[22:56] <ubudog> membership meeting up next right?
[22:56] <dmizer> as far as i know.
[22:57] <ubudog> ok
[22:57] <ubudog> it was not on the fridge calender
[22:57] <ubudog> but on the regional board
[22:57] <dmizer> i noticed.
[22:58] <ozzie_> according to the wiki, membership is in2 minutes
[22:58] <ubudog> yep
[22:59] <ubudog> i might have to go for like 5 minutes
[22:59] <ubudog> be right back
[23:01] <pleia2> going to see if I can round up quorum :)
[23:02] <ozzie_> is duanedesign here?
[23:08] <ubudog> hi
[23:08] <pleia2> still trying, but we might have to reschedule
[23:09] <dmizer> thank you pleia2.
[23:09] <Technoviking> hola
[23:09] <Yasumoto_> Thanks pleia2 :)
[23:09]  * greg-g waves
[23:09]  * dmizer waves
[23:09] <ozzie_> Just give us membership and we'll be happy
[23:09] <dmizer> heh.
[23:09] <fader_> ozzie_: +1 :D
[23:09] <oubiwann> hehe
[23:11] <pleia2> hurrah
[23:11]  * beuno apologizes
[23:12] <Technoviking> I for one #blamepopey
[23:13] <pleia2> :)
[23:13] <ubudog> pleia2: are you the "membership person"?
[23:13] <pleia2> ubudog: I'm a member of the americas membership board, yes :)
[23:14] <ubudog> ok, cool
[23:14] <pleia2> we've got quorum now, will start momentarily
[23:15] <pleia2> #startmeeting
[23:15] <MootBot> Meeting started at 17:15. The chair is pleia2.
[23:15] <MootBot> Commands Available: [TOPIC], [IDEA], [ACTION], [AGREED], [LINK], [VOTE]
[23:15] <greg-g> Hello and welcome to the Ubuntu Membership Review Board for the
[23:15] <greg-g> Americas meeting for March 11th. The wiki page for the Review Board is
[23:15] <greg-g> available here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Membership/RegionalBoards/Americas
[23:15] <greg-g> We will attempt to get through all of the applicants that have added themselves to that list before today's meeting. If we are unable to make it through the entire list due to time constraints, then at the next meeting we will pick up where we left off.
[23:15] <greg-g> The format for the meeting is as follows: We will go through the list of applicants one by one, by date of application (FIFO).
[23:16] <greg-g> Each applicant should introduce themselves (1-5 sentences) and provide links to their Ubuntu Wiki page. After the introduction the members of the Membership Review Board will review the pages and, if needed, ask the applicant further questions.
[23:16] <greg-g> During this time it is encouraged for other members of the community to show their support for the applicant. Do not be alarmed if the members of the Membership Review Board are quiet during this time; they are most likely reading wiki/launchpad/forum/other pages and deciding how they are going to vote.
[23:16] <greg-g> When the board is ready to vote, they will publicly vote in the channel with either +1, 0, or -1 (for membership, abstain, and against membership, respectively). If the sum of those numbers is positive, then the applicant is now an official Ubuntu member! (feel free congratulate them!)
[23:16] <greg-g> Now, with any further ado, lets get started with the first applicant...
[23:16] <pleia2> doesn't look like Flare183 is here
[23:16] <pleia2> oubiwann: you here?
[23:16] <oubiwann> yup
[23:17] <pleia2> [TOPIC] oubiwann membership
[23:17] <MootBot> New Topic:  oubiwann membership
[23:17] <oubiwann> here's my wiki page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Oubiwann
[23:17] <oubiwann> my name is Duncan McGreggor
[23:17] <oubiwann> long-time open source developer, current employee of Canonical
[23:18] <oubiwann> I currently work with the platform team as a project manager
[23:19] <oubiwann> prior to this, I was a software engineer, putting my Twisted and Python background to use ;-)
[23:19]  * oubiwann waves at asac 
[23:20] <pleia2> oubiwann: great work! how long would you say you've been involved with Ubuntu directly?
[23:20] <oubiwann> as a user, since 2005
[23:20] <greg-g> oubiwann: I see you're in Denver (right?) Do you have much interaction with the System76 or Colorado LoCo?
[23:20]  * greg-g requests you ignore his bad grammar
[23:21] <oubiwann> I've been a member of the LoCo, but I've never actually been to a meeting :-/
[23:21] <oubiwann> (I think I joined around the same time I created  my LP account)
[23:21] <greg-g> oubiwann: do they have many meetings? Or do people mostly meet up at other LUG type events?
[23:22] <oubiwann> I used to see emails about release parties and Ubuntu install fests, but I haven't gotten one of those in a whole
[23:22] <oubiwann> *while
[23:22] <oubiwann> they might not be doing them any more
[23:22] <greg-g> yeah, they tend to go in spurts
[23:22] <greg-g> "they" being LoCos :)
[23:22] <oubiwann> hehe
[23:22] <pleia2> [VOTE] oubiwann membership
[23:22] <MootBot> Please vote on:  oubiwann membership.
[23:22] <MootBot> Public votes can be registered by saying +1/-1/+0 in the channel, private votes by messaging the channel followed by +1/-1/+0  to MootBot
[23:22] <MootBot> E.g. /msg MootBot +1 #ubuntu-meeting
[23:22] <Technoviking> +1
[23:22] <MootBot> +1 received from Technoviking. 1 for, 0 against. 0 have abstained. Count is now 1
[23:22] <pleia2> your work speaks for itself :)
[23:22] <pleia2> +1
[23:22] <MootBot> +1 received from pleia2. 2 for, 0 against. 0 have abstained. Count is now 2
[23:23] <greg-g> +1 # keep rocking it
[23:23] <MootBot> +1 received from greg-g. 3 for, 0 against. 0 have abstained. Count is now 3
[23:23] <ubudog> +1
[23:23] <beuno> +1  (hi oubiwann!)
[23:23] <MootBot> +1 received from ubudog. 4 for, 0 against. 0 have abstained. Count is now 4
[23:23] <MootBot> +1 received from beuno. 5 for, 0 against. 0 have abstained. Count is now 5
[23:23] <pleia2> [endvote]
[23:23] <MootBot> Final result is 5 for, 0 against. 0 abstained. Total: 5
[23:23] <pleia2> (and please only board members vote)
[23:23] <greg-g> please, only Board members should vote
[23:23] <pleia2> congrats and welcome oubiwann!
[23:23] <oubiwann> thanks guys!
[23:23] <greg-g> congrats oubiwann !
[23:23]  * oubiwann waves at beuno ;-)
[23:24] <pleia2> fader_: you here?
[23:24] <fader_> pleia2: Yes I am! :)
[23:24] <ozzie_> good job obiwann
[23:24] <pleia2> [TOPIC] fader membership
[23:24] <MootBot> New Topic:  fader membership
[23:24] <fader_> I'm Ronald McCollam, and my wiki page is here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/fader
[23:24] <fader_> I've been a Linux user since about 1995, and been increasingly involved with the community as time goes on.  I've been using and evangelizing Ubuntu for around 5 years now.
[23:24] <ubudog> congrats!
[23:24] <fader_> I am currently a Canonical employee on the QA team and do testing on a range of hardware.  Outside of work, I also do ad-hoc testing, ISO testing, and general support on IRC and a few online and real-world fora.
[23:24] <fader_> I'm trying to develop more programming skills as well in order to make software as well as use it, but it's slow going for my poor old brain :)
[23:27] <pleia2> fader_: I know mythbuntu is on the "todo wishlist" but do you have any idea how you'd like to contribute there?
[23:27] <pleia2> (it's one of my favorite projects too, so I had to ask :))
[23:27] <fader_> pleia2: My plans are a little vague, to be honest.  I'd love to try to help improve its stability and features but that's currently beyond my abilities.  So for the time being it's just testing and bug reporting.
[23:27] <fader_> I use it all the time, so I'm definitely motivated to help :)
[23:28] <pleia2> I'm sure they appreciate that
[23:28] <Daviey> fader_: well feel free to jump in, the water is lovely
[23:29] <greg-g> fader_: you live near Boston, do you know doctormo and the other MA loco people?
[23:29] <beuno> # user support on Craigslist
[23:29] <fader_> Daviey: :D  I'll give it a shot.
[23:29] <beuno> that's a first!
[23:29] <beuno> I didn't know there was such a thing
[23:29] <fader_> greg-g: I met them recently.  Until recently I lived a little too far out to make it to many loco events, but I recently moved and hope to go more frequently.
[23:29] <beuno> fader_, what's that group like?
[23:29] <fader_> I made it to the release party for karmic though and got to meet doctormo :)
[23:30] <greg-g> fader_: good deal :)
[23:30] <fader_> beuno: It's a pretty decent group of people... it's not as high-traffic as the ubuntu forums though, which I think have taken a lot of its traffic in the last couple of years
[23:30] <fader_> (not that that is a bad thing! ;) )
[23:31] <beuno> it's amazing how the ubuntu community has everything covered
[23:31]  * Nafallo mumbles about the power for the forums servers...
[23:31] <fader_> beuno: Indeed... usually I find answers to my questions before I can even ask them anywhere else!
[23:31] <fader_> Nafallo: shh!  Go to sleep, it's past your bedtime!
[23:31] <beuno> Nafallo, about all the power they use?  :)
[23:31] <pleia2> hehe
[23:31] <oubiwann> if it's permissible, I'd like to say that I've recently worked with fader_ closely on a project for Google + Canonical, and he was phenomenal: dedicated and committed; throughly and deeply invested in Ubuntu and its continued quest for quality
[23:32] <pleia2> thanks oubiwann!
[23:32]  * fader_ slips oubiwann $5.
[23:32]  * oubiwann chuckles
[23:32] <pleia2> [VOTE] fader membership
[23:32] <MootBot> Please vote on:  fader membership.
[23:32] <MootBot> Public votes can be registered by saying +1/-1/+0 in the channel, private votes by messaging the channel followed by +1/-1/+0  to MootBot
[23:32] <MootBot> E.g. /msg MootBot +1 #ubuntu-meeting
[23:32] <pleia2> +1
[23:32] <MootBot> +1 received from pleia2. 1 for, 0 against. 0 have abstained. Count is now 1
[23:32]  * Nafallo is in fact in bed, but thought he'd give fader a big thumbs up for the membership before sleeping :-)
[23:32] <greg-g> +1
[23:32] <Technoviking> +1
[23:32] <MootBot> +1 received from greg-g. 2 for, 0 against. 0 have abstained. Count is now 2
[23:32] <MootBot> +1 received from Technoviking. 3 for, 0 against. 0 have abstained. Count is now 3
[23:32] <beuno> +1
[23:32] <MootBot> +1 received from beuno. 4 for, 0 against. 0 have abstained. Count is now 4
[23:32] <pleia2> [endvote]
[23:32] <MootBot> Final result is 4 for, 0 against. 0 abstained. Total: 4
[23:32] <pleia2> congrats and welcome, fader_! :)
[23:32] <fader_> \o/
[23:32] <greg-g> congrats fader_ !
[23:33] <fader_> Thanks all!
[23:33] <oubiwann> fader_: welcome!
[23:33] <ubudog> congrats fader!
[23:33] <pleia2> [TOPIC] Yasumoto membership
[23:33] <MootBot> New Topic:  Yasumoto membership
[23:33] <Yasumoto_> Hello guys, I'm Joe Smith, a member of the Ubuntu California team. I've been active in planning and running events since 2007, and have had a blast :) At SCaLE8x in February, I was convinced that it's alright to spend some of my "Open Source Time" on applying for membership rather than on LoCo stuff. http://wiki.ubuntu.com/Yasumoto
[23:35] <Yasumoto_> I love the Ubuntu community, and have spent time working on Bug Triage for various compnonents, IRC and Forum help, and a lot of LoCo stuff, which I've focused on to do something a little different from my schoolwork.
[23:36] <greg-g> Yasumoto_: how are loco events going for CA right now?
[23:37] <Yasumoto_> We just exhibited at the SoCal Linux Expo on February19th-21st, where we held the first Ubucon of the year :)
[23:37] <rww> I've worked with Yasumoto for about a year as part of the California LoCo team. He's absolutely invaluable for our event planning. His attitude is awesome, he's a huge asset to our team, and I'm happy he finally got around to applying, because he totally deserves membership :)
[23:37] <pleia2> thanks rww!
[23:37] <beuno> Yasumoto_, what drew you to the Ubuntu community?
[23:38] <Yasumoto_> We're also planning our events for the Global Jam, being a big state, we need to coordinate a few events scattered throughout
[23:38] <greg-g> Yasumoto_: aweome
[23:38] <Yasumoto_> beuno: How inclusive it is. I love being able to talk to so many people; to work together to make th world better :)
[23:39] <pleia2> [VOTE] Yasumoto membership
[23:39] <MootBot> Please vote on:  Yasumoto membership.
[23:39] <MootBot> Public votes can be registered by saying +1/-1/+0 in the channel, private votes by messaging the channel followed by +1/-1/+0  to MootBot
[23:39] <MootBot> E.g. /msg MootBot +1 #ubuntu-meeting
[23:39] <pleia2> +1
[23:39] <MootBot> +1 received from pleia2. 1 for, 0 against. 0 have abstained. Count is now 1
[23:39] <Technoviking> +1
[23:39] <MootBot> +1 received from Technoviking. 2 for, 0 against. 0 have abstained. Count is now 2
[23:39] <beuno> +1
[23:39] <MootBot> +1 received from beuno. 3 for, 0 against. 0 have abstained. Count is now 3
[23:39] <greg-g> +1
[23:39] <MootBot> +1 received from greg-g. 4 for, 0 against. 0 have abstained. Count is now 4
[23:40] <pleia2> [endvote]
[23:40] <MootBot> Final result is 4 for, 0 against. 0 abstained. Total: 4
[23:40] <ubudog> congrats!
[23:40] <pleia2> Yasumoto_: looking forward to seeing you keep making the US-CA loco rock \o/
[23:40] <fader_> Yasumoto_: Congrats!
[23:40] <Yasumoto_> Thanks everyone! :)
[23:40] <greg-g> congrats Yasumoto_ !
[23:40] <rww> Yasumoto_: congrats :)
[23:40]  * oubiwann high-fives Yasumoto_ 
[23:40] <pleia2> dmizer: you here?
[23:40] <dmizer> i am.
[23:41] <pleia2> [TOPIC] dmizer membership
[23:41] <MootBot> New Topic:  dmizer membership
[23:41] <dmizer> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/dmizer
[23:41] <dmizer> Hello all! I've been using Ubuntu since Hoary (Ubuntu has come SO far). I have been a member of the Ubuntuforum community since March of 2006. I have been a moderator of the Ubuntuforum staff since July of 2008.
[23:41] <dmizer> Most of my contribution effort is focused on the forum, but I would like to start participating in the Japan loco now that my Japanese ability is good enough to allow me to participate. I would also like to expand my presence professionally upon finishing my LPIC1 and LPIC2 exams.
[23:43] <beuno> dmizer, you have overwhelming support!
[23:43] <dmizer> :)
[23:43] <Technoviking> dmizer: how big is the Japan loco?
[23:43] <beuno> I'm impressed, you've done a lot of hard work
[23:43] <dmizer> it's huge in Tokyo, but that's pretty far for me.
[23:43] <dmizer> they also have regular mettings on IRC
[23:43] <greg-g> cool
[23:44]  * Technoviking is waiting for UDS-Tokyo:)
[23:44] <dmizer> ha!
[23:44] <beuno> dmizer, what do you think Ubuntu lacks the most today?
[23:44] <beuno> Technoviking, that makes 2 of us!
[23:45] <dmizer> bueno: as unfortunate as it is, i think there is work to be done with regard to hardware support, particularly in areas like wireless and printer support.
[23:46] <ozzie_> good answer
[23:46] <pleia2> I assume this comes from still seeing a lot of hardware support questions on the forums?
[23:46] <dmizer> indeed it does. as well as personal support on real machines.
[23:46]  * pleia2 nods
[23:46] <pleia2> [VOTE] dmizer membership
[23:46] <MootBot> Please vote on:  dmizer membership.
[23:46] <MootBot> Public votes can be registered by saying +1/-1/+0 in the channel, private votes by messaging the channel followed by +1/-1/+0  to MootBot
[23:46] <MootBot> E.g. /msg MootBot +1 #ubuntu-meeting
[23:46] <greg-g> +1
[23:46] <MootBot> +1 received from greg-g. 1 for, 0 against. 0 have abstained. Count is now 1
[23:46] <pleia2> +1
[23:46] <MootBot> +1 received from pleia2. 2 for, 0 against. 0 have abstained. Count is now 2
[23:47] <ibuclaw> go dmizer :)
[23:47] <beuno> +1   I admire all the work you've done!
[23:47] <MootBot> +1 received from beuno. 3 for, 0 against. 0 have abstained. Count is now 3
[23:47] <Iowan> Part of the dmizer yea-team... Forums are certainly a better place with his How-To's and personal-touch guidance (posts)! Even his signature is packed with useful information!
[23:47] <boredandblogging> +1
[23:47] <MootBot> +1 received from boredandblogging. 4 for, 0 against. 0 have abstained. Count is now 4
[23:47] <pleia2> [endvote]
[23:47] <MootBot> Final result is 4 for, 0 against. 0 abstained. Total: 4
[23:47] <ubudog> congrats!
[23:47] <dmizer> thank you both Iowan and ibuclaw
[23:47] <pleia2> congrats and welcome dmizer! :)
[23:47] <persia> dmizer: Just as a side note, we don't mind English in our meetings (if you don't mind Japanese), if you're on IRC on Tuesday nights.
[23:47] <Technoviking> dmizer has my full support, but I should abstain since I'm on the forums also
[23:48] <greg-g> congrats dmizer !
[23:48] <Iowan> Yea!
[23:48] <dmizer> thanks for the heads up persia!
[23:48] <pleia2> [TOPIC] ubudog membership
[23:48] <MootBot> New Topic:  ubudog membership
[23:48] <oubiwann> dmizer: horray!
[23:48] <fader_> dmizer: Congratulations!
[23:48] <ibuclaw> congrats dmizer
[23:48] <dmizer> \o/
[23:49] <Technoviking> congrat dmizer you rock
[23:49] <ubudog> hello, I am Michael.  I currently live in North Carolina and have been using Ubuntu for three and a half years now.  Wiki page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ubudog
[23:49] <pleia2> ubudog: do you have a link to your forum profile?
[23:49] <ubudog> just a minute....
[23:50] <ubudog> here it is: http://ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=739457
[23:50] <ubudog> I am deeply involved with the forums and enjoy helping as many people as possible
[23:50] <ubudog> I would like to help make Ubuntu more well known and used around the world, it has great potential.
[23:51] <pleia2> ubudog: there is a really great loco team in north carolina, involved with them at all?
[23:51] <beuno> ubudog, you say you developed a few apps?
[23:51] <beuno> I can't seem to find any of them
[23:51] <ubudog> Thinking about it, have visited their site, I will join in in the next meeting
[23:51] <ubudog> Yes, I have developed a few apps (still in progress) and they are on launchpad
[23:52] <beuno> ubudog, URLs?
[23:52] <ubudog> this is the only one I have on launchpad:https://launchpad.net/flashcards
[23:52] <ubudog> Still working on it]
[23:52] <ubudog> using Python
[23:53] <ubudog> just started to use launchpad for my programs... it is nice
[23:53] <beuno> ubudog, so in what ways have you contributed to Ubuntu?
[23:53] <greg-g> I don't see any branches, am I missing something?
[23:54] <ubudog> yes, sorry,  I have just recently started using launchpad
[23:54] <greg-g> gotcha
[23:54] <ubudog> flashcards1.0 is on there, but no download files yet
[23:55] <ubudog> actually should have it finished by tomorrow :)
[23:55] <pleia2> ubudog: I think your forum involvement is great, but I'd really like to see some more progress in getting involved with the loco and your application development for ubuntu
[23:56] <beuno> ubudog, support from existing members of the community is also important
[23:56] <ubudog> Some of them might be here - I have a lot of friends on ubuntuforums
[23:56] <pleia2> one of your future goals is reaching more people with Ubuntu, and that's what locos are all about :)
[23:57] <ubudog> yes, I will go to the next meeting for the North Carolina Team
[23:58] <ubudog> see if I can join in...
[23:58] <greg-g> They are pretty welcoming :)
[23:59] <Technoviking> ubudog: You have a good start, but I would like to see more
[23:59] <ubudog> yeah, I am on their channel now
[23:59] <greg-g> ubudog: what Technoviking said, a bit more involvement would be good in the future. But I like your enthusiasm and hope to see you up for membership again