20:03 <s-fox> #startmeeting Ubuntu Forums Council Meeting
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20:04 <s-fox> #voters s-fox elfy cariboo907 coffeecat elfy howefield
20:04 <meetingology> Current voters: cariboo907 coffeecat elfy howefield s-fox
20:04 <Iowan> o/
20:04 <s-fox> #voters Iowan
20:04 <meetingology> Current voters: Iowan cariboo907 coffeecat elfy howefield s-fox
20:04 <s-fox> :D
20:04 <s-fox> sorry Iowan
20:05 <Iowan> That happens when I sit in the back...
20:05 <elfy> happens when I sit in the front ...
20:05 <s-fox> Right, we currently have an empty agenda so i guess just a bit of feedback really.  But before that i wanted to know if anyone here has anything they want to bring up
20:06 <elfy> agenda isn't empty
20:06 <elfy> it's got caboose885 on it ...
20:06 <howefield> hmm
20:06 <s-fox> That is old?
20:06 <Iowan> "last" meeting...
20:06 <caboose885> I missed the last one...so elfy told me to roll it over to this one
20:06 <s-fox> Ah, okay :)
20:06 <elfy> no that is left from the last meeting(s) when there won't enough of us here
20:06 <s-fox> caboose885,  go for it
20:07 <s-fox> #topic
20:07 <s-fox> Followup report to the UA team revision
20:07 <caboose885> Well, I have been working on the UA team. Currently I have 9 active members. I actually have a few more people that are eager to join but they don't meet the requirements yet
20:07 <caboose885> Hopefully in the next couple months we can bring them on
20:08 <Iowan> What are membership requirements?
20:08 <caboose885> 6 months active on the forums
20:08 <s-fox> I was just wondering how you are going about getting in contact with people, or are they coming to you?
20:09 <caboose885> At first I was reaching out to people but lately I've had a couple come to me
20:09 <elfy> good
20:09 <caboose885> I'm not sure if its members spreading the word or how they are learning about the team
20:10 <caboose885> I never really asked them how they heard about the team
20:10 <elfy> it might be worth doing that
20:10 <caboose885> I will make sure to ask next time
20:11 <caboose885> So, the team is slowly getting started. Still need more members but at least we have a small team working on reducing unanswered posts left on the forums
20:11 <elfy> caboose885: nothing to stop you asking those you've got :)
20:11 <s-fox> That sounds great caboose885 ,  I know it can be hard getting movement :)
20:11 <caboose885> I think I estimated the team a bit too small. I think I will need more than 15 members but i will take what I can get
20:11 <s-fox> agreed elfy
20:12 <elfy> caboose885: yep - though I'd say it's best to start with a compact team
20:12 <caboose885> agreed, with growing pains and figuring a  good system out and all
20:12 <caboose885> that is all from me unless you guys have more to ask
20:12 <s-fox> Okay, anything else you want to add caboose885 , or can we move on? (not that i am trying to change topic)
20:13 <elfy> caboose885: thanks for the time you're putting in to it
20:13 <s-fox> Nothing more from me except i am glad it is slowly coming together and a big thank you
20:13 <s-fox> :)
20:13 <caboose885> you can move on s-fox. I am done :)
20:13 <caboose885> Thanks for everyones help and support
20:13 <howefield> thanks caboose885
20:14 <s-fox> Okay moving on...
20:14 <s-fox> #topic Moderator Nominations
20:15 <s-fox> We have been trying quite hard to become more democratic with the way in which moderators (and admins) will be chosen on the forums
20:15 <s-fox> It has been difficult to find a way to implement, but we getting there.
20:15 <s-fox> We have recently come up with this outline: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ForumCouncil/TeamNomination
20:16 <s-fox> It is still a work in progress that needs the Community Council to agree on (we have 3/7 officially at this time)
20:16 <s-fox> I guess we are looking for general feedback from an outsiders point of view, as well as just letting you know what is coming
20:17 <s-fox> I think that is about it, unless any of the other FC members have anything to add.
20:17 <elfy> not to that
20:17 <Iowan> nothing here
20:17 <s-fox> Also big thank you to those that drafted it and did the organisation on launchpad , and going over the vote script :)
20:18 <cariboo907> you've summed it up pretty good s-fox
20:18 <elfy> that's still needing some work
20:18 <elfy> but we've time
20:18 <howefield> how do we want general feedback, a thread in the forums ?
20:19 <s-fox> By nature we are forum based, so i think that would be a good idea
20:19 <elfy> howefield: I've posted one - will post a general forum thread later
20:19 <s-fox> Thank you elfy :)
20:19 <howefield> thanks
20:19 <elfy> let's get feedback from those affected first
20:19 <s-fox> I want to be quick to add i am not expecting a flood of feedback *right now this instant*
20:19 <elfy> it can go in the general forum once we're sure of what we are going to do - rather than draft
20:20 <s-fox> Agreed elfy , i wish to wait until we have a majority from the CC
20:20 <elfy> I'm not sure that the moderator nomination is of concern
20:21 <elfy> ok - think move onto fixed items now
20:21 <s-fox> I wouldn't want to guess the concerns of others. ;)
20:22 * elfy neither
20:22 <s-fox> Okay,   but before that does anyone have anything that they want to bring up that isn't on the agenda for whatever reason :)
20:22 <elfy> other than it has been the province of the FC up till now
20:22 <s-fox> I guess nobody has anything.
20:22 <s-fox> Next topic
20:22 <elfy> s-fox: that's what we put AOB on the agenda for I thought :)
20:23 <s-fox> #topic Division of labour
20:23 <s-fox> Alright, who wants to do what?
20:23 <cariboo907> who did what last time? :)
20:23 <elfy> sef does
20:23 <s-fox> very funny :)
20:24 <elfy> not sure what there is on the list anymore tbh - some are long gone now
20:24 <howefield> I'm not fussy, what does nobody like doing :)
20:24 <Iowan> I *think* I did the report lasttime.
20:24 <s-fox> Okay, well there is the team report
20:24 <s-fox> i think i fixed it the other month, but that might have been elfy
20:24 <Iowan> Then there's the ML
20:24 <s-fox> hmm
20:25 <elfy> team report should be done regardless of there being a meeting
20:25 <s-fox> elfy,  +1
20:25 <elfy> Iowan: ML is whoever sees it first and approves the post
20:25 <s-fox> I think the ml is being looked after generally by a few people though
20:25 <Iowan> Similar to Res centre...
20:25 <s-fox> to me that is a good thing
20:26 <elfy> we changed that at the same time as sending replies to the join notice to dev/null
20:26 <s-fox> i only think we had it that way to ensure someone looks at it. i think we are better than we used to be
20:26 <s-fox> i don't mind doing the report
20:26 <elfy> I think the only thing that needs to be rotated is the report
20:26 <Iowan> No new members to add :(
20:27 <s-fox> i haven't done the report for a while, i'll do it tomorrow at some point
20:27 <elfy> Iowan: not at present - though we actually do those when they get majority
20:27 <elfy> shouldn't be on Agenda
20:27 <s-fox> oh, does anyone know when the next announcement bot post is due?
20:27 <s-fox> that needs checking
20:28 <s-fox> hopefully it is fixed :)
20:28 <elfy> no - but I'm subscribed to a couple of -announce m/l's
20:28 <s-fox> pity we can't fake an announcement to test it
20:28 <s-fox> or can we?
20:28 <elfy> no
20:28 <s-fox> shame
20:29 <elfy> IS are waiting for one to appear same as us :)
20:29 <s-fox> Oh yes, while i remember. Thank you to IS for sorting out those tickets i created last week :)
20:29 <elfy> so all in agreement - QIII can do that?
20:29 <s-fox> yes
20:29 <s-fox> agreed
20:29 <howefield> approved
20:29 <Iowan> +1
20:30 <s-fox> +!
20:30 <coffeecat> +1
20:30 <elfy> ok - seems like a wrap then
20:30 <QIII> can we review what the payment rate is for that?
20:30 <elfy> same as previous
20:30 <s-fox> Also, thank you to you all for being active in the running of the forums. to me it feels we are much more organised / active than we have been for a long time :)
20:30 <Irihapeti> I don't do anything much...
20:30 * s-fox fires Irihapeti
20:31 <howefield> thanks s-fox et all, and good night :)
20:31 <Irihapeti> TY
20:31 <s-fox> :D
20:31 <s-fox> good night howefield
20:31 <s-fox> i think that is it
20:31 <s-fox> #endmeeting