[12:06] Hiyas all [22:38] Meeting in 30 minutes! [22:38] (give or take) [22:39] Probably should've given more warning... [22:41] dscassel: In here? [22:41] * genii-around makes a fresh pot of coffee [22:45] genii-around: Yup. [22:45] OK. Guess I can hang at work for a while :) [22:49] Woo! [22:50] * dscassel is hanging out at Kwartzlab, waiting for things to start. [22:50] Making a Timmies run, back in 5-7 [22:55] Meeting!? I'm supposed to be making dinner! [22:55] Microwave! [22:55] j/k [22:57] Meeting in 3! [22:57] BobJonkman: Microwave! :D [22:57] Supposed to be fresh veggies with dip [22:58] I need to slice and dice and dip [23:00] All right, let's get this thing underway. [23:01] Anyone to ping or so on? [23:02] Mass call! DavidLevin james_w KombuchaKip oracology Jeruvy Kulag rgreening willwh bregma FiReSTaRT Kamondelious lborda ryanakca zeroedout cdbs kavurt sipherdee cyphermox IdleOne kenjy MagicFab starcraftman DarwinSurvivor jaguar khoover MylesBraithwaite txwikinger [23:02] Ubuntu Canada Meeting starting now! [23:02] hey [23:03] Agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CanadianTeam/Meetings/2011-10-04 [23:03] hey txwikinger :) [23:03] Feel free to introduce yourselves. [23:03] I'm Darcy, LoCo Contact for Ubuntu Canada and I'll be chairing the meeting today. [23:04] I'm Mike, from Toronto [23:04] Hi all! I'm Bob Jonkman from Elmira ON, just north of Waterloo - Ubuntu Enthusiast [23:05] (If anybody else wants to chair future meetings, I'm looking for new volunteers. It's pretty easy, but I need to start delegating more. :) [23:05] Hi BobJonkman, genii-around :) [23:06] Doug from Surrey (vancouver) [23:07] * genii-around slides DarwinSurvivor a coffee [23:08] Welcome to the meeting, DarwinSurvivor :) [23:08] That's everybody? [23:09] Seems so [23:09] Release parties! [23:10] I guess we've just got the two. [23:10] dscassel: -qc is not having one? [23:10] I'll be throwing one Saturday, October 15 at Kwartzlab in Kitchener. [23:10] genii-around: Probably! [23:11] MagicFab: Are you guys hosting a release party? We should get it in our calendar. [23:11] The Toronto party is on release day, October 13 [23:11] Vancouver's probably doing one too, but they're usually much later after release. [23:11] Toronto apparently has one next Thursday [23:12] * BobJonkman needs to read faster and type slower [23:12] (Quebec and Vancouver are independent of Ubuntu Canada, but it's nice to know what's going on) [23:13] HI GUYS [23:13] late to the party as usual ;) [23:13] Hi, willwh :D [23:13] * genii-around slides willwh a beverage of their choice [23:13] you know fine well it's coffee ;D [23:13] Hehe [23:13] * willwh sips [23:13] DarwinSurvivor: Have you ever been to Ubuntu Vancouver's parties? [23:14] * bregma shows up fashionable late and dressed in black [23:14] hey all [23:14] dscassel: haven't been to any of there stuff in person [23:14] just constributed virtually a bit [23:15] oi bregma :) [23:15] I'm just running through the agenda notes, brb [23:15] bregma: Ever considered running a release party? :D [23:15] I live in the back woods, I can party by myself but.... [23:16] I live in Victoria, and I should probably run one [23:16] maybe get my daughter's boyfriend from up the line, he run Ubuntu [23:16] DarwinSurvivor: Cool. They're pretty enthusiastic about their parties. [23:16] dscassel: cyphermox is handling arrangements for the -qc release and I believe he will announce an "official" date tomorrow. [23:17] IdleOne: Excellent. :D [23:17] bregma: Blueskaj is up around Espanola, he might go [23:17] willwh: Yes. Yes you should. [23:17] life is so busy atm - work, contract work, 3 month old... ;) [23:17] I will see what I can do [23:17] Babies. Yeah. [23:18] bregma: ( assuming Ontario, sorry if not ) [23:18] I do have the perfect venue; http://moonunderwater.ca [23:18] I know the owners well :) [23:18] Cool. [23:18] willwh: Do it! :D [23:19] Corey and Brian Burger are in Victoria. You should invite them. [23:19] funnny oyu mentioned that - I just IM'd corey [23:19] he's probably stuck in a tree, or, mapping something, and very afk. [23:19] Heh. [23:20] Post URP announcements on the mailing list too, and make sure to get them on the Ubuntu calendar [23:21] I will - as soon as I confirm with Moon. [23:21] Yeah, getting them up on the LoCo directory is nice, but I can do that if details are posted to the mailing list. [23:21] great dscassel. [23:22] psema4 and I never did have our September Ubuntu Hour; I should ask him about turning into a URP in Hamilton [23:22] Confirmations from LoCo directory are way down for me from last year. One "openiduser" with a guest or two possibly. [23:22] BobJonkman: That'd be awesome. [23:23] genii-around: Nobody every RSVPs for me. Except BobJonkman and txwikinger of course. [23:23] It'll be at least a week after the KW URP, maybe I can scoop some laser CDs ? [23:23] BobJonkman: Sure. [23:23] Yay! [23:24] I don't have an ocelot design yet. Holly may get her 11th grade art class to make one. ^^; [23:26] dscassel: I still have 8-10 official Natty remaining from when you were down last, I'm putting those on display as well. I'm not going to make a lot of new ones this time, got stuck with them, ended up putting them liberally on the corkboards and flyer counters around neighbourhood. [23:26] Probably make them on the fly this time [23:27] * starcraftman comes back to life after a long public transit ride. [23:27] * genii-around slides starcraftman a coffee [23:28] genii-around: Yeah, makes sense. [23:28] * starcraftman hopes its strong. [23:29] starcraftman: Yes :) [23:29] My todo is list is: design and print CD labels (need to start soon, since they take a while to print), order cake. [23:29] I don't have time for posters, I don't think. [23:30] I'm not sure anyone ever comes because of a poster. [23:30] But they make good reminders for people who were planning on coming anyway [23:31] dscassel: I wanted to use this pic for cd art: http://fr3ak.deviantart.com/art/ocelot-76784799 but the artist has not gotten back to me yet about using it [23:31] I need to send out reminders to the usual mailing lists too. [23:31] genii-around: That's awesome. [23:31] I'd have to test it to see how it turns out in lightscribe. [23:32] I'll bug him again soon [23:32] genii-around: damn, now that's some cool stuff. Can you ask him to put it forward for Ubuntu wallpaper, now that's something to get people interested! [23:34] Also, local reddits. Kwartzlab got some good uptake from using the waterloo reddit to publicize stuff. [23:34] I'll need to post a blog post announcement too. [23:35] dscassel: proven fact, anyone nerdy enough to use Linux has to be on reddit :) [23:36] starcraftman: I'm not, but as generalizations go, probably accurate enough. :) [23:37] dscassel: ya, I guess reddit has gotten a bit less popular among techies, not like back when everyone migrated from digg. Feels weird hasn't been a new site like that to replace reddit yet. [23:37] * BobJonkman is a non-reddit, non-digg luddite [23:37] I think a lot of UW students use the local reddit. [23:37] Sorry for lag, since I'm still here at work late, someone came by I had to talk to. 1 minute please [23:38] genii-around: Sure. [23:38] * dscassel is periodically distracted by people here at Kwartzlab open night. [23:38] BobJonkman: Do you have any free cycles over the next week? Can I offload any of my TODO list on you? [23:39] starcraftman: I'll put it in my next message to him [23:39] Busy every night into the weekend; next week should be somewhat better [23:39] * starcraftman has little to no time, full course load and interviews for coop. Sorry. :/ [23:39] Send me your list, I'll cherry-pick the most lucrative deals [23:40] BobJonkman: Sure. :) [23:41] starcraftman: news.ycombinator.com && slashdot.org - what else do you need? [23:41] follow the folk you like on g+ ;] [23:42] willwh: no thanks on g+, google knows enough without me just giving them my personal data. [23:42] dscassel: I never heard back if the Toronto video feed last time was good/bad/etc. Since it was something experimental I was wondering whether to repeat or not. Since the parties are all different days maybe not this time though. [23:43] genii-around: I checked in a couple times. Cool idea, but I couldn't make out much of what was going on. [23:44] genii-around: I've got a Kwartzlab board meeting next Thurs. so I can't really check on it this time. [23:45] Yeah that room is dimly lit and we didn't really have some focal point like speakers or displays, etc. Maybe for next LTS [23:47] Any other thoughts on release parties? [23:48] Okay.. FSOSS! [23:49] You need help with booth or so on? [23:49] If you're in Toronto or vicinity, you should seriously consider coming to the Free Software and Open Source Symposium slash Toronto Linuxfest October 27-29 [23:49] genii-around: Apparently you need to pay for booths so we're not getting one. [23:50] Ah, OK. I think the FreeGeek gang is down there already [23:50] *grumble* [23:50] genii-around: Yeah, I heard this from Sammy. [23:50] hello [23:50] I'm hoping I'll have CDs in time. Although I'm not going to blow my whole shipment on them. [23:50] * genii-around slides rugbeeprop a coffee [23:50] rugbeeprop: Hi! Welcome the the Ubuntu Canada IRC meeting. Where you from? [23:51] * starcraftman wish they held more linux events like FSOSS in montrealish area. [23:51] genii-around: Otherwise I'd order a conference pack. [23:51] hi Darcy, Tek here, Oshawa [23:51] starcraftman: I wish they had more stuff like this in Toronto too. :) [23:52] * BobJonkman is sad that FSOSS/Linuxfest conflicts severely with unmissable family obligations [23:52] I've skipped FSOSS in the past, mostly because it's a "symposium" [23:52] rugbeeprop: Hey, Tek! [23:52] How do you feel about running a release party in Oshawa? :D [23:52] lol [23:52] dscassel: but symposiums are epic, they were on Futurama! [23:52] great... who is organising it? [23:53] rugbeeprop: Although genii-around will be hosting one in Toronto if you'd rather commute. [23:53] Or failing Oshawa release party, coming to Toronto! [23:53] rugbeeprop: That'd be you. :) [23:53] lol who else is from around Durham region? [23:54] rugbeeprop: I'm sure I've heard of someone else, but nobody on my list. [23:54] * dscassel keeps a list [23:54] dscassel: I'll get in touch with the FreeGeek guys and try to coordinate [23:55] what does it involved? I have never been to any release party before [23:55] I might also be able to raise a few Toronto FreeNet people [23:56] genii-around: That'd be cool. I'll need to know ASAP if I should order a conference pack. [23:56] OK [23:56] (brokerage fees cost a bunch of money, so I'd prefer not to if there's no use for it) [23:57] What's in a conference pack? [23:58] If we're slowing down, I just want to mention @chaslinux's Ubuntu Hour in Kitchener on Friday. [23:59] http://www.lczajkowski.com/2010/08/24/new-conference-packs-for-loco-teams/ [23:59] (sorry, got distracted by Kwartzlab people) [23:59] BobJonkman: Great! Of course, I'll be out of town. Again.