21:04:37 <heidie> #startmeeting 21:04:37 <zodbot> Meeting started Mon Apr 14 21:04:37 2014 UTC. The chair is heidie. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot. 21:04:37 <zodbot> Useful Commands: #action #agreed #halp #info #idea #link #topic. 21:04:53 <heidie> I started the meeting using the hash mark followed by "startmeeting". 21:05:08 <heidie> Note that everything from here until we end the meeting will be logged. 21:05:45 <heidie> Our agenda may be found here: 21:05:49 <heidie> #link http://foss2serve.org/index.php/IRC_Meeting_1 21:06:08 <heidie> I've used the hash "link" for the link which will put the link in a special section in the notes. 21:06:25 <heidie> So let's start by introducing ourselves. I'm Heidi and I'm a prof at Western New England University. 21:06:33 <heidie> And I'm a member of the POSSE organization team. 21:06:56 <heidie> I'm going to add this info to the formatted notes using the hash info: 21:07:06 <heidie> #info Heidi here, a prof from Western New England University 21:07:12 <heidie> Who would like to go next? 21:07:29 <[2]alex> my name is Alex 21:07:33 <[2]alex> Razvan Alex Mezei 21:07:48 <[2]alex> and I am an Asst. Prof. at Lenoir Rhyne University 21:08:26 <heidie> :-) So now if you use the hash info tag, that will get into the formatted notes, as opposed to just in the raw log. 21:09:05 <[2]alex> #info Alex Mezei here, from Lenoir-Rhyne University, nice to meet you all 21:09:23 <heidie> Thanks! 21:09:25 <[2]alex> thanks for your patience Heidie :) 21:09:30 <heidie> This is fun! 21:09:39 <heidie> There is an example of the output from the meetbot here: 21:09:41 <heidie> #link http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/foss2serve/2013-05-02/ 21:09:41 <[2]alex> yes it is! 21:10:04 <heidie> Note that the first link is to the formatted output that shows using the hash commands. 21:10:35 <heidie> The second link is the raw log. These are from last year's POSSE. 21:11:05 <heidie> Would someone else like to introduce themselves? 21:11:10 <heidie> I'm talking too much! Someone jump in! 21:11:59 <heidie> mcguffeej1: Would you like to go next? 21:13:56 <heidie> zanmello: Would you like to introduce yourself? 21:15:02 <heidie> OK, looks like people are away from keyboard = "afk". 21:15:11 <heidie> What questions might you have [2]alex ? 21:15:42 <[2]alex> I guess my only question at the moment would be: when should be buy the flight tickets? 21:15:57 <[2]alex> I cannot wait to join you guys in Philadelphia 21:16:18 <heidie> Super! 21:16:31 <[2]alex> oh ... and one more thing ... I kind of decided to work on the #sahana project, if at all possible 21:16:32 <heidie> Go ahead and purchase tickets. We're in the process of setting up a hotel block so you don't need to do hotel. 21:16:35 <heidie> Sure! 21:17:40 <heidie> The plan is for to start by 2:00 on Wednesday May 28th. 21:17:45 <[2]alex> if needed, can I stay one extra night at the hotel? my university should be able to reimburse me for an extra night. Would that be something I can arrange once I get at the hotel? 21:18:16 <heidie> I'll make a note of this. Where is Lenoir Rhyne University located? 21:18:35 <[2]alex> I think the flights back would be quite a challenge after 6 pm 21:18:38 <[2]alex> it is in NC 21:18:49 <[2]alex> I am one hour away from the Charlotte airport 21:18:56 <heidie> Ah, OK. 21:19:07 <heidie> See what you can do and we'll cover you if we can, depending on funding. 21:19:16 <heidie> So you'd like to stay Friday evening? 21:19:41 <[2]alex> depends on how late flights can I find 21:20:17 <heidie> Right, no fuss. 21:20:23 <zanmello> Hi Everyone, I am not really here for the meeting tonight. I am coming on Thursday. Just trying to do my homework for 24 hour observance. I am doing my taxes. I know I know. 21:20:32 <[2]alex> i don't mind paying from my pocket for an extra night if needed, I was just wondering if the extended stay can be arranged with the hotel 21:20:45 <heidie> [2]alex: Yes, the extra night can be arranged. 21:20:49 <heidie> zanmello: Hi! 21:20:50 <[2]alex> great! :) 21:20:56 <heidie> Would you like to introduce yourself? 21:21:04 <[2]alex> hi zanmello! :) 21:21:18 <zanmello> I’m Suzanne from University of Rhode Island 21:21:25 <heidie> zanmello: Ah, got it. Sure, feel free to lurk :-) 21:21:33 <zanmello> lol 21:22:06 <heidie> :-) Having kids in college will push you to do your taxes early as you have to get the FAFSA in by March 1. 21:22:08 <heidie> So I'm done! 21:22:59 <heidie> [2]alex: Are you familiar with IRC? 21:23:16 <[2]alex> not really, but I am getting there 21:23:24 <[2]alex> I used mIRC quite a while ago :P 21:23:43 <[2]alex> more than 10 years ago 21:23:50 <heidie> Ah, OK. 21:24:02 <heidie> Are you familiar with the commands? 21:24:13 <[2]alex> no, I am not. 21:24:27 <[2]alex> I already learned the join and nick 21:24:41 <heidie> You're on your way! 21:24:45 <[2]alex> and info 21:24:53 <heidie> Yup, those are the important ones. 21:25:14 <heidie> And the meetbot commands. 21:25:45 <heidie> Other regular commands that are useful are /away 21:25:46 <zanmello> We will have a kid in college next year! 21:26:04 <heidie> which makes you appear to be "away", telling folks that you're not paying attention to the channel at that time. 21:26:15 <heidie> I just went "away" 21:26:17 <mcguffeej1> oh wow, I was at Lenoir Rhyne University 10 days ago for the CCSC Midsouth conference 21:26:24 <heidie> and now I am back. 21:26:28 <mcguffeej1> sorry - daylong luker catching up comment 21:26:31 <heidie> :-) 21:26:58 <mcguffeej1> I wil be at meeting on Thursday night, I have to run now but I saw Lenoir Rhyne and wanted to say hi to Alex 21:27:06 <heidie> Ah, OK, that's fine. 21:27:13 <[2]alex> we are in the SE region 21:27:38 <[2]alex> if I am not wrong 21:27:45 <mcguffeej1> Oh, I think I just confused my double named religiously affiliated schools - sorry 21:27:51 <[2]alex> I am new to Lenoir Rhyne :P 21:28:14 <[2]alex> we are in Hickory, NC 21:28:21 <[2]alex> :) 21:28:55 <heidie> Ah, OK. 21:28:59 <heidie> :-) 21:29:02 * heidie chuckles 21:29:09 <mcguffeej1> I was at LeMoyne-Owen 21:29:15 <lorip> hi all, sorry I'm late - had to pick up my daughter 21:29:21 <heidie> No fuss. :-) 21:29:22 <mcguffeej1> BUT, I did meet a person from LRU at SIGCSE 21:29:34 <[2]alex> I was at the SIGCSE too :) 21:29:35 <heidie> mcguffeej1 and zanmello are going to join us fully on Thursday. 21:29:37 <mcguffeej1> Dick Hull 21:29:55 <[2]alex> yes, I got his position, since he just recently retired 21:29:57 <[2]alex> :) 21:30:10 <mcguffeej1> oh , I do have one general update that may be of general interest 21:30:31 <mcguffeej1> I tried to sign up on the OpenMRS project and got a "spam site rject error" 21:30:44 <mcguffeej1> I emailed their support and they got back to me within 12 hours 21:30:54 <mcguffeej1> apparently they are fine tuning their spam filter 21:31:04 <mcguffeej1> they were very nice and created an id for me right away 21:31:22 <mcguffeej1> okay, I'll stop hijacking this meeting 21:32:32 <heidie> Ah, good 21:32:45 <heidie> And you're not hijacking mcguffeej1 , you're updating us! 21:33:06 <heidie> zanmello: Boy or girl? You told me and I can't remember. 21:33:13 <heidie> And going to URI? UConn? 21:33:29 <mcguffeej1> well here's some tmi then, I think I'm TOO familiar with IRC, back in the early 1990s I started a romantic relationship via IRC 21:34:40 * heidie smiles 21:35:00 <heidie> Looks like you're an early adopter! 21:35:29 <[2]alex> :-) 21:36:21 <heidie> [2]alex: I used the /me command to make my post italics (might be some other font in your IRC client). 21:36:40 <heidie> This is used to convey the thoughts and asides by someone. 21:37:10 * [2]alex thanks for the info! :) 21:38:21 <heidie> Right! 21:38:59 <heidie> There is also usually an autocomplete feature where you can hit the first letter(s) of user's nick and hit tab and the system will complete the name 21:39:04 * mcguffeej1 cool 21:39:06 <heidie> Helps with folks that have longer nicks. 21:39:26 <heidie> Yes. 21:40:31 <zanmello> Boy, he wants to go to Vermont. We are still waiting to hear 21:41:07 <heidie> zanmello: ah, good luck! 21:41:30 <heidie> lorip would you like to introduce yourself? 21:42:13 <lorip> sure 21:42:52 <heidie> :-) Using the hash info? 21:43:23 <lorip> I teach at Nassau Community College in Long Island 21:44:01 <lorip> What else have people said about themselves? 21:44:21 <mcguffeej1> usually their names 21:44:27 <mcguffeej1> i.e. 21:44:41 <mcguffeej1> #info James McGuffee, Northern Kentucky University, lurker 21:44:42 <heidie> And you should identify that you're a POSSE organizer. 21:44:53 <lorip> Lori Postner 21:45:13 * mcguffeej1 thinks that organizers are cool and appreciates their hard work 21:45:20 <heidie> Ah, thank you! 21:45:41 <lorip> I am a member of the foss2serve team 21:45:46 * [2]alex Alex agrees 100% with the previous statement 21:48:07 <lorip> anything else? 21:48:13 <heidie> And lorip has two very cute daughters :-) 21:48:38 <NKU_Lurker> I have two sons aged 5 and 3 21:49:15 <lorip> my girls are 7 and 10 and keep me VERY busy! 21:49:20 <JamesMcGuffee> just practicing /nick 21:49:41 <lorip> so if I seem a bit distracted, I may be getting asked a homework question 21:49:49 <heidie> #info Some of the foss2serve team hang out regularly on this channel. 21:50:03 <heidie> #info Feel free to ask any of us questions when we're on. 21:50:05 <heidie> camm? 21:50:34 <heidie> camm is also a foss2serve organizer who lurks regularly on this channel. 21:50:40 <JamesMcGuffee> question, do all HFOSS's use IRC , reason I ask is that from what I could find the OpenMRS project seemed to use a LOT of Google Hangouts (some with video) 21:51:23 <lorip> I think many do, but not all 21:51:33 <heidie> Yes, not all. 21:51:50 <heidie> I ran across a project that used skype for weekly meetings and didn't have an IRC channel. 21:51:52 <lorip> OpenMRS has a very active list serv 21:51:54 <heidie> But most projects do. 21:52:06 <lorip> they also have weekly meetings as you noted on Google Hangouts 21:52:26 <heidie> The groups that use IRC tend to use it as a virtual office. They just log in and hand out there all day. 21:52:42 <lorip> I'm going to have to go in a minute - heidie, is there anything else I can add? 21:52:44 <heidie> If you have a question you ping them (type their nick) and see if you can get an answer. 21:52:49 <heidie> I think we're good. 21:52:50 <heidie> :-) 21:53:09 <JamesMcGuffee> heidi like this? 21:53:19 <lorip> ok - bye then - hope to chat with some of you on Thursday... 21:53:24 <heidie> bye lorip 21:53:28 <lorip> \away 21:53:29 <[2]alex> bye lorip 21:53:38 <lorip> oops, I always do the wrong slash! 21:53:41 <heidie> Yes, except that in this case "heidi" is someone else's reserved nick so I'm using heidie 21:53:46 <heidie> :-) 21:54:59 <heidie> And I notice that you changed your nick JamesMcGuffee 21:55:01 <heidie> :-) 21:55:04 <zanmello> I will be fully here on Thursday night I promise 21:55:28 <heidie> Are there any more questions? 21:55:50 <[2]alex> i am good for now. Thank you so much for your time and help! 21:55:54 <heidie> If not, I'll close the meeting. I'll hand out here in case, but thought I'd close the meeting so that we aren't logging everything. 21:56:00 <heidie> Sure! I like this stuff. 21:57:06 <heidie> #endmeeting