[17:59] <elfy> hi coffeecat
[17:59] <s-fox> Hello coffeecat :)
[17:59] <coffeecat> hi elfy
[18:00] <bapoumba> Hey coffeecat :)
[18:00] <coffeecat> hello s-fox bapoumba
[18:00] <s-fox> Are we expecting cariboo or iowan ?
[18:00] <Iowan> Hello
[18:00] <howefield> hi coffeecat :)
[18:00] <coffeecat> hi howefield
[18:00] <howefield> and Iowan
[18:00] <elfy> not sure about cariboo
[18:00] <s-fox> hello Iowan :)
[18:00] <Iowan> 'lo all!
[18:00] <elfy> o/
[18:01] <bapoumba> Hey Iowan :)
[18:05] <howefield> #startmeeting
[18:05] <meetingology> Meeting started Sun Sep  7 18:05:40 2014 UTC.  The chair is howefield. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.ubuntu.com/meetingology.
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[18:06] <howefield> #chair bapoumba coffeecat elfy Iowan howefield s-fox
[18:06] <meetingology> Current chairs: Iowan bapoumba coffeecat elfy howefield s-fox
[18:07] <howefield> evening everyone, think we have an agenda to follow.
[18:07] <elfy> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ForumCouncilAgenda
[18:07] <howefield> #meetingtopic Proposal to close and archive inactive Loco subforums
[18:08] <howefield> #info Closing inactive Loco subforums
[18:08] <howefield> #topic Proposal to close and archive inactive Loco subforums
[18:09] <elfy> yep - sent mail to the LoCo Council - had no reply from them re that
[18:09] <howefield> so we move with the proposal then ?
[18:09] <elfy> around a month or so back - but of course the discussions goes back much further - just got put on back burner
[18:09] <elfy> I'm +1 to that
[18:10] <bapoumba> +1 here
[18:10] <s-fox> Perhaps they need reminding?
[18:10] <coffeecat> +1
[18:10] <elfy> we can do that s-fox
[18:10] <howefield> as far as I am aware, not so much as an acknowledgment of email, would that be right ?
[18:10] <elfy> nothing howefield
[18:11] <s-fox> I think 1 week is reasonable.  I would request that they acknowledge receipt
[18:11] <elfy> though as I said, it's not actually anything new though
[18:11] <bapoumba> I'm fairly confident another reminder wont bring in any response
[18:11] <howefield> that kind says it all to me, but I'm not against a reminder
[18:12] <s-fox> Do any of us come across the loco council on irc on a day to day basis?
[18:12] <bapoumba> Yeah howefield, neither am I
[18:12] <elfy> not often s-fox
[18:12] <howefield> not me, to be fair.
[18:12] <s-fox> Or hang around where they linger? :D
[18:12] <elfy> I do that ;)
[18:12] <elfy> at least 3 of them that I know of
[18:12] <s-fox> Collar them on IRC then?
[18:13] <elfy> I can do that
[18:13] <elfy> suggest we #vote now though
[18:13] <bapoumba> I'd be surprised they do not read their emails..
[18:13] <s-fox> Brilliant
[18:13] <s-fox> +1 on voting. i would press ahead if we hear nothing anyway.
[18:13] <s-fox> it can always be undone at a later date
[18:13] <elfy> #action Elfy to catch up with someone from LoCo Council re forum archiving
[18:13] <meetingology> ACTION: Elfy to catch up with someone from LoCo Council re forum archiving
[18:13] <Iowan> same here
[18:14] <howefield> thanks elfy
[18:15] <howefield> done with that, moving on ?
[18:15] <elfy> I would suggest though that prior to actually doing the deed we double check there's no movement
[18:15] <elfy> howefield: we can vote in here
[18:16] <elfy> #vote Close and archive inactive LoCo Sub-forums
[18:16] <meetingology> Please vote on: Close and archive inactive LoCo Sub-forums
[18:16] <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)
[18:16] <elfy> +1
[18:16] <meetingology> +1 received from elfy
[18:16] <bapoumba> +&
[18:16] <coffeecat> +1
[18:16] <bapoumba> +1
[18:16] <meetingology> +1 received from coffeecat
[18:16] <meetingology> +1 received from bapoumba
[18:16] <s-fox> +1
[18:16] <meetingology> +1 received from s-fox
[18:16] <howefield> +
[18:16] <howefield> +1
[18:16] <Iowan> +1
[18:16] <meetingology> +1 received from howefield
[18:16] <meetingology> +1 received from Iowan
[18:16] <elfy> #endvote
[18:16] <meetingology> Voting ended on: Close and archive inactive LoCo Sub-forums
[18:16] <meetingology> Votes for:6 Votes against:0 Abstentions:0
[18:16] <meetingology> Motion carried
[18:17] <howefield> great, next point
[18:17] <howefield> #topic Recap on recent changes
[18:17] <coffeecat> Is it apropos to mention Brazil at this time? After setting it up for them they might as well use it.
[18:19] <elfy> one thread - no revisit from the one asking us to set it up since that I saw
[18:19] <howefield> yes, the Brazil forum is open, isn't it ?
[18:19] <elfy> afaik it is yes
[18:20] <howefield> yeah, on epost
[18:21] <elfy> coffeecat: good that people are still asking us to open things
[18:21] <howefield> yes it is elfy, should we promote it a bit more ?
[18:22] <s-fox> We should post on planet ubuntu more often
[18:22] <howefield> +1
[18:22] <elfy> well - supposedly the idea was for LoCo's to use Discourse - but I don't got there enough to see what's happening
[18:22] <elfy> s-fox: them with syndicated blogs at least :)
[18:22] <bapoumba> Post on Planet Ubuntu, yeah, but that needs to be interesting stuff..
[18:23] <elfy> nothing at all to stop us mailing uwn
[18:23] <s-fox> I haven't been on discourse for sometime.  no idea what is happening there, or to be honest i have no real interest either.
[18:23] <howefield> +1 elfy
[18:23] <s-fox> thats true elfy
[18:23] <elfy> hey PabloRubianes - quick one - did the LoCo council discuss the mail the FC sent them re sub-forums at all?
[18:24] <elfy> and mailing UWN is easy :)
[18:24] <bapoumba> UWN +1
[18:24] <elfy> we did at one point start to look at sending stats - but that's not as easy to do as it is for AU
[18:25] <elfy> but talking to community via that is \o/ imo
[18:25] <bapoumba> yep
[18:27] <s-fox> Whatever happened to the tutorial of the week? Wasn't that something to do with you bapoumba ?
[18:27] <elfy> so - we could UWN what we've done on the forum in the last month's this week then?
[18:28] <bapoumba> Tutorial of the Week needs a lot of time
[18:28] <bapoumba> I do not have that right now
[18:28] <howefield> @elfy yep, who's taking the action, :) I don't mind
[18:28] <meetingology> howefield: Error: "elfy" is not a valid command.
[18:28] <elfy> and is in fact not valid at all ...
[18:28] <howefield> elfy yep, who's taking the action, ( I don't mind)
[18:29] <s-fox> What if it was revived, but by someone with the time
[18:29] <bapoumba> +1 from me s-fox
[18:29] <elfy> howefield: don't mind - maybe action you and I for it
[18:29] <howefield> are you volunteering s-fox ?
[18:30] <s-fox> Possibly. I'm tossing ideas out for what to post. you said things need to be interesting :)
[18:30] <elfy> we could ask rest of moderation team
[18:30] <bapoumba> (I took over after K.Mandla left)
[18:30] <howefield> #action howefield & elfy to contact UWN with forum news.
[18:30] <meetingology> ACTION: howefield & elfy to contact UWN with forum news.
[18:31] <bapoumba> There also was that interview thingy that started out with forums people and grew to the general community
[18:31] <elfy> I'd suggest talking it over with mods - then we could possibly have more than one person looking at that
[18:31] <howefield> seems to be a large undertaking and requiring skill
[18:32] <howefield> I'll second that elfy
[18:32] <bapoumba> howefield, not really, more communication, writing skills
[18:32] <s-fox> i was doing the community interviews for a while. i asked a whole bunch of people, they said yes and then nothing more.  i felt awkward and kinda nagging
[18:32] <s-fox> wasn't my scene :/
[18:32] <bapoumba> Picking up a tutorial from the whole bunch gets to be difficult after a while
[18:33] <bapoumba> after all the obvious good ones are picked
[18:33] <elfy> make it monthly
[18:33] <bapoumba> takes a lot of time reading
[18:34] <bapoumba> I had started a list, but never got to at least 5 to 10 to start with (and have several weeks/month material)
[18:34] <bapoumba> K.Mandla had a unique skill doing it
[18:35] <elfy> yep - I remember
[18:35] <bapoumba> and a unique way writing about them
[18:35] <howefield> worth a forum thread to talk it through with the staff/members
[18:35] <bapoumba> He was a journalist in another life, cannot beat that :)
[18:36] <s-fox> +1 howefield
[18:36] <elfy> howefield: yea - action that to FC
[18:36] <bapoumba> +1, I'd be happy to contribute from time to time, but not lead
[18:37] <elfy> bapoumba: I think it would be best as a team effort anyway - different strengths
[18:37] <s-fox> Does it need a formal leader?  Couldn't it just be a team effort?
[18:37] <bapoumba> elfy, such project usually ends up a one person thing ..
[18:37] <howefield> #action FC to start discourse with staff/members to revive Tutorial of the Week.
[18:37] <meetingology> ACTION: FC to start discourse with staff/members to revive Tutorial of the Week.
[18:38] <elfy> bapoumba: possibly - we'd just need to make it not so somehow :)
[18:39] <bapoumba> Yeah, at least to suggest tutorials that meet the requirements
[18:39] <elfy> right
[18:41] <elfy> ok - so moving on?
[18:41] <howefield> ok, Recap on recent changes..
[18:41] <howefield> what else do we have
[18:42] <elfy> just that it was a general tidy up of sections and tightening up of a few things
[18:43] <howefield> no complaints so far :)
[18:44] <elfy> not that I'm aware of no :)
[18:44] <s-fox> i like the new layout
[18:44] <elfy> good ;)
[18:44] <howefield> we spoke last month about the successful completion of the forum moves, is there anything further to add ?
[18:45] <howefield> +1 s-fox
[18:45] <elfy> not here
[18:45] <s-fox> not from me
[18:45] <Iowan> nope, just monthly duties
[18:45] <bapoumba> I'm good with it, thanks howefield & elfy
[18:46] <elfy> and we appear to have done AOB unless anyone's got anything else :)
[18:46] <howefield> nothing from me :)
[18:46] <s-fox> no more
[18:47] <howefield> who is up for the team report ?
[18:47] <howefield> after elfy did it last I think..
[18:47] <Iowan> I'm probably about due...
[18:47] <howefield> ok, thanks Iowan :)
[18:47] <s-fox> i'll take whatever is left over
[18:48] <s-fox> i am not that fussed :)
[18:48] <elfy> #info Elfy is working through those on the forum with Ubuntu Member status - checking who is and isn't
[18:48] <elfy> btw :)
[18:49] <bapoumba> Oh thanks elfy :)
[18:49] <howefield> we mentioned last month about ensuring an agenda is set up for our FC meeting with cariboo doing it for September, anyone want to take the task for Octobers meeting  ?
[18:50] <bapoumba> I can do that, anywhere the agenda is discussed ?
[18:50] <bapoumba> (provided I successfully log in the wiki ..)
[18:50] <howefield> your choice bapoumba
[18:51] <howefield> and thanks, -admins is fine I think
[18:51] <bapoumba> OK
[18:51] <howefield> #action Iowan to produce Team Report
[18:51] <meetingology> ACTION: Iowan to produce Team Report
[18:52] <bapoumba> (login into the wiki was a joke. I takes ages to log me in..)
[18:52] <howefield> #action bapoumba to ensure an (Octobers) FC agenda.
[18:52] <meetingology> ACTION: bapoumba to ensure an (Octobers) FC agenda.
[18:52] <howefield> I think we are done, anything else ?
[18:52] <elfy> not here
[18:52] <s-fox> Nothing more from me
[18:52] <bapoumba> not here
[18:53] <Iowan> OK here
[18:53] <coffeecat> nothing here
[18:53] <s-fox> endmeeting?
[18:53] <howefield> ok, thanks everyone
[18:53] <elfy> wfm
[18:53] <howefield> #endmeeting
[18:53] <meetingology> Meeting ended Sun Sep  7 18:53:40 2014 UTC.
[18:53] <meetingology> Minutes:        http://ubottu.com/meetingology/logs/ubuntu-meeting/2014/ubuntu-meeting.2014-09-07-18.05.moin.txt
[18:53] <s-fox> take care :)
[18:53] <elfy> thanks howefield
[18:53] <bapoumba> thanks howefield :)
[18:53] <s-fox> thank you for chairing howefield
[18:53] <coffeecat> thanks howefield
[18:53] <howefield> thanks all :)
[18:54] <Iowan> I gotta go unload camping eqpt... then review how to do team report.
[18:54] <howefield> if you need help Iowan , just shout and have fun unloading :)