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00:00:44 <meetingology> Meeting started Fri Apr 20 00:00:44 2012 UTC.  The chair is pleia2. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.ubuntu.com/meetingology.
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00:01:21 <pleia2> Hello and welcome to the Ubuntu Membership Review Board for the Americas meeting for April 19th. The wiki page for the Review Board is available here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Membership/RegionalBoards/Americas
00:01:29 <pleia2> We will attempt to get through all of the applicants that have added themselves to that list before today's meeting. If we are unable to make it through the entire list due to time constraints, then at the next meeting we will pick up where we left off.
00:01:38 <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).
00:01:48 <pleia2> ach 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.
00:02:01 <pleia2> s/ach/Each
00:02:09 <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.
00:02:19 <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!)
00:02:40 <pleia2> #voters nhandler Pendulum cyphermox dinda pleia2
00:02:40 <meetingology> Current voters: Pendulum cyphermox dinda nhandler pleia2
00:02:42 <pleia2> Now, with any further ado, lets get started with the first applicant...
00:02:56 <pleia2> caravena, are you here?
00:03:14 <pleia2> fitoschido, are you here?
00:04:05 <pleia2> MrChrisDruif: how about you? :)
00:04:13 <MrChrisDruif> Meh, I might be
00:04:15 <pleia2> #topic MrChrisDruif membership
00:04:29 <pleia2> introduce away!
00:04:57 <MrChrisDruif> Alright, for who doesn't know me I'm Chris Druif and I'm mainly involved with Lubuntu
00:05:18 <MrChrisDruif> My wiki page is: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MrChrisDruif
00:05:54 <MrChrisDruif> You can find all my contact info on there, including everything I don't really use like launchpad and ubuntuforums
00:06:50 <MrChrisDruif> I've been the Wiki/Docs Coordinator of Lubuntu since January and today I've actually become a member of the Ubuntu Wiki Docs Editors
00:07:03 <MrChrisDruif> Please feel free to ask any questions
00:07:47 <pleia2> some of your testimonial writers did a better job of covering all the work you do than your wiki page does
00:07:49 <MrChrisDruif> Oh, I also help out on Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter by updating the links for the flavor meetings and sometimes summaries
00:07:55 <pleia2> there you go
00:08:11 <MrChrisDruif> I'm not one to boast
00:08:11 <pleia2> several testimonials from beginners team too
00:08:14 <dinda> looks like you have a good history of work in the community - and tons of testimonials
00:08:37 <Unit193> I'm also here to support him.
00:08:48 <pleia2> thanks Unit193
00:09:01 <MrChrisDruif> I think if you look at the raw version /Testimonials you'll see almost every page I've edited ^_^
00:09:20 <MrChrisDruif> s//Testimonials//Contributions
00:09:44 <pleia2> ah, good
00:10:42 <MrChrisDruif> Any questions? Please ask if I forgot to mention anything
00:10:46 <pleia2> always nice to see a future goals section, that's for including it
00:11:25 <pleia2> s/that's/thanks
00:11:29 <dinda> MrChrisDruif: you just made me very curious about Lubuntu!
00:12:23 <MrChrisDruif> We've got a cool channel with people far more knowledgeable about Lubuntu then me on #lubuntu-offtopic and for support go to #lubuntu
00:13:01 <MrChrisDruif> Including but not limited to Unit193 ^_^
00:13:21 <pleia2> #vote MrChrisDruif Membership
00:13:21 <meetingology> Please vote on: MrChrisDruif Membership
00:13:21 <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)
00:13:24 <pleia2> +1
00:13:24 <meetingology> +1 received from pleia2
00:13:36 <cyphermox> +1
00:13:36 <meetingology> +1 received from cyphermox
00:13:38 <dinda> +1
00:13:38 <meetingology> +1 received from dinda
00:13:45 <Pendulum> +1
00:13:45 <meetingology> +1 received from Pendulum
00:13:48 <nhandler> +1
00:13:48 <meetingology> +1 received from nhandler
00:13:52 <pleia2> #endvote
00:13:52 <meetingology> Voting ended on: MrChrisDruif Membership
00:13:52 <meetingology> Votes for:5 Votes against:0 Abstentions:0
00:13:52 <meetingology> Motion carried
00:13:56 <pleia2> congrats and welcome MrChrisDruif :)
00:14:01 <nhandler> Congratulations MrChrisDruif !
00:14:02 <MrChrisDruif> O_O
00:14:11 <MrChrisDruif> Yay! Thanks everyone!
00:14:15 <Unit193> Congrats!
00:14:20 <dinda> congratulations!  and keep up the great work!
00:14:21 <cyrex> Congratz!!
00:14:29 <Pendulum> MrChrisDruif: Congrats and welcome!
00:14:42 <pleia2> #topic Unit193 Membership
00:14:54 <Unit193> Wiki: http://wiki.ubuntu.com/Unit193 LP: http://launchpad.net/~unit193
00:14:54 <Unit193> Howdy! My name is Unit 193, I'm from Ohio and part of the Ohio LoCo. Our city has a small ReLoCo that has had events I have gone to, I haven't been able to make any of the major statewide events as they have either been the wrong day, or I couldn't get there, but I really hope to make OLF this year.
00:14:59 <Unit193> Unlike the person last month, my wiki seems to be stuck on -q mode as I am not a wiki person. :P  I am involved with the Lubuntu and Xubuntu projects, randomly help the news team if they really need it, and you can find me in random other places on and off Freenode.
00:14:59 <MrChrisDruif> I'm rooting for ya Unit193 !!
00:15:07 <Unit193> (Had to prewrite or I'd go blank)
00:15:53 <pleia2> caravena: thanks for joining us, we'll get to your application next :)
00:16:22 <cyphermox> Unit193: no problem, a lot of this meeting is scripted ;)
00:16:50 <knome> as i state in the wiki, Unit193 gets +1 from me
00:16:52 <caravena> pleia2 ok
00:17:00 <MrChrisDruif> Same here
00:17:08 <Unit193> Thanks.
00:17:10 * SergioMeneses takes seat
00:17:12 <pleia2> thanks knome and MrChrisDruif
00:17:24 <nhandler> Unit193: Any plans to get involved with that ISO adoption project?
00:17:45 <Unit193> Does it go by any other name?
00:18:10 <Unit193> I may not have heard of it, so I'd have to check it out.
00:18:22 <nhandler> Unit193: Let me find a link (I admit, I'm not the most familiar)
00:18:32 <pleia2> http://www.theorangenotebook.com/2012/04/would-you-adopt-iso.html
00:19:00 <pleia2> it's a more formal adoption of the iso tests you already do, to be responsible for a particular set of tests for an iso getting finished
00:19:12 <knome> if those iso's cover xubuntu iso's, i will +1 for Unit193 doing that too ;)
00:19:19 <nhandler> Yep, that was it. Thanks pleia2
00:19:20 <pleia2> it does!
00:19:27 <knome> (otherwise, only +.99)
00:19:31 <pleia2> hehe
00:19:42 <Unit193> Hardware is a bit limited, and I can't hit any 64bit, but I can hit 32.
00:20:15 <nhandler> I'm sure many people would appreciate the help
00:20:47 <knome> yes, definitely, especially if it is on the derivative images (whether that was xubuntu or lubuntu or any other)
00:21:52 <Unit193> I'd love to help with that, but it'd be hard commiting to it as the computer that has the power to test the best is a shared computer, so I'd have to check. (Also,  affew real life events I have to work with)
00:21:59 <pleia2> another thank you for including future info so we don't need to ask :)
00:22:16 <pleia2> #vote Unit193 Membership
00:22:16 <meetingology> Please vote on: Unit193 Membership
00:22:16 <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)
00:22:18 <Unit193> Heh, I tried, but it may be a touch outdated.
00:22:24 <pleia2> +1
00:22:24 <meetingology> +1 received from pleia2
00:22:25 <nhandler> +1
00:22:25 <meetingology> +1 received from nhandler
00:22:27 <caravena> I work with Ubuntu 12.04 developed, I'm chilean and talk spanih default
00:22:30 <cyphermox> +1
00:22:30 <meetingology> +1 received from cyphermox
00:22:39 <dinda> +1
00:22:39 <meetingology> +1 received from dinda
00:22:56 <pleia2> Pendulum?
00:23:14 <MrChrisDruif> caravena; just a minute, just wait for the results
00:23:24 <caravena> ok sorry
00:24:21 <pleia2> looks like we may have lost her for the moment, and that's quorum so
00:24:22 <pleia2> #endvote
00:24:22 <meetingology> Voting ended on: Unit193 Membership
00:24:22 <meetingology> Votes for:4 Votes against:0 Abstentions:0
00:24:22 <meetingology> Motion carried
00:24:28 <pleia2> congrats, welcome Unit193! :)
00:24:29 <knome> congrats Unit193! (and i'm off to bed... o/ see you)
00:24:32 <Unit193> Thanks!
00:24:58 <nhandler> Congratulations Unit193 !
00:24:59 <pleia2> #topic caravena Membership
00:25:17 <caravena> I'm chilean
00:25:28 <MrChrisDruif> Congratulations buddy!!
00:26:10 <caravena> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CristianAravena
00:26:15 <cyrex> Congratz Unit193
00:26:22 <caravena> https://launchpad.net/~caravena
00:26:28 <Unit193> Thanks, cyphermox
00:26:33 <Unit193> Err.
00:27:08 <cyphermox> yay for tab completion ;)
00:27:33 <caravena> I work in ubuntu-cl
00:27:42 <caravena> in marketing
00:28:03 <caravena> Pedro Villavicencio help to my
00:28:27 <pleia2> caravena: I'm a little confused, is this you too? https://launchpad.net/~cristianvirtual (they are listed as the ubuntu-cl contact)
00:28:52 <caravena> I'm working now in flisol -> http://guliqq.unap.cl
00:29:32 <caravena> pleia2, no, I'm "caravena"
00:29:38 <caravena> Cristian Aravena
00:29:52 <pleia2> caravena: your wiki page says you're the LoCo Contact, but you are not
00:30:23 <caravena> oummm sorry
00:30:26 <caravena> bug
00:30:27 <caravena> :S
00:31:31 <SergioMeneses> pleia2, ubuntu-cl team has a council
00:32:02 <caravena> Thanks SergioMeneses
00:32:13 <pleia2> SergioMeneses: right, I'm going by this: http://loco.ubuntu.com/teams/ubuntu-cl
00:32:17 <pleia2> he's not on that either
00:33:35 <pleia2> caravena: do you think you could update your wiki with accurate details, maybe put a bit more information about what you do in the LoCo?
00:33:51 <SergioMeneses> pleia2, you're rigth
00:35:14 <caravena> then I going to update my wiki page
00:35:29 <pleia2> caravena: also, get some more testimonials, from people you work with in the chilean loco :)
00:35:59 <caravena> pleia2, ok
00:37:49 <cyphermox> cyrex: you there?
00:37:56 <cyrex> yes
00:38:08 <cyrex> I am here cyphermox
00:38:09 <pleia2> #topic cyrex Membership
00:38:17 <cyphermox> alright :)
00:38:32 <cyrex> hello
00:38:42 <cyrex> Should I start now?
00:39:03 <cyrex> Sorry guys a LITTLE nervous
00:39:03 <pleia2> yes, go ahead
00:39:13 <cyrex> I am Luis Alvarado from Venezuela. Have been an active Ubuntu user since 5.04. Started helping other users with Linux and Ubuntu since 2006-2007, at least for user from Windows. Have taught several Linux classes that focus on Ubuntu, the server side and desktop side. Also participated in an international event called FLISOL (Will participate this year again). My time right now is spend in askubuntu helping out, teaching/promoting about Ubuntu Linux in
00:39:13 <cyrex> Venezuela and I am going to start my webpage ubuntuve.com from scratch which will be about video tutorials about Ubuntu and programming in Linux (Spanish mostly).
00:39:25 <cyrex> https://launchpad.net/~luisalvaradox (Empty for the time being. Got a couple of tools I want to add this year)
00:39:33 <cyrex> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/luisalvarado
00:39:48 <cyrex> This is a link to askubuntu where I do some helping: http://askubuntu.com/users/7035/
00:40:09 <cyrex> And here is a link to the ranking so it might help or something: http://askubuntu.com/users?tab=reputation&filter=all
00:40:29 <pleia2> always nice to meet other folks who are putting Ubuntu into schools :)
00:40:40 <pleia2> wow, you've been using askubuntu for a long time!
00:40:42 <MrChrisDruif> That's true
00:41:26 <cyrex> yes. About a year
00:41:39 <pleia2> cyrex: is teaching Venezuelan Users about Ubuntu something separate from your job?
00:42:04 <cyrex> I do it in the job and separate
00:42:09 <pleia2> great
00:42:29 <cyrex> for example, when talking about networking, computer assembly or programming I always talk to them about linux and ubuntu
00:42:47 <cyrex> so many of them eventually take the linux course which I teach using ubuntu
00:43:12 <cyrex> that is in the job, outside the job and help out friends and anybody interested in using a real operating system
00:43:20 <pleia2> :)
00:43:55 <pleia2> really great work
00:44:12 <cyrex> I have a small group in facebook with some friends that I help with this. Also have ubuntuve.com/ubuntuvenezuela.com which I will start from scratch with video tutorials of how to use ubuntu, configuration, etc.
00:44:25 <nhandler> Besides the videos, any other plans/goals for the future?
00:46:18 <cyrex> Well my 2012 goals in order are: Finish ubuntu tutorials on webpage, finish symfony programming and I want to start working on python so I can help with Ubuntu. Right now my plan is to create awareness of ubuntu in Venezuela and maybe a social group around it. Then try to work my way up to someday maybe work in Ubuntu as a developer.
00:47:10 <dinda> aks728
00:47:14 <pleia2> nice to hear :)
00:47:22 <pleia2> #vote cyrex Membership
00:47:22 <meetingology> Please vote on: cyrex Membership
00:47:22 <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)
00:47:23 <dinda> akc, wrong keyboard
00:47:25 <pleia2> +1
00:47:25 <meetingology> +1 received from pleia2
00:47:29 <nhandler> +1
00:47:29 <meetingology> +1 received from nhandler
00:47:30 <dinda> +1
00:47:30 <meetingology> +1 received from dinda
00:47:38 <Pendulum> +1
00:47:38 <meetingology> +1 received from Pendulum
00:47:41 <cyphermox> +1
00:47:41 <meetingology> +1 received from cyphermox
00:47:45 <pleia2> #endvote
00:47:45 <meetingology> Voting ended on: cyrex Membership
00:47:45 <meetingology> Votes for:5 Votes against:0 Abstentions:0
00:47:45 <meetingology> Motion carried
00:47:52 <pleia2> congrats and welcome cyrex!
00:48:00 <MrChrisDruif> Congratulations cyrex!!
00:48:03 <nhandler> Congratulations !
00:48:04 <cyrex> Whohoo. Thanks guys
00:48:11 <cyphermox> congrats cyrex
00:48:28 <cyrex> Now let me see my next step: Take over the world. Ok got it
00:48:31 <Unit193> Congrats cyrex! (got it right this time)
00:48:36 <pleia2> thanks everyone :)
00:48:54 <cyrex> Man I am still shaken hehe
00:49:05 <nhandler> Yep. Thanks you everyone, and congratulations to the new members.
00:49:13 <cyrex> ;)
00:49:59 <pleia2> and before we all run off, we have three board members expiring next month, so while welcome to reapply, thanks to nhandler and dinda for their work on the board these past couple years :)
00:50:23 <nhandler> :)
00:50:36 <cyphermox> yup, thanks nhandler and dinda :)
00:50:41 <Pendulum> pleia2: thank you for your work over the past (4?) years as well!
00:50:49 <pleia2> Pendulum: indeed 4! too many :)
00:50:57 <cyrex> Well thank you I am going to tell my girlfriend
00:51:07 <cyrex> you all have a nice day/night
00:51:13 <pleia2> you too
00:51:14 <pleia2> #endmeeting