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Treenaks/topic anyone?04:02
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=== ..[topic/#ubuntu-meeting:Treenaks] : Tuesday 21 December 2004 at 1600 UTC: Community Council meeting -- https://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/CommunityCouncilAgenda
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zulhey seb128 04:32
seb128afternoon04:32
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Treenakshi seb04:51
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sivanghi sabdfl :)04:57
sabdflevening sivang04:57
Treenakshi sabdfl 04:57
sabdflready for today's cc meeting?04:58
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sabdfllet's give everyone a few minutes to get together04:58
makowhoa04:58
sabdflhey mako04:58
makosabdfl: hey04:58
Kamionhere04:59
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Kamionnot sure we're getting elmo today05:01
makodone05:01
=== mako added something to introduce the new new member process
sabdflhi kamion, saw those uploads this morning05:02
sabdflshould we get going?05:02
sabdflsmurfix, you around?05:02
smurfixyep05:03
makoand perhaps to ratify it if that's something we need to do05:03
sabdflthe agenda suggests smurfix will intro the country-teams idea05:03
sabdflsmurfix: happy to do so? if so, go ahead05:03
smurfixok05:04
makowait one second05:04
smurfix(still typing slowly ;-)05:04
sivangheheh05:04
makoi think it might be better to first introduce the notes from the NM bof05:04
sivangsabdfl: ready as could be.05:04
sabdflmako: go ahead05:04
smurfixmako: OK, makes sense05:04
makobecause the new distctions between groups have a bearing on the way that this is done05:04
sabdflrigh05:04
sabdflt05:04
makohttps://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/NewDevelopersAndMaintainers05:04
makothose are the super notes written up by plov05:05
sabdflby way of background to folks who weren't in mataro05:05
makoright05:05
sabdflwe had a great session brainstorming on our maintainer process05:05
sabdfland i think the result is excellent05:05
makothose notes they read pretty well as a summary of the conclusion we came to05:05
sabdflit balances the need to empower people early on, with the need to keep the team technically exceptional05:06
makobut the basic problem we were trying to solve was to find a way to recognize the contributions of people who are not developers or package maintainers05:06
makoand to enfranchise them within the governnance system05:06
sabdfland recognises that there are lots of ways people participate, and gives those people a voice05:06
makothe document will do a better job than what t i can type now05:06
makobut the basic idea is that we have members who are recognized by this body05:06
makoand they will be able to confirm new members of the CC05:07
makoand they should have contributed meaningful to the community05:07
makobut they do not need to be package maintainers05:07
makothe rest of the system is basically the same as before05:07
Kamionprocedurally, as I understand it, this means we approve members and then pass them to the TB for technical approval if they want to go one step further up; this reads as a codification of what we've been informally doing up to now05:07
makoexcept that maintainer is now a purely technical distinction05:07
makoKamion: i'd prefer to think of it as a lateral step, but yes :)05:08
Kamioneither way :)05:08
sabdflalso clarifies the distinction between committer and maintainer05:08
makoKamion: it was unclear what to do with non-technical applicants in the past05:08
makoright05:08
sabdfland allows for commit rights to be given on specific components or packages05:08
makoas a result, we have a couple people on the agenda for today who are applying for member status in the community but who are not currently pursuing TB approval to upload05:09
sabdflmako: i think we should write this up as a formal doc and have it approved by the cc05:09
makoand these are connected to thehe country teams as well05:09
makosabdfl: and then move it into the website governance page/pages05:09
makoyeah, that sounds ideal.. i think that doc provides most of what we need05:10
sabdflwe can get going right away with new members, on the basis that the cc were all there05:10
makosabdfl: i'll have that ready for the next CC meeting05:10
sabdflmako: great, thanks!05:10
sabdflany initial comments from folks who were not at the mataro sessions?05:10
makoit's also worth mentioning that there was some good work done on mentoring processes by Chris Haas05:11
makowho is going to be helping out with a mentoring system for ubuntu.. really great work05:11
sabdflyes05:11
sabdflfolks who are keen to become committers or maintainers would benefit greatly from spending some time with ChrisH05:12
sabdflalso, we agreed to review very quickly any proposed packages from new maintainer candidates05:12
ChrisHYou are all invited for a pizza. ;)05:12
KamionI'm particularly glad to see that because it will mean that much of the mentoring process doesn't have to start with Canonical staff who are already heavily committed in many cases05:12
sabdflbut the actual detailed back and forth to get a package up to scratch if it isn't right first time is best handled by the mentoring process05:12
TreenaksChrisH: where? :)05:12
Kamionproposed packages> was it within two days or so?05:13
sabdfltwo working, i think05:13
sabdflmako, could you document the process on that front as well too please?05:13
KamionI think we should agree to at least get back to them with feedback within that time; there'll be cases of very large packages which take a long time to review05:13
sabdflwe'll need some sort of workflow to track that commitment05:13
Kamionthe key is to not leave people stalled during the review process05:13
makosabdfl: yes, of course05:14
sabdflagreed05:14
sabdflany other comments on the new maintainer process?05:14
makonot right now05:15
makoi'll send the draft to -devel05:16
sivangwe just need some good, accessible docs for it I guess05:16
makoso we can take discussion onto the lists05:16
sabdflgood idea05:16
makolet move on05:16
makosmurfix: you're up05:16
sabdfldo we have any members up for approval?05:16
makosmurfix: only connected to doc team work05:17
sivangand country teams :)05:17
makosabdfl: ^^^05:17
makoi meant country teams05:17
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sabdflright05:17
smurfixSo, back to country teams, as those who are on the CC agenda today want to become team leaders ;-)05:17
makotwo thinkos05:17
Treenakssmurfix: yes05:18
Kamionlooks like Treenaks and sivang are both up for membership approval?05:18
smurfixMany of the country teams basically organized themselves -- we want to take advantage of that, recognize their contributions, and make that a more integrated part of Ubuntu05:18
TreenaksKamion: right05:18
smurfixThe technical side of "what we want from the country team" is on the CountryTeams wiki page05:18
Kamionthe NM bof notes equate Ubuntite with activist, so that may not be the best term for use on the agenda05:19
makoKamion: i changed it05:19
smurfixbasically, IRC and mailing list and maybe a forum and whatnot05:19
makoreload05:19
Kamionmako: aha, thanks05:19
sabdflcan we agree on Ubuntite?05:19
sabdfloh, there's a zillion typos waiting to happen there...05:20
KamionI think my main concern for country teams is that there should be somebody responsible for liaising with the primarily English-speaking development community as necessary05:20
makosabdfl: nothing we aren't used to :)05:20
Kamionwe can follow ubuntu-users (mostly ...), but generally not ubuntu-nl etc.05:20
smurfixalso it might make sense for Ubuntu to have a common second-level domain names if at all possible05:20
makoKamion: oh, good idea!05:20
sabdflwe could do nl.ubuntulinux.org etc very easily05:21
makoKamion: we can have them send summaries to be included in traffic!05:21
Kamionthat would be good05:21
sabdflbut i think it's more effective to have domains that match standard practice in that country05:21
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TreenaksKamion: in what way? for "localization needs"?05:21
sivangwhy not having localized ubuntu domains?05:21
sabdflmako: great idea05:21
makothat would be *great*05:21
smurfixwhich the team leaders can help orgainze, though happily I co-own an ISP which does international domain registrations *grin*05:21
sivangsabdfl: I have already started doing that :) as of my conversation with lu from last week.05:21
KamionTreenaks: users frequently report bugs on the users mailing list05:21
smurfixyou all type way too fast for me ;-)05:22
TreenaksKamion: oh stuff like that.. yeah forwarding/translating those would be an idea :)05:22
smurfixwe might want to make that Wiki list-of-stuff a more integral part of the site later; for now I've started the CountryTeamList page ten minutes ago05:22
sabdflalso, to help coordinate the migration of code into the main distro, like input methods and font decisions etc05:22
smurfixsabdfl: that too, yes05:23
sivangsabdfl: the thing is, we need to see what std. form those localized sites can take, if to follow the main layout of ulinux.org etc, or have their own layout at the moment.05:23
Kamionand to act as points of contact on geopolitical issues05:23
Kamionalthough sometimes external observers may be less biased; it depends05:23
sabdfli think we want to be as empowering as possible05:24
makothere are tons of things that the team can do05:24
sabdflwhich means offer people the use fo the official artwork and css if they want, but also let them to anything else if they think it suits their community better05:24
Kamionagreed05:24
makobut if it's only to provide an interface between existing ubuntu community and the rest of the project, it's owrthwhile05:24
sabdflKamion: hot button :-)05:24
smurfixMy list of the social part of the country team leader's responsibility so far:05:24
makoi think we can think pretty big.. each team will be different05:25
smurfix- be visible in the local community, of course ;-)05:25
Kamionsabdfl: indeed - an important one for many countries though05:25
smurfix- keep a list of regional contacts05:25
smurfix- remind people of / enforce the CoC if necessary05:25
sivangsmurfix: CoC = ?05:25
Kamioncode of conduct05:25
TreenaksCode of Conduct05:25
sivangeh05:25
sivang:005:25
sivang:)05:25
sabdfli'd like the country teams to have a high visibility on our home page05:26
sabdflwe thought of flags, but that can be too divisive05:26
makosabdfl:  a map?05:26
sabdfland we may have to refer to the teams as "regional teams" rather than country teams05:26
sivangsabdfl: maybe a special section for the country team, like "Ubuntu in your country,lang etc"05:26
smurfixthe other stuff on my llist has already been mentioned while I was busy typing ;-)05:26
sivang*teams05:26
Kamionflags *definitely* best avoided05:26
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Kamionlikewise maps indicating country borders; you can go to jail in some countries for that (!)05:27
Treenakssabdfl: yes, I notice lots of Flemish people (who also speak Dutch) come to the Dutch support05:27
Treenakssabdfl: so it's more a language thing than a country thing for me05:27
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sabdfllithping ever thinth?05:27
smurfixTreenaks: the distinction between these two isna't always readily apparent05:28
smurfixisn't05:28
Treenakssmurfix: true..05:28
makoi think we can push this convesation to the lists or put it on hold until afterwards05:28
makoi think mark's suggestion to have good visible on the website is a good idea05:28
makowe just need to iron out how to do it correctly05:29
sabdflok, but let's at least publically thank the guys who have stepped up so far05:29
smurfixanyway, that's it from me, for now.05:29
sabdfland invite them to have a say in ubuntu as members05:29
makowe can do that05:29
makoit's even on the agenda :)05:29
sabdflis niels around?05:29
Treenakswho is he on irc?05:30
makoi don't know his nick05:30
makodoes anyone know Niels Kjller Hansen's nick?05:30
sabdflnope05:30
sabdflhe doesn't have a wiki page05:30
makothen we can defer that decision unitl the next kmeeting05:31
makoi think both sivang and Treenaks should be uncontroversial :)05:31
TreenaksWhee :)05:31
sabdflkamion?05:31
sivangyey! :)05:32
makosivang and Treenaks were both at the conference and did good work there and both have been active in trying to help define what a country team is through planning and example05:32
Kamionsabdfl: I don't, sorry05:33
sabdflKamion: que?05:33
Kamionneils' nick05:33
sabdflah05:33
Kamionniels, sorry05:33
sivanghehe05:34
makocan we confirm them?05:34
sabdfli was just checking if you were also happy with treenaks and sivang05:34
makoor are thehere more questions?05:34
=== mako is happy confirming both
Kamionoh, yes, I met them both and I'm fine with both05:34
sabdfli'm thrilled with both of their contributions too05:34
sabdflwelcome aboard, both of you05:34
Treenaksthanks05:34
sivangsabdfl: thank you!05:34
sivangthanks all05:34
smurfixsivang, Treenaks: could you update the draft list at CountryTeamList? (Though not at the same time please ;-)05:34
sivangsmurfix: sure thing05:34
makoTreenaks, sivang: you have the privledge/difficulty of defining the rules of this as you go :)05:35
Treenaksmako: cool :)05:35
sivang:)05:35
makoyou should stay in touch withs smurfix and myself who can bring your experience into best practices for groups that come after you :)05:35
sabdflsmurfix: would you like to play a more general role in the country teams?05:35
sabdfldid you take this one on?05:35
smurfixsabdfl: dure05:36
makosabdfl: he did at the marketing meeting05:36
smurfixsure05:36
sabdflok, let's document that on the wiki and site05:36
makosmurfix: i mean, i don't want to speak for you :)05:36
sabdflyes, i recall, was just looking for the bof notes :-)05:36
sabdflthis is a very exciting step05:36
smurfixsabdfl: I'll update the pages as appropriate over the next couple days05:36
sabdflwe set a high goal: 50 countries for Hoary, right?05:36
sabdflmako: i think this warrants a mail to -devel and -users as well05:37
smurfixsabdfl: right.05:37
makosabdfl: at least05:37
sabdfli'd rather concentrate things there than -announce for the moment05:37
makosmurfix: lets work together to get announcment out by the end of thehe week05:37
sabdflbecause we want it to reach people who are active05:37
Treenakssmurfix: updated05:38
makother eis also -news05:38
makoi think we've fallen off the end of the agenda05:39
smurfixmako: Can you write a first draft?05:39
sabdfllet's stick to -devel and -users for the moment05:39
makosmurfix: sure..05:39
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makospeaking of...05:40
makoTB meeitng next week?05:40
smurfixsivang: ping me when you're done editing the list page ?05:40
makosabdfl: postponed?05:40
sivangsmurfix: k05:40
sabdflmako: yes, i think so, can check with mdz later05:40
makosabdfl: alright.. we shoudl make an announcment05:40
makosabdfl: if it is postponed05:40
sabdflok, and update the wiki page05:41
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sabdfli'll update the wiki agenda pages now05:41
sabdflany other business?05:41
makothat's all i have now05:41
Kamionnothing from me05:41
sivangsec05:41
makojan 4 same time05:41
sabdflsivang had a last question, worth mentioning here05:41
mako?05:41
makogo ahead05:42
sivangWhat about localized websites? What if a country team cannot provide the hosting himself? will canonical be in help of that?05:42
sabdflwhat sorts of things could help?05:42
Kamiondo we have sufficient plone suport for that?05:42
Kamion"support"05:42
sabdflnot easily05:42
sabdflplone is sort of all or nothing05:43
Treenaksstuff like automatic browser language detection?05:43
sabdflhmm... yes i tihnk it does that05:43
makothere are two ways of handlin this05:43
sabdflso we can have pages in the main site that are translated, and served correctly05:43
ChrisHI remember someone in Mataro said it would be possible to provide the same pages (of www.ubuntulinux.org) in different languages.05:43
Kamionwas thinking more of being able to store the localised version of a page with the English one05:43
makojane and lulu and i talked at the conference about getting someone to handle website improvements and such05:43
makothis sort of thing would be on the top of the list05:43
Kamionrather than just kludging _nl onto the end of every page :)05:43
sivangI was speaking, could we get webspace over a cnonical server? :) or firms which we can interest in supporting ubuntu in that way?05:44
TreenaksKamion: that'd suck :)05:44
smurfixI can setup something on my hosted machine for people who need a place for hosting05:44
sabdflwe could also sponsor a web server for those country teams that need one, with virtual hosts for them05:44
makocurrently, folks just have translated pages in wikis and on their ownm servers05:44
TreenaksKamion: the tacking-on-_nl thing05:44
sivangsabdfl: my thought exactly :)05:44
makosabdfl: might be nice05:44
KamionTreenaks: indeed05:44
sabdflit would have limited shell support i imagine, but be good enough for website hosting05:44
ChrisHLet's keep the localised versions on the same server. No use to have a seperat server on the internet for each lang.05:44
makosabdfl: but almost all i've seen had php05:44
Kamionmako: problem with that is that they get out of date trivially05:44
Kamiontranslation tracking is just as important as a one-shot effort05:44
makowhich doesn't go over well with thom :)05:44
makoKamion: yes, of course05:45
sabdfli tihnk some critical docs need to be translated on the main server05:45
sabdfllike CoC05:45
makoi think a plone based solution makes  sthe most sense05:45
sivangwe should see if we can have rosetta support web site translations :)05:45
sabdfland governance docs, nm docs etc05:45
TreenaksKamion: changes-mail, like the wiki does when you "subscribe" to a page?05:45
sabdflbut much of the local community stuff can best be hosted on a country-team website05:45
sabdfllike, when people are meeting up, and where05:45
smurfixsabdfl: exactly05:45
smurfixif people need space for that they can talk to me05:46
smurfixsince they're going to talk to me anyway ;-)05:46
sabdflsmurfix: that's very kind of you05:46
smurfixsabdfl: don't worry, you'll get a bill for it ;-)  ;-)05:46
Treenaksoh, we're having a -nl dinner/keysigning some time in January -- if anyone's near Utrecht then, they're welcome to join05:46
sivangwe'll start with that and see how this scales?05:46
makosmurfix: alright.. perhaps we can trust some sort of short terms solution to the planning for the counry teams05:46
sabdflif it turns into a lot of work we can rent space on a commercial basis somewhere for the teams05:46
sivangsmurfix: do you have plone already installed? or moin moin? :)05:47
smurfixsabdfl: I don't expect it will -- I'l speak up if it's going to be a problem.05:47
sabdflok guys, let's wrap up05:47
makosivang: good point though.. we definitely know it's a problem05:47
smurfixsivang: moin, yes. Plone not yet05:47
makoalright05:48
makoJan 4, 1600?05:48
makoUTC?05:48
smurfixsivang: I expect the stuff that needs plone to be located on the main site anyway05:48
sabdflmako: tb?05:48
makothat would be the currently scheduled CC meeting if we wait two weeks05:48
makoif we just want to pretend like next week doesn't happen05:48
sivangsmurfix: ah ok, I just wanted to .il one to have consistent look with the main one.05:48
makothe next meeting would be in three weeks  son the 11th05:48
smurfixmako: that makes sense05:49
makoi tend to think that 2 weeks is a good interval but since one week will be holidays for many people, the 11th would work05:49
sabdflok, tb on jan 4th05:49
sabdflthanks everybody05:50
makosee you next year :)05:50
Treenaks:)05:50
Kamiongood 2004, guys05:50
sivanghappy new year everybody :)05:50
sabdflhave a great festive season all05:50
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jordiheh05:50
sabdflyes, well done on this first year05:50
sabdflcheers all05:50
makochhers05:50
sivangcheers05:50
Treenakscheers05:50
=== jordi refuses to say cheers.
=== mako will send a summary to the lists tomorrow probably
mvocheers05:51
Treenaksjordi: say "\o/\o/\o/"05:51
sivangwhat woudl jdub say? :)05:51
makoPANTS OFF05:51
sivangheheh05:51
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sivangin spanish05:51
Treenaksok05:51
Treenakstime to catch my bus home05:51
Treenaksback in ~1.5 hours05:51
makosivang: "estoy buscando mi patalonis"05:51
sivangmako: exactly !05:52
jordiestic cercant els meus pantalons!05:52
jordidudes, you gotta pick the Catalan trends.05:52
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jordihmm. wtf.09:35
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