=== lubotu3` is now known as lubotu3 === zmoylan-1i is now known as zmoylan-pi [18:55] evening mokmeister and andru183 [18:56] hello airurando , how are you tonight? [18:56] good mokmeister [18:56] and you [18:58] mokmeister: looking at the irc logs I read your chat with andru183 a while back [18:58] good stuff [18:59] yes, indeed, I'm grand now, kids are settling back into school, all good! [18:59] snap [18:59] yeah, we were chatting there the other night [18:59] kids also settling back now [19:00] it was good to see andru183 set up [19:00] reboot the reboot [19:00] twould be good to sort something out for the global jam [19:00] yes indeed! :D [19:01] I think if we came up with some kind of plan for ubuntu-ie, mech the plan with release schedules, it might help organize the whole thing a bit better, what do you think? [19:01] on that.... [19:01] last reboot I proposed [19:02] mesh rather than mech, is what I meant to say! [19:02] http://pix.ie/ubuntuie/3319678/size/800 [19:02] ok, hang on a sec... [19:02] only an idea [19:03] thought it fitted in well with the cadence [19:03] and was only put forward as a starting point, to be added to or to be further minimised. [19:03] got no traction on it [19:04] group is too small to get much effort going [19:04] hi zmoylan-pi [19:04] hey all [19:05] alas I agree zmoylan-pi [19:05] yep, looks good. What if we were to go with something like that, and then we get anyone interested in participating to agree to do something specific for each event? [19:05] hi zmoylan-pi [19:06] From the smallest seed great things grow! ;) [19:06] and all that! [19:06] trying to raise the profile of ubuntu is difficult when the linux community is wary of it now and the rest of thw world uses windows/mac [19:06] It's hard to find the right path [19:07] I think if we have agreed actions and targets it might actually work a bit better? [19:07] airurando: True [19:07] I've been on contact with coderdojo [19:07] happy to say several dojos around the country have accepted DVDs. [19:07] I hope to build on that [19:07] airurando: Great! [19:08] slow burner [19:08] which dojos? [19:08] let me check [19:09] Carrick on Suir [19:09] Claremorris [19:09] Moville [19:10] Mountbellew [19:10] Dungarvan [19:11] Clonakilty [19:11] and finally so far..... [19:11] Ballinamore [19:11] Oh and of course Athy :-D [19:11] that's some good coverage [19:12] blog post on the long finger about it [19:12] CoderDojo central have been very positive and helpful [19:14] Tried Mens sheds also but no bites there :-( [19:15] aren't mens sheds aimed at older crowd? [19:15] zmoylan-pi: all me particularly those with lots of time on their hands [19:16] sometimes they have a techie who refurbishes old machines to sell on for funding [19:17] zmoylan-pi: all meN particularly those with lots of time on their hands [19:17] so might be below par in terms of knowledge of i.t. [19:18] the guy here in athy was keen [19:18] but that may be the exception [19:18] it might take more than just sending dvds [19:19] zmoylan-pi: i haven't sent DVDs to any mens shed yet [19:19] only coderdojos that specifically requested them [19:20] airurando: zmoylan-pi I just checked up the men's sheds website and there is a men's shed festival to be held in Dublin in October, I wonder would that be worth sending some DVDs to? [19:20] or even seeing if we could do a talk at? [19:21] Indeed, maybe an install fest or something, show the guys what's involved in putting Ubuntu on refurbed PCs? [19:25] of course installing on uefi is still an unpleasent experience [19:28] sorry dishwasher duties [19:28] Can't say I've really had the pleasure! [19:28] only the once, ick [19:28] Still messing around with pre-uefi hw [19:29] mokmeister: you volunteering for that talk? [19:29] tdr112 you about? [19:30] mokmeister: could you provide a link to the mens shed festival? [19:31] zmoylan-pi: with my severe lack of geek creds I put a disclaimer in against uefi [19:31] it may be it's gotten better but once bitten... [19:31] airurando: http://menssheds.ie/2014/08/13/the-international-mens-shed-festival-2014-dublin/ [19:33] ermm, I dunno what way I'm fixed for heading to Dublin in October, let me think about it. [19:38] mokmeister: I like your idea and I've checked my shift pattern. I am off on 4th of October and I don't know of any family event planned for that day yet. [19:38] What say I am on for it, how do I go about it? Do I just approach the organizers and suggest that I'd like to do a talk on Ubuntu, FOSS and open source? [19:38] I'd support you [19:39] John seems to be Irish head [19:40] he was initially contacted through: info@menssheds.ie; [19:40] and always replied through that e-mail address [19:41] hmmmm, ok [19:41] IF you are available and IF you can do a talk or man a stand then I'd suggest giving John a buzz on that address [19:42] zmoylan-pi: what do you think? [19:42] alright, one sec, gotta go afk, coming up to bedtime, will be back soon. [19:43] it's an idea worth thinking about. even if we come with a standard spiel about linux/foss it might be used at other events? [19:51] airurando: yo [19:51] hi tdr112 [19:52] what do you think about the above? [19:53] back in a min [19:58] i had planned on going to it [20:12] back again. [20:14] tdr112: any interest in supporting a ubuntu initiave as outlined above? [20:16] airurando: I am not sure I follow what the idea was to do [20:17] mokmeister: suggested a possible talk on refurbing older machines with Ubuntu [20:18] possibly a stand with DVDa [20:18] DVDs [20:20] I can sure help out [20:20] brill, me to if it pans out [20:20] hiya! I'm back! [20:21] so... [20:22] mokmeister: read above, are you on? [20:22] just looking at my calender, I don't have anything else on that day.... [20:23] Alright so, I suppose the plan of action is like this, let me think... [20:23] oh..... good [20:23] do you want to email John with the query? [20:23] ok, I suppose the first thing to do is contact John and see if he is receptive to the idea [20:25] go for it mokmeister!! [20:26] will do. [20:27] I'll email John and ask if we can set up a stand and maybe either do a talk on ubuntu / foss or do a demo on installing ubuntu on a PC. [20:27] I have a laptop that I could bring with a spare hdd that I could do a fresh install on for the day. [20:28] I could also bring along my nexus 4 and show off ubuntu touch to anyone interested. [20:28] Do we have any existing material for doing a talk? [20:29] oh [20:29] It shouldn't be too hard to hack something together, I suppose we need to find out how far we can go with our target audience first [20:30] czajkowski: did many talks [20:32] I'll email John so. Will I send the email onto the mailing list first to see what ye think or will I just go ahead? [20:33] do you want a copy of my initial verbal gobbly de gook e-mail ( I did put some thought into it and it might make a slide or two) [20:33] send it on yourself [20:33] ok and ok! :) [20:38] cool [21:01] night all, I hope things pick up soon. [21:13] when the sheep herds are fans... :-p