Meeting 002

Sat Dec 20 13:44:37 GMT 2008

First I also wanted to say that sorry I wasn't there for the meeting.  I
have been very ill for the last couple days, and only now am I catching back
up with my Online Life.

RE: Mirror hosting:

We are a very small ISP and at this point we do not have the dedicated
storage space for a mirror.  Bandwidth was not an issue, just the fact that
we literally have nowhere to put it.  If your university is up for it, that
would probably be the best bet.

-Dan

On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 5:56 PM, Ubuntu South Dakota LoCo Team <
ubuntu-us-sd at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:

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> I'm sorry, I was unable to make it to the meeting. As previously stated,
> I had a few issues going on that prevented me from attending. I would
> like to attempt to perform this meeting using email to make up for this
> incident.
>
> In order to do this, I will simply state my views on every point I
> wanted to cover. If you object to any of the points of views, please
> speak up. I don't want this meeting to be one sided. Just do a reply to
> the email and place your comments right below the paragraph you are
> responding to.
>
> This has the potential to get confusing, so please make sure the reply
> you are using places some sort of | or > in the responded quote. I don't
> think there any many mail clients that don't make use of this by default.
>
> Also, in order to keep these emails from becoming MASSIVE, you can drop
> the blocks of text that aren't related to what you're replying to at all.
>
> I won't get back to you immediately since I will have a VERY busy couple
> weeks, but this isn't just about me getting back to you guys. Everybody
> needs to communicate.
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Meeting Starts Now ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Advertising:
> * New Logo
> I would like to know what everyones opinion is about the new logo. I
> will admit it's almost identical to the former.
> The question comes to:
> Do you like the rounded or squared corners?
> Do you prefer a brown or black background?
>
> * Flyer
> kyldere was supposed to create a flyer for us. I am curious if this was
> completed or not. If it has, please post this and a link so we can vote
> between the two of ours and possible merge them.
>
> I've created a flyer for us to distribute however I don't feel the
> website is really ready for visitors anymore. It is located at
>
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SouthDakotaTeam/Materials?action=AttachFile&do=view&target=Flyer.odg
> Please do not distribute this yet. Remember, the link on it, is not the
> actual site address. I'd like some opinions on it.
>
> Wiki:
> * Events Tense / Summary
> Doug J. could you please edit the past events pages to reflect that they
> have already taken place as well as some information (perhaps pictures)
> about how the event went?
>
> * New Layout
> I'd like some opinions about the way I've setup the Wiki as well as our
> site.
>
> * - 3-Click rule
> I have firm belief in the 3 click rule. If you feel this is appropriate,
> I invite you to check through the website and Wiki to ensure this
> standard is met.
>
> * - Using Includes
> If you are going to work with our Wiki, you should learn how to use
> Includes pages since most of the Wiki is built on this.
>
> * - How to add events
> I've created templates to create events and meetings. You can view these
> instructions at
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SouthDakotaTeam/Events/AddingEvents.
> In order to follow these steps, it is required that you be logged in.
> Please don't abuse this process.
>
> * - Use template
> I've created templates for what content should appear in these pages as
> well. The template is listed below each category.
>
> * - Events built on categories
> I have categories on the bottom of each page. This is what dictates
> whether or not the event is flagged as upcoming or past. Please make use
> of these tags if you will be working with events or meetings.
>
> * Treasury / Warehouse
> I would like to have one person in charge of holding the merchandise we
> will be selling and a separate person in charge of the money. I feel
> this will help us keep honesty around when it comes time to start
> selling things.
>
> * - Case Badges ; Discuss cost
> I intend on selling our case badges at $0.25 each plus $0.50 for every
> 15 in shipping. This is the exact price they are sold for in neighboring
> states. There's also states where they don't offer a by-hand sale. For
> our purposes, I believe we should stick with this rule as well. This
> will help with tracking significantly.
>
> Website
> * New Layout
> I've been working hard on a new theme for our website. I had it pretty
> much working in 5.x. I think it's working well in 6.x now as well.
>
> * New Modules
> We also have a community (swe3tdave and MTecknology) port of a beautiful
> module. Three of them actually.
>
> As soon as a user exists in one of our three launchpad groups, they have
> access to our website.
>
> ubuntu-southdakota members will have access to create news items. I have
> not completed the view for this. However, you guys should have access to
> this already.
>
> ubuntu-southdakota-editors members will have access to modify nearly all
> content on the site.
>
> ubuntu-southdakota-admins members will have access to do just about
> everything. Once I've finished configuring things, I will remove my own
> built in account. I'm already using only my LP account to access this.
>
> What's absolutely great about this... You DON'T need to setup tha
> account at all. The second you're accepted into the team, you will have
> whatever access that grants. You will also have your user account and
> email address sync'd to the website as well.
>
> * Signup
> I've added the ability to sign up for notification of events. Because of
> my work, I've been unable to keep the notifications running. Once I am
> done, this functionality will resume.
>
> * Shopping Cart
> I will be including the functionality to purchase our merchandise using
> the website. I will use PayPal as the payment portal unless someone
> knows of a better idea.
>
> Goals
> * Team Support
> I believe I've made it perfectly clear that I want the team to be able
> to function without me. With the fail of this meeting over IRC, I
> believe we've seen the first instance of proof as to why this is an issue.
>
> Point 1: I will be making much better descriptions in the wiki about
> what needs to be discussed at the meeting.
>
> Point 2: I would like somebody to step up to be a Meeting Driver. This
> person will be in charge of driving meetings if I am absent.
>
> If these two points were met already, this meeting would have occurred
> already instead of being pushed to email.
>
> * - Mirror Hosting by DLeVasseur
> DLeVasseur had mentioned that he may be able to have his company host a
> release mirror for us. My university is opening up to the idea, however
> they will not want to release it for public usage. I'm wondering what
> the status is on this.
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Your Turn to Speak Up ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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> Michael Lustfield
> Profarius, SD LoCo
>
> Network and Systems Administrator
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