[01:05] <WastePotato> :/
[01:06] <persia> jcastro, Could you update the topic to point to a more general classroom schedule?
[01:07] <persia> pleia2, Do you know of a good URL to use for that?
[01:07] <pleia2> yeah, wiki.ubuntu.com/Classroom
[01:07] <pleia2> I can snag the old topic, sec
[01:09] <persia> The Schedule there probably needs updating too :)  I'm guessing DeveloperWeek is in March?
[01:09] <persia> Jaunty MOTU School curriculum hasn't been established yet.
[01:10] <pleia2> yeah, updating the wiki page is on my todo list :(
[01:10] <persia> Who's organising the user-training sessions for Jaunty?
[01:10] <pleia2> user-training sessions?
[01:10] <persia> Or rather, for Intrepid, as user-training is typically based on current-stable :)
[01:11] <pleia2> the Classroom project itself unfortunately doesn't have anything planned
[01:11] <pleia2> right now this channel is primarily used for open week, developers week, and motu school
[01:11] <pleia2> trying to get user training courses up again, but I've been busy and we lost of a few key team members
[01:12] <persia> Do you already have someone in charge of organising the curriculum?
[01:12] <pleia2> nope
[01:12] <pleia2> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Classroom/Volunteer
[01:13] <persia> Right.  Thanks for the status update :)
[01:13] <pleia2> welcome
[01:26] <PrivateVoid> hey pleia2 how are you?
[01:26] <pleia2> PrivateVoid: doing pretty good :) you?
[01:26]  * pleia2 just recently moved, still settling in
[01:26] <PrivateVoid> I am good... been a while since I have seen this room go 'red'
[01:26] <pleia2> hehe
[01:26] <pleia2> well there was Ubuntu Open Week all last week ;)
[01:26] <pleia2> but yeah, otherwise it's been quiet
[01:27] <PrivateVoid> I think the Beginners team will be looking to 'add' some stuff here eventually
[01:27] <pleia2> yeah, I've been talking to Rocket2DMn some about that
[01:27] <pleia2> we had lunch a few weeks ago :)
[01:27] <PrivateVoid> Cool... I do not think I am close enough to have lunch with you
[01:27] <pleia2> probably not
[01:27] <pleia2> he just moved into the area, I took it upon myself to introduce him to yummy local beer places
[01:28]  * pleia2 near Philadelphia
[01:28] <PrivateVoid> I am in Rochester, NY area
[01:28] <pleia2> I lived there once :)
[01:28] <PrivateVoid> cool...
[01:28] <PrivateVoid> where?
[01:28] <pleia2> my mother grew up just outside or Rochester, in Rome, I still have a lot of family there
[01:28] <pleia2> lived in Brockport for a while
[01:29] <PrivateVoid> Rome is more towards Syracuse... where I grew up
[01:29] <pleia2> Scottsville?? I think is where I lived last
[01:29] <PrivateVoid> Brockport and Scottsville is near Rochester
[01:29] <pleia2> yeah, scottsville
[01:29] <PrivateVoid> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BeginnersTeam/FocusGroups/Education
[01:29] <pleia2> and spent a couple years in Seneca Falls (that's about halfway between Rochester and Syracuse)
[01:30] <PrivateVoid> I am going to try to get that group going... have them run the courses in our area and then have them come in to here... or that is the plan
[01:30] <PrivateVoid> yeah Seneca Falls is half-way
[01:30] <pleia2> having them come here would be good
[01:30] <PrivateVoid> and used to have a weapons depot there with lots of 'white deer'
[01:30] <pleia2> part of what Classroom tries to achieve is have one centralized place in ubuntu for all irc classes
[01:30] <pleia2> so when it's announced on fridge, UWN, etc - everyone knows were to come :)
[01:31] <PrivateVoid> I want them to practice in the BT classroom... to get comfortable with the method of instruction
[01:31] <PrivateVoid> Cool...
[01:31] <pleia2> so MOTU School is here
[01:31] <PrivateVoid> do you guys recommend using any other tools beyond IRC for classes?
[01:31] <pleia2> when Ubuntu Women does classes, we host them here
[01:31] <PrivateVoid> I need to get better at development...
[01:31] <PrivateVoid> great
[01:32] <PrivateVoid> I think the BT classes are in here...
[01:32] <pleia2> in the past we haven't had people use many other tools, but sometimes people have wiki pages w/ screenshots and such
[01:32] <PrivateVoid> anyone ever try google docs or pastebin?
[01:32] <pleia2> I think pastebin might have been used in the past, but the trouble with that is they go away - logs of sessions lacking key access to google docs or missing pastebins are sad
[01:33] <pleia2> and frustrating :)
[01:33] <PrivateVoid> yeah... I would just want to use it for 'programming' courses -- problems and answers type thing
[01:33] <pleia2> would be worth discussing I think
[01:33] <PrivateVoid> yeah...
[01:34] <pleia2> I don't have any ideas off the top of my head, but I'm sure others would
[01:34] <PrivateVoid> I am knee deep in getting involved in the NY Loco right now and getting the Education group standing up
[01:34] <PrivateVoid> just redid the NY Loco wiki front page - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NewYorkTeam
[01:35] <pleia2> nice :) I've been talking to ausimage some
[01:35] <PrivateVoid> yeah ausimage is a good guy... I met him recently for the first time...
[01:35] <PrivateVoid> the scribs team is a great idea...
[01:36] <PrivateVoid> was he talking about running classes?
[01:36] <pleia2> nah, I was talking to him about loco teams
[01:36] <PrivateVoid> ah....
[01:36] <PrivateVoid> what about?
[01:36] <pleia2> I'm on the US Mentors team, such as it is these days :)
[01:36] <PrivateVoid> what is that?
[01:37] <pleia2> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/USTeams
[01:37] <pleia2> mostly we're just a resource for US Teams who need help
[01:38] <PrivateVoid> I see...
[01:38] <PrivateVoid> well I think we need help... a bit... to get us over the 'hump' to approval
[01:39] <PrivateVoid> but I am hoping that my enthusiasm has re-energized ausimage and brian...
[01:39]  * pleia2 nods
[01:39] <PrivateVoid> they seemed to be excited about things after I talked to them
[01:39] <pleia2> well you're welcome to join #ubuntu-us at any time if you run into anything you're not sure how to handle
[01:39] <pleia2> lots of helpful people there with ideas
[01:40] <PrivateVoid> I am trying to use my past 'gaming' experiences to assist with this process... I played two MMORPGs and built two guilds
[01:40] <pleia2> nice :)
[01:40] <PrivateVoid> both guilds ended up being some of the largest in the games
[01:40] <PrivateVoid> and the challenge of keeping people together in a LoCo appear to be similar in that in some cases face-to-face meetings will be near impossible or at best rare
[01:42] <pleia2> in pennsylvania we're all just very active on IRC
[01:42] <pleia2> our channel is rarely dead
[01:42] <PrivateVoid> thanks for the invite ti #ubuntu-us I will make sure to get it in place
[01:42] <pleia2> quite welcome :)
[01:42] <PrivateVoid> yeah... NYs channel was dead until recently
[01:42] <PrivateVoid> I need to get that place hopping
[01:42] <PrivateVoid> like the BT teams or Arizona's
[01:43]  * pleia2 nods
[01:43] <pleia2> I was in the beginners team channel for a while, I think I quit when I rebooted once.. oops
[01:44] <pleia2> I do want to strongly encourage using this channel rather than your own -classroom though :)
[01:44] <PrivateVoid> I also think, and told ausimage, that there are two main 'flow patterns' for a state LoCo
[01:44] <pleia2> don't worry too much about people practicing, most folks who give normal classes in the past really are just normal folks who know something they can share with others
[01:44] <PrivateVoid> upstream - helping to get NY Ubuntu users contributing to the global community
[01:45] <PrivateVoid> downstream - advocating for the use of Ubuntu to our local communities
[01:45]  * pleia2 nods
[01:45] <PrivateVoid> Cool... then I will plan on having the classes here... is there a system for reserving the time?
[01:46] <pleia2> just drop a note to the mailing list
[01:46] <pleia2> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/Ubuntu-classroom
[01:46] <pleia2> I'll update the wiki and let you know if there are any conflicts (not a risk right now, it's been pretty quiet of late, as you know!)
[01:47]  * pleia2 bumps updating of wiki in general to higher priority on todo list
[01:49] <PrivateVoid> subscribed
[01:50] <pleia2> :)
[11:47] <zinkeldonk> \help