[00:01] You here to get the ball rolling, dscassel? [00:05] Roll call! kavurt johanbr 36DAA3TGU DarwinSurvivor FiReSTaRT pangolin azend mars khoover bilal KombuchaKip bregma cpbell Jeruvy lubotu1 egerlach dscassel mimcpher cyphermox zul Kulag jlamothe willwh sipherdee james_w jaguar- txwikinger [00:06] agenda at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CanadianTeam/Meetings/2012-04-10 [00:06] 19:55 [00:08] By way of introduction, I'm Bob Jonkman, your temporary fill-in host for this evening's meeting [00:08] I'm an Ubuntu enthusiast in Elmira, just north of Waterloo, ON [00:10] I'm mimcpher, and I run an Ubuntu mirror located in Waterloo, ON [00:11] Hi there, mimcpher! [00:11] Did you get your Ubuntu CDs replenished? [00:11] yeah, dscassel dropped off a stack [00:12] Should be some fresh ones coming out in a few weeks [00:13] Have I ever met you (mimcpher) at an Ubuntu Hour ? [00:13] Since I've never been to one, i'd assume No. [00:13] :) [00:14] Hi to all. [00:14] There's two coming up in KW in short order: Last Friday's one was postponed for Good Friday, now being held on Friday the 13th. [00:15] Hi Lipeolive: Glad you could make it [00:15] Kitchener Ubuntu Hour: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-ca/1610/detail/ [00:16] Followed hot-on-the-heels by Waterloo's Ubuntu Hour, next week Wednesday: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-ca/1622/detail/ [00:16] There's another couple of Ubuntu Hours in Quebec listed on the Google calendar [00:16] Hmm, I might be able to hit the Wednesday one. [00:17] Walking distance to UofW [00:18] I'm curious if the two Ubuntu Hours on the calendar are still being held. Can anyone from Quebec verify? [00:19] It'd be great to have a few more Ubuntu Hours across the country. [00:19] All it takes is for someone to say "I'm having an Ubuntu Hour", then go hang out somewhere at a coffee shop, lunch counter or bar for an hour or so. [00:20] If you promise to send him pictures, then dscassel will send you some original Ubuntu CDs to hand out. [00:21] Does anyone KW around have an Ubuntu banner or something? === fellipe is now known as lipeolive [00:22] txwikinger has a banner [00:22] So, is the KW chapter officially the most active chapter of Ubuntu Canada? :) [00:22] We got it for the GNU/Linuxfest in 2010, or maybe 2009 [00:22] It doesn't see much use [00:23] Bob we should borrow it for SoftwareFreedomDay.... [00:23] Hi bilal! There's a pretty active chapter in Vancouver. === charm is now known as chaslinux [00:23] Nice to see you, charm1 [00:23] oops old nick [00:23] And nice to see you too, chaslinux [00:23] * BobJonkman will do anything to boost meeting attendance [00:24] bilal: The Vancouver chapter has their own LoCo [00:24] We just need to plan more in advance and find some activities to make it more fun. [00:24] As does Quebec [00:25] Maybe a computer smash... sledgehammer... but we might need to look into liability, etc... [00:25] chaslinux: making Software Freedom Day more fun, you mean [00:25] BobJonkman: Yeah, I know that, and rrnwexec heads it I guess [00:26] A computer smash does sound like fun. [00:26] Can't get more free from computers than that [00:27] Printer smash maybe... we have a lot more printers and they're worth a whole lot less... [00:27] chaslinux hosts this Friday's Ubuntu Hour, BTW... [00:27] Speaking of fun... [00:27] There be parties! [00:28] Ubuntu Release Parties! [00:28] Yes, Friday the 13th... remind me tomorrow I should make a poster or something.... [00:29] The next Ubuntu Release is coming out on 26 April, and I hear genii-around is planning a party in Toronto that night [00:30] http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-ca/1659/detail/ [00:31] There was talk on the mailing list about another Toronto party, organized by Sammy Lao of FreeGeekToronto [00:31] But this might be the same one. [00:32] I'm planning on travelling to Toronto for that, leaving from Kitchener around 6:00pm. I'll have room in my car for two passengers, if anyone is interested. [00:32] What day of the week is that Bob? [00:32] I might want to attend. [00:33] I think dscassel called dibs around 10:00am for one spot [00:33] hmmmn... so no party here?? [00:33] The Toronto party is on Thursday the 26th. [00:34] There's a Kitchener party at Kwartzlab (the local hackerspace) on Saturday the 28th [00:34] Starts at 2:00pm, doesn't end until dscassel throws me out [00:35] Ubuntu Release Parties are only slightly more involved than Ubuntu Hours. [00:36] You simply declare you're having one, find a venue, and invite hundreds of your best friends and strangers :-) [00:37] Kwartzlab goes all out, with cake and devilled eggs and pizza, but it can be as simple as a couple of buddies sharing a single cup of coffee and asking "So what's a Pangolin anyway?" [00:38] At Kwartzlab we'll have an installfest. Being a hackerspace there's lots of tech support [00:38] Well, I'm a father of two and separated. I like Ubuntu and pasta. Pizza is top 5. [00:38] :) [00:39] * BobJonkman no longer wonders what a Pangolin might be... [00:39] Hi pangolin! [00:39] Glad i could clear that up [00:39] hello BobJonkman and everybody! [00:39] I'll ask the usual question: are people running 12.04 yet? [00:40] I've got two systems running 12.04 so far. [00:40] I have for about a month or so [00:40] upgrading the rest after exams. [00:40] I have an aborted install on a semi-broken laptop. Doesn't count. [00:41] I'll be upgrading three servers to Ubuntu 12.04 Server Edition, probably the Sunday after the release party [00:43] If anyone else is planning a Release Party, or even if you have one at the last minute, let me know and I'll add it to the list at http://loco.ubuntu.com/teams/ubuntu-ca [00:43] It's a short list, right now [00:44] Having these events listed on the LoCo calendar is useful for ... [00:44] LoCo Renewal! [00:44] (which happens to be the next thing on the Agenda) [00:45] dscassel was saying that we need to have Team Reports to help us qualify for renewal. [00:45] The questions on the agenda are the ones I put there, so I don't know the answers: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CanadianTeam/Meetings/2012-04-10 [00:45] Bob we should really have some always on machine in the shop dedicated to events, etc... kinda like the twitter ticker in @kwartzlab... [00:46] That's a good idea. [00:47] Keep an eye on the RSS feeds, the calendar events, the idle chatter in this room... [00:47] :D [00:47] Some of the renewal questions I was asking are: [00:47] What is the deadline for renewal? [00:48] What is the actual renewal process? Who has to push what paper? [00:48] And do we have a volunteer to do Team Reports? dscassel is pretty full with Kwartzlab and other local stuff [00:49] We could make it a part of the new guy's duties (Ade is his name)... he's on a Trios placement so we have him for a couple of months at least. [00:50] Yay! We have a volunteer! [00:51] There's a guide to preparing Team Reports at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TeamReports and https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BuildingCommunity/TeamReporting/HowTo [00:51] Team Reports need to be done back to November 2011. Most of the stuff can be taken from the LoCo calendar and old meeting minutes [00:52] I was going to have a look at those pages, but if we have a warm body at Computer Recycling that'd be great! [00:54] Finally, I was hoping txwikinger would be able to grant someone access to update http://ubuntu-ca.org [00:54] Hmmn... perhaps, not sure if he'll be capable since he has 0 Linux experience. [00:55] The Team Reports are administratium. [00:55] A bit of Wiki skills required. Learn those on the job. [00:55] Yeah, good for his resume too.... [00:55] No actual PC building or OS installation necessary for TeamReports. [00:56] But that's the fun part... ;-) [00:56] Yeah, it's great resume material. "Contributed to the Canadian Local Community Ubuntu Team - here's a link..." [00:57] Well I need to stop looking at a screen... see you in the morning Bob. [00:57] Night all... [00:57] So, if someone sees txwikinger... It would be good to have http://ubuntu-ca.org updated with the current release party info [00:58] Good night chaslinux. [00:58] And that just about concludes the meeting hour. [00:58] Thank you BobJonkman for chairing! [00:59] You're welcome1 [00:59] ! [00:59] Hope to see you at one of the local Ubuntu Hours [00:59] Or the Release Party for sure! [00:59] Kinda unlikely since I'm really busy for most of the day, either on school work or Canonical work [01:00] But yeah, would be great! [01:00] * bilal might come to the release party [01:01] Yay! [01:02] hi guys sorry am late [01:02] :) [01:02] I am also running 12.04 [01:02] on the laptop and some VMs at work [01:02] Hi willwh. We've just wrapped up [01:03] it PWNS my laptop battery compared to lubuntu 11.10 [01:03] my lappy is a little older but the power draw jump is quite considerable [01:03] but I am running ubuntu 12.04 - so they are a bit different :) [01:03] You'll be able to catch up at http://irclogs.ubuntu.com/2012/04/11/%23ubuntu-ca.html as soon as the bot catches up [01:04] 24/7 irssi ftw [01:04] I never miss a beat [01:04] 12.04 is worse for power? [01:04] and I drop parts and joins [01:04] BobJonkman: well, this is a bit of a bad comparison [01:04] That's too bad. My laptop isn't getting any younger [01:04] Lubuntu 11.10 vs Ubuntu 12.04 [01:05] and it's an old 8 cell battery [01:05] from a full charge lubuntu would get about 40mins [01:05] under 12.04 I get 14 [01:05] lol === BobJonkman changed the topic of #ubuntu-ca to: Welcome to the Ubuntu Canada LocoTeam channel | http://www.ubuntu-ca.org/ | Wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CanadianTeam | Forum: http://canada.ubuntuforums.org/ | S.V.P utilisez #ubuntu-qc pour soutien en français | Channel logged at http://irclogs.ubuntu.com/ | Meeting info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CanadianTeam/Meetings | Next meeting 8 May 5:00pm PDT, 8:00pm EDT, 9:30pm NDT [15:08] Bonjour [15:09] Ou est starcraftman? :( [15:11] o/ johanbr