20:19:38 #startmeeting 20:19:38 Meeting started Tue Dec 18 20:19:38 2012 UTC. The chair is czajkowski. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.ubuntu.com/meetingology. 20:19:38 20:19:38 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 20:19:43 aloha and sorry for the confusion 20:19:47 kbmonkey, :) 20:19:49 Thanks czajkowski ! 20:20:26 #link https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoCouncil/Agenda 20:20:45 so we'll start with the Ubuntu ZA loco 20:20:54 #topic Re approval of Ubuntu ZA loco 20:21:04 we are ready :) 20:21:05 \o/ 20:21:06 #link https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ZATeam/ReApprovalApplication2012 20:21:12 whoot 20:21:13 where is ubuntu-za? 20:21:14 thanks for coming folks 20:21:21 we are in south africa 20:21:27 SergioMeneses, we are here 20:21:47 * nlsthzn waves.... 20:21:52 * superfly raises his hand 20:21:53 I am the contact for ubuntu-za SergioMeneses 20:21:55 hiya so care to tell ius about your team 20:21:55 here 20:22:00 maiatoday: hi 20:22:05 how are things going in the loco ? 20:22:14 * inetpro wonders whether highvoltage even realises that we're here for re-approval 20:22:19 Our LoCo is spread out over the whole country 20:22:35 so we have pockets of people who meet online and who try to organise local regional events 20:22:39 nods 20:22:44 like many locos 20:22:50 we have release parties and ubuntu hours 20:23:07 also we have managed to get a distribution system going with regional contacts for the DVDs 20:23:15 3 main regions I'd say? 20:23:20 Nice! 20:23:37 there are about 15 people who are regional contacts 20:23:40 :O 20:23:41 wow you've been busy http://loco.ubuntu.com/teams/ubuntu-za/events/history 20:23:42 great 20:24:14 I usually send an email on the mailing list just to make sure the regional contacts are still happy to get DVDs and update the list for each release 20:24:44 * superfly didn't think they'd been terribly busy 20:24:45 This also helps to connect the LoCo as a whole I have found 20:25:14 do you have any specific questions? 20:25:19 maiatoday: can you tell us how you've done the regional contacts bit 20:25:28 I'd like to hear more about this 20:25:38 * inetpro agrees with superfly, we have lot's more to do 20:25:43 first a mailing list ping with a cutoff date 20:25:54 then people send me their info 20:26:07 nods 20:26:10 cool 20:26:10 I get the box of DVDs and make up parcels for everybody on the list 20:26:28 sounds really good... micahg, has your team some problem? or something to share with us? 20:26:31 then each person has to add their info to the website and look out on the mailing list if anyone needs CDs 20:26:45 maiatoday: how have you found getting people involve in the loco, easy, do people look to get more involved. 20:27:07 this has been interesting, I was very active for a while then I became busy 20:27:31 we had a bit of a slump and then people just volunteered and started doing stuff 20:27:42 so in a way it was good that I was busy 20:27:47 maiatoday, like all of us ;) 20:27:52 inetpro: hey there, I didn't but thanks for the poke :) 20:28:03 most of us are busy, but we try hard to build the loco :) 20:28:17 highvoltage: wb 20:28:22 lo highvoltage 20:28:24 so now it seems that more people have tried doing things like chair monthly meetings and doing reports 20:28:27 highvoltage: o/ 20:28:36 which means we have more involved people 20:28:36 hey there highvoltage \o/! 20:28:44 maiatoday: so rotating activities seems to be a good ting to do 20:29:03 rotating is great 20:29:03 when someone is awol there is someone else to pick up the pace. 20:29:05 yeah, spread the load worked wonders 20:29:15 and it's more fun 20:29:21 we also have mentors that guide us newbies to run tasks 20:29:30 builds skills too 20:30:07 is there any issues or stuff you've stuggled with ? 20:30:30 inetpro, superfly, Kilos, maiatoday: hey everyone! I won't add too much noise since I haven't been involved at all, but it's awesome to see that all of you are keeping it alive and going over there! 20:30:31 we need more official members 20:30:42 also I think it is healthy in a LoCo for members to see new people are encouraged to do things, so new people feel confident 20:30:54 inetpro: offical in what way ? 20:31:04 maiatoday: is there anything we the loco council can do to help you guys? 20:31:09 I was worried when we had a bit of a slump but it all turned around 20:31:23 czajkowski: official ubuntu membership 20:31:24 I don't think so at the moment, we have good momentum at the moment 20:31:30 from my perspective the greatest struggle is still the fact that in my area we're quite far apart, so running get-togethers are harder to accomplish, but we made progress the last couple of months 20:31:35 I think sometimes there needs to be a bit of a gap for people to see that they need to step up and get involved 20:31:39 czajkowski: we need more members to take part in here on a regular basis for example 20:31:41 #voters SergioMeneses itnet7 czajkowski 20:31:41 Current voters: SergioMeneses czajkowski itnet7 20:31:56 #vote please vote on the reapproval of Ubuntu Za loco 20:31:56 Please vote on: please vote on the reapproval of Ubuntu Za loco 20:31:56 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) 20:32:03 +1 Excellent Job! 20:32:03 +1 Excellent Job! received from itnet7 20:32:06 +1 great work and loved the team reports! 20:32:06 +1 great work and loved the team reports! received from czajkowski 20:32:09 +1 great!! 20:32:09 +1 great!! received from SergioMeneses 20:32:15 #endvote 20:32:15 Voting ended on: please vote on the reapproval of Ubuntu Za loco 20:32:15 Votes for:3 Votes against:0 Abstentions:0 20:32:15 Motion carried 20:32:17 \o/ 20:32:22 well done folks! 20:32:25 :D 20:32:31 wow, all done!? 20:32:31 well done guys... you are awesome! 20:32:32 :D 20:32:33 maiatoday, inetpro if you need something, please let us know :D 20:32:37 congrats! 20:32:37 \o/ whoot! 20:32:38 thank you :) 20:32:40 thanks guys 20:32:45 We will thanks SergioMeneses 20:32:46 thank you everyone :> 20:32:51 Good job!! 20:32:51 Thank you guys 20:32:56 ty 20:33:03 thanks to the council for your time :) 20:33:05 #topic Mexico loco approval 20:33:07 Congrats! 20:33:14 good job ubuntu-za 20:33:14 Congrats! :) 20:33:17 #link https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuMxTeam/ApprovalApplication2012 20:33:20 hello ubuntu-mx 20:33:22 good luck to ubuntu-mx 20:33:28 Hello SergioMeneses :) 20:33:29 * fitoschido waves 20:33:49 o/ 20:33:59 ubuntu-mx power \o xD 20:33:59 Ubuntu-mx is ready :) 20:34:29 Toluxero: Please tell us about your team 20:34:44 #link https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuMxTeam/ApprovalApplication2012 20:34:46 night all. thanks alot 20:35:02 Kilos: hiya how are things going with your team 20:35:25 hi itnet7 20:35:59 Hey there! 20:36:13 who's the team contact folks? 20:36:19 chilicuil, are you the voice of your team'? 20:36:26 * czajkowski must fix the wiki page and add back in the team contact to the form 20:36:30 it's Toluxero , SergioMeneses 20:36:39 ok 20:36:49 but we're all here to support it 20:37:01 Toluxero: hey so care to tell us about the loco? 20:37:03 Toluxero, hello 20:37:46 * fitoschido does a drum-roll :P 20:37:55 Toluxero: SergioMeneses speaks spanish if it will help 20:38:07 Ok gracias :) 20:38:09 though you're probably typing away ;-) 20:38:23 ubuntu México es el equipo local de Ubuntu en nuestro país 20:38:39 este tiene una historia un poco larga entre ella dos intentos previos de de AppApp 20:38:44 ubuntu Mexico is the local ubuntu team in our country 20:38:53 Thanks chilicuil ! 20:38:59 chilicuil, ++ 20:39:20 no muy fructuosos, es por eso que hemos estado trabajando en la difusión de ubuntu y más proyectos para la comunidad en nuestro país 20:39:21 we've a long history, we've already tried twice to become a formal team 20:39:27 and it has already applied twice to this since its inception 6 years ago 20:39:36 I see 20:39:53 como podrán ver en nuestra AppApp, Hemos trabajado ultimamente con una comunidad enfocada a la capital del país Ubuntu-DF 20:40:30 we failed in our previous attemps, but that only motivated us to keep organizated more events 20:40:39 Toluxero, pero ustedes trabajan tambien con gente de otras ciudades? 20:40:55 like the last ubuntu release party with our friends at ubuntu df 20:40:59 as you can see in our appapp we've been working with other more local teams, such as ubuntu-df 20:41:17 i advocate in my state, Aguascalientes 20:41:24 SergioMeneses: Sí, pero el equipo más formalizado en el interior del país es de Ubunt-DF 20:41:28 ubuntu-df* 20:41:57 los ubuntu members dentro del país estamos en distintos puntos de México 20:42:16 ubuntu members are spread all over the country 20:42:25 I think you've done a really great job so far, The only thing I would like to mention, is that it's hard to learn more about what your team has done without up to date team reports 20:42:48 Estado de México, DF, Aguascaliantes, y además otros usuarios que aún no son ubuntu members apoyan al equipo a través de la distribución de CD's 20:43:00 pequeñas reuniones 20:43:00 it is a lovely wiki application! 20:43:25 I like the videos! 20:43:29 e inclusive se han realizado algunos Hangouts que se han caído por el exceso de usuarios 20:43:33 Definitely outstanding work, the pictures are great, and the wiki is awesome 20:43:33 itnet7: we use the loco directory to post our events, what do you mean when u say we dont have up to date reports? 20:43:57 thanks! 20:43:59 http://loco.ubuntu.com/teams/ubuntu-mx/events/history 20:44:14 we have weekly g+ hangouts as well 20:44:18 fitoschido: oh nice! 20:45:26 those "Hour Dev: Sharing development" are a kind of reports on which chilicuil narrates his motu adventure 20:45:38 and teaches us how to fix bugs and the like 20:45:43 fitoschido, it is a very good idea! you can use it in the bug-jam 20:46:37 Altrough I talk about localization 20:46:49 each user talks about their area of expertise 20:47:02 chilicuil: one of the things we used to look at were: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuMxTeam/TeamReports 20:47:05 fitoschido, chilicuil tienen algun problema en el team? algo en lo que el loco-council les pueda colaborar? 20:47:29 I guess you guys stopped doing those reports and began use the Loco Team Portal instead 20:47:49 SergioMeneses, no se me ocurre nada en particular. 20:47:58 The Ubuntu Weekly news used to get most of it's content from Team Reports 20:47:59 SergioMeneses: no, justo ahora nada, todo corre bien 20:48:02 itnet7: yep, that was the case 20:48:21 itnet7: well, then we'll start creating those reports 20:48:47 we can use the new community-announce list for the weekly news, I guess 20:48:49 chilicuil, please dont forget the reports :D 20:48:57 chilicuil: Awesome, It would just be a very good encouragement 20:48:58 fitoschido, sure! 20:49:28 and we (I) am working on trying to help make it easier with using the LTP 20:49:48 hopefully that will be soon 20:49:51 we overlooked it, it seems :P 20:49:56 no worries 20:50:02 itnet7, rocks! 20:50:06 Outstanding 20:50:19 anything else you want to tell us folks? 20:51:25 #vote please vote on the Ubuntu MX approval 20:51:25 Please vote on: please vote on the Ubuntu MX approval 20:51:25 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) 20:51:30 we're really looking forward to the approval, but if we don't get it, we'll still work advocating and promoting Ubuntu in this developing country. 20:51:35 I dont think so, however if u have any other question, we'll be glad to answer it 20:51:40 +1 well done folks! 20:51:40 +1 well done folks! received from czajkowski 20:51:45 chilicuil, fitoschido Toluxero les recuerdo que cualquier inconveniente lo hagan saber :D estamos para ayudarlos :D 20:51:48 +1 Awesome job!!! 20:51:48 +1 Awesome job!!! received from itnet7 20:51:52 +1 awesome!!! 20:51:52 +1 awesome!!! received from SergioMeneses 20:51:54 SergioMeneses: Gracias! 20:52:04 SergioMeneses: lo haremos, gracias 20:52:05 well done guys! 20:52:09 Prometo ya no ponerme nervioso! 20:52:18 #endvote 20:52:18 Voting ended on: please vote on the Ubuntu MX approval 20:52:18 Votes for:3 Votes against:0 Abstentions:0 20:52:18 Motion carried 20:52:21 well done folks 20:52:30 congrats ubuntu-mx 20:52:31 Thanks a lot! :) 20:52:37 #action czajkowski update LP with the teams expirary dates 20:52:37 * meetingology czajkowski update LP with the teams expirary dates 20:52:38 thanks thanks thanks!!! :) 20:52:42 weeeeeeeeeeeee!!!! 20:52:43 I 20:52:47 if you have some problem, please let us know 20:52:47 SergioMeneses: itnet7 who wants to do the team reports :) 20:52:51 thanks! 20:52:51 I will 20:52:52 :D 20:52:57 Toluxero: don't get nervous next time :P 20:52:57 itnet7, rocks! 20:53:00 * chilicuil gives away pulque to the people in here 20:53:03 #action itnet7 team report 20:53:03 * meetingology itnet7 team report 20:53:04 I work on the bugs 20:53:09 #endmeeting