[12:00] <jared> !rmb
[12:00] <jared> Do we have a meeting now?
[12:02] <lazyPower> we do!
[12:03] <jared> lazyPower: just trying to rustle up enough people to hold the meeting
[12:03] <lazyPower> i shall curb my enthusiasm
[12:05] <jared> lazyPower: enthusiasm is great, I just hope  it's not in vain.
[12:07] <jared> Hmm not looking good, only one other board member around at the moment.
[12:08] <lazyPower> booo
[12:08] <jared> I believe the first 2 applicants are actually from the last meeting so is valentino around?
[12:08] <jared> lazyPower: worst case, in these instances, we move to the mailing list so you're not waiting another month.
[12:08] <lazyPower> oh! well that changes perspective quite a bit
[12:09] <jared> It's not fair to penalise people turning up to meetings because the board isn't there.
[12:09] <jared> I've looked over yours and it seems pretty strong so I don't even have any clarifying questions.
[12:10] <lazyPower> Thanks for the peer review! I tried to do my due dilligence to be prepared
[12:10] <jared> When you have multiple testimonials from existing members it makes it very easy to show the requirements for community engagement.
[12:13] <jared> We'll give it until 15 past just in case we can do it now but we're still too light on
[12:14] <lazyPower> jared: thanks for running the motions and feedback. I'll keep my eyes peeled on my inbox for any required discussions on the list. Just so i can make sure i'm on the proper thread - which mailing list is this going to?
[12:14] <lazyPower> s/thread/list/
[12:14] <jared> lazyPower: sorry it's the membership board one that is private
[12:14] <jared> However we CC you on the outcome, is your mailing list on the wiki page the best one??
[12:15] <lazyPower> jared: certainly.
[12:21] <jared> lazyPower: might be in luck, we just hit 4 as I was typing the email to the mailing list
[12:21] <lazyPower> great success \o/
[12:22] <jared> !startmeeting Ubuntu Membership Board 1200 UTC Meeting
[12:22] <jared> Helps if I use the right symbold
[12:22] <jared> #startmeeting Ubuntu Membership Board 1200 UTC Meeting
[12:22] <meetingology> Meeting started Wed Jun 18 12:23:15 2014 UTC.  The chair is jared. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.ubuntu.com/meetingology.
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[12:23] <jared> Hello and welcome to the Ubuntu Membership Review Board for the 1200 UTC meeting for June 18, 2014.
[12:23] <jared> The wiki page for the Review Board is available here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Membership/Boards
[12:23] <jared> 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.
[12:23] <jared> The format for the meeting is as follows: We will go through the list of applicants one by one, by date of application (FIFO).
[12:23] <jared> 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.
[12:23] <jared> 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.
[12:23] <jared> 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!)
[12:23] <jared> #voters jared micahg cyphermox Destine
[12:23] <meetingology> Current voters: Destine cyphermox jared micahg
[12:23] <jared> Now, without any further ado, lets get started with the first applicant...
[12:24] <jared> #topic Charles Butler's application
[12:24] <jared> lazyPower: can you please introduce yourself to the board while they read over your application
[12:24] <jared> #link https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LazyPower
[12:24] <lazyPower> Hello, I'm Charles Butler. I've been a long time Ubuntu user, and fairly active in the community at large mainly in IRC and AskUbuntu.
[12:26] <lazyPower> I've been talking with an Ubuntu Member - Jose whom I'm sure all of you know, and he was the prime supporter in the filing of my application. I love the work we are doing and the community. My strongest area of contributions has been the emerging Cloud Orchestration division of Juju
[12:26] <lazyPower> I present myself to the board as I am, and hope you vote for me.
[12:27] <jared> If any of the other board members have any questions please jump in
[12:28] <jared> If anyone is here to cheer in person for lazyPower's application now is the time
[12:28] <micahg> lazyPower: you mention wanting to introduce new life into the PA loco, any plans for that?
[12:28] <jose> ello
[12:29] <lazyPower> micahg: I've been talking to the existing members and meetings have kind of dwindled. I'm proposing a motion to the list for virtual hangouts - a la UDS/UOS style to make it more accessible to people outside of the Philly region (as i'm in pittsburgh)
[12:29] <lazyPower> Also to provide some focused sessions over some of the newer cloud / touch/ friday hacklabs type projects to expose the emerging ubuntu tech to fellow members of the LOCO
[12:30] <jared> lazyPower: there have been a few posts to the loco-contacts mailing list about that recently that might help you with that goal of virtual hangouts
[12:30] <lazyPower> jared: Thanks for the tip. I'll take a look after the meeting.
[12:31] <jared> lazyPower: no point reinventing the wheel, learning from others makes life easier.
[12:31] <micahg> lazyPower: that sounds interesting (hangouts for LoCo)
[12:32] <jared> jose: if you have anything to add other than your testimonial feel free to jump in now
[12:32] <lazyPower> micahg: I'm really interested in making it very accessible to any/all who are interested without fragmenting the LOCO itself. Its a great group of people.
[12:33] <micahg> lazyPower: I'd be interested in hearing how that goes, maybe we could try something similar in Chicago
[12:33]  * jedijf cheers for lazyPower and combining PA's east and west and then squeezing the middle
[12:33] <jedijf> nad welcomes any and all help :)
[12:34] <lazyPower> micahg: if this gets traction, we could definately collaborate on some bigger and shinier projects. Because "We have the technology!"
[12:34] <jared> So without further ado we'll conduct the vote
[12:34] <jared> #vote lazyPower for Ubuntu Membership
[12:34] <meetingology> Please vote on: lazyPower for Ubuntu Membership
[12:34] <meetingology> Public votes can be registered by saying +1, +0 or -1 in channel, (for private voting, private message me with 'vote +1/-1/+0 #channelname)
[12:34] <cyphermox> +1
[12:34] <meetingology> +1 received from cyphermox
[12:35] <micahg> +1
[12:35] <meetingology> +1 received from micahg
[12:35] <jared> +1 great application, good detail and impressive testimonials
[12:35] <meetingology> +1 great application, good detail and impressive testimonials received from jared
[12:35] <Destine> +1
[12:35] <meetingology> +1 received from Destine
[12:36] <Destine> Congrats!
[12:36] <jared> #endvote
[12:36] <meetingology> Voting ended on: lazyPower for Ubuntu Membership
[12:36] <meetingology> Votes for:4 Votes against:0 Abstentions:0
[12:36] <meetingology> Motion carried
[12:36] <lazyPower> Thank you! I'm honoured.
[12:36] <cyphermox> congrats lazyPower
[12:36] <jedijf> congrats lazyPower
[12:36] <jose> looks like my messages weren't sent but I wanted to just highlight the work that lazyPower has been doing
[12:37] <jose> congratulations, lazyPower
[12:37] <jared> jose: no problems, the testimonials on the application were great
[12:37] <jedijf> lazyPower: also, can't wait to 'hang'
[12:37] <lazyPower> jedijf: Likewise :)
[12:37] <cyphermox> lazyPower: you should be able to add your blog to planet.ubuntu.com, I'm sure people could benefit from more entries about juju things
[12:38] <lazyPower> With regard to the benefits of Ubuntu membership - such as adding my blog and the @ubuntu alias - are there instructions that are sent out or do i need ot dive deeper into the wiki?
[12:39] <cyphermox> the wiki has everything as I recall
[12:39] <jose> @ubuntu is automatic and planet is on the wiki, yes
[12:40] <meetingology> jose: Error: "ubuntu" is not a valid command.
[12:40] <lazyPower> brilliant. Thanks again everyone. I'm humbled and honoured to be accepted.
[12:41] <jared> #endmeeting
[12:41] <meetingology> Meeting ended Wed Jun 18 12:41:58 2014 UTC.
[12:41] <meetingology> Minutes:        http://ubottu.com/meetingology/logs/ubuntu-meeting/2014/ubuntu-meeting.2014-06-18-12.23.moin.txt
[12:41] <jared> Happy to keep the conversation rolling but just didn't want to fill up the meeting logs ;)
[12:42] <lazyPower> ah, sorry
[12:42] <lazyPower> I'm a bit of a wind bag, i'll talk all day if you let me
[12:43] <jared> No worries at all
[12:43] <jared> Some of the board had to run off though so I wanted to end it so they could jet if they needed
[12:43] <lazyPower> jared: thanks again for seeing the meeting through. This just made my day
[12:43] <lazyPower> I'm going to be running around saying "Who's got two thumbs and just became a ubuntu member? this guy!"
[12:44] <jared> lazyPower: glad to hear it, sorry it was delayed
[12:45] <jared> So just added you to LP and sent out the email so it's official