[00:00] yep [00:00] #startmeeting [00:00] Meeting started Fri Jan 20 00:00:10 2012 UTC. The chair is greg-g. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.ubuntu.com/AlanBell/mootbot. [00:00] Available commands: #accept #accepted #action #agree #agreed #chair #commands #endmeeting #endvote #halp #help #idea #info #link #lurk #meetingname #meetingtopic #nick #progress #rejected #replay #restrictlogs #save #startmeeting #subtopic #topic #unchair #undo #unlurk #vote #voters #votesrequired [00:00] Hello and welcome to the Ubuntu Membership Review Board for the Americas meeting for . The wiki page for the Review Board is available here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Membership/RegionalBoards/Americas [00:00] We will attempt to get through all of the applicants that have added themselves to that list before today's meeting. If we are unable to make it through the entire list due to time constraints, then at the next meeting we will pick up where we left off. [00:00] The format for the meeting is as follows: We will go through the list of applicants one by one, by date of application (FIFO). [00:00] Each applicant should introduce themselves (1-5 sentences) and provide links to their Ubuntu Wiki page. After the introduction the members of the Membership Review Board will review the pages and, if needed, ask the applicant further questions. [00:00] During this time it is encouraged for other members of the community to show their support for the applicant. Do not be alarmed if the members of the Membership Review Board are quiet during this time; they are most likely reading wiki/launchpad/forum/other pages and deciding how they are going to vote. [00:00] When the board is ready to vote, they will publicly vote in the channel with either +1, 0, or -1 (for membership, abstain, and against membership, respectively). If the sum of those numbers is positive, then the applicant is now an official Ubuntu member! (feel free congratulate them!) [00:00] Now, with any further ado, lets get started with the first applicant... [00:01] kdub? Kevin? you here? [00:01] ... [00:01] nope [00:01] TiMiDo: ? ready? [00:01] Hello World! [00:01] yes [00:01] we are ready [00:01] ;P [00:01] #topic TiMiDo for membership === meetingology changed the topic of #ubuntu-meeting to: TiMiDo for membership [00:02] go for it, please introduce yourself, TiMiDo [00:02] hello there my name is Aaron Farias I been using Linux Since i was a little kid, Kid i mean teenager age, and now I been helping ubuntu to grow, in my lab, [00:02] and it has been growing, [00:03] * bkerensa coughs [00:03] and of course I'm helping in launchpad to translate Ubuntu Packages, and also checking the right translations. and make sure if it is a bug to make sure it's close down, [00:03] what lab are you referring to, TiMiDo ? [00:03] greg-g, college, lab [00:05] cool [00:05] Good going TiMiDo [00:05] yeah, and here it's my wiki page, https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AaronFarias [00:05] I see you do a lot with translations, and you live in Miami, have you done much with the Florida loco? [00:05] TiMiDo: do you have any further plans for doing things with the Flordia LoCo? (Either attending or hosting events yourself) [00:05] TiMiDo: you've done a great many translations! do you think you'll be more active in the Florida LoCo Team? [00:05] and my launchpad also, it's https://launchpad.net/~timido [00:05] hah, we all think alike :) [00:06] dinda, now I'm working, So On my free time, sure [00:07] but my main goal, and to improve, Ubuntu is helping people on reporting bugs also [00:07] with my Computer Science Class, [00:07] TiMiDo: I know ever loco needs help with event planning/coordination, hint hint ;) [00:07] any other questions from the board? [00:07] I been teaching them, either how to report, and how to check the database of the RCS bugs open, and close [00:07] BBB [00:07] sorry, kitten on keyboard [00:07] TiMiDo: cool :) [00:07] TiMiDo: great! [00:08] Pendulum; ^_^ [00:08] and also [00:08] checking the debian/rules [00:08] so there is no bugs later on with the translations files [00:08] #voters dinda Pendulum n0rman cyphermox [00:08] Current voters: Pendulum cyphermox dinda n0rman [00:08] #voters dinda Pendulum n0rman cyphermox greg-g [00:08] Current voters: Pendulum cyphermox dinda greg-g n0rman [00:09] #vote TiMiDo for membership [00:09] Please vote on: TiMiDo for membership [00:09] Public votes can be registered by saying +1, +0 or -1 in channel, (private votes don't work yet, but when they do it will be by messaging the channel followed by +1/-1/+0 to me) [00:09] +1 [00:09] +1 received from greg-g [00:09] +1 [00:09] +1 received from dinda [00:09] +1 [00:09] +1 received from cyphermox [00:09] +1 [00:09] +1 received from Pendulum [00:09] +1 [00:09] +1 received from n0rman [00:09] #endvote [00:09] Voting ended on: TiMiDo for membership [00:09] Votes for:5 Votes against:0 Abstentions:0 [00:09] Motion carried === vibhav_ is now known as vibhav [00:10] great, welcome aboard, TiMiDo ! [00:10] thank you greg-g [00:10] congrats TiMiDo :)and welcome [00:10] Well done TiMiDo [00:10] Congratulations TiMiDo [00:10] thank you a lot guy's :) [00:10] thanks TiMiDo [00:10] Congrats, TiMiDo! [00:10] * ashams Congrats TiMiDo [00:10] thanks vibhav good luck also ;) [00:10] TiMiDo: congrats! [00:10] caravena? Cristian? [00:10] thanks Pendulum [00:10] ashams: ready? [00:10] yes [00:11] #topic ashams for membership === meetingology changed the topic of #ubuntu-meeting to: ashams for membership [00:11] great, please introduce yourself ashams [00:11] Hello, my Name is Ahmed Shams, Egyptian, Ubuntu Translator, Bug Triager and Community worker. [00:11] First, sorry for increasing you load, as I should have my meeting with EMEA instead of Americas RMB!. [00:11] ashams: what time is it for you?! [00:11] 2 am [00:11] :) [00:11] eek! [00:11] I started to contribute to Ubuntu since 2009, with translation, support and testing, then tried to get more involved by focusing on bug triage and support for Touchpad problems in Ubuntu. Since that, I take care of touchpad-related issues, besides finding and triaging papercuts. [00:11] Ghehe, 1 am here [00:11] is there a reason you choose to do it with us instead of EMEA? [00:12] yes, I was confused of time of emea date [00:12] I thought it was 10th of jan instead of 3rd [00:12] * greg-g nods [00:13] because I thought it would be delayed for vacation [00:13] In Community side, I'm serving as LoCo teams' ML moderator, keeper of the wiki-site and member of the current *step*-council. Outside the LoCo, I found my home in ~ubuntu-leadership(-dev) team and going with those good people to develop how things go in here. [00:13] You can find my page here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AhmedShams [00:14] done [00:14] ashams: I applaud your enthusiasm for staying up unitl 2am for this meeting! [00:14] dinda, thanks :-) === vibhav_ is now known as vibhav [00:15] ashams: when do you think the Egyptian Loco team might be ready to try for 'official' status? [00:16] dinda, we were planning for this a couple of months ago [00:16] ashams; looks good. I'll take your contributions section as a "template" for my own contributions page [00:16] but we prefered to get better organization first [00:16] that's why we got a council [00:16] or rather a step council [00:16] ashams: it can be difficult to get organzied for such a large community [00:16] we want to get more *stable* activity as first goal [00:16] good idea [00:17] ashams: is it mostly IRC activity or events? [00:17] if you have any questions or need assistance, do join the #ubuntu-locoteams channel and ask questions. [00:17] dinda, yes it can, but we borrowed the idea of Focus Groups to help with this [00:17] * greg-g is on the LoCo Council [00:17] dinda, events [00:17] great! [00:17] greg-g, thanks, sure I'd :-) [00:18] * SergioMeneses -> hi all [00:18] hi SergioMeneses [00:18] dinda, actually we don't focus on IRC events that much [00:18] ashams: are there any pics of the Egyptian LoCo team? [00:18] n0rman, ah, yes, let my find it [00:19] while you do that, lets vote ;) [00:19] #vote ashams for membership [00:19] Please vote on: ashams for membership [00:19] Public votes can be registered by saying +1, +0 or -1 in channel, (private votes don't work yet, but when they do it will be by messaging the channel followed by +1/-1/+0 to me) [00:19] +1 [00:19] +1 received from cyphermox [00:19] +1 [00:19] +1 received from greg-g [00:19] +1 [00:19] +1 received from n0rman [00:19] +1 [00:19] +1 received from Pendulum [00:20] +1 [00:20] +1 received from dinda [00:20] #endvote [00:20] Voting ended on: ashams for membership [00:20] Votes for:5 Votes against:0 Abstentions:0 [00:20] Motion carried === vibhav_ is now known as vibhav [00:20] congrats and welcome aboard, ashams ! [00:20] Congrats ashams ! [00:20] ashams: I mean, events or meeting of the LoCo :) [00:20] Congratulations ashams [00:20] Well done ashams [00:20] welcome ashams [00:20] ashams; Congratulations! [00:20] Congratulations, and welcome, ashams! [00:20] n0rman, sorry, I can't find the flicker profile right now, but we have some on our fb page: http://www.facebook.com/ubuntueg?sk=photos [00:20] Now off to bed with you ;-) [00:20] yes, go to sleep! [00:20] vibhav: ? [00:20] ashams: congrats! [00:20] Congrats ashams!!! [00:20] ready vibhav ? [00:20] n0rman: yes? [00:21] oh yes [00:21] #topic vibhav for membership === meetingology changed the topic of #ubuntu-meeting to: vibhav for membership [00:21] Please introduce yourself, vibhav [00:21] Thank you everybody, greg-g vibhav n0rman TiMiDo benonsoftware MrChrisDruif JoseeAntonioR Pendulum [00:21] ^_^ [00:21] hello all , my name is Vibhav Pant , I am an active Ubuntu Translator , Tester and convertor [00:22] PS : please excuse me if I become dead for some time [00:22] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/vibhav [00:22] * MrChrisDruif has seen vibhav's name before somewhere... [00:22] also, why did you attend this one instead of another, more timezone appropriate, membership board? [00:22] Congrats ashams way to go! [00:22] Because the timings of Asian board clash with my schedule , greg-g [00:22] bkerensa, Thanks :-) [00:22] vibhav: ah [00:23] you can see me at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/vibhav [00:24] vibhav: what kind of work do you do with the Indian LoCo? [00:24] Sorry guys , its my connection [00:24] Sorry guys , its my connection === vibhav_ is now known as vibhav [00:25] unfortunately, no :/ [00:25] so , where were we? [00:25] erm, oops wrong windo [00:25] vibhav: what kind of work do you do with the Indian LoCo? [00:25] greg-g: Translation , and converting people to Ubuntu [00:25] does the LoCo have many events? [00:26] It has some , but due to my studies and remote location , I cant visit them [00:27] vibhav: I notice you say that you don't do much on IRC, but your one testimonial mentions IRC. Is spending more time working on IRC something you're interested in doing? [00:27] vibhav: do you have plans to contribute (in collaboration with others) in other ways than translations? [00:28] Pendulum: I am not good at all on helping people on IRC [00:28] cyphermox: TEsting Ubuntu pre release images [00:28] vibhav; working on IRC is more then "just" support/help [00:29] vibhav: I think I missed this: when did become active with Ubuntu work? Not just as a user. [00:30] vibhav: I think I missed this: when did become active with Ubuntu work? Not just as a user. === vibhav_ is now known as vibhav [00:30] vibhav: I see you mentioned starting this alreday, what kind of testing were you doing, milestone tests? [00:30] cyphermox: Bug testing [00:30] vibhav: but I mean, using the tracker? [00:31] greg-g: I started translation about 6 months ago [00:31] cyphermox: yes [00:31] yes [00:32] ok [00:32] But I can assure you that I translate Ubuntu very well [00:33] vibhav: why are you seeking membership at this time? [00:33] dinda : because I have already missed 2 meetings [00:34] You can see my profile at https://launchpad.net/~vibhavp [00:34] vibhav: I guess I'm asking more about your motivations to be a member [00:34] dinda: Its nice to be a recognized contributor [00:34] Council may i make a statement? [00:34] vibhav: do you think you will be a good advocate and representative going forward? [00:35] pangolin: please do [00:35] I would like to say i think vibhav is a great person and he has a lot of energy. I feel he will one day make a great ubuntu member but at this time I am not certain he has done enough with the community to merit membership. I would like to see more from him. [00:35] that is all I wanted to say. [00:36] thank you pangolin. [00:36] sorry again === vibhav_ is now known as vibhav [00:37] vibhav: do you have concrete plans to revive the hindi translation efforts or help getting the LoCo team approved? [00:37] cyphermox: YES! [00:38] vibhav: please tell me more ;) [00:39] cyphermox: The Hindi Translation Team used to be alive and flourishing , but now since most of theam are elders , is dead [00:39] The Indian LoCo's administrators are also inactive [00:39] but do you have friends who might want to dive in and help out? [00:39] I am ashamed at this [00:40] #vote vibhav for membership [00:40] Please vote on: vibhav for membership [00:40] Public votes can be registered by saying +1, +0 or -1 in channel, (private votes don't work yet, but when they do it will be by messaging the channel followed by +1/-1/+0 to me) [00:41] +0 I would love to see some more collaboration with other Indian LoCo members [00:41] +0 I would love to see some more collaboration with other Indian LoCo members received from greg-g [00:41] +0 agree with greg-g [00:41] +0 agree with greg-g received from dinda [00:42] I translate much , aint that good? [00:42] +0 I think your translations work has been great, but I'd like to see more collaberation with other people in the community [00:42] +0 I think your translations work has been great, but I'd like to see more collaberation with other people in the community received from Pendulum [00:42] But I cant do that [00:42] +0 [00:42] +0 received from cyphermox [00:42] really impressive translation work, but I'd also like to see more collaboration [00:42] #endvote [00:42] Voting ended on: vibhav for membership [00:42] Votes for:0 Votes against:0 Abstentions:4 [00:42] Deadlock, casting vote may be used [00:42] vibhav: memberships is also about you being part of the larger community [00:42] vibhav: do you have friends who might want to help out? [00:42] cyphermox: yes [00:43] I seem to remember some Free Software groups related to Ubuntu in India recently, right? [00:43] vibhav_: great! :) now you just need to do it, get closer to the ubuntu community :) collaborate with other persons :) [00:43] or at least some events? [00:43] vibhav_: Dont worry your doing good work just get more involved with community.... India has lots :) [00:43] I am a studying kid , so I dont have mmuch time for any physical meetings [00:43] vibhav: that would go a long way helping you with reviving the translation team and LoCo [00:43] * txomon|home understands that vibhav _ has a lot of illusion, but thinks you might get in touch with more of your local area partners [00:43] vibhav: yes, that's all fine :) [00:43] vibhav_: helping out in other ways is also great: planning, outreach, etc [00:44] above all, keep up the translation work, you're doing great! [00:44] thanks [00:44] indeed! [00:44] benonsoftware: ready? [00:44] Yep [00:44] #topic benonsoftware for membership === meetingology changed the topic of #ubuntu-meeting to: benonsoftware for membership [00:44] please introduce yourself, benonsoftware [00:44] Hello, I am Ben Donald-Wilson and I am a high school student in Australia [00:45] btw, with a 2011 join date, I'm surprised you got the "benny" userid on LP :) [00:45] greg-g: I emailed the user and he changed it :P [00:45] ahhhh :) [00:45] My wiki page is https://wiki.ubuntu.com/benny and LP is https://launchpad.net/~benny [00:46] I have done a couple of Ubuntu User Days sessions and one Global Jam, recently I have joined the Ubuntu Classroom Team [00:46] I have also been trying very hard to get Ubuntu into my school [00:47] I'm here to say I know him from UBT, he has done work on team reports [00:47] However none of the IT teachers knew what Ubuntu was and I have also found out that I would proberly have to go to the State Government with Ubuntu as they do the stuuf for that [00:48] thanks Unit193 ! [00:48] I will try this year with my new school and talk to them about Ubuntun and see what happenes [00:48] wow, going to the State gov is a pain, good on you for trying to do it! [00:48] Thank you [00:48] benonsoftware: Your wiki says you are "very active" in the Australian Loco - what kind of things have you done? [00:48] I am also active in the Ubuntu-AU LoCo doing the Team Reports too [00:49] I am also trying to set up a release party too at the moment [00:49] Im here because 1. He is a all around good guy and 2 he shows the sprit of Ubuntu through his hard work and action. As a ubuntu member, I think he would make a great member [00:50] thank you philipballew [00:50] no problem greg-g [00:51] I have attended both sessions that Ben gave, and I was impressed. He was very enthusiastic, and put a lot of effort in preparing his materials. In my opinion, he would be one of those members who are always trying to make a better community. [00:51] Good luck benonsoftware !! [00:51] MrChrisDruif: Thank you [00:51] thanks JoseeAntonioR [00:52] #vote benonsoftware for membership [00:52] Please vote on: benonsoftware for membership [00:52] Public votes can be registered by saying +1, +0 or -1 in channel, (private votes don't work yet, but when they do it will be by messaging the channel followed by +1/-1/+0 to me) [00:52] +1 [00:52] +1 received from dinda [00:52] * benonsoftware is closing his eyes :P [00:52] +1 [00:52] +1 received from Pendulum [00:52] +1 good work and good particpation in the community [00:52] +1 good work and good particpation in the community received from greg-g [00:52] +1 [00:52] +1 received from n0rman [00:53] +1 [00:53] +1 received from cyphermox [00:53] #endvote [00:53] Voting ended on: benonsoftware for membership [00:53] Votes for:5 Votes against:0 Abstentions:0 [00:53] Motion carried [00:53] congrats and welcome aboard, benonsoftware ! [00:53] benonsoftware; congratulations! [00:53] benonsoftware: congrats! [00:53] Thanks everyone [00:53] benonsoftware: congrats [00:53] JHOSMAN: ready? [00:53] congratulations, benonsoftware! [00:53] yes [00:53] Jhosman, Jhosman .... Forward brother :) [00:53] #topic JHOSMAN for membership === meetingology changed the topic of #ubuntu-meeting to: JHOSMAN for membership [00:54] Thanks MrChrisDruif Pendulum JoseeAntonioR greg-g [00:54] please introduce yourself JHOSMAN [00:54] Hi, my name is Jhosman am of the City of Bogota - Colombia 21 years I have used Ubuntu for over 5 years and a member of the community of Ubuntu Colombia, now in this crazy Team webMaster served as managing the website http://www.ubuntu-co.com and social networking activities, or have participated in many in Colombia have participated in launchpad besides the bugs and translations section, I think it's time to be part of the [00:54] congratulations benonsoftware [00:54] :) [00:54] Thanks TiMiDo :P [00:54] treatment of all leisure time activities for the community of Ubuntu Colombia, also promotes Ubuntu in my university, work and friends. Additionally I am Alpha and Beta tester of all Ubuntu distributions developing [00:55] It also develops the theme for my Loco Team Chrome, Chromium and additionally from a Chrome Application found in the Google Chrome Store liciencia both with Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported I support the Community Ubuntu Colombia em Twitter, Facebook and mailing list Ubuntu Colombia [00:55] Additionally I have thought about all the logistics work in the 2012 Bogota FLISOL [00:56] I see the SergioMeneses left a testimonial, good deal :) [00:56] JHOSMAN: is a great guy! and he will be a great ubuntu member! [00:57] thanks much, SergioMeneses :) [00:57] greg-g: don't worry my dear friend [00:57] JhOSMAN: you have a great wiki page and great testimonials [00:57] JHOSMAN: your participation looks great [00:57] To any other applicants: good luck! [00:57] =) [00:57] I'm off to bed [00:57] * txomon|home too [00:58] * txomon|home bye! [00:58] #vote JHOSMAN for membership [00:58] Please vote on: JHOSMAN for membership [00:58] Public votes can be registered by saying +1, +0 or -1 in channel, (private votes don't work yet, but when they do it will be by messaging the channel followed by +1/-1/+0 to me) [00:58] +1 great work [00:58] +1 great work received from greg-g [00:58] +1 [00:58] +1 received from Pendulum [00:58] +1 [00:58] +1 received from dinda [00:58] +1 [00:58] +1 received from cyphermox [00:58] ¿1 [00:59] +1 [00:59] +1 received from n0rman [00:59] sorry :) [00:59] not sure about your +1? ;) [00:59] #endvote [00:59] Voting ended on: JHOSMAN for membership [00:59] Votes for:5 Votes against:0 Abstentions:0 [00:59] Motion carried [00:59] what was that? :D [00:59] congrats and welcome, JHOSMAN ! [00:59] :D Thanks!!!!!! [00:59] uh oh [00:59] Well done JHOSMAN [00:59] great work JHOSMAN! [00:59] Congrats Jhosman !!!!! [00:59] welcome kh :) [00:59] albrigha must be up next :D [00:59] bkerensa: ahh :) [00:59] :S [00:59] JHOSMAN: congrats bro [01:00] albrigha: you ready? [01:00] yep! [01:00] JHOSMAN, welcome aboard [01:00] Nice =) [01:00] JoseGutierrez: congrats! [01:00] bah [01:00] Congratulations, [01:00] JHOSMAN: hard work bro [01:00] JHOSMAN: congrats! [01:00] :) [01:00] +1 [01:00] #topic albrigha for membership === meetingology changed the topic of #ubuntu-meeting to: albrigha for membership [01:01] please introduce yourself, albrigha [01:01] Hello! My name is Aaron. I've been working with Ubuntu for the past 7-8 years. I worked on the HP Linux Imaging and Printing project where I did a lot of launchpad support as well as helping Ubuntuforum users with issues. [01:02] I'd like to be a member to be able to participate in the direction of Ubuntu (voting), etc as well as continuing to help users with problems and working to make ubuntu amazing. [01:03] (not that it isn't amazing now..) :) [01:03] the HPLIP stuff was for work at a previous job? [01:03] Yes, this is true. [01:03] * greg-g is just looking at your LinkedIn :) [01:03] https://twitter.com/#!/ubuntuco/status/160165237411168258 [01:03] but during that time I also participated on ubuntuforums with helping users with other unrelated ubuntu issues. [01:04] awesome [01:04] albrigha: do you have any involvement with the Oregon LoCo? (I notice Launchpad says you're a member of the group) [01:05] I am working on being more active. I've been on the team for several years, but until we had some new management it was pretty inactive [01:05] :) [01:05] * bkerensa is Team Lead for Oregon [01:05] It's been getting more active however, and I will be participating. [01:05] albrigha: good deal [01:07] albrigha: any forums folks around to help support you? [01:08] no I didn't think to have some ready. [01:08] I do have someone from the Oregon LoCo though [01:08] :) [01:08] * bkerensa has feedback if needed [01:10] bkerensa: please share, if other than your wiki testimonial (thanks for that!) [01:10] albrigha: your forum and LP answers involvement seems to not be so recent, is there a reason you're applying now? [01:11] greg-g: I just wanted to add that due to some previous issues with the LoCo going dormant it would have been hard for albrigha to participate for some period of time although I do see him engaging via our social networks and I'm hoping when he is able he can make it to an event (his geographical location may pose a hurdle at this time) [01:12] Pendulum: yes, I had a wrist issue and wasn't as involved in the past year. But I've gotten that fixed so it's much easier to be involved. As for why now, I've missed working with Ubuntu/Linux and and as Ubuntu is a huge part of my life I want to take steps to be involved with the direction of ubuntu and to continue working in the community. [01:13] ah, glad your wrist issue is taking care of [01:13] taken [01:13] greg-g: thanks :) [01:14] albrigha: glad to know things are better :) [01:14] #vote albrigha for membership [01:14] Please vote on: albrigha for membership [01:14] Public votes can be registered by saying +1, +0 or -1 in channel, (private votes don't work yet, but when they do it will be by messaging the channel followed by +1/-1/+0 to me) [01:14] +1 great track record and will love to see your future work [01:14] +1 great track record and will love to see your future work received from greg-g [01:14] +1 [01:14] +1 received from dinda [01:14] +1 [01:14] +1 received from Pendulum [01:15] +0 [01:15] +0 received from n0rman [01:15] +0 [01:15]