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NRWlionhuhu21:11
CheeseheadRecycled Brainstorm Idea #3525: Ubuntu Beverages for in-person events - put Ubuntu stickers on the drink bottles.21:11
Cheesehead(I wanted somebody to see it, since I'm closing the idea)21:12
NRWlionhi Cheesehead21:13
CheeseheadHello21:13
charlie-tcaI gave up on Brainstorm, my password won't let me login, and it won't give me a new one.21:14
charlie-tcaNot really any good, can't review ideas, can't do nothing...21:15
CheeseheadI can help you with that.21:15
Cheeseheadcharlie-tca: One moment...21:15
Cheeseheadcharlie-tca: Do you remeber the e-mail address you used? The teamcharlies[etc]?21:17
charlie-tcaI don't know anymore. I gave up on it many months ago21:17
Cheeseheadcharlie-tca: Send me an e-mail at ian[at]korinthianviolins.com, and I'll reset your Brainstorm account.21:19
NRWlionwhat is that Brainstorm thing? and what does it take to get access?21:19
CheeseheadBrainstorm is a portal for ideas to improve Ubuntu.21:19
CheeseheadIt was abused for a few years, but we have finally worked out some effective moderation21:20
CheeseheadMost of what we do is refer you to the appropriate venue for the idea, or the bug tracker, mentor you through the process21:21
Cheesehead(We get a lot of new users who simply don;t know the community, or the etiquette, or the reasons we do things the way we do)21:21
NRWlionCheesehead: that is why I am asking21:22
CheeseheadThe easiest way to find out is just to see: http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com21:23
CheeseheadThat Idea I posted was from three years ago. I'm closing it becasue it's fun, but not really an idea to improve Ubuntu.21:24
charlie-tcaCheesehead: sent, but I don't want the other QA logins messed up by this. If it will, I will stay out of brainstorm.21:25
CheeseheadIt should not mess up any QA logins. never has for me.21:25
Cheesehead(If it did, that would be a bug)21:25
CheeseheadYou can see the site wihout logging in, of course21:26
charlie-tcaYes, I had moderator status for Xubuntu way back when it first started21:27
charlie-tcaThen I lost my login ability and after a while, gave up.21:28
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Cheeseheadcharlie-tca: I responded (escalated the issue). I don't want to well-intentionedly make things worse, so I'll ask uphill first.21:31
charlie-tcaWorks for me. Thanks for your help.21:32
CheeseheadAnytime21:32
charlie-tcaI still have the original confirmation from 2008 that said I should be able to login to brainstorm, but it don't work, of course21:32
CheeseheadIf anyone else has mysteriously lost QA or Brainstorm access, please ping me in case the issue is wider than just one person.21:33
SilverLionCheesehead: is it recommended to be loged in there at brainstorm because i am mainly here because of the leadership issure21:33
charlie-tcaI had it mainly for Xubuntu items in brainstorm, since no one does anything with them.21:34
Cheeseheadcharlie-tca: And here I've been begging for experts to drop by from time to time and leave authoritative answers!21:34
CheeseheadWell, we'll get it sorted out.21:34
CheeseheadThanks for mentioning it!21:35
SilverLionCheesehead: who are you talking to?21:35
charlie-tcaYou are welcome. It is really hard for experts to drop by when they can't21:35
CheeseheadSilverLion: Agreed - login is preferable to accomplish anything.21:35
charlie-tcaI used to try every month or two, but after a while, it becomes too much of an effort21:36
Cheeseheadcharlie-tca: It's changed a lot since May.21:36
charlie-tca(when you can't access the questions at all)21:36
SilverLionCheesehead:21:36
SilverLionam i able to register myself or do you need to set up my account there?21:36
charlie-tcaOh, I can guarantee I haven't tried since May.21:36
CheeseheadSilverLion: You can register yourself. It should cause no conflict with other QA logins.21:37
SilverLioncopy21:37
SilverLionwill try tomorrow21:37
SilverLionhavent had sleep last 24hrs21:38
Cheeseheadcharlie-tca: We've become much more agressive about modding away bugs and complaints21:39
charlie-tcaThat's probably needed now, since it should have grown a lot.21:39
CheeseheadLast year at this time, we approved around 60-80 ideas a month. Now it's down to about 20.21:40
charlie-tcaI remember when everything was on one page21:40
charlie-tcamaybe I shouldn't say that. Makes me seem old now21:40
CheeseheadI remember it too.21:40
CheeseheadAnother fellow (or two) and me are going back through the old not-ideas and closing them out.21:42
charlie-tcaGreat! Clearing the old off-topic stuff has to improve things21:42
CheeseheadAnd then closing out the real three-year-old ideas that have been superseded or mooted or passed by or implemented.21:43
charlie-tcaWe passed a lot of xubuntu ideas by, since we couldn't really do anything else21:43
CheeseheadIn the last six months, we've gotten much better at keeping the ideas on-topic.21:43
charlie-tcaThe idea of Brainstorm always was good. It just takes a bit of time to implement something without getting lost in it.21:45
CheeseheadVery true.21:47
CheeseheadI'm trying very hard to change the orientation of Brainstorm. It produces good ideas to improve Ubuntu, but that's only secondary. It's primary output should be all those new submitters getting directed onto teams and projects.21:49
charlie-tcaIt's original intent was to pool ideas that were not yet up to "yes, we can do that" status21:58
charlie-tcaWell, better go hold my meeting today21:59
CheeseheadEnjoy21:59
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