[11:58] <ganime> Hello
[11:58] <ganime> I hope this is the right place for a quick question?
[12:00] <ganime> Where can I find an Ubuntu community in my area? Could someone possibly send me a link or something?
[12:00] <ganime> Thank you
[12:06] <howefield> hi ganime, probably not the right place but you could start here.. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoTeams
[12:08] <elfy> they left ...
[12:09] <howefield> ah well,
[12:10] <howefield> switched off joins/parts ect ect
[12:14] <elfy> :)
[20:01] <caboose885> o/
[20:01] <s-fox> o/
[20:01] <howefield> hello caboose885
[20:01] <elfy> o/
[20:02] <howefield> and all :)
[20:02] <coffeecat> o/
[20:02] <s-fox> Who wants to chair the meeting? My job?
[20:02] <cariboo907> o/
[20:02] <elfy> your job
[20:02] <s-fox> lol
[20:02] <caboose885> its got your name on it s-fox :)
[20:03] <s-fox> Alright...
[20:03] <s-fox> #startmeeting Ubuntu Forums Council Meeting
[20:03] <meetingology> Meeting started Sun Mar  2 20:03:47 2014 UTC.  The chair is s-fox. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.ubuntu.com/meetingology.
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[20:04] <s-fox> #voters s-fox elfy cariboo907 coffeecat elfy howefield
[20:04] <meetingology> Current voters: cariboo907 coffeecat elfy howefield s-fox
[20:04] <Iowan> o/
[20:04] <s-fox> #voters Iowan
[20:04] <meetingology> Current voters: Iowan cariboo907 coffeecat elfy howefield s-fox
[20:04] <s-fox> :D
[20:04] <s-fox> sorry Iowan
[20:04] <Iowan> That happens when I sit in the back...
[20:05] <elfy> happens when I sit in the front ...
[20:05] <s-fox> Right, we currently have an empty agenda so i guess just a bit of feedback really.  But before that i wanted to know if anyone here has anything they want to bring up
[20:05] <elfy> agenda isn't empty
[20:05] <elfy> it's got caboose885 on it ...
[20:05] <howefield> hmm
[20:06] <s-fox> That is old?
[20:06] <Iowan> "last" meeting...
[20:06] <caboose885> I missed the last one...so elfy told me to roll it over to this one
[20:06] <s-fox> Ah, okay :)
[20:06] <elfy> no that is left from the last meeting(s) when there won't enough of us here
[20:06] <s-fox> caboose885,  go for it
[20:06] <s-fox> #topic  	
[20:06] <s-fox> Followup report to the UA team revision
[20:07] <caboose885> Well, I have been working on the UA team. Currently I have 9 active members. I actually have a few more people that are eager to join but they don't meet the requirements yet
[20:07] <caboose885> Hopefully in the next couple months we can bring them on
[20:08] <Iowan> What are membership requirements?
[20:08] <caboose885> 6 months active on the forums
[20:08] <s-fox> I was just wondering how you are going about getting in contact with people, or are they coming to you?
[20:08] <caboose885> At first I was reaching out to people but lately I've had a couple come to me
[20:09] <elfy> good
[20:09] <caboose885> I'm not sure if its members spreading the word or how they are learning about the team
[20:09] <caboose885> I never really asked them how they heard about the team
[20:09] <elfy> it might be worth doing that
[20:10] <caboose885> I will make sure to ask next time
[20:10] <caboose885> So, the team is slowly getting started. Still need more members but at least we have a small team working on reducing unanswered posts left on the forums
[20:11] <elfy> caboose885: nothing to stop you asking those you've got :)
[20:11] <s-fox> That sounds great caboose885 ,  I know it can be hard getting movement :)
[20:11] <caboose885> I think I estimated the team a bit too small. I think I will need more than 15 members but i will take what I can get
[20:11] <s-fox> agreed elfy
[20:11] <elfy> caboose885: yep - though I'd say it's best to start with a compact team
[20:12] <caboose885> agreed, with growing pains and figuring a  good system out and all
[20:12] <caboose885> that is all from me unless you guys have more to ask
[20:12] <s-fox> Okay, anything else you want to add caboose885 , or can we move on? (not that i am trying to change topic)
[20:12] <elfy> caboose885: thanks for the time you're putting in to it
[20:13] <s-fox> Nothing more from me except i am glad it is slowly coming together and a big thank you
[20:13] <s-fox> :)
[20:13] <caboose885> you can move on s-fox. I am done :)
[20:13] <caboose885> Thanks for everyones help and support
[20:13] <howefield> thanks caboose885
[20:13] <s-fox> Okay moving on...
[20:14] <s-fox> #topic Moderator Nominations
[20:14] <s-fox> We have been trying quite hard to become more democratic with the way in which moderators (and admins) will be chosen on the forums
[20:15] <s-fox> It has been difficult to find a way to implement, but we getting there.
[20:15] <s-fox> We have recently come up with this outline: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ForumCouncil/TeamNomination
[20:16] <s-fox> It is still a work in progress that needs the Community Council to agree on (we have 3/7 officially at this time)
[20:16] <s-fox> I guess we are looking for general feedback from an outsiders point of view, as well as just letting you know what is coming
[20:17] <s-fox> I think that is about it, unless any of the other FC members have anything to add.
[20:17] <elfy> not to that
[20:17] <Iowan> nothing here
[20:17] <s-fox> Also big thank you to those that drafted it and did the organisation on launchpad , and going over the vote script :)
[20:17] <cariboo907> you've summed it up pretty good s-fox
[20:17] <elfy> that's still needing some work
[20:17] <elfy> but we've time
[20:18] <howefield> how do we want general feedback, a thread in the forums ?
[20:18] <s-fox> By nature we are forum based, so i think that would be a good idea
[20:18] <elfy> howefield: I've posted one - will post a general forum thread later
[20:19] <s-fox> Thank you elfy :)
[20:19] <howefield> thanks
[20:19] <elfy> let's get feedback from those affected first
[20:19] <s-fox> I want to be quick to add i am not expecting a flood of feedback *right now this instant*
[20:19] <elfy> it can go in the general forum once we're sure of what we are going to do - rather than draft
[20:19] <s-fox> Agreed elfy , i wish to wait until we have a majority from the CC
[20:20] <elfy> I'm not sure that the moderator nomination is of concern
[20:21] <elfy> ok - think move onto fixed items now
[20:21] <s-fox> I wouldn't want to guess the concerns of others. ;)
[20:21]  * elfy neither 
[20:21] <s-fox> Okay,   but before that does anyone have anything that they want to bring up that isn't on the agenda for whatever reason :)
[20:22] <elfy> other than it has been the province of the FC up till now
[20:22] <s-fox> I guess nobody has anything.
[20:22] <s-fox> Next topic
[20:22] <elfy> s-fox: that's what we put AOB on the agenda for I thought :)
[20:22] <s-fox> #topic Division of labour
[20:23] <s-fox> Alright, who wants to do what?
[20:23] <cariboo907> who did what last time? :)
[20:23] <elfy> sef does
[20:23] <s-fox> very funny :)
[20:23] <elfy> not sure what there is on the list anymore tbh - some are long gone now
[20:24] <howefield> I'm not fussy, what does nobody like doing :)
[20:24] <Iowan> I *think* I did the report lasttime.
[20:24] <s-fox> Okay, well there is the team report
[20:24] <s-fox> i think i fixed it the other month, but that might have been elfy
[20:24] <Iowan> Then there's the ML
[20:24] <s-fox> hmm
[20:24] <elfy> team report should be done regardless of there being a meeting
[20:24] <s-fox> elfy,  +1
[20:25] <elfy> Iowan: ML is whoever sees it first and approves the post
[20:25] <s-fox> I think the ml is being looked after generally by a few people though
[20:25] <Iowan> Similar to Res centre...
[20:25] <s-fox> to me that is a good thing
[20:25] <elfy> we changed that at the same time as sending replies to the join notice to dev/null
[20:25] <s-fox> i only think we had it that way to ensure someone looks at it. i think we are better than we used to be
[20:26] <s-fox> i don't mind doing the report
[20:26] <elfy> I think the only thing that needs to be rotated is the report
[20:26] <Iowan> No new members to add :(
[20:26] <s-fox> i haven't done the report for a while, i'll do it tomorrow at some point
[20:26] <elfy> Iowan: not at present - though we actually do those when they get majority
[20:27] <elfy> shouldn't be on Agenda
[20:27] <s-fox> oh, does anyone know when the next announcement bot post is due?
[20:27] <s-fox> that needs checking
[20:27] <s-fox> hopefully it is fixed :)
[20:27] <elfy> no - but I'm subscribed to a couple of -announce m/l's
[20:27] <s-fox> pity we can't fake an announcement to test it
[20:28] <s-fox> or can we?
[20:28] <elfy> no
[20:28] <s-fox> shame
[20:28] <elfy> IS are waiting for one to appear same as us :)
[20:29] <s-fox> Oh yes, while i remember. Thank you to IS for sorting out those tickets i created last week :)
[20:29] <elfy> so all in agreement - QIII can do that?
[20:29] <s-fox> yes
[20:29] <s-fox> agreed
[20:29] <howefield> approved
[20:29] <Iowan> +1
[20:29] <s-fox> +!
[20:29] <coffeecat> +1
[20:30] <elfy> ok - seems like a wrap then
[20:30] <QIII> can we review what the payment rate is for that?
[20:30] <elfy> same as previous
[20:30] <s-fox> Also, thank you to you all for being active in the running of the forums. to me it feels we are much more organised / active than we have been for a long time :)
[20:30] <Irihapeti> I don't do anything much...
[20:30]  * s-fox fires Irihapeti 
[20:30] <howefield> thanks s-fox et all, and good night :)
[20:30] <Irihapeti> TY
[20:30] <s-fox> :D
[20:31] <s-fox> good night howefield
[20:31] <s-fox> i think that is it
[20:31] <s-fox> #endmeeting
[20:31] <meetingology> Meeting ended Sun Mar  2 20:31:29 2014 UTC.
[20:31] <meetingology> Minutes:        http://ubottu.com/meetingology/logs/ubuntu-meeting/2014/ubuntu-meeting.2014-03-02-20.03.moin.txt
[20:31] <Iowan> pull the plug and let's go home
[20:31] <s-fox> Thank you for all coming
[20:31] <QIII> dang
[20:31] <Iowan> (slow again)
[20:31] <s-fox> i already did and am
[20:31] <caboose885> night everyone!
[20:31] <s-fox> Goodnight!
[20:31] <elfy> ok - thanks
[20:31] <cariboo907> Goodnight all