[19:57] <ChinnoDog> I forgot about meeting. doh
[20:38] <marcoceppi> I will be here tonight
[20:50] <bcurtiswx> lol, great to hear about meeting tonight :)
[21:41] <ChinnoDog> oh. It is tonight. I thought I missed it.
[22:48] <marcoceppi> I actually remembered in time to be here
[22:54] <bcurtiswx> Still tonight
[22:54] <bcurtiswx> about 6 minutes
[22:55] <bcurtiswx> kjcole, it's looking good tonight
[22:56] <kjcole> bcurtiswx, do tell, praytell.
[22:56] <bcurtiswx> ChinnoDog, and marcoceppi are here
[22:57] <kjcole> I almost bagged it. Then, as usual, I got to working on something that kept me at my desk past 6:00...
[22:57] <bcurtiswx> kjcole, you are quite dedicated
[22:58] <bcurtiswx> Hi Sujit
[22:58] <kjcole> Dedicated? Yes. Effective? Debatable. ;-)  But I'm satisfied wit an "A for effort". ;-)
[22:59] <kjcole> Hokay!  T minus 1 minute and not bad.
[22:59] <marcoceppi> o/
[23:00] <bcurtiswx> #startmeeting
[23:00] <meeting> Meeting started Wed Oct 17 22:59:59 2012 UTC. The chair is bcurtiswx. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot.
[23:00] <meeting> Useful Commands: #action #agreed #help #info #idea #link #topic #endmeeting
[23:00]  * kjcole is here
[23:00] <bcurtiswx> #topic Roll Call
[23:00]  * bcurtiswx is here
[23:00]  * kjcole is here
[23:00] <bcurtiswx> ChinnoDog, you here?
[23:00] <bcurtiswx> marcoceppi, thanks for attending
[23:01] <marcoceppi> yw
[23:01] <bcurtiswx> Sujit, you here?
[23:01] <Sujit> yup
[23:01] <bcurtiswx> Great :)
[23:01] <Sujit> on time this time
[23:01] <bcurtiswx> Sujit :) ChinnoDog let us know when you're here
[23:01] <Sujit> What's the agenda tonight?
[23:02] <bcurtiswx> Topic are posted here:https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DistrictOfColumbiaTeam/MeetingNotes/20121015
[23:02] <bcurtiswx> #link https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DistrictOfColumbiaTeam/MeetingNotes/20121015
[23:02] <Sujit> yeah i read that. I meant do we have anything specific in mind
[23:02] <bcurtiswx> Sujit, we'll be discussing everything on there :) i'll be your lovely moderator tonight
[23:02] <kjcole> #topic Monthly Meeting official new date
[23:03] <bcurtiswx> i'm not sure if you can do that since I started the meeting..
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[23:03] <kjcole> bcurtiswx: Oh. OK, you do it. ;-)
[23:03] <bcurtiswx> #topic Monthly Meeting official new date
[23:03] <bcurtiswx> So since today worked well for a good chunk of people
[23:04] <bcurtiswx> #idea Meeting every third Thursday of the month
[23:04] <bcurtiswx> This is now up for a vote
[23:04] <kjcole> Wednesday works for me.  Especially considering we're going monthly instead of some insane attempt at weekly.
[23:04] <marcoceppi> +1 from me
[23:04] <bcurtiswx> +1 here
[23:04] <kjcole> +1
[23:05] <bcurtiswx> Sujit, your vote?
[23:05] <Sujit> yes.
[23:05] <bcurtiswx> since I have not heard from ChinnoDog i'll skip them for now
[23:06] <bcurtiswx> Vote passes: 4 yes, 0 no, 0 abstain.
[23:06] <bcurtiswx> #topic Upcoming Events
[23:07] <bcurtiswx> There is a meeting coming up for on Broadband
[23:07] <bcurtiswx> kjcole, would you please explain what goes on there and some info about it
[23:07] <kjcole> #idea Tomorrow(?) is release day.
[23:08] <kjcole> #idea Digital Capital Week (DCWEEK) also coming up fast.
[23:08] <kjcole> As for the Broadband Summit...
[23:08] <Sujit> Excited for new refined Unity Lens
[23:08] <bcurtiswx> OK first thing, Broadband summit
[23:09] <kjcole> ...Probably not for the LoCo per se.  It is a meeting hosted by the DC Government's Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO).
[23:09] <bcurtiswx> Still, it's nice to know all of whats going on around the region that technology related
[23:09] <Sujit> Yeah. Its doesnt have anything related to Ubuntu I guess
[23:09] <kjcole> Government wonks blather on about trying to improve digital inclusion, and others lobby for them to hurry it up.
[23:10] <bcurtiswx> did this summit have anything to do with the eventual wireless access in WMATA tunnels
[23:10] <kjcole> There is some overlap between the Broadband Bridge group and the LoCo
[23:10] <kjcole> but the Summit is probably not going to be the place to exploit that.
[23:10] <bcurtiswx> #action kjcole to add these events to LoCo calendar
[23:11] <bcurtiswx> ok, then DCWEEK ?
[23:12] <Sujit> IT IS ON A MONDAY!!
[23:12] <Sujit> not happening for me :(
[23:12] <marcoceppi> DCWEEK is quite long
[23:12] <bcurtiswx> What goes on there?
[23:13] <marcoceppi> O
[23:13] <marcoceppi> I'm skimming the schedule now
[23:13] <bcurtiswx> please add a link to it
[23:13] <marcoceppi> http://digitalcapitalweek.org/schedule/
[23:13] <bcurtiswx> #link http://digitalcapitalweek.org/schedule/
[23:14] <marcoceppi> APIs, startup, funding, iOS, HTML5 from what I gathered
[23:14] <bcurtiswx> kjcole got a link to the broadband summit ?
[23:14] <Sujit> DCWEEK is long...not Broadband summit. http://connect.dc.gov/event/fall-2012-community-broadband-summit
[23:14] <kjcole> #link http://connect.dc.gov/event/fall-2012-community-broadband-summit
[23:14] <bcurtiswx> thanks
[23:14] <ChinnoDog> I am here now.
[23:14] <bcurtiswx> ChinnoDog, thanks for attending :)
[23:15] <kjcole> #link https://fall2012summit.eventbrite.com/
[23:15] <Sujit> Hello Chinnodog
[23:15] <ChinnoDog> hiya
[23:15] <bcurtiswx> So there are quite a few events, Would someone be willing to put together a brief summary of each of these events for the website and mailing list. I can accumulate and distribute once completed
[23:15] <bcurtiswx> bcurtiswx@ubuntu.com
[23:16] <marcoceppi> Sure, I'll help out with that
[23:16] <bcurtiswx> marcoceppi, which event would you like ?
[23:16] <bcurtiswx> or events
[23:16] <kjcole> DCWEEK is now posted to the calendar.
[23:16] <marcoceppi> I'll take DCWEEK for a brief summary
[23:16] <bcurtiswx> kjcole,  would you make a brief summary for it and send to me at bcurtiswx@ubuntu.com
[23:16] <bcurtiswx> marcoceppi, it's yours
[23:17] <bcurtiswx> how about the broadband summit ?
[23:17] <kjcole> I'll put the summit there for what it's worth, with the caveat that it's more wonky less LoCo'ey
[23:17] <bcurtiswx> kjcole, OK i figured i'd gather all of it together and send one mass e-mail out. I'm happy to do that if you want to send me the summar in e-mail
[23:17] <bcurtiswx> summary*
[23:17] <kjcole> ("there" being the calendar). I'll also send a summary.
[23:18] <bcurtiswx> #action marcoceppi to send summary of DCWEEK to bcurtiswx
[23:18] <kjcole> bcurtiswx, summary to you.
[23:18] <bcurtiswx> #action kjcole to send summary of broadband summit to bcurtisx
[23:18] <bcurtiswx> or bcurtiswx.. LOL
[23:18] <bcurtiswx> OK onto the next topic
[23:19] <bcurtiswx> #topic Advertising local linux help.
[23:19] <Sujit> I have one..
[23:19] <Sujit> WHat happened to InstallFest?
[23:19] <bcurtiswx> Sujit, did you want to use the mailing list to organize an installfest ?
[23:20] <bcurtiswx> I'm happy to work with you on it if you'd like
[23:20] <Sujit> sure
[23:20] <bcurtiswx> #action Sujit to work on organizing an installfest for Quantal Quetzal
[23:21] <Sujit> Do you have a plkace in mind?/
[23:21] <bcurtiswx> Sujit, we'll discuss that later
[23:21] <Sujit> place*
[23:21] <Sujit> ok.
[23:21] <bcurtiswx> onto the topic
[23:22] <bcurtiswx> I think the mailing list would be a great medium to advertise people to get linux help. This gets people in our mailing list and will hopefully increase awareness of what we do
[23:22] <bcurtiswx> The workload behind this would require flyers to be designed and then we'll need to find out where we can legally distribute them
[23:23] <marcoceppi> Why not just help point people to something like Ask Ubuntu?
[23:23] <Sujit> But not many people dont know linux/ubuntu...why would they join ubuntu mailing list?
[23:23] <kjcole> #idea folks with access to schools or community centers might possibly throw a flyer up occasionally, no?
[23:23] <Sujit> I like flyers idea
[23:23] <Sujit> +1
[23:23] <bcurtiswx> kjcole, that's a good idea
[23:24] <bcurtiswx> it would be an advertisement to try Ubuntu and ask all questions on the mailing list.. If we use ask ubuntu we drive traffic away, why not have it come through here first and we can reference ask ubuntu if we need to ?
[23:24] <bcurtiswx> #agree to kjcole's idea
[23:25] <marcoceppi> That's fine, I think we should just be pushing to help expose Ubuntu more
[23:25] <kjcole> To spread the work around, we should try to rope Mr. Weber, who claims art among his skills, into flyer design.  (I've done a few, and could probably rejigger one of my old ones, but...)
[23:26] <bcurtiswx> marcoceppi, we can promote Ubuntu as the main content and make pull tabs to a wiki page with how to get help
[23:26] <marcoceppi> bcurtiswx: +1 I misunderstood the original topic
[23:26] <kjcole> bcurtiswx, +1 that.
[23:26] <Sujit> sounds good
[23:26] <bcurtiswx> so #help design flyer
[23:27] <bcurtiswx> #help design wiki page
[23:27] <bcurtiswx> Ok, anything else on this topic ?
[23:27] <bcurtiswx> I think flyers are a good start
[23:28] <marcoceppi> For reference, some of the resources here could help: http://spreadubuntu.org/
[23:28] <bcurtiswx> absolutely
[23:28] <Sujit> I think we shld ask for a confirmation frm MR Weber that he is ready to design....rather than assuming
[23:28] <bcurtiswx> #link  http://spreadubuntu.org/
[23:28] <kjcole> #idea Take images (and other ideas, texts, etc.) from the Software Freedom Day site
[23:28] <kjcole> #link http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/StartGuide#Useful_Documents.2C_Templates.2C_Files_and_Examples
[23:28] <bcurtiswx> kjcole, yes, add the link too
[23:28] <bcurtiswx> YAY!
[23:29] <bcurtiswx> Sujit, i left it as an open help request in case he doesn't
[23:29] <Sujit> ok.
[23:30] <bcurtiswx> #topic Gathering information about our members and where they are in the Ubuntu "experience"
[23:30] <bcurtiswx> If we have a list on our wiki with member specialties it may make communication between our members easier
[23:30] <kjcole> Before I forget: People with photos on Flickr who have not yet gotten onto the group, need to bug maco for membership.
[23:30] <kjcole> If she's no longer maintaining that, she can probably hand admin rights to someone else.
[23:31] <bcurtiswx> kjcole, you care to take care of finding out ?
[23:31] <kjcole> bcrutiswx, Will ask her.
[23:31] <bcurtiswx> #action kjcole to talk with maco about flickr group maintainence.
[23:31] <bcurtiswx> Anyone here want to take care of writing an e-mail to the mailing list to gather this information ?
[23:32] <bcurtiswx> OK, i'll leave it as an open help topic
[23:32] <bcurtiswx> #help write e-mail to mailing list requesting Ubuntu specialties from LoCo members
[23:32] <kjcole> #idea http://dc.ubuntu-us.org/node/add/poll
[23:33] <kjcole> #link http://dc.ubuntu-us.org/node/add/poll
[23:33] <bcurtiswx> kjcole, thank you
[23:33] <Sujit> I am sorry, but do we need to ask admin to add us to the ubuntu group before we upload photos?
[23:33] <bcurtiswx> Sujit, good question, I am not sure
[23:33] <Sujit> Becuase I added pics to that group and I never bothered to ask admin
[23:34] <kjcole> Sujit, You can upload whatever you want to your account, but to have it flagged as being part of the DC Ubuntu LoCo, maco has to add you as a member to the group.
[23:34] <kjcole> Sujit, Really?
[23:34] <bcurtiswx> OK, kjcole is going to be looking into that so we can move on :)
[23:34] <Sujit> hmmm. i see my pics in that group. can you guys see ?
[23:34] <Sujit> ok
[23:35] <kjcole> Right. Moving on. ;-)
[23:35] <bcurtiswx> #topic Ideas for the LoCo going forward
[23:35] <bcurtiswx> anyone have anything they can think of that we can do as a group in the future?
[23:35] <marcoceppi> Sadly, not sure how meetingology works, so...
[23:36] <marcoceppi> More publicity for Ubuntu via demos in public places
[23:36] <bcurtiswx> #link http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot
[23:36] <Sujit> try to attend all meetings and events .. :-P
[23:36] <kjcole> #idea something at HacDC, to be determined?  Perhaps tutorials on packaging?
[23:36] <kjcole> #link http://hacdc.org/
[23:36] <bcurtiswx> just looking at ideas right now, we'll discuss at a future time/date
[23:36] <bcurtiswx> use #idea for any ideas
[23:37] <marcoceppi> #idea Ubuntu demos in public places
[23:37] <bcurtiswx> :)
[23:37] <Sujit> +1 marcoceppi
[23:37] <marcoceppi> I've heard some pretty good success with small groups of Ubuntu users setting up in coffee shops with a laptop, a sign saying "Try me", and CDs
[23:37] <bcurtiswx> Liking the ideas, lots of potential
[23:38] <Sujit> me too.
[23:38] <kjcole> #idea showing up / tabling at November 17, Mini Maker "unFaire" at MLK library
[23:39] <bcurtiswx> OK, great! anything else for now?
[23:39] <kjcole> #link https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/mini-maker-faire-dc
[23:39] <bcurtiswx> #info you can use the mailing list to discuss future ideas (for those who can't attend the formal meetings)
[23:39] <Sujit> thats great...MLK library!
[23:40] <bcurtiswx> last topic
[23:40] <bcurtiswx> #topic Chair for next meeting
[23:40] <kjcole> #idea when / if the next DISCOvering TECHnology (Disco Tech) Faire occurs, it's ideal.
[23:40] <bcurtiswx> I'm happy to do it
[23:40] <bcurtiswx> but, i don't want to hog it
[23:40] <kjcole> +1
[23:40] <bcurtiswx> if anyone wants to, please let me know now
[23:41] <kjcole> bcurtiswx, you keep it moving. I would get distracted. ;-)
[23:41]  * bcurtiswx has done this before ;0
[23:41] <Sujit> +1
[23:41] <bcurtiswx> ok #action bcurtiswx to chair next meeting (1 month)
[23:41] <bcurtiswx> Thank you all for attending
[23:41] <bcurtiswx> #endmeeting
[23:41] <meeting> Meeting ended Wed Oct 17 23:41:56 2012 UTC. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot. (v 0.1.4)
[23:41] <meeting> Minutes: http://meeting.sugarlabs.org/ubuntu-us-dc/meetings/2012-10-17T22:59:59.html
[23:41] <meeting> Log:     http://meeting.sugarlabs.org/ubuntu-us-dc/meetings/2012-10-17T22:59:59
[23:41] <kjcole> #idea (frivolous) meetings should end with the Shebang! of a gavel. ;-)
[23:42] <marcoceppi> thank you for chairing
[23:42]  * bcurtiswx throws campfire stick at kjcole
[23:42] <bcurtiswx> good enough ?
[23:42] <bcurtiswx> marcoceppi, thanks for attending :)
[23:42] <marcoceppi> Anyone heading out to UDS?
[23:42] <kjcole> bcurtiswx, you're no fun. :-{
[23:43] <bcurtiswx> marcoceppi, i could if i applied, don't have the time.. but denmark is going to be friggin amazing
[23:44] <bcurtiswx> i went to UDS-O in hungary. Was scared shitless because i hadn't been out of the US ever
[23:44] <bcurtiswx> and i was alone
[23:44] <bcurtiswx> lol
[23:44] <marcoceppi> heh, It's been a few years for me as well traveling outside of the US, I'm looking forward to it though
[23:44] <bcurtiswx> marcoceppi, you're going?
[23:44] <marcoceppi> mmhm
[23:44] <bcurtiswx> Great!
[23:44] <bcurtiswx> make #ubuntu-us-dc proud :)
[23:44] <marcoceppi> I WILL REPRESENT DC METRO
[23:44] <Sujit> Great. Say hi to M shuttlworth
[23:45] <bcurtiswx> I had lunch with him
[23:45] <bcurtiswx> Rick Spencer introduced me
[23:45] <Sujit> what the .........
[23:45] <kjcole> Where do you people find the time / money???
[23:45] <Sujit> really?
[23:45] <bcurtiswx> really really
[23:45] <Sujit> exactly Kjcole
[23:45] <marcoceppi> Had a beer with him in San Diego, thanks to Jorge Castro
[23:45] <bcurtiswx> I do a lot of Desktop Team work, so canonical lets me go for free ;)
[23:46] <kjcole> The DC LoCo had an interesting beginning that allowed me to meet him at Below Zero in Canada:
[23:46] <bcurtiswx> kjcole, once day I'd like to get a devoted team together to work out the details of having a UDS at Washington Convention Center
[23:47] <marcoceppi> bcurtiswx: I thought the same about the Gaylord
[23:47] <kjcole> The human hurricane known as Paul Flint knew Matt Zimmerman before he joined Canonical.
[23:47] <Sujit> You have all my supoort bcurtwix
[23:47] <marcoceppi> but having a UDS in DC would be amazing
[23:47] <bcurtiswx> We have the night life that UDS's seem to require
[23:47] <kjcole> Matt slipped Paul some very early CD's and Paul became the defacto Team Contact for DC until moving to Vermont.
[23:48] <bcurtiswx> we can be DC tour guides, im sure we've all done it for friends family who visit..
[23:48] <marcoceppi> sure, definitely
[23:48] <marcoceppi> I'd be interested in what the process is for making DC a candidate. I know having a loco presence is a plus
[23:48] <kjcole> Paul, with his inside connection, got Jeff Elkner and a couple of others to Australia for Down Under, and then the three of us went to UBZ in Canada.
[23:48] <bcurtiswx> well having an approved LoCo will help a lot ;)
[23:49] <kjcole> Oh, now there's an idea!
[23:49] <marcoceppi> so, we're still not approved after we "fell out"?
[23:49] <marcoceppi> that's not what the loco portal says ;)
[23:49] <bcurtiswx> we need to support we're on the right track again and even after this meeting we've got plenty of information
[23:49] <kjcole> I've seen events pulled off by a small handful of people... (Wikimania being the most recent.)
[23:49] <Sujit> I thought we are approved
[23:50] <bcurtiswx> we aren't but i'll leave kjcole to that
[23:50] <kjcole> marcoceppi, I got e-mail saying "you're gone" a while back.  I believe I forwarded to the list.
[23:50] <marcoceppi> kjcole: I remember that
[23:51] <bcurtiswx> The wife needs the dual screen greatness of my desktop for her homework. I will see ya all next month and look forward to your e-mails
[23:51] <marcoceppi> o/
[23:51] <kjcole> marcoceppi, that was the from the official "powers-that-be".
[23:51] <kjcole> I'm going to go rot my mind in front of the tube in a few minutes.
[23:51] <Sujit> good night bcurtiswx
[23:51] <kjcole> (The OTHER tube.)
[23:51] <marcoceppi> see you all alter
[23:52] <kjcole> alter what? ;-)
[23:52] <Sujit> good night guys.
[23:52]  * kjcole waves good bye.
[23:52] <Sujit> hahh. m sure that was a typo
[23:52] <marcoceppi> s/alter/later/
[23:53]  * kjcole heads off to the 55" television here in the office.