Started logging meeting in #ubuntu-au<br />
[04:58:12] &lt;gorilla&gt; head_victim: in that case I wish I had stayed quiet.<br />
[04:58:21] &lt;head_victim&gt; If we can all just say something into the channel to register your attendance<br />
[04:58:30] &lt;head_victim&gt; gorilla: no banana for you<br />
[04:58:34] &lt;jellyware&gt; evening all<br />
[04:58:52] &lt;gorilla&gt; head_victim: had mango smoothie instead.<br />
[04:58:59] &lt;gorilla&gt; yes, evening all.<br />
[04:59:12] &lt;head_victim&gt; While we are waiting for people to show attendance if we can all look at the agenda at:<br />
[04:59:25] &lt;head_victim&gt; [LINK] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AustralianTeam/Meetings<br />
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[05:00:02] &lt;head_victim&gt; I realise it's a little later for those in the eastern states with DST so I thought I'd just ask if anyone had anything to bring up before they had to leave?<br />
[05:00:46] &lt;nisshh&gt; it seems not<br />
[05:01:01] &lt;jellyware&gt; only that I think these meetings used to be at 9:30pm<br />
[05:01:08] &lt;head_victim&gt; I just thought I'd check because I'd hate to miss someone's specific input because it was getting late.<br />
[05:01:09] &lt;jfer&gt; good evening<br />
[05:01:15] &lt;jellyware&gt; or even 9pm<br />
[05:01:29] &lt;head_victim&gt; jellyware: they are at 2100 just not including DST<br />
[05:01:34] &lt;gorilla&gt; jellyware: the times go messed up.. just roll with it.<br />
[05:02:01] &lt;MoLE_&gt; evening all<br />
[05:02:09] &lt;head_victim&gt; We could try and split the difference and hold them 30 mins earlier during DST if that helps, just if we have it too early those in the western states won't be home from work.<br />
[05:02:10] &lt;nisshh&gt; hey MoLE_ the meeting has started<br />
[05:02:15] &lt;head_victim&gt; MoLE_: welcome<br />
[05:02:31] &lt;MoLE_&gt; Sorry about being late<br />
[05:02:34] &lt;head_victim&gt; Ok being that no one has anything urgent before they leave I'll start off from the wiki agenda<br />
[05:02:48] &lt;nisshh&gt; head_victim, no, its 7pm here, there wont really be any issues<br />
[05:02:52] &lt;head_victim&gt; [TOPIC] Update on LCA2011<br />
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[05:03:07] &lt;head_victim&gt; Basically I have had confirmation from the LCA organisers that we have been reserved a table.<br />
[05:03:12] &lt;nisshh&gt; MoLE_, your not, it started 2 minutes ago :)<br />
[05:03:21] &lt;nisshh&gt; awesome<br />
[05:03:29] &lt;MoLE_&gt; you stirrer nisshh <br />
[05:03:31] &lt;gorilla&gt; head_victim: nice work.<br />
[05:03:36] &lt;MoLE_&gt; wd head_victim <br />
[05:03:43] &lt;jellyware&gt; nice<br />
[05:03:44] &lt;head_victim&gt; Now what I need is to make sure that people register their interest at the wiki AND at the official event page <br />
[05:03:48] &lt;gorilla&gt; MoLE_: don't feed the troll-ite.<br />
[05:03:53] &lt;head_victim&gt; [LINK] http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/team/587/detail/<br />
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[05:03:56] &lt;nisshh&gt; MoLE_, lol<br />
[05:03:56] &lt;jellyware&gt; where is it next year?<br />
[05:04:05] &lt;head_victim&gt; [LINK] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AustralianTeam/LCA2011Brisbane<br />
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[05:04:06] &lt;gorilla&gt; jellyware: brisbane<br />
[05:04:34] &lt;gorilla&gt; jellyware: be there or be absent.<br />
[05:04:37] &lt;nisshh&gt; head_victim, is registering our interest meaning that we are agreeing to be there?<br />
[05:04:58] &lt;head_victim&gt; nisshh: you might want to look at the options on the loco page I think there is an option to not attend<br />
[05:05:00] * darkrose says something to prove she's here<br />
[05:05:05] &lt;head_victim&gt; darkrose: thanks<br />
[05:05:15] &lt;nisshh&gt; head_victim, ok, ill have a look<br />
[05:05:35] &lt;jfer&gt; has anyone requested a conference pack from Canonical yet?<br />
[05:05:38] &lt;head_victim&gt; With a lot of assistance from elky (ping!) we have put together a request for a conference pack<br />
[05:05:50] &lt;head_victim&gt; As an unofficial loco though we aren't entitled to much<br />
[05:05:55] &lt;head_victim&gt; to *as* much sorry<br />
[05:06:23] &lt;head_victim&gt; I will also be submitting a separate request to shipit to have some CDs to hand out, hoping that we get some.<br />
[05:06:23] &lt;elky&gt; ohai<br />
[05:06:50] &lt;nisshh&gt; cool<br />
[05:06:58] &lt;head_victim&gt; So what I really need assistance with now is making sure I'm not standing there alone all day talking to myself showing an empty table.<br />
[05:07:22] &lt;gorilla&gt; head_victim: I'll be attending the conference. Need to get away a little early as I have an evening engagement to attend. <br />
[05:07:33] &lt;head_victim&gt; The organisers have placed an emphasis on "things you can play with" at the stands so I was hoping we'd have volunteers with laptops/netbooks willing to let people from the public "have a play" even if it is only on a livecd.<br />
[05:07:47] &lt;MoLE_&gt; head_victim, I'd be happy to donate some dosh to get some CDs sent out<br />
[05:07:48] &lt;head_victim&gt; gorilla: thats fine the open day goes from 1000 until 1600 :)<br />
[05:07:58] &lt;joey168&gt; head_victim, what are your ideas in regard to the display<br />
[05:08:14] &lt;head_victim&gt; MoLE_: it's not about the money, if we have to buy them it will be extravagantly expensive so I"m hoping shipit comes to the party.<br />
[05:08:24] &lt;MoLE_&gt; oh, ok<br />
[05:08:30] &lt;head_victim&gt; joey168: I will be printing out several posters from spreadubuntu<br />
[05:08:46] &lt;head_victim&gt; [LINK] http://spreadubuntu.org/<br />
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[05:08:54] &lt;MoLE_&gt; cool<br />
[05:09:22] &lt;head_victim&gt; On A3 pages for the back of the stand, I was hoping people could contribute hardware for the table (thanks caryb for putting up something to start with)<br />
[05:09:38] &lt;jfer&gt; I think it would be cool if we could show off some of the new features coming in Natty in particular with Unity.<br />
[05:09:50] &lt;head_victim&gt; jfer: yes I agree.<br />
[05:09:57] &lt;joey168&gt; head_victim, you also want to show some PC's, laptops whatever with Ubuntu <br />
[05:10:08] &lt;head_victim&gt; The issue we might face is that the table space will be limited so big bulky displays are probably out.<br />
[05:10:27] &lt;joey168&gt; nice and neat netbooks?<br />
[05:10:30] &lt;head_victim&gt; To get people interested I thought if we had 3 or 4 people with netbooks willing to walk around and engage people it might be useful as well<br />
[05:10:58] &lt;gorilla&gt; yes.. a projector is nice as it captures peoples attention.. but depends on the table.<br />
[05:11:00] &lt;head_victim&gt; Unfortunately I have no hardware to speak of that would be suitable as the only laptop I have barely runs Lubuntu and consistently shuts down due to overheating.<br />
[05:11:01] &lt;nisshh&gt; a couple of netbooks and maybe a laptop or two would be the best bet<br />
[05:11:28] &lt;head_victim&gt; gorilla: we need to specifically request projector space but we could have a floor pointing one?<br />
[05:11:31] &lt;head_victim&gt; nisshh: I agree. <br />
[05:11:44] &lt;head_victim&gt; There is a place for all brainstorming and volunteering on the wiki link posted above.<br />
[05:11:51] &lt;nisshh&gt; yeah<br />
[05:12:07] &lt;gorilla&gt; head_victim: or possibly projecting onto the roof if it's low enough.<br />
[05:12:24] &lt;head_victim&gt; That about sums up what I wanted to report about the issue. I just want to keep the team informed as it will be a team effort and I'm hoping to see some of you all there.<br />
[05:12:34] &lt;nisshh&gt; cool<br />
[05:12:41] &lt;joey168&gt; the netbook I have is with Ubuntu Netbook and some business apps<br />
[05:12:55] &lt;head_victim&gt; Does anyone have any questions they can think of at the moment (if you think of them later, shoot to the mailing list!)<br />
[05:12:58] &lt;jfer&gt; does anyone have a touch device?<br />
[05:13:32] &lt;nisshh&gt; jfer, nice one<br />
[05:13:52] &lt;head_victim&gt; jfer: wouldn't appear so, maybe hit up the mailing list for a volunteer?<br />
[05:13:55] &lt;bwright&gt; Hello.<br />
[05:14:00] &lt;nisshh&gt; hey bwright<br />
[05:14:02] &lt;MoLE_&gt; jfer, I do, but it runs android<br />
[05:14:02] &lt;head_victim&gt; gday bwright<br />
[05:14:04] &lt;nisshh&gt; the meeting is on<br />
[05:14:19] &lt;bwright&gt; Right now?<br />
[05:14:23] &lt;nisshh&gt; yes<br />
[05:14:25] &lt;nisshh&gt; right now :)<br />
[05:14:33] &lt;nisshh&gt; bwright, it started 15 minutes ago<br />
[05:14:55] &lt;head_victim&gt; MoLE_: if it's able to run Ubuntu fairly well it might be worth having a tinker but as it's an Open Day and we're representing Ubuntu I think it will have to be specific. Maybe see if you can get Ubuntu on it?<br />
[05:15:07] &lt;head_victim&gt; bwright: if you need something non meeting related pop into -chat :)<br />
[05:15:07] &lt;bwright&gt; nisshh: So what are we all talking about?<br />
[05:15:18] &lt;head_victim&gt; https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AustralianTeam/Meetings<br />
[05:15:22] &lt;nisshh&gt; bwright, Linux.Conf.Au<br />
[05:15:38] &lt;MoLE_&gt; head_victim, I'll have a go<br />
[05:16:02] &lt;head_victim&gt; MoLE_: great, shoot the list an email with how it goes.<br />
[05:16:17] &lt;jfer&gt; yes i would be interested to hear<br />
[05:16:22] &lt;head_victim&gt; Ok, so it sound slike we have some good ideas coming up. Please everyone, add them to the wiki, email the list and lets get something happening.<br />
[05:16:33] &lt;jfer&gt; how does natty fit in with LCA?<br />
[05:16:45] &lt;jfer&gt; where will it be at in the release schedule?<br />
[05:16:45] &lt;head_victim&gt; jfer: LCA is January, Natty is April.<br />
[05:17:29] &lt;head_victim&gt; jfer: only alpha 1<br />
[05:17:50] &lt;head_victim&gt; Ok so we don't spend the whole meeting on the LCA would anyone be upset if we take further discussion to the list so that everyone can join in?<br />
[05:17:53] &lt;nisshh&gt; i think alpha 2 might be out around when LCA is on<br />
[05:18:06] &lt;gorilla&gt; perhaps have a laptop with Natty as a preview but only if it's realiable.<br />
[05:18:12] &lt;elky&gt; just a warning, the more of natty you show, the more you'll have people wanting. that. right. now. And breakages. Be careful to pretty much drown out the natty demo with non-alpha stuff<br />
[05:18:40] &lt;gorilla&gt; elky: point!<br />
[05:18:42] &lt;head_victim&gt; elky: good point, to be honest I don't think alphas are something we want to be showing to people who don't know Ubuntu<br />
[05:19:00] &lt;elky&gt; unless you want to personally hand hold everyone who'll take it on<br />
[05:19:02] &lt;head_victim&gt; They regularly crash, freeze, don't work and this changes on a daily basis.<br />
[05:19:07] &lt;nisshh&gt; head_victim, maybe have it there and whip it out if someone asks?<br />
[05:19:23] &lt;joey168&gt; I think people want to see what they can do with Ubuntu - Apps<br />
[05:19:39] &lt;elky&gt; nisshh, if they're actually interested in dev, they'll download. really<br />
[05:19:52] &lt;head_victim&gt; nisshh: possible, depends on the number of devices available on the day.<br />
[05:20:02] &lt;elky&gt; keep the message simple<br />
[05:20:06] &lt;jfer&gt; i think it is important that people can see where Ubuntu is headed<br />
[05:20:39] &lt;nisshh&gt; elky, im not talking about dev, im talking about showcasing whats coming soon<br />
[05:20:44] &lt;nisshh&gt; head_victim, yeah<br />
[05:20:44] &lt;head_victim&gt; jfer: agree but with the limited time of an Open Day I think maybe some screenshots printed out would be about all we could really achieve.<br />
[05:21:14] &lt;elky&gt; nisshh, that's like saying "here, look at this. but no you can't have"<br />
[05:21:36] &lt;dejai&gt; elky: That has worked for apple :-)<br />
[05:21:53] &lt;nisshh&gt; elky, no, its about "here look at this, this is whats coming soon"<br />
[05:21:55] &lt;jfer&gt; haha my thoughts exactly<br />
[05:22:02] &lt;head_victim&gt; Ok time to move on? (we can set up a specific LCA meeting if need be or continue on the list).<br />
[05:22:14] &lt;nisshh&gt; yeah, lets move on<br />
[05:22:35] &lt;joey168&gt; let's move on<br />
[05:22:38] &lt;elky&gt; nisshh, it's still not a good way to deal with newbies. they don't understand that they can't have it.. look you have it, why can't i!<br />
[05:22:55] &lt;elky&gt; it works great for you, why are you not giving it to me. i'll pay you!<br />
[05:23:03] &lt;nisshh&gt; elky, they CAN have it, they just shouldnt use it yet<br />
[05:23:04] &lt;head_victim&gt; [ACTION] Continue discussion on the mailing list and get brainstorming on the wiki<br />
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[05:23:12] &lt;elky&gt; nisshh, and you won't win that arguement<br />
[05:23:24] &lt;nisshh&gt; no, i wont, not with you<br />
[05:23:28] &lt;head_victim&gt; [TOPIC] Discuss current IRC structure - nisshh <br />
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[05:23:33] &lt;nisshh&gt; right<br />
[05:23:40] &lt;head_victim&gt; nisshh: it is an open day not a tech day also<br />
[05:23:47] &lt;nisshh&gt; head_victim, fair enough<br />
[05:24:07] &lt;nisshh&gt; ok, so i added this topic in relation to one of the loco council's recommendations<br />
[05:24:09] &lt;head_victim&gt; nisshh: take it away<br />
[05:24:23] &lt;head_victim&gt; Link?<br />
[05:24:30] &lt;nisshh&gt; which was "sort out your irc structure, its confusing for newbies"<br />
[05:24:42] &lt;nisshh&gt; one sec ill find the link<br />
[05:24:58] &lt;dejai&gt; IRC is just a protocol it isn't hard to get into a chatroom press a button on a website.<br />
[05:25:29] &lt;nisshh&gt; dejai, not that sort of thing dude, and if you want to bash, please do so elsewhere<br />
[05:25:44] &lt;head_victim&gt; [LINK] https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-au/2010-May/006166.html<br />
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[05:25:45] &lt;dejai&gt; I thought that was the issue.<br />
[05:25:48] &lt;head_victim&gt; found it nisshh <br />
[05:26:05] &lt;head_victim&gt; dejai: I think it's more about the -au and the -au-chat separation<br />
[05:26:15] &lt;nisshh&gt; thats the one<br />
[05:26:17] &lt;nisshh&gt; thanks head_victim<br />
[05:26:30] &lt;nisshh&gt; ok<br />
[05:26:43] &lt;nisshh&gt; so they were wondering why we had a seperate offtopic channel<br />
[05:26:58] &lt;dejai&gt; I can certainly see the need for one<br />
[05:27:08] &lt;nisshh&gt; and i want to put this up for discussion, because its evidently detracting from our main channel<br />
[05:27:12] &lt;dejai&gt; Been hanging out mainly in -au-chat for around two years it has nothing at all to do with ubuntu<br />
[05:27:27] &lt;head_victim&gt; [LINK] https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-au/2007-December/002653.html<br />
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[05:27:31] &lt;head_victim&gt; That was the original reasoning<br />
[05:27:48] &lt;nisshh&gt; i find that much of the chat in -chat is somewhat ubuntu/linux related<br />
[05:27:57] &lt;nisshh&gt; yet people dont use the main channel<br />
[05:28:03] &lt;nisshh&gt; or rarely do<br />
[05:28:06] &lt;dejai&gt; Well from personal experience if there is a question about ubuntu it gets answered quick in -au<br />
[05:28:17] &lt;dejai&gt; And that is aided by the seperation imo<br />
[05:28:19] &lt;nisshh&gt; yeah, true<br />
[05:28:40] &lt;nisshh&gt; but many times i have seen people join the main channel, ask, not get a reply and quit<br />
[05:28:54] &lt;head_victim&gt; The question is if we combine the channels back into one it will mean ALL conversation is logged not just the loco related stuff<br />
[05:28:54] &lt;nisshh&gt; because people tend to watch -chat more<br />
[05:29:03] &lt;MoLE_&gt; nisshh, I agree<br />
[05:29:09] &lt;nisshh&gt; which i dont really see a problem with<br />
[05:29:50] &lt;dejai&gt; Get a lot of people interested in an irc channel it is bound to go off topic it is better to just keep one clean which would certainly be less confronting to new users as well<br />
[05:30:03] &lt;nisshh&gt; i mean, if you want to troll, go somewhere else, if you want to discuss something way offtopic, go somewhere else, but i think -au can be used for general chat<br />
[05:30:23] &lt;dejai&gt; Well it would just kill -au all together<br />
[05:30:47] &lt;nisshh&gt; no other loco that i know of, or Ubuntu team for that matter, has an offtopic seperate channel<br />
[05:30:48] &lt;dejai&gt; The best thing about -au is it is very straight forward.<br />
[05:31:05] &lt;nisshh&gt; dejai, but thats it, it isnt for a newbie<br />
[05:31:06] &lt;MoLE_&gt; Another key difference is that -chat isn't logged?<br />
[05:31:08] &lt;head_victim&gt; nisshh: both Ubuntu teams I'm somewhat involved in have offtopic channels though<br />
[05:31:13] &lt;nisshh&gt; MoLE_, correct<br />
[05:31:37] &lt;nisshh&gt; head_victim, some do yes, but most dont, and no other loco does to my knowledge<br />
[05:31:44] &lt;dejai&gt; Which is important to some people however you should assume everything is<br />
[05:31:45] &lt;nisshh&gt; so what do people think?<br />
[05:31:56] &lt;dejai&gt; Keep it the same.<br />
[05:32:15] &lt;nisshh&gt; head_victim, MoLE_, elky, darkrose, gorilla?<br />
[05:32:25] &lt;darkrose&gt; huh?<br />
[05:32:44] &lt;head_victim&gt; The main issue I see is that if we merge the channels some of the converstaion that currently occurs in -chat would not be acceptable in here.<br />
[05:32:57] &lt;head_victim&gt; If people were willing to put up with that then it might be feasible<br />
[05:33:08] &lt;nisshh&gt; darkrose, read the scrollback<br />
[05:33:20] &lt;darkrose&gt; it got split because people weren't willing to put up with it<br />
[05:33:23] &lt;MoLE_&gt; nisshh, probably lean towards a merge.  Much biggers locos than us only have one channel<br />
[05:33:37] &lt;nisshh&gt; yeah<br />
[05:33:42] &lt;joey168&gt; I think the biggest hurdel for newbies is the setup, we have to give more clear instructions<br />
[05:33:47] &lt;nisshh&gt; darkrose, that was back then though<br />
[05:34:13] &lt;elky&gt; I do not agree with any proposal to merge the channels or any proposal to log -chat.<br />
[05:34:16] &lt;gorilla&gt; I know that logging a channel is a bad idea as it tends to change the atmosphere. Sure it's worth logging the channe but not make it public.<br />
[05:34:28] &lt;nisshh&gt; elky, why?<br />
[05:34:33] &lt;head_victim&gt; gorilla: this room is publically logged and always has been<br />
[05:34:36] &lt;darkrose&gt; elky++<br />
[05:34:38] &lt;elky&gt; The channels have distinct purposes. There is no need for everything someone says on the internet to be archived forever.<br />
[05:34:53] &lt;gorilla&gt; head_victim: yes and I rarely come here ;-)<br />
[05:35:20] &lt;dejai&gt; Same I never am in ubuntu-au unless I want to talk about locos or have a question<br />
[05:35:29] &lt;dejai&gt; Or if I feel like answering questions<br />
[05:35:31] &lt;nisshh&gt; elky, so that outweighs the issue of -au being dead all the time?<br />
[05:35:34] &lt;elky&gt; We split the channels because people asking help were getting ignored and talked over by people who just wanted to chat rubbish about football etc<br />
[05:35:53] &lt;elky&gt; nisshh, it's only dead because people aren't thinking before asking things in -chat<br />
[05:36:04] &lt;darkrose&gt; which is what happens still if someone asks for help in chat most of the time<br />
[05:36:21] &lt;elky&gt; darkrose, exactly<br />
[05:36:27] &lt;nisshh&gt; hmm<br />
[05:36:38] &lt;gorilla&gt; But yes, the biggest stumbling block is the installation. It's intimidating to re-partition your hard drive and hope for the best.<br />
[05:36:43] &lt;nisshh&gt; should we put it to a vote here and now then?<br />
[05:36:56] &lt;nisshh&gt; or on the mailing list?<br />
[05:36:57] &lt;elky&gt; nisshh, i don't think so<br />
[05:37:15] &lt;elky&gt; the mailing list, sure.<br />
[05:37:45] &lt;head_victim&gt; nisshh: include the 2 links we've already put in this topic and then put in your comments and we'll see if anyone else has any other opinions we can discuss :)<br />
[05:37:46] &lt;MoLE_&gt; sounds fair - give those not here a say<br />
[05:38:05] &lt;nisshh&gt; fair enough, mailing list it is<br />
[05:38:15] &lt;darkrose&gt; yeah, give those who don't use irc a say on the irc chan's<br />
[05:38:19] &lt;joey168&gt; that's o.k.<br />
[05:38:21] &lt;dejai&gt; Or just make -au-chat not official<br />
[05:38:39] &lt;dejai&gt; Which would happen anyway? Or is the plan to lock people out of the channel<br />
[05:38:41] &lt;nisshh&gt; as a closing comment, i just dont think its right if some of you dont want anything to change for the benefit of the whole team<br />
[05:38:43] &lt;head_victim&gt; darkrose: not necessarily, just those that use them that aren't here now<br />
[05:39:14] &lt;head_victim&gt; dejai: the -chat channel is currently not logged and is about as unofficial as you can get while still maintaining attachment to the group.<br />
[05:39:25] &lt;nisshh&gt; yeah<br />
[05:39:43] &lt;nisshh&gt; as i see it, if you want to be offtopic more than the usual amount, there are better places<br />
[05:39:45] &lt;dejai&gt; I don't think the loco needs to officially maintain it<br />
[05:40:14] &lt;elky&gt; dejai, it does in that the ubuntu namespace is officially registered with freenode<br />
[05:40:21] &lt;darkrose&gt; so it comes down to "do we say they're merged, even if the merge is ignored by people that use the channels. or just keep it as is... which is basically the same thing anyway"<br />
[05:40:24] &lt;nisshh&gt; exactly<br />
[05:40:26] &lt;dejai&gt; elky: Fair enough<br />
[05:40:29] &lt;simplechat&gt; nisshh, I find #-au-chat to be invaluable for finding likeminded ubuntu using peoples :)<br />
[05:40:34] &lt;simplechat&gt; its full of win, in other words<br />
[05:40:49] &lt;head_victim&gt; [ACTION] nisshh to take IRC Channel discussion to be taken to mailing list to allow those not present to also discuss<br />
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[05:40:58] &lt;simplechat&gt; nisshh, and I personally would feel great sorrow at its most premature destruction :(<br />
[05:41:00] &lt;nisshh&gt; simplechat, but almost everyone who sits in -chat also sits in the main channel, so nothing would change for you<br />
[05:41:14] &lt;simplechat&gt; nisshh, but you can't talk about random issues on the main chan<br />
[05:41:14] &lt;dejai&gt; Also a lot of -chat members don't subscribe to the mailing list they are ubuntu users that are casually attached to the loco in the sense they use the operating system<br />
[05:41:17] &lt;simplechat&gt; you can't get to know people<br />
[05:41:22] &lt;darkrose&gt; it's the almost that makes the difference<br />
[05:41:37] &lt;nisshh&gt; simplechat, general chat could be done in the main channel easily enough<br />
[05:41:49] &lt;simplechat&gt; not really<br />
[05:41:51] &lt;dejai&gt; Well it would<br />
[05:41:52] &lt;simplechat&gt; it just plain derails<br />
[05:41:59] &lt;simplechat&gt; it will derail serious conversation<br />
[05:42:01] &lt;dejai&gt; I am sure I would be banned within a day or two for off topic<br />
[05:42:11] &lt;simplechat&gt; dejai, same<br />
[05:42:15] &lt;dejai&gt; Or half the people would idle and never chat<br />
[05:42:18] &lt;simplechat&gt; nisshh, basically you need clear divisions<br />
[05:42:19] &lt;dejai&gt; and slowly leave.<br />
[05:42:22] &lt;nisshh&gt; i really dont get why we cant have one channel if every single other loco has just one, why is this such a big problem to everyone?<br />
[05:42:31] &lt;dejai&gt; Yes.<br />
[05:42:31] &lt;simplechat&gt; either this is for ubuntu related issues only and no random discussions<br />
[05:42:38] &lt;elky&gt; we could just enforce offtopicness in the offtopic channel, too.<br />
[05:42:41] &lt;simplechat&gt; or this will basically be full of randomness and nothing useful will happen here<br />
[05:42:52] &lt;darkrose&gt; there's casual chat happening in -chat now... for the pro-mergers do you really think this wouldn't interfere with the meeting?<br />
[05:43:00] &lt;MoLE_&gt; what do the other locos do?  Do they divide random chat from ubuntu core business?<br />
[05:43:13] &lt;elky&gt; MoLE_, many do yes<br />
[05:43:21] &lt;MoLE_&gt; elky, examples?<br />
[05:43:31] &lt;dejai&gt; Why do we need to follow other locos?<br />
[05:43:42] &lt;nisshh&gt; darkrose, everyone currently chatting in -chat is also part of the meeting, so no it wouldnt<br />
[05:43:44] &lt;elky&gt; german team, french team, etc<br />
[05:43:47] &lt;head_victim&gt; Is it a case of an understanding issue about what should be in what channel maybe nisshh or just the fact that 2 channels exist?<br />
[05:44:10] &lt;MoLE_&gt; dejai, we don't have to but looking at what other locos do is a good way of getting re-recognised<br />
[05:44:19] &lt;darkrose&gt; so it comes down to "do we say they're merged, even if the merge is ignored by people that use the channels. or just keep it as is... which is basically the same thing anyway"<br />
[05:44:21] &lt;nisshh&gt; head_victim, both really<br />
[05:44:23] &lt;gorilla&gt; nisshh: what about during the footy season/<br />
[05:44:23] &lt;gorilla&gt; ?<br />
[05:44:36] &lt;nisshh&gt; gorilla, then create #football :)<br />
[05:45:00] &lt;gorilla&gt; nisshh: I'm not discussing that silly round ball game.<br />
[05:45:04] &lt;simplechat&gt; nisshh, it boils down to conditioning. If you know that if you go to #ubuntu-au you'll get a good serious response to your question, that is where you'll go when you have a ubuntu related question. If it's just a place for random chatter, that is where you'll go for that.<br />
[05:45:08] &lt;dejai&gt; probably taken by something thinking of that other football<br />
[05:45:22] &lt;simplechat&gt; nisshh, you'll basically turn #ubuntu-au into #ubuntu-au-chat and destroy #ubuntu-au in the process<br />
[05:45:34] &lt;darkrose&gt; simplechat++<br />
[05:45:34] &lt;nisshh&gt; hmmm, i dont think so, no<br />
[05:45:36] &lt;dejai&gt; I have actually been told to go to -au when asking an ubuntu question<br />
[05:45:40] &lt;dejai&gt; simplechat++<br />
[05:45:45] &lt;darkrose&gt; that's why the split happened in the first place<br />
[05:45:49] &lt;dejai&gt; And I think most people know that<br />
[05:45:49] &lt;head_victim&gt; Well I think for tonight we should agree that we should all be more proactive about using the correct channels appropriately and assisting others to do the same. And bring up the issue of a merge on the mailing list in an appropriate manner that won't incite trolling/flaming<br />
[05:45:50] &lt;simplechat&gt; nisshh, which is why even on my small irc server, we have #beta and #beta-offtopic<br />
[05:45:51] &lt;gorilla&gt; I don't see the point of merging</devils advocate><br />
[05:45:52] &lt;simplechat&gt; for the same reason<br />
[05:46:07] &lt;nisshh&gt; so at the very least we would need people to properly use each channel<br />
[05:46:16] &lt;simplechat&gt; head_victim++<br />
[05:46:34] &lt;MoLE_&gt; I think we can agree to disagree at this point and perhaps thrash it out on the mailing list.<br />
[05:46:37] &lt;nisshh&gt; agreed<br />
[05:46:40] &lt;dejai&gt; head_victim++<br />
[05:46:46] &lt;darkrose&gt; nisshh: at present, your the number one misuser of -chat as a support channel<br />
[05:46:47] &lt;nisshh&gt; ok<br />
[05:46:56] &lt;head_victim&gt; [ACTION] we should all be more proactive about using the correct channels appropriately and assisting others to do the same. And bring up the issue of a merge on the mailing list in an appropriate manner that won't incite trolling/flaming<br />
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[05:47:19] &lt;head_victim&gt; Moving on?<br />
[05:47:28] &lt;gorilla&gt; please do.<br />
[05:47:28] &lt;nisshh&gt; darkrose, i never said i was not misusing it, i think we all are<br />
[05:47:49] &lt;head_victim&gt; [TOPIC] nisshh - Discuss ways we can get the word out there about the LoCo<br />
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[05:48:02] &lt;head_victim&gt; nisshh: you again buddy :)<br />
[05:48:02] &lt;nisshh&gt; ok<br />
[05:48:04] &lt;nisshh&gt; so this<br />
[05:48:27] &lt;nisshh&gt; is about using our social things more to promote the loco and get word out there<br />
[05:48:39] &lt;nisshh&gt; so our facebook and identica, etc<br />
[05:49:07] &lt;nisshh&gt; as well as people who post to  Planet Ubuntu (me and a few others as far as i know)<br />
[05:49:27] &lt;head_victim&gt; [LINK] http://planet.ubuntu.org.au/<br />
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[05:49:37] &lt;nisshh&gt; currently we dont use our social stuff to announce events about the loco or anything<br />
[05:50:07] &lt;nisshh&gt; head_victim, i meant the actual PU not the loco one, but yeah<br />
[05:50:15] &lt;head_victim&gt; nisshh: ah k, sorry<br />
[05:50:23] &lt;nisshh&gt; its ok :)<br />
[05:50:24] &lt;head_victim&gt; Thngs like http://loco.ubuntu.com/teams/ubuntu-au ?<br />
[05:50:30] &lt;nisshh&gt; yeah<br />
[05:50:34] &lt;nisshh&gt; that too i guess<br />
[05:50:45] &lt;nisshh&gt; events can be listed there i think<br />
[05:50:48] &lt;head_victim&gt; elky: any progress on having that page updated?<br />
[05:50:55] &lt;nisshh&gt; and there is also the fridge calendar<br />
[05:50:58] &lt;head_victim&gt; nisshh: we should have listed the meeting for starters.<br />
[05:50:58] &lt;elky&gt; eh?<br />
[05:51:07] &lt;nisshh&gt; head_victim, heh, +1<br />
[05:51:09] &lt;head_victim&gt; elky: it has next to nothing on it :/<br />
[05:51:26] &lt;nisshh&gt; so what do people think?<br />
[05:51:40] &lt;head_victim&gt; as far as resources and things go<br />
[05:51:52] &lt;elky&gt; head_victim, it looks to be getting info on there from the events. what else are you expecting?<br />
[05:52:05] &lt;gorilla&gt; Agreed... publish all related events no matter how trivial it may seem.<br />
[05:53:05] &lt;head_victim&gt; elky: there is no team information there, can we list the resources?<br />
[05:53:11] &lt;nisshh&gt; and then we have people on twitter who could retweet this stuff<br />
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[05:53:50] &lt;head_victim&gt; http://loco.ubuntu.com/teams/ubuntu-michigan using that as an example, without the photos and things<br />
[05:54:00] &lt;head_victim&gt; whoops didn't mean that to link :/;<br />
[05:54:10] &lt;nisshh&gt; haha<br />
[05:54:13] &lt;elky&gt; head_victim, i don't know how.<br />
[05:54:29] &lt;nisshh&gt; ok, so it seems no one is interested after crapping all over me, shall we end the meeting?<br />
[05:54:57] &lt;gorilla&gt; nisshh: I was going to save that untill after the meeting :-D<br />
[05:55:06] &lt;sagaci_&gt; how'd the meeting go<br />
[05:55:21] &lt;nisshh&gt; gorilla, fair enough, maybe in a pm so i dont get attacked :)<br />
[05:55:23] &lt;MoLE_&gt; seems a logical, sensible idead nisshh <br />
[05:55:24] &lt;head_victim&gt; nisshh: it's a good idea, as co chairs would you be willing to help me add the meetings there monthly as a start?<br />
[05:55:53] &lt;nisshh&gt; head_victim, sure, i cant do facebook, but i can do identica and diaspora :)<br />
[05:56:17] &lt;nisshh&gt; by the way, who here is actually on facebook and willing to maintain our facebook page?<br />
[05:56:23] &lt;head_victim&gt; nisshh: sounds good. Might be worth shooting some examples to the mailing list to get people interested<br />
[05:56:32] &lt;nisshh&gt; that seems to be where a lot of people are these days<br />
[05:56:40] &lt;nisshh&gt; head_victim, yeah, will do<br />
[05:57:01] &lt;gorilla&gt; nisshh: I'm on facebook but not sure if I could run a page. I'm tapped out with a hackerspace web site atm.<br />
[05:57:38] &lt;nisshh&gt; gorilla, well, basically we just need two or three people to do status updates and post about events on it really, nothing special<br />
[05:57:57] &lt;gorilla&gt; nisshh: Ahhh. I could manage that :-)<br />
[05:58:40] &lt;nisshh&gt; gorilla, awesome, im not sure who created the original facebook page for the loco though, are you able to find that out?<br />
[05:59:17] &lt;gorilla&gt; nisshh: I'll have a dig around.<br />
[06:00:32] &lt;gorilla&gt; nisshh: It was Melissa Draper. Not sure if she is still active in any capacity.<br />
[06:00:39] &lt;head_victim&gt; gorilla: Melissa = elky <br />
[06:00:44] &lt;gorilla&gt; there are 326 members.<br />
[06:00:52] &lt;gorilla&gt; head_victim: Ahhh. <br />
[06:00:57] &lt;gorilla&gt; Sorry elky <br />
[06:01:06] &lt;MoLE_&gt; lol<br />
[06:01:15] &lt;elky&gt; heh<br />
[06:01:23] &lt;nisshh&gt; gorilla, cool<br />
[06:01:45] &lt;gorilla&gt; MoLE_: I don't track real name to irc nick mapping very well.<br />
[06:01:51] &lt;nisshh&gt; im not sure if elky is the only one who can change that page or whatever, i dont use facebook and never will<br />
[06:01:53] &lt;head_victim&gt; [ACTION] Team to be more proactive about posting to social media to promote events and the team.<br />
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[06:02:01] &lt;MoLE_&gt; gorilla, me either<br />
[06:02:32] &lt;head_victim&gt; [ACTION] Co-chairs to make sure all meetings are posted to loco.ubuntu.com events pages.<br />
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[06:02:34] &lt;nisshh&gt; gorilla, can you and elky work that out then? maybe elky give page rights to you or something?<br />
[06:02:43] &lt;elky&gt; i didn't make the page afaik, so probably not me exclusively<br />
[06:03:01] &lt;nisshh&gt; ok, so it sounds like its no longer updated?<br />
[06:03:07] &lt;nisshh&gt; thought so<br />
[06:03:18] &lt;gorilla&gt; elky: We can discusss this outside of the meeting and have a "play" with it.<br />
[06:03:20] &lt;elky&gt; i don't think it was ever really closed?<br />
[06:03:29] &lt;nisshh&gt; head_victim, i think end the meeting :)<br />
[06:03:43] &lt;gorilla&gt; nisshh: the last event was the release part in April for sydney.<br />
[06:04:02] &lt;gorilla&gt; party*<br />
[06:04:27] &lt;nisshh&gt; gorilla, yeah, but if we make progress on some of our projects listed on the wiki we will have more to post/dent/tweet about<br />
[06:04:45] &lt;head_victim&gt; Ok, before I end the meeting is there any other topics people want brought up quickly?<br />
[06:04:50] &lt;gorilla&gt; nisshh: sure but in the meantime we can list future meetings.<br />
[06:05:12] &lt;nisshh&gt; gorilla, yes, of course<br />
[06:05:29] &lt;jfer&gt; I think that we should discuss further on the mailing list<br />
[06:06:03] &lt;nisshh&gt; jfer, yeah, im sending mails off now<br />
[06:06:06] &lt;elky&gt; head_victim, geekosophical.net/ubuntuau-bizcard.pdf<br />
[06:07:10] &lt;head_victim&gt; elky: ok so it's agreed, I suck. That looks great!<br />
[06:07:29] &lt;head_victim&gt; So endmeeting time?<br />
[06:07:34] &lt;gorilla&gt; elky: awesome.<br />
[06:07:35] &lt;MoLE_&gt; yes<br />
[06:07:47] &lt;dejai&gt; Oh yes I stumbled onto the meeting by accident.<br />
[06:07:49] &lt;gorilla&gt; head_victim: I have nothing more to say.<br />
[06:08:07] &lt;MoLE_&gt; Have a great Christmas everyone.<br />
[06:08:17] &lt;MoLE_&gt; Next meeting in the new year?<br />
[06:08:18] &lt;gorilla&gt; dejai: don't be afraid to stumble back sometime soon.<br />
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[06:08:30] &lt;elky&gt; http://geekosophical.net/ubuntuau-bizcard.svg be the source<br />
[06:08:46] &lt;elky&gt; ohmy, it grabs links automatically now?<br />
[06:09:02] &lt;gorilla&gt; elky: hehe<br />
[06:09:16] &lt;darkrose&gt; if the link is at the beginning of the post<br />
[06:09:18] &lt;elky&gt; the source will look stupid until you get the ubuntu fonts from font.ubuntu.com<br />
[06:09:26] &lt;head_victim&gt; #endmeeting<br />
Meeting ended.<br />