[01:30] <pleia2> woo, made it home
[01:51] <pleia2> team meeting in 10ish minutes
[01:52] <Roguehorse> Hey
[01:58] <pleia2> o/
[01:58] <Roguehorse> o/
[01:58] <nhaines> o/
[01:59]  * eps glances at the clock
[02:00] <pleia2> ok, meeting time
[02:00] <pleia2> #startmeeting
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[02:00] <pleia2> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam/Meetings/14August24
[02:00] <darthrobot`> Title: [CaliforniaTeam/Meetings/14August24 - Ubuntu Wiki]
[02:00] <pleia2> agenda!
[02:01] <pleia2> so I added the item
[02:01] <pleia2> #topic Upcoming events, are we participating?
[02:01] <DonkeyHotei> item?
[02:01] <pleia2> we have two big things coming up:
[02:01] <DonkeyHotei> ok.
[02:01] <pleia2> UbuntuGlobalJam September 12-14
[02:01] <pleia2> Software Freedom Day September 20th
[02:01] <pleia2> so far I haven't heard much about us doing either
[02:01] <pleia2> I think jyo was thinking about doing something for the jam though
[02:01] <pleia2> (I'll be on the wrong side of the country during it)
[02:02] <pleia2> any thoughts?
[02:02] <Roguehorse> Where is the SFD going on?
[02:02] <DonkeyHotei> any coordination with fedora folk regarding 9/20?
[02:03] <pleia2> California seems empty UbuntuGlobalJam September 12-14
[02:03] <pleia2> grr
[02:03] <pleia2> http://softwarefreedomday.org/map/index.php?year=2014
[02:03] <darthrobot`> Title: [SFD 2014 Map: Find an event in your area!]
[02:03] <pleia2> not to say none exist, but on the official site where events can register, there aren't any
[02:04] <DonkeyHotei> sounds like a first
[02:04] <Roguehorse> Just found that..thanks
[02:04] <pleia2> DonkeyHotei: no coordination with anyone so far, if you know of Fedora folks doing something, please do chat with them :)
[02:04] <Roguehorse> So we would have to host one?
[02:05] <pleia2> yeah, unless we find a LUG or other group already doing something
[02:05] <DonkeyHotei> Roguehorse: it might be nice
[02:06] <Roguehorse> I'm always game for doing stuff I just stink at the coordination
[02:06] <nhaines> Roguehorse: find a friend and help out with coordination.  You'd be surprised how quickly you learn.  :)
[02:06]  * nhaines vaguely remembers SCALE6X....
[02:07] <DonkeyHotei> i attended scale6x
[02:08] <Roguehorse> nhaines: Everyone in my LUG says they're too busy to help with anything...thus very slow progress
[02:08] <DonkeyHotei> your lug meets in a busy area
[02:08] <Roguehorse> I guess
[02:09] <nhaines> Roguehorse: any LoCo members nearby?
[02:10] <Roguehorse> Don't know.....I've only made it to one gig so far...14.04 launch. I think Grant lives nearby though (or not far)
[02:11] <grantbow> SFSU usually does an SFD event
[02:11] <grantbow> I'll ping sameer
[02:11] <rww> o/
[02:11] <Roguehorse> speaking of Grant
[02:13] <pleia2> grantbow: thanks
[02:14] <pleia2> anything happening in socal?
[02:15] <nhaines> Not that I know of.  I need to check with OCLUG on the status of the next installfest.
[02:16] <Roguehorse> grantbow: You want to work together to put on a SFD?
[02:16] <pleia2> nhaines: sounds good
[02:16] <pleia2> philipballew: anything in SD?
[02:16] <philipballew> pleia2, for sfd?
[02:17] <pleia2> philipballew: or ugj
[02:17] <grantbow> Roguehorse I'll help coordinate if you want to lead up an effort and attend.
[02:18] <Roguehorse> grantbow: Ok..we can talk after the meeting
[02:18] <philipballew> I am planning a ubuntu hour that I will call a ubuntu global jam where I show people how to report and file bugs. As for Software Freedom Day, I am speaking on open source stuff at the one in Tijuana Mexico, just over the border.
[02:18] <grantbow> ok
[02:18] <pleia2> philipballew: cool
[02:19] <philipballew> I'll try to remember to take pictures or both and shoot out a blog or two
[02:19] <pleia2> philipballew: please do!
[02:19] <DonkeyHotei> Roguehorse: if you were at the 14.04 launch, we probably met
[02:20] <pleia2> #topic Any other business
[02:20] <philipballew> Quallcomm still will not put up my ubuntu meetup flyer's at their office.
[02:20] <pleia2> that's all we had for agenda items, anyone else have anything?
[02:20] <eps> Utopic release party planning?
[02:21] <DonkeyHotei> i think it's a bit early
[02:21] <eps> DonkeyHotei: trust me, it isn't
[02:22] <pleia2> not early, we need to pin down a venue pretty early, it's only 2 months away
[02:22] <pleia2> October 23rd is release
[02:22] <DonkeyHotei> oh.
[02:22] <pleia2> I'll be in the wrong part of the world again
[02:23] <Roguehorse> ...don't you have some sort of assigned "second" for when you're traveling?
[02:23] <pleia2> hehe
[02:23] <DonkeyHotei> Roguehorse: how 'bout he.net as a venue?
[02:25] <Roguehorse> I think we probably could...I would have to ask first (obviously)
[02:26] <DonkeyHotei> another possibility might be noisebridge
[02:28] <pleia2> I stopped doing them there because the feedback wasn't great (venue was hot, dirty)
[02:28] <pleia2> but it's been a while since I've been
[02:29] <pleia2> citizenspace.us has offered us space, and we can always ask Mozilla or AdRoll again
[02:30] <pleia2> so I think we have a lot of options in SF, just need folks to coordinate something
[02:30] <Roguehorse> ooh...I'd like to look inside Mozilla, that would be cool
[02:31] <pleia2> they have a pretty cool community space at their office on the Embarcadero
[02:31] <Roguehorse> nice
[02:31] <pleia2> I reached out to them for our 14.04 party, but they took forever to reply so I gave up on them for that event, but have since been promised prompter replies ;)
[02:32] <pleia2> so I'm happy to put folks in touch as needed, even if I can't attend myself
[02:32] <Roguehorse> well, between parenting, school, eblug and working with Grant on SFD - I'm pretty tapped
[02:33] <nhaines> Roguehorse: Definitely better to pace yourself.  :)
[02:33] <Roguehorse> nhaines: I like to be community active but it's not fair to the wife for me to be gone all the time ya know?
[02:35] <nhaines> Roguehorse: or the kids.
[02:35] <nhaines> Although we always made SCALE a family event.  :)
[02:35] <eps> SCALE 13x info available at http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale13x -- it's scheduled for *four* days this time.
[02:35] <darthrobot`> Title: [SCALE 13x | scale13x]
[02:36] <pleia2> eps: wow :)
[02:36] <Roguehorse> yeah, he wants to come with Daddy but he gets boired real easy
[02:36] <Roguehorse> still owrking on that
[02:36] <Roguehorse> :-( fat fingers
[02:36] <nhaines> Aw.  :)  Well, nothing a 3DS can't fix once he's participated a bit.
[02:37] <pleia2> it's ok, I bring my 3DS too
[02:37] <pleia2> ;)
[02:37] <Roguehorse> we'll see, it's almost time to start bringing him too
[02:38] <nhaines> pleia2: StreetPass tags!  \o/
[02:38] <pleia2> \o/
[02:38] <Roguehorse> ???
[02:39] <pleia2> 3DS speak
[02:39] <pleia2> ok, anything else?
[02:39] <Roguehorse> Ah
[02:40] <eps> Planning for SCALE?
[02:41] <pleia2> crickets
[02:41] <Roguehorse> Yeah, think it was just those two topics
[02:41] <eps> Put it on a future agenda. ;-)
[02:41] <DonkeyHotei> scale does take planning
[02:43] <pleia2> eps: wfm
[02:43] <pleia2> next meeting we should also chat about leadership elections for the coming year too
[02:43] <pleia2> but I think that's it for tonight :)
[02:44] <pleia2> thanks all
[02:44] <pleia2> #endmeeting
[02:44] <darthrobot`> Meeting ended Mon Aug 25 02:44:06 2014 UTC.
[02:44] <darthrobot`> Minutes:        http://ihas.5cat.com/~darthrobot/ubuntu-us-ca/2014/ubuntu-us-ca.2014-08-25-02.00.moin.txt
[02:44] <DonkeyHotei> yw
[02:44] <Roguehorse> yw
[02:44] <DonkeyHotei> troyready: you missed it
[02:45] <troyready> Alas :)
[02:45]  * Roguehorse has been there
[02:45] <nhaines> I plan to be at SCALE next year.  :)
[02:45] <nhaines> Roguehorse: did we meet?
[02:46] <Roguehorse> LOL! no, was response to troyready missing the meeting
[02:46] <nhaines> Oh!
[02:46] <Roguehorse> nhaines: would love to though if I ever make it that way
[02:47] <nhaines> It's a brilliant event.  Feels like a fan convention, talks range from fun to super professional, and all booths, speakers, and attendees are just super friendly.
[02:47] <pleia2> it's probably my favorite one in the world
[02:47] <Roguehorse> Hmm...sounds like a "must plan" type thing
[02:48] <DonkeyHotei> i may actually attend this time, finances permitting
[02:48] <DonkeyHotei> the hotel bill is the big obstacle at this point
[02:48] <Roguehorse> what's that run?
[02:49] <eps> Depends how many ways you split it.
[02:49] <pleia2> 120 or so a night if you stay at the conference hotel
[02:49] <DonkeyHotei> and where you stay
[02:49] <Roguehorse> I could sleep in a bathtub
[02:49] <nhaines> I demonstrated Ubuntu on my phone to everyone, helped a 12yo kid who was trying to set up a dual boot but having uEFI issues, gave out DVDs to college kids... shamelessly offered sticker sheets and buttons to little kids.
[02:49] <nhaines> The conference hotel is worth it, but the Travellodge across the street is also very adequate.
[02:49] <DonkeyHotei> i used to do those things *sigh*
[02:50] <nhaines> I usually don't sleep at the conference hotel unless I'm speaking.  Then I figure why worry about one more thing?
[02:50] <Roguehorse> so travel, food and lodging could be $500?
[02:51] <eps> Lodging will probably be your major expense.
[02:51] <DonkeyHotei> accommodation of choice for me (finances permitting) would be the cockatoo inn, which is actually closer to the previous venue
[02:51] <grantbow> anyone else interested in working through http://codeschool.io ?
[02:51] <darthrobot`> Error opening URL: [Errno -2] Name or service not known
[02:51] <grantbow> bot bug
[02:53] <grantbow> oops, no, brain bug. http://nodeschool.io
[02:53] <darthrobot`> [R: nodeschool.io] Title: [nodeschool.io]
[03:03] <nhaines> I need to do the EDX Linux course still.
[03:11] <Roguehorse> nhaines: I'm through 6 but haven't made it back
[03:12] <Roguehorse> It's cool...pretty simple
[03:13] <nhaines> I think I read the first chapter just to see how it started but intended to get back to it and never did.
[03:15] <Roguehorse> well, it doesn't expire so no worries
[03:22] <nhaines> Yup.  I'd just like to be able to recommend it more efficiently.  And hey, I might learn something!
[03:24] <Roguehorse> I think it's worth doing as an introduction thing...it's not a kernel class or anything like that..but for people just getting into Linux or have only been a short time it's good
[03:40] <nhaines> There aren't enough of those simple beginning introduction classes. :)
[03:41] <Roguehorse> right ;-)
[03:42] <Roguehorse> I was going to start my CompTA A+ but the guys in my LUG said forget that I go after the LPIC1 instead
[03:47] <nhaines> That would definitely be more focused.  I did A+ back in... 2001.
[03:56] <Roguehorse> I was torn between the two but the A+ looked novel and intriguing. I've never studied for a cert of any kind before except refrigeration recovery
[03:56] <Roguehorse> These days there are a lot of certs I want to achieve
[03:59] <nhaines> Well, A+ can be good too.  But they don't always count for much.  Depends on the job.
[04:34] <ianorlin> doh forgot meeting
[04:36] <DonkeyHotei> yey!
[19:45] <ianorlin> ah having 5 hours of battery life on a 5 year old laptop is nice too bad I can't seem to find any with 12 cell batteries anymore
[19:45] <ianorlin> with a modern like haswell processor it would get better battery life but still be heavy
[19:46] <ianorlin> I find the problem is places like hospitals aren't built big enough for the laptop not the laptop is too big
[19:48] <nhaines> I miss 12-cell batteries.
[19:48] <DonkeyHotei> batteries of any kind are the devil's work