[00:45] <ianorlin> wow I could finally get back on
[00:54] <DonkeyHotei> ?
[00:54] <ianorlin> I had trouble connecting to freenode earlier
[00:57] <DonkeyHotei> as did i, long delay
[00:57] <DonkeyHotei> [Sun 2015-11-29 03:38:55 PM PST] * Connecting to chat.freenode.net (2a00:1a28:1100:11::42) port 6697...
[00:57] <DonkeyHotei> [Sun 2015-11-29 03:43:12 PM PST] * * Certification info:
[02:03] <ianorlin> hmm only 2 people have been nominated
[02:17] <ianorlin> I might be a littel late but am really quite hungry
[02:58] <pleia2> freenode has been subject to ddos attacks throughout the us holiday, so lots of netsplits and connection woes
[02:59] <nhaines> Yeah, it's been a shame.
[03:00] <nhaines> Hopefully everything stays stable for our meeting.  Which is now!
[03:00] <nhaines> #startmeeting
[03:00] <nhaines> !startmeeting
[03:00] <nhaines> Hm.
[03:00] <EureCA> Factoid startmeeting not found
[03:00] <nhaines> Shush, you.
[03:00] <nhaines> Okay, manual logs this time around!  :)
[03:00] <nhaines> #startmeeting
[03:01] <nhaines> Welcome to the penultimate Ubuntu California LoCo meeting this year!
[03:01] <nhaines> This meeting's agenda can be found here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam/Meetings/15November29
[03:01] <nhaines> Can we get a show of hands for attendance?
[03:02] <darkwizardjack> Newbie here!
[03:03] <nhaines> darkwizardjack: welcome!
[03:03] <darkwizardjack> TY
[03:05] <nhaines> Hmm, usually the attendance thing is more popular.  :)
[03:05] <nhaines> Okay, so first up on the agenda...
[03:05] <nhaines> #topic Upcoming Events.
[03:05] <nhaines> pleia2: Ubuntu Hour San Francisco is back again, right?
[03:06] <pleia2> o/
[03:06] <pleia2> yes, we have one coming up the 2nd wednesday in december
[03:06] <pleia2> #link http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-california/3261-ubuntu-hour-san-francisco/
[03:06] <nhaines> That's the 9th.  Sounds like fun!
[03:07] <pleia2> and one coming up on our next meeting day (earlier in the day) in berkeley on the 13th
[03:07] <pleia2> #link http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-california/2997-ubuntu-hour-berkeley/
[03:08] <nhaines> Oh, that'll be nice.  I hope the weather is pleasant for both of them!
[03:08] <pleia2> they're both indoors anyway ;)
[03:09] <nhaines> My favorite way to enjoy rain *is* through a window.  :)
[03:09] <nhaines> But good weather makes the trip less dreary anyway.
[03:09]  * pleia2 nods
[03:09] <nhaines> Glad UH is back.  Thank sfor that, pleia2.  :)
[03:09] <nhaines> #topic Announcements
[03:10] <nhaines> Are there any general announcements before we move on to tonight's agenda items?
[03:10] <pleia2> I don't have anything
[03:11] <nhaines> Me either.  This meeting might be a victim of the Freenode DDOS attacks, unfortunately.
[03:11] <nhaines> Okay, we can always come back to that later.
[03:11] <nhaines> #topic We have a meetup group now, what should we do with it?
[03:11] <nhaines> So we have a Meetup group now!  http://www.meetup.com/Ubuntu-California/
[03:12] <pleia2> right, so we're one of the trial teams for the ubuntu community funds supported meetup groups
[03:12] <pleia2> but we also have the loco team portal, which we've always used and have events and RSVPs on
[03:12] <nhaines> pleia2: actually, I believe Canonical is funding this without the community funds.  :)
[03:12] <pleia2> nhaines: oh, that's nice :)
[03:13] <pleia2> admittedly, the loco team portal is not used much, some people have trouble logging in, not much development is happening...
[03:13] <nhaines> pleia2: yeah, they didn't want it to be dependant on donation amounts.  :)
[03:13] <pleia2> that's good
[03:13] <pleia2> still, the loco team portal is open source and I like how clean and non-spammy it is
[03:14] <nhaines> So one of the alleged benefits of a Meetup group is that we can use it for external outreach to non-Ubuntu community members.  Which is nice because that's part of our mandate as a LoCo team.
[03:14] <pleia2> yeah, and already without much mentioning of it, we have 21 members
[03:14] <pleia2> some of whom I recognize from other meetups I go to, not from ubuntu anything
[03:14] <nhaines> And we already have 21 new users--right.  :)  Only 3 or 4 of which are Ubuntu people.
[03:15] <nhaines> So that's a promising start!
[03:15] <pleia2> I'm inclined to duplicate the events I run across both things
[03:15] <pleia2> it's messy, but eh
[03:15] <nhaines> I think that's a good idea for now.  The plan is to extend the LoCo directory so that creating the event there duplicates it to Meetup.com automatically.
[03:16] <ianorlin> wow finally got here
[03:16] <pleia2> nhaines: ah, that'd be nice
[03:16] <nhaines> But that's work and the loco directory is mostly in maintenance mode.  But if we can show that Meetup is popular, that will probably spur action in that regard.
[03:16] <nhaines> So for now we're using it for Ubucon Summit registration.
[03:17] <pleia2> I'll add the SF ubuntu hour
[03:17] <nhaines> Great!
[03:18] <nhaines> I hope to see more public events this next year, and I think Meetup.com will really help get the word out.
[03:18] <ianorlin> yes it will and maybe get more people that might offer places
[03:19] <nhaines> So I think we're off to a small but very promising start.
[03:19] <nhaines> Let's try to get in-person events listed there as we plan them out.
[03:19] <nhaines> Any other comments on Meetup.com?
[03:21] <pleia2> I think that's it really
[03:21] <nhaines> #topic Ubuntu California Leadership nominations
[03:21] <nhaines> The call for nominations is still open!  https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam/Leadership/2015
[03:22] <nhaines> For another week, actually.
[03:22] <nhaines> Until December 5th, which is now reflected on the wiki page.
[03:23] <nhaines> Leadership is fairly simple, because all LoCo members in Ubuntu California are basically empowered to work on anything they like.
[03:23] <pleia2> so we just need one more brave soul to put their name forward to get the minimum
[03:23] <nhaines> So it's more administrative.  Running the meetings, updating the wiki, sending out email notifications, and so forth.
[03:23] <nhaines> Yup, it would be nice to have a real election.
[03:24] <ianorlin> hmm right no don't we have nhaines and I nominated so hopefully at least one or two people from bay area
[03:24] <ianorlin> or farther north asa that is a bit of a commute for say a release party
[03:25] <nhaines> Yes, it'd be nice to have the representation.  Although it's mainly symbolic.
[03:26] <nhaines> So the day after the nomination period closes, we'll start the election.
[03:26] <nhaines> Anyone who is a member of http://loco.ubuntu.com/teams/ubuntu-california/ is eligible to vote.
[03:28] <nhaines> The election will end on December 12th, and then we'll announce the results at the December 13th meeting before we break for the rest of the year.
[03:29] <nhaines> That's about all I have on that topic.
[03:29] <pleia2> we'll also need someone to volunteer who is not running to run the election, if there is one
[03:30] <nhaines> Yes, that would be helpful!
[03:30] <nhaines> So if you're interested, please volunteer on the mailing list.
[03:30] <pleia2> but I guess we'll cross that bridge if we get to it :)
[03:30] <nhaines> Yup.  :)
[03:32] <ianorlin> How many meetings in new year before scale?
[03:32] <nhaines> Just one.
[03:32] <ianorlin> ah ok
[03:32] <pleia2> unfortunately it's likely much too late to ask my employer for funding for the event
[03:33] <pleia2> I really needed that info 2 months ago
[03:33] <pleia2> so hopefully whatever funding is needed has come together
[03:34] <nhaines> Yes, Canonical's still working on it.
[03:35] <nhaines> The sponsorship brochure is finished but I wasn't able to get the address.  It's on the Ubucon site.
[03:35] <nhaines> Which is http://ubucon.org/ and is looking great.  It should get fully filled in over the next week.
[03:36] <pleia2> hopefully they'll be able to get it together earlier next year
[03:37] <pleia2> can't ask for funding less than 8 weeks before an event, particularly with the holidays in the way
[03:37] <nhaines> I think so.  The new venue made it difficult to get funding information together.
[03:37]  * pleia2 nods
[03:37] <nhaines> But all the planning is coming together well.  We'll need booth volunteers soon!
[03:38] <pleia2> great
[03:38] <nhaines> Anyone interested can sign up here  ;)  https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam/Projects/Scale14x
[03:39] <nhaines> And that's easy too.  We'll need booth volunteers who can greet SCALE attendees and answer simple questions about Ubuntu.
[03:40] <nhaines> We'll also have phones and IoT devices running snappy Ubuntu Core to demonstrate.  So it's worth volunteering, and you'll get to be the first to experience those things hands on.
[03:40] <nhaines> Okay, about time to wrap everything up for tonight, I think.
[03:41] <nhaines> #topic Other business
[03:41] <nhaines> Any other business or comments before we wrap up tonight?
[03:41] <pleia2> I'm all set
[03:41] <pleia2> thanks for charing :)
[03:42] <nhaines> Thanks.  :)
[03:42]  * nhaines assumes pleia2 meant chairing and not charring.
[03:42] <nhaines> I already cooked earlier. ; )
[03:42] <nhaines> Okay, thanks to everyone for coming tonight!
[03:43] <nhaines> #endmeeting
[03:44] <pleia2> charring :d
[03:44] <pleia2> I woke up on the other coast, it's been a long day :)
[03:46] <nhaines> darkwizardjack: glad you could join us tonight!  How do you use Ubuntu?
[03:47] <pleia2> at least they use ipv6 :)
[03:52] <nhaines> Haha, yes!
[04:00] <pleia2> the "location" bit about the meetup group may make things tricky
[04:01] <pleia2> it's listed as being located in los angeles, so it may not get out to the folks in SF for our events up here
[04:01] <pleia2> I don't know how to make that better though :\
[04:01] <nhaines> Yeah.  I'm assured that the events themselves *should* still show up locally.
[04:02] <pleia2> ok :)
[04:04] <pleia2> nhaines: now that we sort of agreed to use it for now, want to formally announce the group to the team in an email?
[04:04] <pleia2> it was mentioned during the meeting email, but people would have to really read that :)
[04:05] <nhaines> pleia2: oh yeah, that's a good idea!
[04:06] <pleia2> I can put it on social media too
[04:17]  * pleia2 seeks dinner
[04:23] <nhaines> I can't help but wonder how I can get no phone calls all day and then as soon as there's a meeting I get like 3 phone calls all around it. :)
[04:47] <nhaines> Woo, post-meeting stuff done!  \o/
[05:09] <nhaines> We got our first mention from the SCALE website. :)  http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/14x/ubucon-summit