[Ubuntu-be] IRC meeting 03/02/2010 - report

Fri Feb 5 09:53:05 GMT 2010

I agree with the fact that if canonical does have a completive price it
should be considered as an option, at the end of the day it will get back to
use through better support of ubuntu etc..

Kr

Manuel

On 5 February 2010 10:46, Jan Bongaerts <jbongaerts at gmail.com> wrote:

> Sorry I'm sharing my opinion via this mail. I am never available on a
> Wednesday night to participate to the meeting.
>
> about topic 2 (the ubuntu CD):
> a) the wiki talks about 919 Euro for 1000 CDs. Canonical sells their CDs
> for far less (158 Euro for 200 CDs). I think they deserve our support.
> b) If we decide to make a local CD, I would NOT outsource the work outside
> to Morocco, China, or other countries. It beats the object of going local.
> If a local option is not feasible, why not outsource it to Canonical? Has
> anyone tried to ask them?
>
> Just my 2 cents.
>
> Regards,
> Jan.
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 11:32 PM, Jean7491 <Jean7491 at free.fr> wrote:
>
>> IRC meeting 03/02/2010 – Report
>> Present at the meeting (in random order) : mongolito404, mimor, nero_,
>> wamukota, jean7491, JanC, ADcomp, mandel, selckin
>>
>> 1. Past and Future events
>> a. Dipro Ghent 31/01- report
>> Report and pictures are already in the wiki.
>> In his report, kws had some ideas about the repetition of Dipro fairs
>> especially in Ghent : 4 fairs in 1 year is perhaps too much. Firstly we
>> can skip the Dipro Ghent on 18/04.
>> We should find new ways/events to promote Ubuntu: Accenta-fair (thanks
>> Digipolis Ghent) seemed to be a good example. All suggestions are
>> welcome ! Participation to the Digital Week through local initiative ?
>> For more events, we should find a way to put the emphases on
>> collaboration with existing groups. HCC invited us on their booth at
>> Antwerp Dipro (20-21/02). Maybe we should seek for more collaboration
>> like this (with LUG's or other computer clubs).
>> About cost of the booth and CD's, we need a cheaper solution for
>> (Ubuntu) CD's.
>>
>> b. Dipro Kortrijk 07/02
>> The team is at minimum level with 3 volunteers (yanu, wamukota and
>> jean7491)
>> We still need additional volunteers, but it seems hopeless!
>> No problem of preparation, just a few coordination.
>>
>> c. Fosdem 2010 06-07/02
>> T-shirts, stickers, mouse mats, mugs, lanyards & keychains and ad-hoc
>> flyers are available.
>> Hardware : JanC - EEE 900 + Tux Droid, mongolito404 – idem + laptop? +
>> Tux Droid, Adcomp - Acer Aspire one + dev board (arm processor) +
>> touchscreen 4.3”
>>
>> d. Antwerp, Hobby & computerdagen (20-21/02) In cooperation with HCC
>> regio Vlaanderen.
>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BelgianTeam/ComputerFairs/Antwerp_2010-02-20_21
>> nero_ (coordinator) will be present both days.
>> We still need additional volunteers (2 each day) : wiki is updated with
>> (JanC and Ward) (Jan B.?)
>>
>> e. Dipro Brugge 28/02
>> See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BelgianTeam/ComputerFairs/Brugge_2010-02-28
>> The preparation will start in the next days.
>>
>> 2. Promotion
>> a. Material - Proposal to burn CD's for Ubuntu-be
>> See last week report (in the wiki).
>> Who will be in charge of this project ? Adcomp can help for creating
>> ISO, if needed. The main thing to decide currently is how to finance it
>> (both burning & pressing) : sponsoring is one way (we are sure about
>> this income), making people to pay for is another (we hope to succeed!).
>> Other possibility : no CD, but usbkey : better but more expensive !
>> We need more information about past experience with sponsors and
>> covering the cost for 8.04LTS CD's in 2008. Of course, we would have to
>> look for other sponsors.
>> Perhaps there is a possibility for CD4s from Marocco : again we need
>> more information (and guarantee).
>>
>> b. mimor suggests better contacts with bloggers-Ubunteros in Belgium :
>> he will try to gather the Ubuntu blogging Belgians, as a start to pull
>> Belgian Ubuntu users closer to the Ubuntu-be community.
>>
>> 3. Support points map status
>> mongolito404 has something ready to test (not map, just list), need an
>> host where to host a test site PHP 5.2+ , and testers to test the stuff
>> when installed. selckin and mandel made propositions to help mongoliti404.
>>
>> 4. Things living in the mailing list
>> a. The procedure for re-approval-application is started : the LoCo
>> council meeting about the re-approval of our LoCo Team is planned on
>> Tuesday 16/02 at 21.00 hr (Belgian time). All members of the LoCo Team
>> are invited to take part to the meeting on IRC #ubuntu-meeting.
>> The draft of the re-approval application is available in the wiki
>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BelgianTeam/ReapprovalApplication2010-Draft, but
>> not complete. It is only related to the activities in which the Belgian
>> LoCo Team was involved.
>> Questions : What were the actions of Ubuntu-be in relation with
>> "non-profit, and inter-governmental institutions" since 2006 ? What
>> about schools ?
>> JanC will continue to gather information during Fosdem 2010.
>>
>> b. Suggestion of a monthly report (JanC)
>> Two advantages : regularly summary of Ubuntu-be life, and our activities
>> will be more visible for the Ubuntu community, but more work !
>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TeamReports
>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BuildingCommunity/TeamReporting/HowTo
>> Is there a volunteer ? It looks more like repeating copy/pasting every
>> month and probably wiki markup cleanup. A motivated person with some
>> spare time could probably do it. The idea is not to have a single person
>> responsible of reporting everything in the wiki !
>>
>> 5. Next meeting on 10/02/2010 at 21 h.
>>
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