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TrickyJRonnie, Hey there11:04
Ronniehey TrickyJ, long time no see11:04
TrickyJYaap been very busy with Exams and work11:05
TrickyJHow are u doing out there Ronnie  howzz ur work11:05
Ronniepretty busy here with my new job (which is awesome) and a lot of other projects11:06
TrickyJSounds great man keep going :)11:06
TrickyJRonnie, now its all set seems to be u dont have to ask for pocketmoney any more @ home right man ...!!11:07
Ronniethe last few years i didnt even got pocketmoney anymore. I earned my own money :D11:09
TrickyJThat's great Ronnie :) Congrats :)11:15
RonnieTrickyJ: how are you doing?11:16
Ronniehow did the exams go?11:16
TrickyJit sux man :( maths I hate it :P 11:17
TrickyJhahaha.. rest goes on fine.. !! but maths.. :( its like diving ito the ocean and then dont know if able to swim back or not :P11:17
Ronnielol11:17
Ronniehow many years of school before you graduate?11:18
TrickyJwell i left ma schooling 10 years back man.. i guess in 2002 i did 2 years junior college and then after that got busy in work and stuffs.. so did not gave much atentaion @ schooling :p 11:20
TrickyJi took admission for BCA last year in 201011:21
TrickyJBatchelor of computer application 11:21
RonnieTrickyJ: are you interested in loco-directory development again?11:48
Ronnieping YoBoY12:12
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YoBoYpong Ronnie 12:16
Ronnie We as ubuntu-nl want to know how large loco-teams deal with stull like :12:16
Ronnie - pressing cd's, posters, renting rooms for big release parties. Is here money involved or are these all sponsored12:16
Ronnie- How does the team deal with liability insurance (when something happens at release parties)12:16
YoBoYRonnie: good question, how we deal with all of these crazy activities ^^"12:21
Ronnieour loco is investigating if a foundation could solve these 'crazy activities'12:23
YoBoYyes there is money involved for all the goodies we produce, at start small quantities "sponsored"by one or more members, and selled in the events before you can repay them. But now we have enough money (sells and donations)to do this without difficulties12:23
RonnieYoBoY: who/how does your loco keep/manage the money?12:24
YoBoYwe are structured as a volontary association12:25
YoBoYwith a legal structure we can have a bank account12:26
serfusi wish we can have it this way as well12:27
YoBoYfor the parties, members sleep at oher members places12:27
RonnieYoBoY: whats the name of the volontary association?12:27
YoBoYubuntu-fr12:28
YoBoY;)12:28
YoBoYfor the insurance the association have one for the events, it's not too expensive, and for the party in paris we have a convention with the venue12:29
RonnieYoBoY: thx for the answers. Our loco plans look almost the same as your loco's12:29
YoBoYeach country have ther own rules for associations and legal stuff12:30
Ronnieyes, here in the Netherlands we have different kind of volontary associations. Our investigation showed that a Foundation is the best for our loco.12:33
RonnieYoBoY: if the association quits (which is very unlikely) what is your planning to do with the money and goods you have (its one of the things we need to decide when starting a association)12:35
YoBoYsince last year we have done a great work to restart lot of things, and we have now an online store12:36
YoBoYthis is defined in the status of the association, we plan to give everything to other association promoting free softwares12:36
YoBoYRonnie: if you start a fondation you have to have a good and strong core group to maintain and organize everything, working with a council is a good start and changing regularly part of the council with election is important also12:46
RonnieYoBoY: thx for the feedback. I think our loco has covered all these things, ill keep this conversation as a reference if you agree12:51
YoBoYok, no problem, don't forget to ask to other teams how they work. We are a loco team + a french langage support team + langage team + crazy people + not an example for everyone :D12:59
RonnieYoBoY: except for the crazy people and the loco-size, our loco looks pretty much the same ;)13:01
Ronniewe are working closely with the flemisch persons of the belgium team13:02
Ronnieping paultag13:31
paultagRonnie: pong13:32
paultagRonnie: what can I do to help?13:32
Ronniepaultag: i have some questions about the legal use of the name ubuntu, do you know who i can contact?13:34
paultagRonnie: sure. trademarks@canonical, you can try running it past me, I've had to deal with them a bunch (I can try to see if I know one way or the other)13:35
Ronniepaultag: as ubuntu-nl we want to start up a legal stucture (some kind of volontary association) and we want to use the name "Stichting ondersteuning Ubuntu­NL" freely translated to "Foundation support UbuntuNL"13:37
Ronniemay we use the Ubuntu name in the legal structure?13:38
czajkowskiI think some teams have to set up foudnations but it does bring up a lot of hassle 13:38
paultagRonnie: I believe this is valid usage, given that it does exactly pertain to Ubuntu it's self -- email canonical as a test13:38
czajkowskiie money13:38
czajkowskibank accounts13:38
czajkowskiinsurance 13:38
paultagRonnie: it sounds fine, just be careful in the administration of the structure13:38
paultagaye, what czajkowski said13:38
czajkowskiit's usally not recommended 13:39
czajkowskias it becomes a legal entitiy 13:39
czajkowskiyou risk becoming liale 13:39
czajkowski*liable 13:39
czajkowskietc13:39
paultagczajkowski: ubuntu us ny has been kicking arse at this13:39
czajkowskihave to go sorry13:39
paultagczajkowski: they have that set up and it works for them13:39
czajkowskipaultag: :/13:39
czajkowskiI'm really sorry cant get into it atm 13:40
czajkowskion  a conf call13:40
czajkowskibut I do know it doesnt sit well with some people13:40
Ronniethe money, bank accounts, insurance has been taking care of. A legal structure is better for our volunteers, because without the structure, the volunteers itself are responsible13:42
paultag+1 Ronnie 13:42
czajkowskiyeah but again you're now using canonical name so just becare 13:42
czajkowski*careful 13:42
Ronniealso a legal structure allows us to manage goods and money received from companies that donate13:42
paultagthe ubuntu name*13:42
paultagand since it's actually about Ubuntu, it's OK13:43
paultagand it's even an official ubuntu function :)13:43
paultagemail them, but it should be fine13:43
Ronniealso companies easier donate to legal structures than to 'some group of people'13:43
Ronnieill email trademark to get an official answer so we and canonical have this 'on paper'13:44
Ronniethx paultag and czajkowski13:44
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