00:00:16 <pleia2> #startmeeting
00:00:16 <meetingology> Meeting started Fri Nov 18 00:00:16 2011 UTC.  The chair is pleia2. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.ubuntu.com/AlanBell/mootbot.
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00:00:36 <pleia2> Hello and welcome to the Ubuntu Membership Review Board for the Americas meeting for Thursday, November 17th. The wiki page for the Review Board is available here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Membership/RegionalBoards/Americas
00:00:46 <pleia2> The format for the meeting is as follows: We will go through the list of applicants one by one, by date of application (FIFO).
00:00:52 <pleia2> Each applicant should introduce themselves (1-5 sentences) and provide links to their Ubuntu Wiki page. After the introduction the members of the Membership Review Board will review the pages and, if needed, ask the applicant further questions.
00:01:00 <pleia2> During this time it is encouraged for other members of the community to show their support for the applicant. Do not be alarmed if the members of the Membership Review Board are quiet during this time; they are most likely reading wiki/launchpad/forum/other pages and deciding how they are going to vote.
00:01:21 <pleia2> When the board is ready to vote, they will publicly vote in the channel with either +1, 0, or -1 (for membership, abstain, and against membership, respectively). If the sum of those numbers is positive, then the applicant is now an official Ubuntu member! (feel free congratulate them!)
00:01:26 <pleia2> Now, with any further ado, lets get started with the first applicant...
00:01:33 <pleia2> looks like kdub isn't here
00:01:37 <pleia2> Resistance: are you here?
00:01:45 <Resistance> affirmitive, standby 2 mins
00:01:56 <pleia2> Resistance: please go ahead and introduce yourself when you're ready :)
00:02:36 <marcoceppi> Hello!
00:02:43 <jrgifford> Hallo!
00:02:50 * jrgifford is here in support of Resistance
00:03:02 <Oli> Wooooooo! (also here for Resistance!)
00:03:18 <pleia2> great :)
00:03:19 <Resistance> Firstly, i apologizing for holding everything up for two minutes, i happened to be in the midst of a phone call at the time.
00:03:28 <marcoceppi> I am also!
00:03:38 <mainerror> Same here!
00:03:44 <jrgifford> Resistance: you gambled you had a guy in front of you, didn't you? :P
00:03:50 <Oli> Well I'm playing SpaceChem. So there.
00:04:01 <marcoceppi> In support of resistance sending support via mobile phone
00:04:39 * greg-g waves
00:05:31 <Resistance> Secondly, allow me to introduce myself.  My name, as my wiki page states (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Thomas%20Ward), is Thomas Ward.  I have been working with Ubuntu since the release of Jaunty (9.04), both receiving and providing support.  Initially starting out from the Ubuntu Forums, and providing support to users of Dell systems with Ubuntu, as I use Dell systems, I eventually began assisting with more complex
00:05:31 <Resistance> issues. ...
00:06:14 <cyphermox> yeah! /me loves Dell hardware for Ubuntu, generally
00:07:08 <pleia2> Resistance: oh! I didn't realize who you were, bah nick changes :)
00:07:23 <pleia2> (I recognised your real name, was trying to remember why)
00:07:28 <Resistance> pleia2:  aye, I'm a member of the PA Loco Team :P
00:08:21 <Resistance> I have been, as of late, working on increasing my technical knowledge of Packaging for Ubuntu, and recently gave a session to people on the AskUbuntu site regarding the basics of packaging and what is necessary to get started.
00:08:50 <greg-g> Resistance: could you link to that session, I'm curious!
00:08:56 <pleia2> wow, nice work on askubuntu
00:09:02 <Resistance> greg-g:  if you can give me two minutes to dig up the links, sure.
00:09:25 <Oli> It's in the testimonials
00:09:27 <pleia2> Resistance: any plans to get Pittsburgh area going with some release parties? :)
00:09:48 <Oli> http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/663
00:09:56 <greg-g> Oli: oh, thanks :)
00:09:56 <Resistance> oh, Oli beat me to it :P
00:10:32 <Resistance> pleia2:  i've actually been more active in the Harrisburg area as my studies have taken me to Penn State, Harrisburg Campus, for the Security and Risk Analysis, Cyber Security Focus, degree.
00:10:40 <pleia2> ah, cool
00:10:51 <pleia2> shame the harrisburg open source conference was canceled this year :(
00:11:06 <Resistance> Indeed.  If it had not been canceled, I would likely have attended.
00:11:08 <n0rman> great work Resistance
00:11:12 <Resistance> thank you, n0rman.
00:12:04 <n0rman> Resistance: so you are not collaborating with any LoCo Team ?
00:12:19 <pleia2> #voters greg-g pleia2 n0rman cyphermox
00:12:19 <meetingology> Current voters: cyphermox greg-g n0rman pleia2
00:12:42 <Resistance> n0rman:  I am still listed as a member on the Pennsylvania LoCo team, but my time schedule has not permitted me to attend any actual events.
00:13:01 <Resistance> I also have not actively collaborated with the Pennsylvania LoCo team due to that time schedule.
00:13:13 <Resistance> However, I do plan in future to participate more actively.
00:13:24 <pleia2> glad to hear it :)
00:13:31 <n0rman> cool :)
00:14:11 <pleia2> #vote Resistance Membership
00:14:11 <meetingology> Please vote on: Resistance Membership
00:14:11 <meetingology> Public votes can be registered by saying +1, +0 or -1 in channel, (private votes don't work yet, but when they do it will be by messaging the channel followed by +1/-1/+0 to me)
00:14:15 <pleia2> +1
00:14:15 <meetingology> +1 received from pleia2
00:14:26 <greg-g> +1
00:14:26 <meetingology> +1 received from greg-g
00:14:30 <n0rman> +1
00:14:30 <meetingology> +1 received from n0rman
00:15:40 <pleia2> cyphermox?
00:16:03 <greg-g> uh oh :)
00:16:23 <greg-g> this happens sometimes with IRC meetings, not to worry ;)
00:16:25 <n0rman> +_+
00:16:31 <pleia2> canadian internet
00:16:33 <pleia2> :)
00:18:47 <cyphermox> +1
00:18:47 <meetingology> +1 received from cyphermox
00:18:49 <cyphermox> hehe, sorry
00:18:50 <pleia2> yay!
00:18:52 <pleia2> #endvote
00:18:52 <meetingology> Voting ended on: Resistance Membership
00:18:52 <meetingology> Votes for:4 Votes against:0 Abstentions:0
00:18:52 <meetingology> Motion carried
00:18:55 <pleia2> congrats Resistance :)
00:19:01 <cyphermox> indeed, canadian internet in cafés ;)
00:19:10 <Resistance> board members: I thank you all.  :)
00:19:14 <mainerror> \o/
00:19:15 <Resistance> and thanks pleia2!  :)
00:19:23 <cyphermox> thanks to you Resistance
00:19:30 <Oli> Congratulations Resistance
00:19:36 <cyphermox> also, make sure you add your blog to planet.u.c :)
00:19:39 <jrgifford> congrats Resistance !
00:19:52 <n0rman> congrats Resistance  :)
00:19:55 <Resistance> cyphermox:  my blog will likely change locations, but once its fully operational i'll put it there :)
00:19:58 <Resistance> and thanks to everyone :)
00:20:04 <cyphermox> awesome, congrats again!
00:20:09 <pleia2> and thanks to everyone who came out to support him, we really love to see tha t:)
00:20:25 <jrgifford> heh, it's our job. :)
00:20:37 <pleia2> #endmeeting