20:12:10 #startmeeting 20:12:10 Meeting started Thu Mar 1 20:12:10 2012 UTC. The chair is PvandeWyngaerde. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.ubuntu.com/meetingology. 20:12:10 20:12:10 Available commands: #accept #accepted #action #agree #agreed #chair #commands #endmeeting #endvote #halp #help #idea #info #link #lurk #meetingname #meetingtopic #nick #progress #rejected #replay #restrictlogs #save #startmeeting #subtopic #topic #unchair #undo #unlurk #vote #voters #votesrequired 20:12:30 cool... that's new to me. 20:12:46 PvandeWyngaerde: so, now you have to lead the meeting ☺ 20:13:28 #chair PvandeWyngaerde JanC 20:13:28 Current chairs: JanC PvandeWyngaerde 20:13:53 :-) 20:14:08 new for me to :) 20:14:15 #topic goals/tasks/expectations of the council 20:14:22 great :) 20:15:07 #nick Jurgentje 20:15:08 eh, that was wrong :P 20:15:21 #meetingtopic goals/tasks/expectations of the council 20:15:38 that's better 20:15:48 ok 20:16:50 about the goals 20:16:54 So JanC states that the main (and basically only) task of the council should be to decide if there's two conflicting opinions not reaching consensus? 20:17:02 did we get the first idea 20:17:04 ? 20:17:10 goal for short term 20:17:14 and goal for long term 20:17:17 Personally, I think the council should only be there to make decisions 20:17:18 or give advice when there is disagreement/conflict about something. If 20:17:18 there is no disagreement or no question, no need for the council to make 20:17:18 decisions. (Well, maybe they can decide on non-trivial spending of 20:17:18 money too.) 20:17:35 That's what Jan wrote last week... is this enough for everyone? 20:17:56 for me that's ok 20:18:08 and maybe vote target? 20:18:12 or just that 20:18:13 ? 20:18:24 what do you mean by vote target? 20:19:20 During a delay for example 4 years 20:19:26 the council have target to reach 20:19:27 like 20:19:39 get more fellow for Ubuntu-be 20:19:42 or think's like that 20:19:45 what I think is important is that if the council is supposed to do more, volunteers will wait for the council to propose something they want to do 20:20:27 while I think the proposals should come from the volunteer community 20:20:50 +1 20:20:51 yes, a do-ocracy 20:21:03 and it should be as easy as possible for them to something 20:21:05 I agree on that. otoh ... currently, nobody actually "decides" is a question is asked to "ubuntu-be" 20:21:22 jurgentje: who does, decides 20:21:38 idd... and if nobody decides, the asker gets no answer 20:21:52 the asker should just do ;) 20:22:28 :) 20:22:30 okay... asker is somebody asking is Ubuntu-be wants to participate in giving some course... 20:22:58 at certain point, someone should say: "sorry, I guess we didn't find anyone" 20:23:01 jurgentje: asking for volunteers is not something the council can answer... 20:23:17 at best we can give some suggestions 20:23:36 but we can't tell anybody to go help 20:23:37 nope, but answering this kind of mails is important imo (even if the answer is: "sorry, we can't help") 20:23:47 true 20:24:11 in practice we might be able to help, but not help organise 20:24:26 or we might be able to give advice 20:24:54 still, I think that sort of discussions belongs on the main ML, not within the council 20:25:29 I think it should be interesting to give rules about the manner that Ubuntu-be works 20:25:29 true... but I think dedicated person(s) should make sure every question at least gets an answer. 20:25:33 and obviously the council is one of the entities that can propose things 20:26:16 I think people don't know how they can take initiative 20:26:20 jurgentje: certainly, we should strive for that 20:26:50 RamiAdrien: right, but how to solve that? 20:27:21 so I think communication is an important aspect for a council (or whatever you call a leadership team) 20:27:46 i think that sort of thing is not necessary only the council's job 20:27:50 Janc: We can in a futur create a Ubuntu-be chart 20:28:18 a list of who is interrested in what might be useful 20:28:42 but in practice that sort of lists tends to get outdated 1 second after creating it ;) 20:28:58 yes indeed... 20:29:18 idd... that's why I believe we can find a few people who actually make (small) commitments. 20:29:22 thats' why I prefer people to join/mail the ML 20:29:30 we already have https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BelgianTeam/Responsibility 20:29:35 commitment gives continuity 20:29:52 PvandeWyngaerde: (without looking at it) I'm sure that's outdated? :P 20:30:16 yes it is outdated, i recently added myself 20:30:18 okay... it's pretty up to date.... but it's just one page in our chaos of pages (but that's another topic) 20:31:32 ideally, all of us follow the list and get involved with questions that interest us 20:31:48 and if nobody's interested... ? 20:32:16 ouch 20:32:40 I mean in regard to a specific question. 20:32:41 then we try to help anyway, but most of the help then will be: "please do it" 20:33:16 okay... and who is "we" ? (I'm referring to the activites questions again) 20:33:20 (or: "please don't do it" ;) ) 20:33:41 jurgentje: everybody in the ubuntu-be community? 20:34:00 starting with the core team 20:34:12 (which is an ever changing group) 20:34:27 so basically it's not covered. 20:34:36 maybe find a way to tell 20:34:39 at a random moment, the core teme could be void 20:34:42 this kind of topic : event 20:34:45 if somebody volunteers to do that, fine for me 20:34:46 is for one person 20:34:50 ect. 20:36:37 okay... so I guess the bottom line is: we don't need a council for this. 20:36:51 is there another reason why we should keep the council alive? 20:38:14 i sure think we should keep the council 20:38:14 I think we need target 20:38:27 and for that council should be here to lead 20:38:49 if we want to grow up and spread more ubuntu 20:39:26 RamiAdrien: I would like to see a practical example of how that would work? 20:40:24 I think a good leader is someone who succeeds in creating a vision that many people can believe in too... and then are willing to put their shoulders behind that project/plan/dream/vision 20:41:03 so imo leadership team should get elected/chosen/proposed based on their vision 20:41:31 http://openetherpad.org/ubuntu-be-council <- this is my basic idea 20:41:54 And about my methology to elect target then council? 20:42:02 I think it start quite well 20:42:14 we just had the technical problem with ietherpad 20:42:15 ? 20:42:35 do you have the text somewhere? I don't really remember it anymore - we said so much 20:42:36 (that fit with your basic idea jurgentje) 20:42:48 Can we use your pad? 20:42:53 sure :) 20:42:55 it's not mine ;) 20:44:16 JanC, PvandeWyngaerde Bjorn__ ... any comments? 20:44:36 i'm still reading 20:44:44 ok 20:44:48 I'd much rather see ad-hoc project leadership than an elected "ubuntu-be leadership" 20:45:23 well, it's bending to whatever people are willing to do 20:45:47 because I have seen such centralized leadership feel way too often... 20:45:54 s/feel/fail/ 20:46:24 I think we just need a leadership to help coordinate 20:46:38 I think about Jean that do a very good job 20:46:45 maybe we need more of a stewardship? 20:46:47 and what does "help coordinate" exactly mean? 20:47:04 i like the term stewardship 20:47:42 Yep... jean did (and start doing) a great job indeed... not so sure if he's very happy about how very much stands or falls depending on him 20:48:52 well, he's good at that sort of things, and I'm very grateful for what he does 20:48:53 I think it should be a good start 20:49:11 +1 for JanCX 20:49:12 of what Jean do that help Ubuntu-be during this year 20:49:13 -x 20:49:14 we have subteams in ubuntu-be, like the eventteam 20:49:19 +10000000000 for JanC 20:50:56 so if we ask who's candidate to be member of the next council... what are we asking from a candidate? 20:51:09 (sorry for asking this again) 20:51:26 coordination of communication 20:51:32 leading IRC meeting 20:51:40 coordination between sub teams 20:53:06 okay... now that's pretty much! the current council not always present (stand alone leading) the IRC meetings. 20:53:38 We have to find a way to be sure that the work of member council should not so hard 20:53:48 if we coordinate of all of that quite well 20:53:55 and we create a chart with a manner to work 20:53:58 i try to be at the meetings 20:54:33 yep... JanC is there too often, I was too (except during my frustation period) 20:54:52 should we lead those meetings? 20:55:17 I think Jean does a great job there, but he doesn't want to consider himself as a leader 20:55:30 (even though he is in my eyes) 20:55:30 I ask: 1. having been involved in ubuntu-be for some time, 2. promise to stay involved for as long as you are a council member, 3. promise to try to be a good example inside ubuntu-be, 4. be a fair justice of the peace in case of conflict resolution ;) 20:56:19 sounds great for me. 20:56:20 jurgentje: I consider all of us in the core team to be "leaders" (as in: leading by example) 20:56:31 :) 20:56:37 leading a irc meeting is not the main task of the council. 20:56:53 but if present, help the meeting move forward 20:57:08 but it's one of our 2 main forms of interaction (that and mailinglist) 20:57:33 there are several ways to "lead" a meeting ;) 20:57:35 should a council member be technical savvy? (know his way around wiki? have a launchpad account? etc...) 20:58:16 you don't need to be techy to have an Ubuntu SSO account and know about wiki's 20:58:46 +1 :) 20:58:49 it's basic technical knowledge (it's not IPtables or HTML5 and CSS3) ;) 20:59:18 it's not (much) more technical than facebook 20:59:49 I kinda disagree, but that's off topic here. 20:59:58 (and not important either) 21:00:08 well, the login part isn't ;) 21:00:15 I understand your both opinion 21:00:42 and basic wiki syntax is easy enough for everybody to understand 21:01:28 okay... but then you have attachments, pictures, ... and it's not that easy anymore. but maybe we get back on topic? 21:01:44 yes :) 21:03:23 i dont think that is the core task of ubuntu-council, maybe of a subteam 21:03:42 *ubuntu-be-council 21:04:26 deciding on the content and global structur (major overhaul of the site) 21:04:34 who can do that? 21:04:38 but it is a lot easier if you can do things yourself 21:04:57 the site or the wiki ? 21:05:01 both 21:05:34 and about creating a coordination team 21:05:35 ? 21:05:49 instead of a council? 21:05:54 * JanC edited the etherpad a bit 21:05:57 what's in a name 21:06:02 I saw, Jan :) 21:07:49 Okay... so everybody agrees on the 5 points (bottom of etherpad)? 21:07:50 jurgentje: there is a webeditors team, if something should be changed, maybe we can do that using a bug ? 21:08:06 if more review or work is needed 21:08:09 okay... changing the front page 21:08:31 my point is, most of what happened inside ubuntu-be and with cooperation of ubuntu-be, would never have happened if we would have had a official centralized leadership ;) 21:08:50 we can have a vote using the meetingology bot, that way it is recorded in the meeting minutes ! 21:08:56 JanC ... I get your point 21:09:02 okay with your point JanC 21:09:14 go ahead heads :) 21:10:19 and I am very afraid that officialising a centralized leadership will "freeze" those outside it 21:10:21 #agreed Council core tasks: 21:10:23 1. having been involved in ubuntu-be for some time 21:10:23 2. promise to stay involved for as long as you are a council member 21:10:23 3. promise to try to be a good example inside ubuntu-be 21:10:23 4. be fair and have ubuntu-be's future in mind in case of conflict resolution 21:10:23 5. make sure we don't spend more money than we have 21:10:24 (basically: “be a good parent”) 21:11:15 i think it can not be multiline 21:11:45 sorry... I have the impression JanC disagrees... he'd rather there's no council or formal leadership team 21:11:47 am I right? 21:12:18 you right 21:12:25 that's why I suggest a coordination team 21:12:25 jurgentje: not right 21:12:27 only for disagreements 21:12:46 I have no problem with a council, just with what some think their task should be ;) 21:12:52 okay 21:12:53 sorry 21:12:53 :) 21:13:22 it's not only for disagreements (that would be only negative) 21:13:34 the council could give advice 21:13:58 and should probably guard money spending 21:15:02 I'm thinking of those times where a topic kept going on and on and on for ever... (thinking of the flyers for example) 21:15:27 can't the council be the group people who says: "now it's enough, it's finished, it's good enough" 21:15:58 sometimes topics go on and on because that's not clear ;) 21:16:14 So the council should coordinate and moderate Ubuntu-be and guard money spending? 21:16:17 or because every week a new person joins the IRC meeting and adds a new idea 21:16:18 but sure, the council could be consulted then 21:16:42 We can do a simply think for problem like 21:16:43 that 21:16:57 all topic who need to be discuss should use a pad for all the suggestions 21:17:04 during a period like one or two week 21:17:09 the "champion" of an idea can always ask what the council thinks about it ;) 21:17:17 lol@rami for the pad-trauma ;) 21:17:27 i know i know… :p 21:17:49 or using the wiki simply 21:17:50 ... 21:17:58 it's not necessary to be a pad 21:18:28 add ideas to the agenda of the irc meeting 21:18:43 or during a meeting use #idea 21:19:01 okay :) 21:19:38 or ideas can be added on request using the mailinglist, if people dont have a launchpad/wiki account 21:19:40 I put in as a reminder 21:19:52 yes 21:20:22 okay... so can you tweak the pad content? 21:20:38 #idea have another in person meeting 21:22:41 sorry what did you mean? 21:22:48 http://openetherpad.org/ubuntu-be-council 21:23:04 we said a few things, but I have a hard time adding them to the list 21:24:23 I think the main topic for this meeting is: preparing elections of a (new?) council 21:24:30 yes 21:24:45 I think it should be easier 21:24:55 to let a delay to propose on page all the aspect 21:25:02 and then voting what the council do 21:25:04 So the 5 points from JanC are okay and complete? 21:25:11 for me it's okay 21:25:17 for me it's okay 21:25:34 #vote What to expect if you're a council member? 21:25:36 +1 21:25:42 +1 21:25:55 +1 21:26:05 jurgentje: not al commands are public, only a chair can use them 21:26:15 so we all agree: 21:26:17 #agreed Council Core tasks: 1. having been involved in ubuntu-be for some time 2. promise to stay involved for as long as you are a council member 3. promise to try to be a good example inside ubuntu-be 4. be fair and have ubuntu-be's future in mind in case of conflict resolution 5. make sure we don't spend more money than we have (basically: “be a good parent”) 21:26:25 :) 21:26:39 So now, we'll need to have a few dates set out? 21:26:47 1. Deadline for candidates 21:26:52 2. Date for election 21:27:06 3. Who's gonna technically create the poll/election? 21:27:48 am I forgetting something? 21:28:11 we can always do it on the ML :P 21:28:13 4. Give feedback to community (mailing list) 21:28:27 okay... so that's answer to 3 :) 21:28:59 that's a possible answer :) 21:29:04 or we can set up a condorcet voting system ;) 21:29:36 help@google! 21:29:37 also; who can vote ? ;) 21:29:55 afaik: everyone on the list - I don't think that's a real issue here. 21:30:11 jurgentje: condorcet is considered a "fair" voting system, and is used inside Debian a.o. 21:30:37 isn't there also system on launchpad to have secret votes ? 21:30:53 I think they removed that 21:30:59 (and why secret?) 21:31:27 I like the condorcet system 21:31:33 well, depending on how we set it up 21:31:53 but I think using that in a mailinglist, is asking for troubles and errors :) 21:31:58 how likely is it we have too many candidates? ;) 21:32:16 don't know... how many members should the council count? 21:32:21 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condorcet_method 21:32:30 I'll certainly push a few people to become candidate :) 21:32:42 push = encourage 21:33:01 single winner ? 21:33:36 so condorcet wouldn't work 21:34:00 I don't get it 21:34:33 I think we're looking for a small team (like now) since we(they) are all volunteers 21:34:47 as JanC already reminded me (terecht) 21:34:52 actually, condorcet could work 21:35:31 okay... so JanC - will you work out a voting system? 21:35:51 it seems like you're really familiar with this :) 21:36:40 I'd rather we first agree on who can vote, who is eligible, and how large the council should be... ;) 21:37:24 who can vote: mailing list members? 21:37:24 well, who's eligible more or less depends on point 1 of the core tasks 21:37:28 good enough? 21:37:46 JanC +1 21:37:52 jurgentje: not good enough 21:38:05 who can vote: the members of the mailinglist at a certain point, no new registrations (cheater ? ) during votes ? 21:38:39 remember Marc Coevoet? 21:38:57 this log will be public somewhere 21:39:08 nope, that's prior to my presence. I guess I wrongly assume that there wouldn't be any abuse on this issue 21:39:39 okay... so we freeze the current launchpad members ... and the current members can vote? 21:39:52 PvandeWyngaerde: I don't care, he already threatened me several times before 21:39:53 launchpad =/= mailinglist 21:40:43 or we can freeze the current membership to the mailinglist. Only members of the list (or LP) can vote 21:40:49 but then someone needs to verify. 21:42:16 what's the suggestion? 21:42:56 can someone remind me again WHY we need to vote ? 21:42:59 I'd rather have people who did something for ubuntu-be vote 21:43:20 JanC: sure, and so how/who decide? 21:43:39 PvandeWyngaerde, how big do we want the council? 21:44:05 jurgentje: I'm not sure right now... ;) 21:44:07 jurgentje: didn't we agree on that during the irl meeting in your house at your table 21:44:20 but I have some ideas I have to think about 21:44:26 yeah... but we agreed on a dozen things that we already changed now :) 21:44:46 please use #idea text to register the idea in the report 21:45:59 Back then - iirc - we said 5 or 7 persons... should be an odd number 21:46:05 my ideas of who/how to vote is more like a range/mesh of ideas right now 21:46:13 but that was because these should vote over items and make decisions 21:46:30 jurgentje: they might still have to 21:46:37 ok 21:46:46 So let's agree on this: 21:46:59 1. A date when we will finish this topic 21:47:08 2. A date when we will have elections 21:47:14 and then call this a meeting. 21:47:15 okay? 21:47:40 (impose ourselves with a deadline, otherwise I see us having elections when Christmas and Easter fall together) 21:47:54 well, maybe ask Bjorn__ if he has something to say/ask before closing, but yeah ;) 21:47:59 okay 21:48:12 okay ... so next meeting on this topic: March 15? 21:48:24 smart targets ! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMART_criteria 21:48:31 or March 8th 21:48:57 a normal irc meeting, or a be-council meeting ? 21:48:59 but 15th is okay too 21:49:08 15th... council open to all 21:49:09 good? 21:49:20 (as was this, I guess) 21:49:23 it's in my agenda 21:49:23 okay ☺ 21:49:31 ok 21:49:34 do we want an IIRL meeting too? 21:49:38 IRL 21:50:02 (not on 15th) 21:50:04 let's decide that 15th. okay 21:50:06 ? 21:50:18 'kay 21:50:22 #agreed next open meeting 15th march 21 21:50:32 +1 21:50:33 date for elections... 21:50:34 +1 21:50:54 3rd of MayN? 21:50:56 May? 21:51:01 (thursday too) 21:51:07 #agreed next open meeting 15th march 2012 21:51:14 date was wrong 21:51:45 jurgentje: elections probably need to last a week or maybe even two... 21:51:59 okay... May 3-17 21:52:10 #action decide on a IRL meeting during next meeting, add item to agenda 21:52:10 * meetingology decide on a IRL meeting during next meeting, add item to agenda 21:53:09 okay... date for elections: May 3-17. Opponents? 21:53:22 ok for me 21:53:43 RamiAdrien, JanC ? 21:54:43 +1 21:54:43 okay for me 21:54:46 +1 21:54:49 :D 21:55:04 #progress Date for elections 21:55:16 #agreed date for elections: May 3-17 21:55:26 PvandeWyngaerde, how can we now see the report? 21:55:35 when the meeting ends 21:55:40 Bjorn__, do you have an item? 21:56:47 I guess not (maybe we bored him to death) ;) 21:57:43 can we close the meeting? 21:57:51 yes 21:57:53 its 23h 21:57:54 for me 21:58:52 JanC: anything else to add ? 21:59:05 good night all I go sleep ;) 21:59:39 good night ! 21:59:46 We also had FOSDEM to evaluate, but it's getting late for me too... tomorrow is early day 22:00:02 #action evaluate FOSDEM 22:00:02 * meetingology evaluate FOSDEM 22:00:22 I have to get up at 5h45 or so tomorrow, so... :P 22:00:29 slaapwel ☺ 22:00:29 same here 22:00:36 #endmeeting