[01:11] hi all [01:12] txwikinger, ping [01:12] I was wondering if anyone from Ubuntu Canada will be doing anything on SFD 2011 -> http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/2011/Canada [01:12] if so, consider having a team and adding it to the wiki :) [03:29] Bah, didn't stick around. [03:29] IRC meeting tomorrow night! [03:29] We'll talk about SFD and other stuff.... [03:38] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CanadianTeam/Meetings/2011-08-09 [04:19] Hi, [11:39] http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2010/08/17/bc-marijuana-grow-op-bears.html [11:39] i'm sorry, but this was just too good to pass on, even if it has nothing to do with the channel [13:35] hello folks [13:38] mornin [13:57] hey [14:30] Morning, all. :) [14:32] MagicFab: I've been talking to other KWLUG people about doing another SFD this year. [14:32] I don't have time to organize it myself, but I'll definitely be there. [14:34] dscassel: Morning [14:37] dscassel, I put an English template online to use in invitation emails. Feel free to use that if you have even 1-2 minutes to shoot for more teams. [14:37] http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/CanadaInvitations [15:32] Thanks, MagicFab [16:31] MagicFab: There's an ubuntu-ca IRC meeting tonight (7pm EDT) if you want to pitch SFD participation... :) [17:12] dscassel, will be on the bus - :( I trust you'll rep me OK :) [17:25] dscassel: Meeting is in here, or #ubuntu-meeting ? [17:28] genii-around: In here, as usual. [17:28] MagicFab: No problem. I added a few more LUGs to the wiki from a list I've been gathering... [17:29] dscassel: Got it, I'll make sure to be around [23:00] Meeting time! [23:00] Hallooo! [23:00] hi everyone! [23:02] Mass call! Jeruvy Kulag ossguy starcraftman BluesKaj FiReSTaRT kavurt psema4mobile txwikinger IdleOne kenjy bregma jaguar khoover MylesBraithwaite ryanakca willwh cyphermox james_w KombuchaKip oracology sipherdee zeroedout [23:02] hi all. noob here to learn about happy hour :-) [23:02] psema4mobile: Welcome! [23:02] Agenda here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CanadianTeam/Meetings/2011-08-09 [23:02] Please feel free to introduce yourself. Where are you? What do you do with/for/on Ubuntu? [23:03] I'm Darcy in Waterloo, and I'm the LoCo Contact for Ubuntu Canada. [23:03] * BobJonkman is Bob Jonkman, out of Elmira, just north of Waterloo, N [23:03] (feel free to ask what that means. :) [23:03] What does that mean? [23:03] wow, it's that time already? I haven't left work yet! [23:04] I am Sammy Lao in Toronto. I am a volunteer at Free Geek Toronto. [23:04] I'm Alishams in Vancouver. Director at Free Geek Vancouver, linux geek and Ubuntu lover [23:04] Cool. A meeting of the Free Geeks. :D [23:04] * psema4mobile is from Hamilton, uses ubuntu for general home computing [23:04] zeroedout: hey, i see you on the #avaneya board as well. :) cool! [23:04] I am Jeruvy, a power user from Calgary. Actually around for a meeting for a change :) [23:04] oracology: yea, it's an awesome project [23:05] BobJonkman: Well, you should probably know already, but the LoCo contact acts as a point of contact between the Canadian Ubuntu community (ie., us) and the LoCo council (and, in turn, the community council). [23:05] zeroedout: agreed. but it is my bedtime, so I should head off to bed...talk to you again soon! [23:06] bye! [23:06] Good night, oracology :) [23:06] Isn't it 4pm in Vancouver right now? [23:06] good night everyone! [23:06] good night zeroedout [23:06] dscassel: i live in the UK, but i'm from vancouver originally. [23:06] I was actually thinking about moving the meeting out an hour... [23:07] oh I'm still around [23:07] oracology: Ah, that's cool. :) [23:07] razorgoto: i'm the one who's leaving ;). good night! [23:08] oh. oops. my eyes skipped a line. [23:08] I'm going to get some water and settle in for a minute. [23:08] Is there anything anybody wanted to add to the agenda? [23:08] Hi psema4mobile. BobJonkman was telling me about you. :) [23:09] I have a little stack of Ubuntu CDs here, literally with your name on them. [23:09] (Well, with your name on the stack, not the individual disks) [23:10] Lol. :-) [23:10] Sorry bit hard to type on this phone. [23:11] psema4mobile: You on a Desire Z? [23:11] psema4mobile and I are trying to set up a date for an Ubuntu Hour in Hamilton [23:11] razorgoto no, xperia play [23:12] Maybe in September, if our calendars remain clear [23:12] agree, need to clear off my plate a bit. [23:12] psema4mobile becomes the latest member of the Ubuntu Hour CD Bribery Program [23:12] Awesome. :D [23:13] B-) [23:13] Great! :-) [23:13] I guess that means we should move onto the only actual agenda item: [23:13] Events! [23:14] There's ubuntu hours, of course. [23:14] I'm running mine next Wednesday in Waterloo. [23:14] Charles McColm is running one in downtown Kitchener as well. [23:14] @chaslinux is running one in Kitchener [23:14] :)) [23:15] So Ubuntu Canada currently has two ubuntu hours: both in K-W. ^^; [23:15] We are still trying for a consistent one in Toronto. [23:16] If I could afford the time off, I'd do a cross-country tour to do thim all over the place and show people they're really not hard or anything. [23:16] Linuxcaffe on College is kind of like a semi-permanent Ubuntu Hour. ;-) [23:16] razorgoto: True. :) [23:16] but agreed, dscassel. [23:16] If no one objects, can I get a rundown? I've checked the eiki page but would prefer a first hand description. [23:17] Of an Hour? [23:17] It's just a meet-up. [23:17] Laptops optional (depending on the group, they are sometimes frowned upon). [23:17] Just meet local Ubuntu people. [23:18] You can talk about Ubuntu, or whatever else comes up. [23:18] an informal outreach, user get together then. ok [23:18] Yeah, basically. [23:18] cool. [23:18] It gives people a reliable *thing* they can start building a community around. [23:18] dscassel: There are Ubuntu Hours on the calendar for Longeuil and Montreal too [23:19] BobJonkman: Yes, true, but I won't take credit for ubuntu-qc. :) [23:19] I'm going to try to get to one when I'm in Montreal in a couple weeks. [23:20] (I'll be close to the Outremont one, but I'm taking the train to Ottawa on Thursday...) [23:20] Also, the Ubuntu global Jam is coming up. Sept 2-4. [23:21] We'll be hosting a Jam event at Kwartzlab. [23:21] (Ubuntu Jams, btw, are all about *contributing* to Ubuntu. Testing, bug triage, development, etc.) [23:22] txwikinger has a plan to build an automated packaging tool to help with package updates especially. [23:22] So we'll be doing something like a hackathon around that, i think. [23:23] I've reported bugs, but haven't actually contributed code. [23:23] Or whatever else the people who show up want to do. [23:23] BobJonkman: Nothing wrong with that. :) [23:24] And Ubuntu Community Boosterism is a contribution too [23:24] BobJonkman: Absolutely. :) [23:25] Ubuntu likes non-coding contributions [23:26] The Ubuntu Jams happen close to the next version release date [23:26] end of October? [23:26] After beta 1. [23:26] I think Oneiric releases on Oct 13 [23:27] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/OneiricReleaseSchedule [23:27] Stuff's pretty locked down by the time the Jam comes around. [23:28] Which is why the emphasis tends to be on testing and triage. [23:28] actually the lock down starts Thursday [23:28] txwikinger was getting kind of bored with triage, tho (He's kind of done a lot of it. :) [23:28] some of us start work on the P-series next week [23:29] I wish it had a name [23:29] Still, we need someone to show the rest of us how triage is done. [23:29] It's much more comfortable with an experienced triager at the helm [23:29] BobJonkman: Yeah, and I don't think he'll mind helping out. [23:30] bregma: What do you *do*, exactly. :) [23:31] I ask out of genuine interest. [23:33] guys, for the jam, do you guys do it all in one physical location? [23:33] razorgoto: Depends on the Jam. [23:34] For ours, yeah. we hold it here at Kwartzlab. [23:34] In Kitchener Waterloo we go to Kwartzlab. The camraderie is nice, even if we don't get much work done [23:34] I know there are other Jams that are distributed, and people work together on things over IRC. [23:35] * psema4mobile wishes there were a GO route brtween Hamilton and KW [23:35] razorgoto: I know you guys were interested in running Jams at Free Geek, but I guess you're busy with Linux Fest...? [23:35] I've polled around here at Free Geek, we have the space, but we don't have someone interested in organizing one. [23:36] psema4mobile: You're not the only one. :) [23:36] psema4mobile Are you involved with the Hamilton Hackerspace? [23:36] um, loosely. [23:37] Ive spoken with a few if the communities members [23:37] I just know Adina... [23:37] (even then not very well) [23:38] Speaking of hackerspaces, SoOnCon 2011 is October 1 at Bell Lightbox in Toronto. [23:38] dscassel, do I understand that one of the jam locations may be running irc? [23:39] sorry for my typing, my hand is in a brace right now and want to catch before the question is gone [23:39] cvillaco: I know they've had virtual jams in the past, but I haven't heard about one this time. [23:39] I can look into it for you. [23:39] I'm sure BobJonkman and I will be online here during the proceedings. :) [23:39] Any Vancouver, BC events? [23:39] We can set up the webcam too.. [23:39] * psema4mobile will be right back after these msgs [23:39] I'll be at Kwartzlab, and I can bring a dedicated laptop for IRC [23:40] kjwcode: You'd have to check Ubuntu Vancouver. http://www.meetup.com/ubuntuvancouver/ [23:40] i wonder if there would be enough attendees via irc to mak eit worthwhile, it could be a porta if there is interest for the members who are not close to a session [23:40] Randall Ross has posted cryptic blog posts about it. [23:40] dscassel: Thanks for the pointer -- checking! [23:41] kjwcode: np :) [23:41] cvillaco: Dunno. A lot of it can be done independantly, tho. [23:41] Like bug triage. [23:41] do you guys keep this channel open during the jame party in Kwartzlab? [23:42] It's more fun to do it in groups, but nothing stopping you otherwise. [23:42] razorgoto: This channel is always open, but I'll pay special attention during the Jam [23:42] razorgoto: Sure. Actually, I'm in here all the time. Often idle, but still online. [23:42] Sorry, you know what I mean by "open". [23:43] * psema4mobile is back [23:43] You can check the Kwartzlab webcam here: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/kwartzlab [23:43] Yes, "paying attention to" :-) [23:43] Yep, Bob. :-) [23:43] (I guess it's offline at the moment. I'll kick it when the meeting's over) [23:44] I learned about Big Blue Button at KWLUG yesterday, maybe we can set up a conference [23:44] cvillaco: If you really want to go to a jam, you can run one. :) [23:44] is thee ppl interested in participating remotely? [23:45] ohh, haha, [23:45] maybe such a thing is possible. [23:45] I think so. cvillaco. [23:46] cvillaco: An Ubuntu hour would be an easier place to start, but hey, it's still not that bad running a Jam. [23:46] cvillaco: where are you in Canada? [23:46] See http://wiki.ubuntu.com/Jams [23:46] i think i would be int3erested in observing first before making concrete actions. [23:46] About half-way between a Jam and an Hour is a Release Party [23:47] in complexity, that is [23:47] maybe watch a jam first or something. [23:47] razorgoto i am in Thunder Bay On [23:47] cvillaco: I think the same as you. It's hard to know how to organize something properly if one has never been to one before... [23:48] cvillaco: I've seen a couple Thunder Bay people come and go through the channel and IRC. [23:48] I think it's the logistics of it. Is the organizer reponsible to "find something for people to do?" [23:49] And you might be able to tempt tonyyarusso to come up from Minnesota... [23:49] Or would the jam participants be mostly self-directed... I read the website before, and it wasn't to clear the social conventions of one. [23:49] razorgoto: I haven't really figured that one out either. [23:49] So mostly self-directed. [23:49] We have an actual project we're going to work on this time. [23:50] But there's nothing that comes down from the mothership. [23:50] Last time there was stuff about testing Unity. [23:50] Time before that tehy wanted install testing. [23:50] For me, at the Jams, installing a Beta has always resulted in bugs to report. [23:50] Yeah, that's not a bad place to start. [23:50] BobJonkman: :-) [23:51] So I've kept myself busy that way. I may have triaged one bug in the last 3 Jams.. [23:51] razorgoto: You guys doing anything for Software Freedom Day? [23:52] That would seem to be up Free Geek's alley. :) [23:52] nope. [23:52] :-( [23:53] We've been internally focused the last few months. We have this whole "facilities management" side of the operations. [23:53] razorgoto: No worries. [23:53] that's been taking up a lot of time. :-( [23:54] SFD is always on a Saturday, so you could just put up some posters and talk about software freedom in the ordinary course of events [23:55] According to the website (http://softwarefreedomday.org/) there are events in Victoria, Winnipeg, Kitchener (hosted by chaslinux again), Pickering, montreal and Quebec. [23:56] Pickering? [23:56] Yeah, I know! [23:56] lol! [23:57] http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/2011/Canada/Pickering/Ontario/Pickering%20Public%20Library%20Main [23:57] cool, at the library even! [23:57] There *should* be events everywhere. :) [23:57] I wonder which library branch is that? [23:58] Main, apparently. [23:58] maybe bringing some ubuntu posters or informative pamplets to such events would introduce people who are using proprietary solutions to the idea of a free software operating system, [23:59] Oh, I know the person that runs that library... [23:59] razorgoto: What can you tell us about FSOSS? [23:59] Specifically, the LinuxFest that goes along with FSOSS this year?