[18:01] <nhandler> elky, jussi, topyli, tsimpson: Meeting time?
[18:02] <topyli> yep
[18:04] <nhandler> topyli: It looks like the other members of the IRCC all have rather long idle times, so they probably won't be around
[18:04] <topyli> hrm. called jussi, no anwer
[18:05] <topyli> i now he was going to help a friend with their move. i'm not sure if he remembered about this
[18:05] <topyli> well we don't have quorum then
[18:05] <nhandler> topyli: Should we have k1l introduce himself and ask a few questions and then vote afterwards?
[18:05]  * k1l waves
[18:06] <topyli> that would work
[18:06] <topyli> hi k1l :)
[18:06] <nhandler> k1l: Care to introduce yourself?
[18:06] <k1l> hi :) yep i can start
[18:06] <k1l> Hi everyone, my name ist Achim Behrens, i am 26 and from Cologne/Germany. I am studying sports sience, row in the first german rowing league and i am the junior coach at my club.
[18:07] <k1l> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/k1l and https://launchpad.net/~k1l
[18:07] <k1l> after a false start with linux (graphic card drivers related on opensuse) i tried breezy some time lateron with a new machine and since then i am using it first in dualboot and after that on daily use.
[18:07] <k1l> i got to know the german support and offtopic channel and started to help users where i could give a hand. in 2008 the german op team asked me to join their team. today i am one of 2 ops who are still active since then and was granted superop rights from the teamleader to setup flags and stuff for new ops etc.
[18:08] <k1l> besides that i tried to help with some german translations in rosetta after i found myself a very strange one in a released ubuntu, but as you can see on my karma there wasnt much spare time last year.
[18:08] <nhandler> k1l: When exactly did you become a "superop" in the -de channels?
[18:09] <k1l> ehm, ~1 year ago. have to grep logs to find exact date
[18:10] <topyli> that's exact enough i suppose :)
[18:10] <k1l> :)
[18:11] <nhandler> k1l: Out of curiosity, I noticed some change to your flags about 4 days ago. What was that about?
[18:13] <k1l> nhandler: we decided to give the very active an known supporters the +V flag. this should motivate others to become a supporter and to show new users who to follow if there are 2 opinions what to do.
[18:13] <nhandler> k1l: Ok. I also noticed that most of your translation activity was from last year (despite saying you did not have much time). Are you still doing translations?
[18:14] <k1l> (we had some issues where people advised dirty workarounds  and when other supporters tried to stop that the users didnt know who to follow)
[18:15] <topyli> it's rather cunning. marketing and motivation in one stroke :)
[18:16] <k1l> after i found some curious translation i decided to help there. im not in a translation team i just pic the pakets which are mentioned is the german translation team to be urgent or i pic some where there are just few left to be done.
[18:17] <k1l> atm i have no spare time for that because im on my diploma thesis. but after that i want to do translations. its very easy to do while you hang around in irc or sth like this :)
[18:18] <topyli> k1l: you're heavy on loco contributions, including the -de channels. how come you decided to join the members through irc contributions, not through the regional council?
[18:20] <k1l> actually i was at last americas membership board meeting. but they told me to come here because they couldnt rate my contribution on the irc and i had no testimonials.
[18:21] <topyli> well yes, your irc contributions surely dominate there
[18:22] <k1l> (because of my training schedule i couldnt participate in the emea board meeting so far)
[18:24] <topyli> k1l: i don't think we have any more questions. do you want to add something yourself?
[18:26] <k1l> no, i think i said all i wanted.
[18:26] <topyli> alright. we don't have quorum so we can't vote and make the actual desicion. i hope it's ok if we vote as soon as we can and let you know by email?
[18:27] <k1l> yep, thats ok for me. i know how busy rl can be :)
[18:27] <topyli> stupid rl
[18:28] <topyli> i'll just say a word about the other agenda item, namely the good old eir-on-#ubuntu thing
[18:29] <topyli> there have been no slackers, and it looks like we hope to start testing in #ubuntu. we won't do that without announcement of course
[18:30] <topyli> i think that ends the meeting
[18:30] <topyli> k1l: thanks for coming and presenting well, we'll be in touch ASAP
[18:31] <k1l> topyli: thank you, too. for your time.