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JDCarrollIs this the motu meeting?05:01
persiaJDCarroll: Why so it is.  Thanks for the reminder.05:03
JDCarrollThis is my first one. I didn't know if they start on time or what.05:04
persiaJDCarroll: They usually do, although this one was poorly organised.  Reviewing the minutes, it appears that this is my fault.05:05
* ajmitch is around, but not really awake05:06
persiaRight.  So, welcome to the MOTU Meeting.  Who's here?05:06
JDCarrollI am, but you kinda knew that.05:06
* Hobbsee is, ish05:07
* RAOF is.05:08
* ScottK too.05:08
persiaSo, let's get started then.05:08
persiaThe agenda for the meeting is posted at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MOTU/Meetings05:09
persiaFirst up: ScottK05:09
ScottKCrap.  I've been tricked.05:09
ajmitchheh05:09
ScottKWho all is here?05:10
persiaRespondees to attendance roll were JDCarroll, Hobbsee, RAOF, ajmitch, and ScottK05:10
ScottKOK.  So did all of you see my proposal on this (sent to the MOTU list)?05:11
ScottKhttps://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-motu/2008-June/004060.html05:11
RAOFYes.  This seems like a good idea in theory, but "rough consensus" seems a bit vague.  Is it possible to define more precisely?05:12
ScottKNot really.05:12
ScottKIt's not a specific number.05:13
crimsun_precisely because the baseline for rough consensus simply is a degenerate form of the current practice.05:13
ScottKThe idea is to keep working until you get something that most people are OK with.05:13
ScottKcrimsun_: I disagree with degenerate.  I think it's better.05:13
ScottKI think voting on everything is problematic.05:14
crimsun_I don't think you'd be worried about the worst case here; it seems the average case is better with rough consensus.05:14
ScottKRough consensus could also be described as 'almost everybody'.05:14
RAOFRight.  And we'll be using essentially an assumed-OK position (ie: not-OKness is determined by objections, not lack of OKness)?05:15
ScottKSomething like that.05:16
RAOFI'm happy with that.  I think that corresponds to the way motu@ is working.05:17
persiaI think it encourages taking initiative, but worry that it may delay decision in some cases.05:18
crimsun_legitimate worry to which I alluded.  On the whole, it seems better than the current scheme.05:19
ScottKIt gives everyone a chance to get their view heard without limits due to timezones too.05:20
ScottKAny more discussion?05:21
persiawgrant pointed out possible bootstrapping issues of this proposal the day it was sent.05:22
persiaI can't speak for him directly, but I wonder if others have an opinion on that: given the current discussion of decision making processes, how should the decision to change the decision making process be taken?05:23
ScottKThe only way it can be taken is by using the existing process.05:23
ScottKMy thought was to vote and then mail the MOTU list and ask for objections.05:23
ScottKThus doing an abbreviated form of the new process.05:23
persiaWhich would be the new process :)05:23
persiaI'd like to propose instead that rather than consider whether this is a good model forever and more, we decide whether we should use this model for the next two MOTU Meetings, with the ability to retain it permanently at one of those meetings if the process is found good.05:24
ScottKHow about revert to the old process if it's found to be bad?05:25
ScottKSame idea, but different default.05:25
persiaI tend to be conservative, with default being current.  Anyone else have a preference for one default over the other in terms of the decision we make today, or would prefer a different process to change the decision making process?05:26
Hobbseei would have thought that if there hadn't been much objection on the mailing list so far, the MC could make a decision that it was switched, based on the general consensus05:27
persiaSpeaking personally, I'd much rather it be an MOTU decision than an MC decision.05:28
ScottKGenerally MC is the executer of policy, not the maker of it.05:28
ScottKMC gets to step in to break deadlocks, but that's about it.05:28
ScottKAll power from the people!!!05:28
Hobbseeor that you just go with the general consensus05:28
persiaWell, MC doesn't execute everything: more about handling applications and disputes.05:28
ScottKpersia: Yes, but if MOTU as a body asked MC to take on an additional duty, it would be in scope for them to do so.05:29
persiaScottK: I suppose so, but we're off topic.05:29
ScottKNo one really objected, so I'd like to have a vote and move on.05:29
Hobbseeeither way, voting seems to be the old protocol, so we could just hold a vote, and bang, it's done, as it's already had it's talk on the ML.05:29
* Hobbsee puts in a +105:29
persiaI don't really like votes: we've had lots of non-vote decisions in the meeting.05:29
persiaInstead I'll ask: are there any opposed to trialing the new process?05:30
ScottKI'd like to just switch.05:30
ScottKBut a trial is better than nothing.05:30
crimsun_so as long as the rough consensus is present, then trial it?05:31
ScottKFine.05:31
persiacrimsun_: Roughly.  We've had votes in MOTU Meetings, but often also used consensus amoung MOTU Meeting attendees as a decision criteria, which I've always preferred.05:31
persiaThis is especially more interesting when there seems to be so little opposition.05:32
Hobbseewhich i suspect we've got both of, yes.05:32
persiaOK.  Anything else about MOTU Decision Making process?05:32
ajmitchpersia: apathy wins on the day05:33
persiaOK.  Moving on: Does anyone have any other items they wish to raise at today's meeting?05:33
RAOFWhat is the actual process, post-DIF for merges?05:34
persiaI'm personally in favour of either ignoring the "Freeze" as something needing exception or using the Hardy process.  No decision has been forthcoming from the Release Manager.05:34
persiaThat said, we ought get the rest of the merges done, and work on integration.05:35
RAOFYes.05:35
* ajmitch always thought DIF was more of a guideline than a freeze05:36
* ScottK suggests it doesn't mean anything other than autosync is turned off and some merges are now late.05:36
ajmitchthat's pretty much what it's been in the past05:36
* RAOF share's ScottK's impression.05:36
ScottKNote that since we don't have a rule that the last uploader owns a merge, no one is actually responsible for being late.05:36
persiaRight.  Does anyone feel constrained by DIF, or a need to constrain others?05:36
ScottKNo.05:37
RAOFNo.05:37
persiaExcellent then.  Any other items?05:37
JDCarrollI'm an aspiring MOTU and just wanted to say 'Hi'05:38
JDCarroll'Hi'05:38
ScottKHello JDCarroll05:38
RAOFJDCarroll: Hi.05:38
crimsun_hello, have fun!05:38
RAOFWelcome to a fairly typical MOTU meeting :)05:39
persiaNext up: The next MOTU Meeting will be 11th July 12:00 UTC.  Could someone who remembers to send out announcements please volunteer to do so?05:39
persiaRight.  I'll try again, but encourage anyone who notices the mail failing to be sent to do so, in case I forget again.05:41
RAOFThanks.05:41
* ScottK hands persia cron.05:41
persiaAny volunteers to write up the minutes for today?05:41
ScottK;-)05:41
persiaScottK: Would you, as your topic was the most discussed?05:43
ScottKpersia: Actually I think that makes me a poor candidate as I'm not neutral.05:43
ScottKPlus a suck at meeting minutes.05:43
ScottKa/I05:43
Hobbseepersia: from what i've heard from the RM, the "freeze" is an incorrectly termed thing - people are supposed to think about if their changes are appropriate, but are to do that anyway.05:44
Hobbseeie, there is no change apart from teh autosync being off05:44
Hobbsee(sorry, was afk for that bit)05:44
persiaHobbsee: Right, there's been a fair bit of informal direction, just nothing clear.  I'm hoping something gets written down in the RM procedure to avoid a repetition of the confusion for intrepid+1.05:44
persiaHobbsee: And as a bonus, you get the minutes :)05:45
ajmitchHobbsee: congratulations05:45
Hobbseeoh, fudge.05:45
Hobbseewell, that's a great way to ensure that the minutes won't get done :P05:45
ajmitch"Stuff was said, I think. Noone really objected"05:45
* persia has supreme confidence in Hobbsee's get-it-done-ness05:45
persiaOK.  Thanks everyone for coming to the MOTU Meeting.  Remember to pre-announce your discussion items on the Mailing List for next week.05:46
persiaScottK: Would you update https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MOTU/Meetings to have the right guidance to use this process?05:46
ScottKYes.  Probably sometime this weekend.  Feel free to ping me if it's not done on Monday.05:47
persiaScottK: Thanks.05:48
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huatsporthose: ping21:03
huatsthere I am21:03
porthosehuats: pong21:03
huatsI am christophe21:03
porthosecharlie21:03
huatsnice to meet you21:03
porthoseyou to looks like we are missing a few21:03
huatsstill waiting for nxvl and norsetto21:04
porthosedid you make contact with all the MOTU's? I managed to email everyone on the "status" list and have actually got two answers back21:05
huatsoh no21:07
huatsI haven't started yet21:07
huatsbut I know most of them21:08
huatsit might help21:08
huatsI will contact them in the we21:08
porthoseStefano Forenza (tacone) and Hanno Stock (hefe_bia) have expressed that they are still very much interested21:08
huatsok21:09
huatsgreat21:09
huatsI haven't understand which motus have you contacted ?21:11
huatsimbrandon (*)21:11
huatsslomo21:11
huatsraphink21:11
huatsseb128 (*)21:11
huatsogra21:11
huatsmvo (*)21:11
huatsjr (*)21:11
huatsjcorbier21:11
huatsbluekuja (most probably he left the community)21:11
huatsjpatrick (*)21:11
huats(which is the list of inactive motus cesare send)21:11
huatsor another list ?21:12
porthoseYea I think cesare wanted those  motus contacted to see if the are still interested in mentoring21:12
huatssure21:12
huatsbut did you contact them21:12
huatsor is it the list I should contact ?21:13
porthoseNo I didn't I just worked on the status list21:13
huatsok21:13
norsettoholy $deity21:16
norsettomy apologies, I had another meeting which lasted more than I thought21:16
porthosenp take a breath and get organized21:17
norsettonp, lets start21:18
norsettook, so I guess you have seen my email, and started working on it already21:18
huatsnorsetto: the meeting warrior21:18
porthoseyep21:18
norsettoI've seen huats is taking care of mentors and porthose of contributors21:18
huatsI could'nt contact the MOTUs so far21:19
porthoseso far I have gotten 4 responses from the status list21:19
huatsbut I will do by the we21:19
norsettohuats: ok21:19
norsettohuats: I think we really have to understand if they are willing to continue or not21:19
huatsnorsetto: sure21:20
huatsI was planning to contact them by the WE21:20
huats...21:20
* ogra would surely be willing, but like the other canonical employees on that list is swamped in work 21:20
huatsit is clearly necessary21:20
norsettoogra: yeah, we all are21:20
ograright21:20
huatsthanks ogra21:21
norsettoogra: I don't think mentoring is such an heavy activity though, its more beng there if it is needed21:21
norsettoogra: that also depends very much on the mentee, I think its a good idea to clarify from the very beginning how one wants to do it21:22
ogranorsetto, well, its also handlig , mail traffic (i get between 3-600 mails/day) and am currntly in my 12th working hour for today21:22
ograit just adds up to the usual stuff and is the first thing i let fall over for higher prio things like fixing SRU bugs for example ...21:23
ograi know thats evil, but thats how it is ... doent really make me feel comfortable21:24
ogra*doesnt21:24
norsettoogra: anyhow, what little we can do is anyhow appreciated, we really need to get more contributors, and more active contributors, exactly for these very reasons21:25
ograright, thats why i didnt ask to be removed from that list, i'm generally willing to help out21:25
norsettoogra: I'm glad we can have this talk, and I'm even more glad to know that I can count on you :-)21:26
norsettoporthose: you were mentioning you got feedback from 4 contributors already?21:27
porthoseYea let me dig up there names21:27
porthosebobby, lexen, hannon and tacone have said that they are still interested21:28
norsettodo you know if they have been active? I have seen tacone but not the others21:30
porthosetacone=stefano21:30
porthoseHanno is in school and will not be avaiable for about 3 weed untill finals are over21:31
porthose*weeks21:31
porthoseThe other did not give any info21:31
porthose*others21:32
norsettook, now do you think you can take care of coupling them with available mentors?21:32
porthosesure I'll give it a try21:33
norsettoin general, try to avoid coupling mentors and mentee of the same mother tongue, we want to help integration in the international community21:33
porthoseok21:34
norsettoit would also be advisable to have them as close as possible in the same time zone, so that they can coordinate easily on IRC21:34
huatsporthose: is there any menteeĀ²available ?21:34
norsettolastly, see if they have any particular interest, and try to couple them with mentors with the same interests21:35
porthosehow can I find out what the mentors interests are?21:35
norsettoits in the reception list we have on bzr21:35
norsettofor instance ogra prefer edubuntu people ;-)21:36
porthosegot a link?21:36
norsettoits in my email, let me fetch it again21:36
porthoseI can look it up21:36
norsettohttp://bazaar.launchpad.net/~motu-mentoring-reception/reception-data/main/annotate/norsetto%40ubuntu.com-20080626215124-121uzr6jn072gnil?file_id=reception.csv-20070522150041-lk3vm33dnskrzs2h-121:37
norsettoyou can find it in your code section, in LP21:38
porthoseOk cool21:38
huatsright now there is no MOTU I should contact online (or not responding on ping)21:38
* porthose looks21:38
norsettoporthose: you should also be able to upload, since you are in the team21:38
norsettoporthose: you can also check the LP and wiki pages of the mentors and mentee to get an idea21:39
porthosegood point didn't think about that21:39
norsettoonce you have suitable couples, just ask the mentor what he thinks about the mentee, give him all the info you have, if he agrees, just send an email to both and upload the change21:40
norsettoalso, pls. tell them to get you in the loop, and that you are available to help them to sort out things if need be21:41
norsettoporthose: if you want, you can ask huats and nxvl if they are willing to help you out, so that you can share the load21:41
huatsnorsetto: is there an email address for the mentor list ?21:42
huatssince it would be way better to ask people to write there21:42
norsettohuats: for the ubuntu-motu-mentor mailing list?21:42
huats(since it will help all of us to share the received emails)21:42
huatsnorsetto: I mean the reception team21:42
huatsus :)21:43
norsettoah, not, what we did in the past was to CC other members of the team, and make sure that they are in CC to received answers (or copy them ourselves)21:43
huatsok21:43
porthosemakes sense to me21:44
norsettowe keep the master record in bzr, so that we are all in sync21:44
huatsnorsetto: sure for the master in bzr21:44
norsettowhat we don't have is a central record of all contributors that are asking for a mentor, thats mainly for privacy reasons21:44
norsettoso far this was not a problem because the reception was mainly me, we have to see if this can become a problem, and eventually find ways to solve it21:45
huatsok21:46
norsettook, any questions so far?21:46
huatsan mail list non archived could be a good way to adress that21:46
huatsevery wanabee mentee send a mail to that list21:47
huatsand we all receive it...21:47
norsettohuats: good idea, where we are the only subscribers, do you think you could organise that?21:47
huatsI can make one on my own mail server21:48
huatsbut I think it should be doable in LP21:48
huatsit might be a good idea to ask any LP administrator21:48
huats:)21:48
huatslike mrevell21:48
norsettohuats: yes, we should use, if possible, the same system  as the other ubuntu m.l.21:48
huatsnorsetto: I think it is needed21:48
porthosehow can you tell if there are mentors available for mentee's21:49
norsettoporthose: from the reception list on bzr21:49
norsettohuats: ok, unless somebody oibjects I think you can be the administrator of the mentoring-reception m.l., once we have it we should make sure that wiki pages are updated with that info21:50
huatsok21:50
norsettohuats: and also the LP mentoring pages21:51
huatsbut you could have been it too (privilege of the age and the experience)21:51
norsettowhich brings me to the final issue, we should really update our wiki pages21:51
huatssure21:51
norsettohow do you guys see them?21:52
norsettoporthose: did I answer your question?21:52
porthoseI thought they were pretty informative21:52
porthoseyea21:52
norsettoporthose: any problem you think we should correct? missing info?21:53
porthoseso if I am reading this correctly there are several mentors available for mentee's21:53
norsettoporthose: right now yes, for the first time ever!!!21:53
porthosewill have to get my work flow down before I can figure out if there is any info missing21:54
norsettoonce we update the list with the latest info from huats, we should even be in a better state, at soime point in time he had like 5 request per month and no mentor available21:56
huatsok21:57
huatsI will contact mrevell on monday21:57
huatsand the MOTUs I should contact21:57
huatsI'll let you all know as soon it is done21:57
norsettohuats: ok, also, once we have some info about the missing contributors, please update the reception list on bzr21:58
norsettohuats: sorry, I meant mentors, not contributors21:58
huatsnorsetto: sure21:59
huats:)21:59
huatsI understood21:59
huatsI will21:59
norsettook, I think we covered all the topics I wanted to cover21:59
norsettoplease, let me know if you need any help, I'm more than available to help you in any way I can22:00
norsettoI also think we should have this kind of discussion once in a while, what do you think?22:00
porthoseyes22:00
norsettoI would say once a month, or do you think we should have it more often?22:01
porthosesounds good to me22:01
norsettohuats?22:02
huats+122:02
huats:)22:02
norsettook, I will recap this and send an email to all of you for the record22:02
huatsgreat22:03
porthosecool22:03
norsettoany other question?22:03
porthosewell looks like it's time to get to work hehe :)22:03
norsettookki dokki then, thanks guys, its GREAT to have you onboard :-)22:04
porthoseglad to help22:04
huatsthanks for having done such a good job norsetto22:04
huatsok22:23
huatsI have to leave22:23
huatssee you soon all22:23
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