18:05 #startmeeting 18:05 Meeting started Sun Sep 7 18:05:40 2014 UTC. The chair is howefield. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.ubuntu.com/meetingology. 18:05 18:05 Available commands: action commands idea info link nick 18:06 #chair bapoumba coffeecat elfy Iowan howefield s-fox 18:06 Current chairs: Iowan bapoumba coffeecat elfy howefield s-fox 18:07 evening everyone, think we have an agenda to follow. 18:07 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ForumCouncilAgenda 18:07 #meetingtopic Proposal to close and archive inactive Loco subforums 18:08 #info Closing inactive Loco subforums 18:08 #topic Proposal to close and archive inactive Loco subforums 18:09 yep - sent mail to the LoCo Council - had no reply from them re that 18:09 so we move with the proposal then ? 18:09 around a month or so back - but of course the discussions goes back much further - just got put on back burner 18:10 I'm +1 to that 18:10 +1 here 18:10 Perhaps they need reminding? 18:10 +1 18:10 we can do that s-fox 18:10 as far as I am aware, not so much as an acknowledgment of email, would that be right ? 18:10 nothing howefield 18:11 I think 1 week is reasonable. I would request that they acknowledge receipt 18:11 though as I said, it's not actually anything new though 18:11 I'm fairly confident another reminder wont bring in any response 18:11 that kind says it all to me, but I'm not against a reminder 18:12 Do any of us come across the loco council on irc on a day to day basis? 18:12 Yeah howefield, neither am I 18:12 not often s-fox 18:12 not me, to be fair. 18:12 Or hang around where they linger? :D 18:12 I do that ;) 18:12 at least 3 of them that I know of 18:12 Collar them on IRC then? 18:13 I can do that 18:13 suggest we #vote now though 18:13 I'd be surprised they do not read their emails.. 18:13 Brilliant 18:13 +1 on voting. i would press ahead if we hear nothing anyway. 18:14 it can always be undone at a later date 18:14 #action Elfy to catch up with someone from LoCo Council re forum archiving 18:14 * meetingology Elfy to catch up with someone from LoCo Council re forum archiving 18:14 same here 18:14 thanks elfy 18:15 done with that, moving on ? 18:15 I would suggest though that prior to actually doing the deed we double check there's no movement 18:15 howefield: we can vote in here 18:16 #vote Close and archive inactive LoCo Sub-forums 18:16 Please vote on: Close and archive inactive LoCo Sub-forums 18:16 Public votes can be registered by saying +1, +0 or -1 in channel, (for private voting, private message me with 'vote +1/-1/+0 #channelname) 18:16 +1 18:16 +1 received from elfy 18:16 +& 18:16 +1 18:16 +1 received from coffeecat 18:16 +1 18:16 +1 received from bapoumba 18:16 +1 18:16 +1 received from s-fox 18:16 + 18:16 +1 18:16 +1 received from howefield 18:16 +1 18:16 +1 received from Iowan 18:16 #endvote 18:16 Voting ended on: Close and archive inactive LoCo Sub-forums 18:16 Votes for:6 Votes against:0 Abstentions:0 18:16 Motion carried 18:17 great, next point 18:17 #topic Recap on recent changes 18:17 Is it apropos to mention Brazil at this time? After setting it up for them they might as well use it. 18:19 one thread - no revisit from the one asking us to set it up since that I saw 18:19 yes, the Brazil forum is open, isn't it ? 18:19 afaik it is yes 18:20 yeah, on epost 18:21 coffeecat: good that people are still asking us to open things 18:21 yes it is elfy, should we promote it a bit more ? 18:22 We should post on planet ubuntu more often 18:22 +1 18:22 well - supposedly the idea was for LoCo's to use Discourse - but I don't got there enough to see what's happening 18:22 s-fox: them with syndicated blogs at least :) 18:23 Post on Planet Ubuntu, yeah, but that needs to be interesting stuff.. 18:23 nothing at all to stop us mailing uwn 18:23 I haven't been on discourse for sometime. no idea what is happening there, or to be honest i have no real interest either. 18:23 +1 elfy 18:23 thats true elfy 18:24 hey PabloRubianes - quick one - did the LoCo council discuss the mail the FC sent them re sub-forums at all? 18:24 and mailing UWN is easy :) 18:24 UWN +1 18:24 we did at one point start to look at sending stats - but that's not as easy to do as it is for AU 18:25 but talking to community via that is \o/ imo 18:25 yep 18:27 Whatever happened to the tutorial of the week? Wasn't that something to do with you bapoumba ? 18:27 so - we could UWN what we've done on the forum in the last month's this week then? 18:28 Tutorial of the Week needs a lot of time 18:28 I do not have that right now 18:28 @elfy yep, who's taking the action, :) I don't mind 18:28 howefield: Error: "elfy" is not a valid command. 18:29 and is in fact not valid at all ... 18:29 elfy yep, who's taking the action, ( I don't mind) 18:29 What if it was revived, but by someone with the time 18:29 +1 from me s-fox 18:29 howefield: don't mind - maybe action you and I for it 18:29 are you volunteering s-fox ? 18:30 Possibly. I'm tossing ideas out for what to post. you said things need to be interesting :) 18:30 we could ask rest of moderation team 18:30 (I took over after K.Mandla left) 18:30 #action howefield & elfy to contact UWN with forum news. 18:30 * meetingology howefield & elfy to contact UWN with forum news. 18:31 There also was that interview thingy that started out with forums people and grew to the general community 18:31 I'd suggest talking it over with mods - then we could possibly have more than one person looking at that 18:31 seems to be a large undertaking and requiring skill 18:32 I'll second that elfy 18:32 howefield, not really, more communication, writing skills 18:32 i was doing the community interviews for a while. i asked a whole bunch of people, they said yes and then nothing more. i felt awkward and kinda nagging 18:32 wasn't my scene :/ 18:33 Picking up a tutorial from the whole bunch gets to be difficult after a while 18:33 after all the obvious good ones are picked 18:33 make it monthly 18:33 takes a lot of time reading 18:34 I had started a list, but never got to at least 5 to 10 to start with (and have several weeks/month material) 18:34 K.Mandla had a unique skill doing it 18:35 yep - I remember 18:35 and a unique way writing about them 18:36 worth a forum thread to talk it through with the staff/members 18:36 He was a journalist in another life, cannot beat that :) 18:36 +1 howefield 18:36 howefield: yea - action that to FC 18:36 +1, I'd be happy to contribute from time to time, but not lead 18:37 bapoumba: I think it would be best as a team effort anyway - different strengths 18:37 Does it need a formal leader? Couldn't it just be a team effort? 18:37 elfy, such project usually ends up a one person thing .. 18:38 #action FC to start discourse with staff/members to revive Tutorial of the Week. 18:38 * meetingology FC to start discourse with staff/members to revive Tutorial of the Week. 18:38 bapoumba: possibly - we'd just need to make it not so somehow :) 18:39 Yeah, at least to suggest tutorials that meet the requirements 18:39 right 18:41 ok - so moving on? 18:41 ok, Recap on recent changes.. 18:41 what else do we have 18:42 just that it was a general tidy up of sections and tightening up of a few things 18:43 no complaints so far :) 18:44 not that I'm aware of no :) 18:44 i like the new layout 18:45 good ;) 18:45 we spoke last month about the successful completion of the forum moves, is there anything further to add ? 18:45 +1 s-fox 18:45 not here 18:45 not from me 18:45 nope, just monthly duties 18:45 I'm good with it, thanks howefield & elfy 18:46 and we appear to have done AOB unless anyone's got anything else :) 18:46 nothing from me :) 18:46 no more 18:47 who is up for the team report ? 18:47 after elfy did it last I think.. 18:47 I'm probably about due... 18:48 ok, thanks Iowan :) 18:48 i'll take whatever is left over 18:48 i am not that fussed :) 18:48 #info Elfy is working through those on the forum with Ubuntu Member status - checking who is and isn't 18:49 btw :) 18:49 Oh thanks elfy :) 18:49 we mentioned last month about ensuring an agenda is set up for our FC meeting with cariboo doing it for September, anyone want to take the task for Octobers meeting ? 18:50 I can do that, anywhere the agenda is discussed ? 18:50 (provided I successfully log in the wiki ..) 18:51 your choice bapoumba 18:51 and thanks, -admins is fine I think 18:51 OK 18:51 #action Iowan to produce Team Report 18:51 * meetingology Iowan to produce Team Report 18:52 (login into the wiki was a joke. I takes ages to log me in..) 18:52 #action bapoumba to ensure an (Octobers) FC agenda. 18:52 * meetingology bapoumba to ensure an (Octobers) FC agenda. 18:52 I think we are done, anything else ? 18:52 not here 18:52 Nothing more from me 18:53 not here 18:53 OK here 18:53 nothing here 18:53 endmeeting? 18:53 ok, thanks everyone 18:53 wfm 18:53 #endmeeting