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Kilosnhaines ping06:56
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Kilosmorning all07:42
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Kilosgenii  woooooot15:12
Kiloshello15:12
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Kiloshehe15:12
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ahoneybunnhaines: what is up with the ubuntu-pk and ubuntu-bd ownership stuff?19:38
ahoneybunmhall119: ping20:03
mhall119ahoneybun: pong20:11
ahoneybunyour on the CC still right?20:12
mhall119yup20:12
ahoneybuncan you go into #ubuntu-pk and -bd20:12
mhall119ahoneybun: ok20:13
nhainesahoneybun: I am waiting for documentation of proof of attempts to contact the administration of each of those teams.20:27
wxlnhaines: as Kilos said on the tikit, that is within the logs of the LP mailserver as well as the IRC logs.20:27
ahoneybunwxl: it's a lot of logs to go though20:30
wxlahoneybun: no kidding, but he didn't keep track of them. grep will take care of it, though. at least among those that have access to said logs (i don't)20:31
ahoneybunall irclogs are public20:31
wxlnot in a grepable format20:31
ahoneybunhttps://irclogs.ubuntu.com/20:31
ahoneybunwell20:31
ahoneybunthere is txt files there too20:31
ahoneybunnot just html20:31
wxlwell you can't grep -R <whatever that guy's nick is> 2016/* | grep "ubuntu-bd"20:32
wxlif you want to pull down all the files, i'd be happy to perform the command on them XD20:33
ahoneybunI understand but I also understand mhall119's and nhaines's POV about proof20:34
geniiJust recentlysomeone else was wondering if there was a better way than a recursive wget on irclogs. Someone should digest them into weeks or months or something for separate download20:34
wxlit's there, it's just hard for kilos to get to20:34
wxlimpossible when it comes to the emails20:35
mhall119wxl: google-fu can do that20:35
wxlmhall119: with the LP mail logs?20:35
mhall119oh, mail logs....still might be able to20:35
wxlmhall119: assumedly not. they should be private20:36
mhall119oh, you're talking about the "contact this person" emails, I thought you were talking about mailinglist emails20:37
wxlmhall119: you got it20:38
ahoneybunon LP?20:38
wxlyep20:38
ahoneybunthat should be tracked somewhere I would think20:38
wxlprivately, of course20:38
mhall119nhaines: I've recommended that Kilos  make one more attempt to contact the admins20:39
mhall119if they still don't respond in a reasonable time, I think that's good enough, do you?20:39
wxlplease define a reasonable time in this email20:39
mhall119since Kilos is going to be unavailable for a while starting next week, I suggest Friday of this week20:41
wxlmake sure to ask him to cc everyone20:41
mhall119wouldn't CC'ing loco-council@lists.ubuntu.com be enough?20:42
mhall119in the RT, you can't CC from the launchpad contact form, can you?20:42
wxlyes but clearly he didn't do that before :)20:42
Kiloshow do you do that from LP contact this user20:42
ahoneybunjust add to the CC list20:42
mhall119Kilos: I'm assuming they don't have an email address displayed on their launchpad profile20:42
Kilosil look again20:42
Kilosill feedback tomorrow20:43
mhall119I just checked, there is no CC field20:43
mhall119https://launchpad.net/%7Ewxl/+contactuser20:43
Kilosbut irc logs show that pk was completely dead20:43
Kiloshggdh helped fix that'20:43
mhall119IRC logs are not sufficient here20:43
wxlright so it has to be a normal email20:43
mhall119wxl: oh, duh, I'm being stupid20:44
mhall119Kilos: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-pk at the bottom are the email addresses for the admins20:44
mhall119send it there and CC the loco-council20:44
Kilosok20:45
mhall119same for -bd20:45
Kiloswill do20:45
Kilosthanks for the help guys20:46
Kilosi gotta crash now20:46
ahoneybunthanks mhall11920:47
mhall119thank you guys20:55
Kiloseih20:57
Kilosi will have to first subscribe to those lists20:57
KilosYou are not allowed to post to this mailing list, and your message has20:57
Kilosbeen automatically rejected.  If you think that your messages are20:57
Kilosbeing rejected in error, contact the mailing list owner at20:57
Kilosubuntu-pk-owner@lists.ubuntu.com.20:57
wxlKilos: that doesn't exactly seem like much of an attempt to reach out to them, either20:57
Kilosi have already chatted to ekushey on irc months ago20:58
mhall119Kilos: did you email the list, or bajwa at ubuntu.com, fouadbajwa at gmail.com20:58
Kilosthe list20:59
Kilosfrom https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-pk20:59
mhall119Kilos: send it to those two who are listed in the "Ubuntu-pk list run by .." at the bottom of the mailman page20:59
mhall119for -bd it's russell.john at ubuntu.com20:59
Kilosoh cool ty20:59
Kilosekushey is russel john21:00
mhall119Kilos: np21:01
mhall119hopefully that method of contact works better21:01
Kilostrying21:01
Kiloslol what must i say to make a better attempt at reaching out to them21:02
mhall119emailing those addresses (and CC'ing the Loco Council) should be enough21:02
Kiloswith no message?21:03
Kiloswhew21:03
nhainesmhall119: yes, I think that's just what's needed, thanks.21:05
Kilosi had to say something21:05
Kiloscheck the mail please21:05
mhall119well, yes with a message21:07
Kilosi got an auto reply from pk21:07
KilosThank you for posting your message to the Ubuntu-Linux Pakistan21:07
Kilosmailing list system. Please be rest assured that your message will be21:07
Kilosforwarded to the mailing system for approval and distribution to21:07
KilosUbuntu-Linux Pakistan.21:07
Kilosis that good enough21:07
nhainesKilos: you are free to ask them to add new administrators, but you can't do it on behalf of the LoCo Council.21:07
Kilosok but whe n i originally asked for permission to try revive locos wxl said go ahead21:08
nhainesCan you just have the conversation with ubuntu-pk admins over email instead of demanding that they meet you every single day in #ubuntu-pk?21:08
Kilosthats permissions right21:08
Kilosthey never answered the last mail21:09
nhainesNot to demand specific administrative changes.21:09
Kilosand i meant by that im in the channel daily not for them to be there daily21:09
nhainesThat's not really what you said, though.21:09
wxlnhaines: my feeling is that if he took the time to find out what the situation is, then we could act upon that. i should have asked him to include some degree of proof.21:10
nhaineswxl: I agree.  But then I need a summary and a couple links.21:10
Kilosi have mailed you the feedback from the dead -pk channel nhaines 21:11
Kilosthat was when there was nearly no one there21:11
nhainesKilos: I know it's hard work.  And it should be: you're asking us to forcibly remove administrators from a team.  On the other hand, obviously administrators who are no longer involved should be removed.21:11
Kilosnhaines admins of a dead team?21:11
wxlKilos: and that's what i'm saying. it's a fair and equitable process.21:11
mhall119not all teams use IRC, just because IRC isn't active doesn't mean the mailing list admins aren't21:11
nhainesmhall119: in this case, my understanding is that PK uses Facebook, but Kilos feels that this is inappropriate and should not be considered because Facebook is proprietary.21:12
Kilosi was told personally by the -bd admin that the list is for announcements only21:12
mhall119a dead IRC channel might be grounds to take over an IRC channel, but not to take over a mailing list21:12
wxlKilos: i tend to think of bureaucracy/red tape as unnecessary action. i do think that having proof of an attempt to try to reach out to the people that were installed as admins is necessary to respect the contribution they (at least onee) gave21:12
nhainesKilos: on the bright side, once we figure out that ownership *should* be changed, and know whom to give it to, everything happens really quickly.21:13
wxlnhaines: don't you think that the LoCo should provide a minimum of services (mailing list, irc), since all of our infrastructure for the LoCo project as a whole suggests as such?21:13
Kilosthe mailing lists had applicants waiting for approval for 2 years when i started there21:13
mhall119anywhere that the community wished to meet and communicate is valid, IMO21:13
nhaineswxl: as a starting point, but we shouldn't penalize people for meeting in places that work for them.21:14
wxlmhall119: i agree that using Facebook is reasonable. i *DON'T* think that having other forms of contact that don't get used is very reasonable.21:14
Kilosmhall119 this all started because a guy applied for ubuntu membership with no support or guidance from bd loco21:14
Kiloseven on facebook21:15
mhall119well forms of contact that don't get used aren't very...useful, regardless of their reasonableness21:15
Kilospeeps cant become ubuntu members from facebook21:15
wxlnhaines: by not explaining on the mailing list intro or the channel topic or the wiki page that Facebook is the only way the group connects is a bad thing in my mind21:15
mhall119Kilos: did he have testimonials from any Ubuntu Members? Those people should have been able to assist21:15
mhall119Kilos: sure they can21:15
Kilosno one helped21:15
mhall119that's not a problem with Facebook then21:16
mhall119that's a problem with the team21:16
Kiloshe came alone with no knowledge or guidance at all21:16
mhall119so, again, if he worked with Ubuntu Members, anywhere, they should have helped him21:16
Kilosarent we leaders to lead21:16
mhall119if he hasn't, then he most likely wasn't ready to apply21:16
Kilosthe person in question is pavlushka21:17
mhall119if the -bd Facebook is very active, but has no Members, then we should be encourating the active ones to apply21:17
Kilosthey cant apply without using irc21:17
wxl*IS* the -bd Facebook active?21:17
mhall119is the Facebook group public, so the membership board can see the activity?21:17
Kilosover 400 mebers21:17
wxlnevermind membership21:17
wxlis it active?21:17
mhall119how much activity?21:17
Kilosi dont use facebook21:18
mhall119ahoneybun: can people apply for Membership via email only, and not being on IRC?21:18
Kiloslol and i hate emailing all the time too21:18
wxlmhall119: theoretically that's possible but i don't think there's been too much precedent for that.21:18
Kilosthey also need to make wiki pages21:18
mhall119wxl: if that's the case, we can change that21:19
mhall119Kilos: yes, that is still a requirement (and a problem, given the wiki's lockdown)21:19
wxlmhall119: i certainly havent' dealt with a situation like that. i think we've done votes by email before, but we don't expressly make that an option. we don't do that for the LC either21:19
mhall119we can ask the membership boards if we can come up with an alternative to the wiki21:19
nhainesI mean, Etherpad might work in a pinch.21:20
wxlmhall119: and if what i get from you is "we should be available to all different forms of contact" then no loco should be *EXCLUSIVELY* facebook21:20
mhall119and IRC too, if those are proving to be a barrier21:20
wxlnhaines: etherpad requires membership, though. which could be a problem21:20
mhall119wxl: why not?21:20
wxlone thing that should be assumed is that ALL members and groups should use launchpad21:21
mhall119wxl: etherpad only requires ~ubuntu-etherpad membership, which we can freely grant now that the wiki isn't using it21:21
wxland yet in this case, as i understand it, people couldn't even join the loco21:21
wxlmhall119: oh it is totally open now?21:21
mhall119popey: ^^ the wiki isn't using ~ubuntu-etherpad anymore is it?21:21
pleia2it's not21:21
mhall119pleia2: thanks21:21
mhall119so etherpad would be an alterative tothe wiki for membership applications21:21
pleia2wiki is ~ubuntu-wiki-editors21:22
Kilosright people were waiting for over 2 years for lp approval21:22
mhall119LP approval?21:22
wxland that right there is a fundamental problem21:22
Kilosthats already proof that a loco is dead21:22
mhall119no...it's not21:22
wxlwell i think maintainence of the lp group is pretty essential21:23
Kilosconventional loco that is21:23
nhainesIt's a problem to fix, but LP teams are useful for translations and that's kind of it, as far as LoCos go.21:23
mhall119most locos don't use LP membership very much21:23
wxlhuh21:23
wxlso maybe we should stop requiring people to use lp to be a member?21:23
nhainesAn Ubuntu member?21:24
wxlwell if it's not important for locos i'm not sure why it's important to be an lp member21:24
wxls/lp/ubuntu/21:24
nhainesBecause that's how Ubuntu membership is *tracked*.21:24
wxli would argue lp membership is how membership is tracked as well21:25
wxlargh21:25
wxlloco membership21:25
nhainesI am on record as considering LP completely useless for the California LoCo outside of logo hosting and the sole reason we are using it for anything is because the LoCo Council said if we didn't we'd be dissolved.21:26
ahoneybunopps21:26
nhainesWe use it for leadership votes, too, but my opinion on that is also public record.21:26
ahoneybunmhall119: we do our meetings on IRC but they can send it on email21:27
ahoneybunappling I mean21:27
mhall119my stance is that we shouldn't put requirements on teams unless there's an adequate reason for it being required21:27
wxlisn't the LoCo Team how we keep track of who's verified and who's not?21:27
ahoneybunhttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/Membership/NewMember21:28
mhall119teams are verified, not people, and the team can be verified without having all of it's members on LP21:28
wxlhuh21:28
nhainesYes, but the list of individuals in the team don't serve California much purpose.21:28
wxlok, so what i'm hearing is:21:28
wxlLP is only valuable for the LoCo Team, not the team members21:28
ahoneybunmhall119: you can put yourself on our of our Board pages: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Membership21:28
wxlthere's no expectation that any LoCo Team would actually accept members21:28
ahoneybunor send a email with links to LP and Wiki pages21:29
wxlthere's no expectation of any amount of services or communication methods that a LoCo Team should provide21:29
wxlcorrect?21:29
nhainesI think that's a little reductionist.21:29
wxlis it?21:29
nhainesThe purpose of a LoCo team is to gather Ubuntu enthusiasts who are interested in active promotion of Ubuntu.21:30
wxland from what i'm hearing there's no expectation as to how exactly that's done, right?21:30
nhainesBased on those members, they'll focus on marketing, design, translations, coding, events, support, etc.21:30
wxljust that it does get done.21:30
ahoneybunin a similar area21:30
ahoneybunlet users know there are others in that area21:31
nhainesBut while I would want a new team to start off with Launchpad, an IRC channel, and a mailing list, I wouldn't punish them if they all ended up in Slack, for example, if there were a way for that activity to be recorded.21:32
wxlso first of, nhaines, to be clear, i'm not trying to be inflammatory21:32
ahoneybunbut what about facebook?21:32
nhainesI think the ends justify the means.21:32
wxlor argumentative21:32
nhaineswxl: good!  me either.21:32
wxlnhaines: great. so let's work together to hash out what reasonable expectations are. right now they're either ill defined or not consistent with what it sounds like the coucnil would accept21:33
wxlso the way i hear it:21:33
wxl1. every team should start of with LP, IRC, ML. right?21:34
nhainesRight.21:34
wxl2. every method of communication is possible as long as it's capable of being recorded? publicly?21:34
wxlonly for LC/CC?21:35
ahoneybunthere is a slack <-> irc bot so it is possible to record21:35
wxli would think it would need to be public. i.e. you shouldn't need an account to see it. but maybe that's not appropriate21:35
wxli would also add that:21:37
wxl3. every method of communication of interaction is maintained. if it becomes deprecated, that should be clear.21:37
wxland perhaps that:21:37
wxl4. some web resource is a requirement, whether a wiki page, a web site, an etherpad, whatever, to list all the resources available.21:38
nhainesThat sounds like pretty reasonable guidelines to me.21:38
wxlperhaps we should submit this to review by the LC/CC and if all is well, implement it on the wiki?21:39
mhall119wxl: I would say public is more importable than recorded21:39
wxlmhall119: that's consistent with my feelings21:39
nhaineswxl: yup, I'd like to get more eyes on it.21:40
wxlok i'll get on it right now21:40
wxlthanks for the feedback mhall119 nhaines :)21:40
wxlahoneybun too XD21:40
ahoneybunI was about to +121:40
nhainesIt's important to take things on a case-by-case basis when needed, or else we could just replace the LCC with a shell script.  :)21:41
wxlthat's why i think it's good ot have guidelines21:41
wxlthey're not rules, of course21:41
wxlbut if we don't have good guidelines it can lead to outcomes like what we're dealing with now21:41
Kiloscorrect21:42
ahoneybunguidelines to handle dieing LoCos and rebuilding them21:42
Kilosand no single person should have ownership 21:42
wxlTHAT would be good too ahoneybun 21:42
nhainesThere's no reason a single person shouldn't have ownership.21:42
ahoneybunalso how to handle ownership21:43
ahoneybunnhaines: that I disagree with21:43
Kilosthen you will end up like pk21:43
ahoneybunI split my lead with others like mhall11921:43
wxlahoneybun: of course not all teams may have that luxury21:43
ahoneybunat least 3 people have access to most things21:43
nhainesahoneybun: there's no reason you shoudln't.21:43
Kiloswhere ownership gave rights to one person to control everyone else21:43
wxl*IF* there are good guidelines on how to handle ownership and how to judge the state of a loco and if the case is the loco is dead or dying, how to rebuild it and transfer ownership, then we should be good21:44
nhainesBut a lot of teams start very, very small, and bureaucracy kills.21:44
ahoneybunof course wxl but we need a way to take it back if that ONE person goes missing in -pk case21:44
mhall119ahoneybun: ha! like I'm doing any leading in the florida team these days21:44
ahoneybunmhall119: but if I go AWOL or something I know you, Chris or Keith can do something about it21:44
wxlof course as we open ourselves up to other means of communications, we restrict our ability to get control of those mediums and transfer ownership21:44
nhainesahoneybun: I would probably argue about the definition of "we".21:44
ahoneybunthe LC or CC21:45
nhainesBut there *is* a way to transfer ownership.  And here we are.21:45
ahoneybuntry as I'm not in either21:45
ahoneybun*true as21:45
wxlnhaines: well, not with facebook or slack.21:45
mhall119this is true, but not reason enough to not allow or accept them21:45
ahoneybunwxl and I saw what happens with facebook21:45
mhall119IMO21:45
* ahoneybun wants to be on the LC one day21:46
ahoneybunso this is good exp21:46
nhaineswxl: or Twitter, or Google+, or whatever other social media out there I also don't use.  Instagram?21:46
wxlnhaines: right. what mhall119 said.21:46
ahoneybunInstagram is not  possible 21:47
mhall119presumably Canonical could use the trademark to gain and transfer ownership if it came to it21:47
ahoneybunRT would handle it21:47
ahoneybunor could I mean21:47
ahoneybunnhaines: would it be a good idea to maybe try 3times to reach the owner, wait maybe 2-3weeks or so?21:53
ahoneybunbefore taking ownership back?21:53
nhainesWell, I'd have been happier if I had dates of attempted contact and contents of the message.21:54
ahoneybunyea add that as a requirement21:54
Kilosright guys i need to sleep now, midnight here. keep well all of you and thank you for the help. i will feedback on whether i got replies on friday21:54
nhainesThey've been contacted before.  I'd give them maybe two weeks to respond and start a dialogue.21:54
ahoneybunor highly encourged21:54
ahoneybunnight Kilos21:54
nhainesKilos: I know it's a lot of work, and thank you for taking it on for others.  We may have refined your approach, but I really do appreciate your intentions.  :)21:55
ahoneybunsame, good work Kilos21:55
Kilosthanks nhaines 21:55
Kilos:D21:55
Kilosin future ill try keep record of everything21:56
ahoneybunthat would be great21:56
Kilosbut in the case of bd im sure you will find in the logs where he says he is too busy for loco work or ubuntu work21:57
Kiloshave a good day guys21:57
wxland done21:57
wxlthanks ya'l21:57
ahoneybunwxl: sent a email or something?21:57
wxlahoneybun: yeah to LC/CC for more input21:57
ahoneybundid you make a summary of all this or something?21:58
wxlmore or less yes21:58
wxlyou got the content of that message already :)21:58
ahoneybunI did?21:58
* ahoneybun was watching a movie21:58
wxlyeah it's essentially a summary21:58
ahoneybunI'd like to add it to a etherpad or something for live edit21:59
Kilosoh sorry i sent last mail from my wrong email address ms.kilos21:59
ahoneybunright since I was in the room21:59
ahoneybunwxl: can you add it to a etherpad or something for live edit22:00
wxlum22:00
wxlbasically it's those 4 points above22:00
wxli'm not sure i really changed them v  ery much22:00
wxl1. every team starts with the basics, but are not required to have them22:00
ahoneybunoh not the revive loco and such stuff?22:00
wxl2. every communication method is possible, as long as it is public22:00
wxl3. every communication should be maintained or else it should be clearly communicated as deprecated22:01
ahoneybunI think we should add the number of contact that must be tried, timeframe to hear back and keep logs22:01
wxl4. a web resource of some kind to track communication methods is a requirement22:01
wxlahoneybun: yeah i added a request for input on that subject but nothing more than that.22:01
ahoneybunok cool22:01

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