[10:15] <gerr1> morning all 
[10:28] <SteveA_> gerr1: I saw an ubuntu server ad on slashdot today
[10:35] <gerr1> you did??
[10:35] <gerr1> great - i just sent the youtube links to the marketing mailing list
[10:39] <SteveA_> youtube?
[10:39] <SteveA_> I took a screenshot if you want it
[10:41] <gerr1> send it through. yeah youtube.
[10:42] <SteveA_> sent
[11:02] <popey> gerr1: are we okay to embed those videos in our blogs?
[11:05] <popey> http://digg.com/videos/educational/Ubuntu_Server_Trouble_Free_adverts dugg
[11:23] <gerr1> popey: please do 
[11:40] <popey> done :)
[20:37] <MitchM> jenda: ping
[21:13] <DPic> Hello, I'm new. I think i'll be joining this team :) My name's Danny Piccirillo from the Ubuntu Massachusetts Team www.ubuntu-ma.us and i am an Ubuntu member. I've done most of the work on my team's wiki and i hope i can help out here
[21:17] <somerville32> DPic, Welcome :)
[21:17] <desertc> Been following that Open Document Format initiative in your state's government?
[21:19] <DPic> Didn't it die? I thought Microsoft won the battle :(
[21:20] <desertc> Yes, I believe you are correct.  I was wondering if there was anything new, since FSF is being very vocal about the ODF.
[21:21] <desertc> I've been researching the conclusion of that fiasco today, and it is clear to me that Ubuntu - and all desktop operating systems - need to consider integrated accessibility features.
[21:22] <desertc> From what I understand, the handicap advocacy groups would not accept that ODF did not have applications that supported accessibility features, like MS Office.  They are a powerful group, and, really, technologists do not consider them enough.  (ex: Video playback)
[21:23] <desertc> DPic: Anyway, welcome to the team.  Your announcement of the Massachusetts team reminded me of the research I was doing today.  Cheers.
[21:26] <DPic> http://devalpatrick.com/issue/computingfreedom
[21:27] <DPic> That's something that was posted to the MA governor's site and we're trying to gain support for them
[21:35] <desertc> Thanks for the link.
[21:36] <desertc> It would be very appropriate for state governments to fund open source projects to provide this functionality.  I wonder if an initiative like that could be undertaken.
[21:37] <desertc> OSS lends itself to be contributed through many sources (state governments) for a common goal (accessibility).  One of those things that makes so much sense that you get the feeling it will never happen, though.