[02:56] <jea> Afternoon skellat 
[02:56] <skellat> Good afternoon
[02:56] <skellat> I think I'm in the wrong channel
[02:56] <jea> haha, that is alright
[10:08] <jea> Hi everyone
[10:09] <jea> Ready for the meeting?
[10:11] <jea_> Hi all
[10:12] <jea_> I will start the meeting if others are around for it
[10:13] <jea> http://loco.ubuntu.com/meetings/ubuntu-au/574/detail/
[10:15] <jea> Hi ScottHarrison 
[10:15] <ScottHarrison> hi Jea.
[10:15] <jea> Here for the meeting?
[10:15] <ScottHarrison> I knew it was on, more just dropping in to observe than anything else.
[10:15] <jea> Ok
[10:16] <jea> Well I haven't started it yet, because nobody else has indicated they are around
[10:16] <ScottHarrison> ok
[10:16] <jea> jared is away tonight, but I thought there would be some others
[10:17] <ScottHarrison> I'll probably be heading to bed shortly, I've got a cold but have to make it to work tomorrow.
[10:18] <jea> Ok. Well, while you are here, what are your thoughts on the re-approval of Ubuntu Australia?
[10:18] <ScottHarrison> I think it would be a positive move but to be quite frank, if this is the turnout for a meeting, do we have any hope?
[10:19] <jea> At this stage no
[10:19] <jea> We are actually doing less now than the last reapproval time, which was rejected for other reasons
[10:20] <ScottHarrison> I think we're lacking a core group of "activists" for want of a better word.
[10:20] <jea> I suspect we would have more chance in a year or so, once a few more of us have more time available
[10:21] <ScottHarrison> and by that I don't mean lacking interested people, I mean lacking interested people able to devote a substantial amount of time to activity.
[10:21] <jea> Yes, that is the problem at the moment
[10:22] <jea> The few of us who have been organising things in the past have been a lot busier outside over the past few months, so not much has got off the ground
[10:23] <ScottHarrison> I understand that, I'm working full time and about to start studying part time as well.
[10:23] <jea> The other issue we struggle with is the physical size of Australia
[10:24] <jea> it is much harder to get events running all around the country
[10:24] <jea> ScottHarrison: which state are you in?
[10:24] <ScottHarrison> Vic.
[10:25] <ScottHarrison> I'm an hour from Melbourne though, so since a lot of Linux related events are in Melbourne and Mon-Fri, attending events is complicated.
[10:25] <jea> Right. We have a few members from each state, but no 'leaders' as such for most
[10:25] <jea> That would make it harder for you
[10:27] <jea> What type of events would you be interested in participating in?
[10:28] <ScottHarrison> I would be interested in public facing events, helping people install/use Ubuntu, I'm a support technician, so helping end users is my bread and butter.
[10:29] <ScottHarrison> but also intermediate/advanced tutorials for more season users would be nice too, maybe some python workshops etc.
[10:29] <ScottHarrison> I could help a fair bit with the former but my skills aren't quite up for teaching more than the basics of Ubuntu.
[10:30] <jea> Last year jared ran a Ubuntu open day sort of thing in Brisbane. It worked fairly well, and might be something you could look at
[10:30] <jea> Would you be able to run an online session within the Ubuntu jams?
[10:31] <jea> (just thinking of different things that we could do)
[10:31] <ScottHarrison> what would that entail?
[10:32] <jea> Basically using IRC or something like a Gogle+ hangout to teach a topic to people who come along
[10:32] <jea> We have done them in the past for Translations, and a couple of other areas
[10:32] <ScottHarrison> yeah, it's something I would consider
[10:33] <jea> Great :)
[10:35] <ScottHarrison> If you like, drop me an email with an overview of whatever plan you have to get us reapproved, along with some particular jobs that need to be completed. I will take a look at it and see what I can fit in to whatever spare time I have.
[10:35] <ScottHarrison> my email is scott@scottharrison.com.au
[10:36] <jea> Ok, sure. Are you on the mailing list at the moment?
[10:40] <ScottHarrison> yeah, I am.
[10:40] <ScottHarrison> Anyway, I look forward to hearing from you, I'm off to bed. Goodnight.