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| doctormo | pleia2: When is the next meeting for ubuntu learning? | 03:58 |
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| pleia2 | doctormo: I'll finalize that now, sec | 03:59 |
| doctormo | I'm going to write a blog post about the status of the learning project. | 03:59 |
| pleia2 | Monday the 15th at 23:00 UTC | 04:01 |
| pleia2 | now if I can just figure out how to select and close that on the doodle poll, this darn interface :) | 04:01 |
| pleia2 | http://www.doodle.com/sftcqq8xzmdw3i6e | 04:02 |
| pleia2 | there we go, all official like | 04:02 |
| pleia2 | the poll says I can't make it then, but I can actually, my dates were just fuzzy outlines | 04:03 |
| pleia2 | s/dates/times | 04:03 |
| doctormo | pleia2: What's the status of the moodle site? | 04:04 |
| doctormo | pleia2: Branding? theme? content? published? (I'd interigate cprofit but he's not here) | 04:04 |
| pleia2 | we never got a theme | 04:04 |
| pleia2 | Vantrax: any update on that? | 04:04 |
| pleia2 | so far all we have is basic moodle functionality, we can add classes now if we want | 04:05 |
| pleia2 | but it's not pretty-designed/branded or anything | 04:05 |
| pleia2 | if someone wants to jump in I think that's an option | 04:07 |
| doctormo | pleia2: Do you have the agenda for the meeting? | 05:18 |
| pleia2 | doctormo: not really, nigel put something on but I don't have a solid plan aside from "catch up" | 05:19 |
| pleia2 | https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Learning/Agenda | 05:19 |
| AlanBell | pleia2: I would be interested in doing a moodle theme (Aubergine I presume) | 17:10 |
| pleia2 | AlanBell: great! | 17:13 |
| AlanBell | great, I am about to get on a train, but lets talk later about what you had in mind for it | 17:19 |
| pleia2 | ok :) | 17:21 |
| AlanBell | back now | 20:35 |
| mhall119|work | AlanBell: are you in the UK? | 20:37 |
| AlanBell | yup | 20:37 |
| mhall119|work | I just sent someone from #ubuntu over to you guys, jugglerbry | 20:37 |
| mhall119|work | he's trying to start giving away donated computers with Ubuntu | 20:38 |
| AlanBell | cool | 20:38 |
| AlanBell | can't see him in #ubuntu-uk right now | 20:38 |
| mhall119|work | he said he was going to jump in | 20:38 |
| mhall119|work | maybe he meant later... | 20:39 |
| mhall119|work | or maybe he didn't mean the IRC channel.. | 20:39 |
| AlanBell | this place does recycling on the south coast http://www.jamiescomputerclub.org.uk/home/home.php | 20:39 |
| AlanBell | but it would be great to have more organisations doing disposal/reuse of computers | 20:40 |
| mhall119|work | cool, yeah he mentioned needing to find a recycler | 20:41 |
| AlanBell | so where is the Moodle? what do you want the theme to be like? what content is going in the moodle? | 20:51 |
| === pleia2 changed the topic of #ubuntu-learning to: Ubuntu Community Learning Project | https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Learning | Next Meeting: March 15, 2010 @ 23:00 UTC | Support in #ubuntu | ||
| pleia2 | doctormo: good post | 22:31 |
| cprofitt | post? | 22:36 |
| pleia2 | cprofitt: he blogged about the project | 22:36 |
| cprofitt | url? | 22:36 |
| doctormo | hey cprofitt | 22:36 |
| cprofitt | hey doctormo | 22:37 |
| pleia2 | http://doctormo.ubuntu-ma.us/2010/03/11/ubuntu-learning-where-are-we/ | 22:38 |
| cprofitt | doctormo: can you do something for me? | 22:39 |
| cprofitt | given the two sites: | 22:39 |
| cprofitt | http://main.newyork-ubuntu.com/Main/HomePage | 22:39 |
| cprofitt | https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NewYorkTeam | 22:39 |
| cprofitt | review them both and tell me what you would do to improve the overall function of the two as a 'team' | 22:39 |
| cprofitt | pleia2: your thoughts would be welcome as well | 22:40 |
| cprofitt | I am trying to gather them to discuss the issue with ausimage | 22:40 |
| doctormo | cprofitt: You need to remove or move the community team text from your banner. it's hard to read. | 22:40 |
| cprofitt | and need the 'reflection' of others to ensure my thoughts are not just 'my own pet peves'. | 22:40 |
| cprofitt | in your 'review' could you specify which site each issue is with if it is a specific site | 22:41 |
| pleia2 | cprofitt: yikes, you have people sign up on LP and on the website? | 22:41 |
| cprofitt | exactly -- things like that | 22:41 |
| pleia2 | for PA our member list is just the LP list (since that has a map - if people want to disclose location) | 22:42 |
| cprofitt | and the sign-up on LP is goverened by ausimage getting an email from them | 22:42 |
| cprofitt | the emails to not go to any other officers | 22:42 |
| pleia2 | why not set it to a moderated team and have people apply? then any admin can approve | 22:42 |
| cprofitt | it is a moderated team | 22:42 |
| doctormo | We only encourage people to sign up to lp if they want to help out. | 22:42 |
| pleia2 | also in PA, our ubuntupennsylvania.org is *just* a blog with links to our other resources | 22:42 |
| doctormo | Normal folks should just join the mailing list. | 22:43 |
| cprofitt | but when I approved a person I was told NOT to do so unless ausimage had gotten an email with their details | 22:43 |
| pleia2 | well, we have a gallery and planet too | 22:43 |
| doctormo | cprofitt: We don't stop people joining at all, we have a time limit of about a year on each account. | 22:43 |
| * cprofitt nods | 22:43 | |
| cprofitt | so I am not crazy then | 22:43 |
| pleia2 | cprofitt: but signup on the website is instant? | 22:44 |
| cprofitt | I do not like the narrow and closed format to the process | 22:44 |
| cprofitt | pleia2: I believe so | 22:44 |
| cprofitt | since it requires all the information ausimage asks for | 22:44 |
| doctormo | cprofitt: It sounds a little crazy, if how you describe it is the requirement | 22:44 |
| cprofitt | he controle the website | 22:44 |
| cprofitt | I have 'pushed' a bit in the past... | 22:45 |
| cprofitt | but I really think I need to 'take the issue' on hand | 22:45 |
| cprofitt | head on | 22:45 |
| cprofitt | I meant to say | 22:45 |
| cprofitt | but I wanted a sanity check | 22:46 |
| doctormo | Although I can't tell how to join | 22:46 |
| cprofitt | I would prefer we allow people to join freely | 22:46 |
| cprofitt | and I would prefer the website be a funnel to the wiki | 22:46 |
| cprofitt | or at the very least avoid a duplication of content | 22:47 |
| cprofitt | pleia2: how long and how well do you know ausimage? | 22:48 |
| cprofitt | doctormo: nice post... | 22:48 |
| doctormo | cprofitt: Way back we used to restrict our joining process. | 22:49 |
| pleia2 | cprofitt: I doubt I know him better than you do | 22:50 |
| doctormo | cprofitt: But then at one meeting, Mako Hill made a very compelling case for not doing that. | 22:50 |
| * cprofitt nods to pleia2 | 22:50 | |
| doctormo | cprofitt: Although the wiki is a terrible place to put organisation content. | 22:50 |
| cprofitt | what do you mean by organization content? | 22:51 |
| cprofitt | things that do not change much -- like structure and by-laws? | 22:51 |
| pleia2 | cprofitt: this is the PA one: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PennsylvaniaTeam | 22:53 |
| cprofitt | looks good... | 22:54 |
| cprofitt | I like the wiki for NY State... | 22:54 |
| pleia2 | so we put our event info and planning stuff on there, meeting agendas | 22:54 |
| cprofitt | but the fact that our website if maintained by ausimage and does not have any of our 2010 events on it... | 22:55 |
| cprofitt | and the double joining process... | 22:55 |
| cprofitt | I just feel it confuses people. | 22:55 |
| pleia2 | it does | 22:55 |
| pleia2 | and confusion quickly leads to *give up* | 22:55 |
| cprofitt | yep | 22:56 |
| cprofitt | pleia2: would you be willing to mediate a discussion with aus and myself | 22:56 |
| cprofitt | if necessary | 22:56 |
| cprofitt | I respect what he has done... and want his continued cooperation | 22:56 |
| cprofitt | but with over a year of trying to be subtle with the issue I suspect a discussion could go sour | 22:57 |
| cprofitt | I would to avoid that... | 22:57 |
| pleia2 | yeah, I can do that | 22:57 |
| cprofitt | but having a 3rd party might help | 22:57 |
| cprofitt | especially one I know aus knows and respects | 22:57 |
| cprofitt | thanks | 22:57 |
| doctormo | cprofitt: pleia2 is turning into Diana Troy of Ubuntu. | 22:59 |
| pleia2 | cprofitt: we get a lot of people joining via the forums, so I made: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=509240 | 22:59 |
| pleia2 | lol | 22:59 |
| cprofitt | lol | 22:59 |
| cprofitt | pleai has a level head... | 22:59 |
| cprofitt | and playswell with others | 22:59 |
| cprofitt | http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=970127 | 23:00 |
| cprofitt | I did the same thing | 23:01 |
| cprofitt | but with the dual join -- there seem to be one or two people a week that do not get accepted | 23:01 |
| cprofitt | right now we have 11 proposed members | 23:02 |
| cprofitt | only a few from 2010... | 23:02 |
| cprofitt | so I am exagerating a bit... | 23:02 |
| cprofitt | but I just hate to see people left hanging | 23:02 |
| cprofitt | and do not feel as though the team benefits from the restrictions | 23:03 |
| pleia2 | yeah | 23:04 |
| Pendulum | cprofitt: I just wanted to join the mailing list to see if I wanted to actually join the LoCo (since I'm hours away from y'all), but got a bit intimidated by the entire process | 23:05 |
| cprofitt | Pendulum: thanks for telling me that... | 23:06 |
| cprofitt | I am sorry you felt intimidated... | 23:06 |
| cprofitt | I am now more resolved to 'change' the process | 23:06 |
| Pendulum | sorry, just thought you might want the input that it might be a bit complicated for someone new and shy | 23:06 |
| cprofitt | I do not want confusion or intimidation | 23:06 |
| cprofitt | no need for an apology... | 23:06 |
| cprofitt | CLOSED is for Apple not Ubuntu | 23:06 |
| cprofitt | and I need to take the issue head o | 23:07 |
| cprofitt | doctormo: Pendulum and pleia2 have confirmed that I am, indeed, not crazy | 23:07 |
| pleia2 | well, not about this anyway :) | 23:07 |
| Pendulum | it's a moot point now as I'm leaving NY in a few months. i probably should have mentioned it sooner | 23:07 |
| pleia2 | you *are* crazy about football | 23:07 |
| cprofitt | I might not get NFL ticket this year | 23:07 |
| cprofitt | my life is kinda changing... | 23:08 |
| doctormo | cprofitt: I can only confirm that your not more crazy than me ;-) | 23:08 |
| cprofitt | lol | 23:08 |
| cprofitt | doctormo: you and I are a very similar cloth I think | 23:08 |
| cprofitt | when we finally meet we have to have a beer and just talk | 23:08 |
| doctormo | yes | 23:09 |
| cprofitt | Guiness a favorite of yours? | 23:09 |
| doctormo | Maybe in a neutral state, Vermont sounds good :-D | 23:09 |
| cprofitt | Vermont? | 23:09 |
| cprofitt | I was thinking more like Mass | 23:09 |
| pleia2 | lol | 23:09 |
| cprofitt | when I get there | 23:09 |
| doctormo | Aight, it's a date | 23:10 |
| cprofitt | I might be up there this spring... or fall | 23:10 |
| cprofitt | Near Pittsfield | 23:10 |
| cprofitt | Are you familiar with that area? | 23:11 |
| doctormo | cprofitt: Not yet | 23:19 |
| cprofitt | ah... | 23:19 |
| cprofitt | its very close the NY State line | 23:19 |
| doctormo | cprofitt: I'll be honest, I don't drive, my wife can't drive, we are City dwellers and when we go to Vermont, it's by coach | 23:20 |
| cprofitt | ah.... | 23:20 |
| doctormo | Oh wait I think I've seen Pittsfield on a map | 23:20 |
| cprofitt | well... we can work something out... | 23:20 |
| cprofitt | I know the bus does go there | 23:20 |
| cprofitt | so I could pick ya up or some such | 23:20 |
| doctormo | cprofitt: I can get about half way accross the state before the commuter rail stops. | 23:20 |
| cprofitt | http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Stockbridge,+MA&sll=39.896145,-76.610445&sspn=0.010799,0.016265&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Stockbridge,+Berkshire,+Massachusetts&ll=42.281373,-73.320694&spn=0.333257,0.520477&t=h&z=11 | 23:21 |
| cprofitt | lol... that is a long URL | 23:21 |
| cprofitt | Its near Tanglewood. | 23:22 |
| cprofitt | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanglewood | 23:23 |
| doctormo | I love the new Google Biking directions, they're so useless. By car it's 130 miles from boston, on bike it's 181 miles. ha | 23:24 |
| cprofitt | lol | 23:24 |
| Pendulum | depending on when y'all are doing this, I may be just south of Springfield at that point so if you're willing to have a crasher, I could potentially pick doctormo up somewhere for the rest of getting there | 23:24 |
| cprofitt | sounds like a potential plan | 23:25 |
| cprofitt | it would either be this may or next veterans day | 23:25 |
| Pendulum | cprofitt: when in May? | 23:26 |
| cprofitt | Memorial Day | 23:26 |
| doctormo | cprofitt: Interesting | 23:29 |
| doctormo | Maybe we could have a quick LoCo NorthEast meet | 23:30 |
| Pendulum | doctormo: btw, would anyone have an objection if once I'm right on the MA border in CT I occasionally go to MA LoCo events? Last I checked there's no real active CT LoCo and I don't have the energy to create one | 23:30 |
| IdleOne | Only if you wear a sign stating you are not actually a resident of MA | 23:31 |
| IdleOne | :) | 23:31 |
| Pendulum | heh | 23:31 |
| IdleOne | I don't think any loco would have a problem with a fellow Ubuntu lover going to events | 23:32 |
| cprofitt | It would be cool with me... | 23:33 |
| IdleOne | then again them MA people have a mean nickname | 23:34 |
| IdleOne | maybe it is well deserved | 23:34 |
| doctormo | http://imagebin.ca/view/KY6yqqA.html <- this is really funny | 23:35 |
| doctormo | Pendulum: Your very welcome to attend any MA events | 23:35 |
| doctormo | IdleOne: MA people? what's the nickname? | 23:36 |
| Pendulum | IdleOne: is that the one that refers to their driving style? | 23:38 |
| Pendulum | (not Ubuntu-specific) | 23:38 |
| IdleOne | doctormo: I didnt mean the Ubuntu MA people. I meant in general but it is a stupid joke anyway... | 23:39 |
| doctormo | Pendulum: Boston people drive like they've never seen a DVLA, they use wits instead of skill and are constantly on edge. | 23:40 |
| Pendulum | doctormo: I know. Have you ever heard what non-MA people call MA drivers? (it's not actually something I can say in this channel) | 23:45 |
| doctormo | Pendulum: Ah well, at least they have good clam chowder. | 23:47 |
| cprofitt | Maine has better... | 23:48 |
| cprofitt | :-) | 23:48 |
| doctormo | Nah, I've had several, maybe it's my british taste, or maybe it's that the clams taste faintly of tea. | 23:50 |
| Pendulum | New England clam chowdah is yummy :) | 23:52 |
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