the board, share your pre-written script (if you prepared one), and share your wiki and launchpad links 12:13 <Kilos-> lol sorry diddledani 12:13 <diddledani> :-p 12:13 <diddledani> it's all good 12:13 <aaron-whitehouse> I have been an Ubuntu fan and contributor since 2005 and signed the Ubuntu Code of Conduct back in 2006. My initial contributions (between 2005 and 2010, particularly) were focused on testing Ubuntu and reporting bugs. My recent contributions have been focused on making Ubuntu as good as it can be on the Public Clouds and producing guidance for 12:13 <aaron-whitehouse> Ubuntu users. 12:13 <aaron-whitehouse> My discourse post was here: https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/aaron-whitehouse-membership-application/33084 12:13 <aaron-whitehouse> And my wiki page is https://wiki.ubuntu.com/aaron-whitehouse 12:14 <aaron-whitehouse> I would be happy to expand on any points or answer any questions. 12:15 <diddledani> Thank you, I will let the board have a browse through your links and ask any questions they have 12:16 <fenris> based on @aaron wiki and testimonial , i cant ask more :) 12:17 <diddledani> now this is a really solid application :-) I love to see lots of influential people endorsing you 12:18 <mapreri> yes, the endorsements are very nice, thank you for collecting them! 12:18 <aaron-whitehouse> Thank you. I have been fortunate to be able to interact with a lot of great Ubuntu people. 12:18 <Kilos-> much better 12:18 <mapreri> I don't have any question myself, I consider this a decently strong application. :) 12:19 * fenris too 12:19 <Kilos-> ditto 12:19 <mapreri> And I agree with some of your advocates, that even applying before your canonical employment would have been very much fine! 12:20 <aaron-whitehouse> Thanks mapreri 12:20 <diddledani> ok, if there's no questions, then I'll open the floor for votes (wait for me to say go) 12:21 <diddledani> #vote Aaron Whitehouse's application for membership 12:21 <meetingology> Please vote on: Aaron Whitehouse's application for membership 12:21 <meetingology> Public votes can be registered by saying +1, -1 or +0 in channel (for private voting, private message me with 'vote +1|-1|+0 #channelname') 12:21 <diddledani> #voters diddledani mapreri fenris kilos- 12:21 <meetingology> Current voters: diddledani, fenris, kilos-, mapreri 12:21 <diddledani> go 12:21 <mapreri> +1 ! 12:21 <meetingology> +1 ! received from mapreri 12:21 <fenris> +1 12:21 <meetingology> +1 received from fenris 12:21 <Kilos-> +1 Good work, keep it up please 12:21 <diddledani> +1 Solid application, lots of testimonials and a long history of contributing from before becoming a Canonical employee 12:21 <meetingology> +1 Solid application, lots of testimonials and a long history of contributing from before becoming a Canonical employee received from diddledani 12:21 <mapreri> meetingology didn't like kilo's ? 12:22 <Kilos-> +1 12:22 <Kilos-> grrrrr 12:22 <diddledani> hmm 12:22 <nicoz[m]> congratulation aaron-whitehouse 12:22 <Kilos-> why 12:22 <mapreri> diddledani: you mispelled kilos nickname 12:22 <mapreri> it's case-sensitive :) 12:22 <diddledani> #voters Kilos-> 12:22 <meetingology> Warning: 'Kilos->' not in channel 12:22 <meetingology> Current voters: Kilos->, diddledani, fenris, kilos-, mapreri 12:22 <diddledani> #voters Kilos- 12:22 <meetingology> Current voters: Kilos-, Kilos->, diddledani, fenris, kilos-, mapreri 12:22 <diddledani> try again 12:22 <diddledani> silly bot 12:22 <nicoz[m]> nickname is different 12:22 <nicoz[m]> Kilos- 12:22 <Kilos> +1 12:23 <mapreri> err 12:23 <diddledani> hah. you removed the - 12:23 <diddledani> #voters Kilos 12:23 <meetingology> Current voters: Kilos, Kilos-, Kilos->, diddledani, fenris, kilos-, mapreri 12:23 <diddledani> and again 12:23 <Kilos> +1 12:23 <meetingology> +1 received from Kilos 12:23 <nicoz[m]> lol 12:23 <mapreri> \o/ 12:23 <Kilos> yay 12:23 <aaron-whitehouse> Haha 12:23 <diddledani> #votesrequired 2 12:23 <meetingology> Votes now need 2 to be passed 12:23 <nicoz[m]> welcome on board 12:23 <diddledani> #endvote 12:23 <meetingology> Voting ended on: Aaron Whitehouse's application for membership 12:23 <meetingology> Votes for: 4, Votes against: 0, Abstentions: 0 12:23 <meetingology> Motion carried 12:24 <aaron-whitehouse> Many thanks all! 12:24 <mapreri> Welcome to the club! 12:24 <mapreri> it's a club, right? 12:24 <fenris> congratulation aaron-whitehouse and welcome on board ! 12:24 <Kilos> congrats aaron-whitehouse keep it up 12:25 <aaron-whitehouse> Will do, thanks 12:25 <diddledani> Congratulations aaron-whitehouse , I'll get you added to the group shortly. Don't forget to check the perks at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Membership. Your @ubuntu.com email will go live within 48-72 hours. Do not set your @ubuntu.com email as your LP primary email as that will cause a loop 12:25 <aaron-whitehouse> Understood, thanks diddledani 12:26 <diddledani> And remember to apply for your certificate at https://forms.canonical.com/certificate/ once you're added to the ubuntumembers launchpad group 12:26 <diddledani> I think that's everything I need to impart, knowledgewise... 12:26 <Kilos> Thanks diddledani 12:26 <diddledani> Thank you everyone for attending. With that I'll end the meeting, as we don't have any further applicants. 12:26 <diddledani> #endmeeting