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