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