01:00:19 #startmeeting 01:00:19 Meeting started Wed Oct 21 01:00:19 2009 UTC. The chair is StabbyMc. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot. 01:00:19 Useful Commands: #action #agreed #halp #info #idea #link #topic. 01:00:19 lcameron: lcameron 'Leigh Cameron' 01:00:19 * sseiersen is around 01:00:38 .fas sseiersen 01:00:39 sseiersen: sseiersen 'Scott Seiersen' 01:00:47 .fas jbwillia 01:00:48 VileGent: jbwillia 'Ben Williams' - jbwilliams 'Jason Williams' 01:00:50 #topic NA ambassadors Meeting 20091020 01:00:59 .fas smcbrien 01:01:00 StabbyMc: smcbrien '' 01:01:11 .FASINFO NB 01:01:12 nb: User "NB" doesn't exist 01:01:13 * inode0 yields the meeting to StabbyMc now since he just hijacked it 01:01:15 oops 01:01:17 .fasinfo nb 01:01:18 nb: User: nb, Name: Nick Bebout, email: nick@bebout.net, Creation: 2007-04-05, IRC Nick: nb, Timezone: America/Chicago, Locale: en, Extension: 5101458, GPG key ID: 154FDAF0, Status: active 01:01:21 nb: Approved Groups: cla_done web fedorabugs packager sysadmin-web sysadmin ambassadors marketing freemedia cla_fedora sysadmin-test sysadmin-noc sysadmin-devel gitfama blogadmin gitamc 01:01:24 nb: Unapproved Groups: None 01:01:31 inode0: old habits... 01:01:43 * sseiersen thinks .fas is suffecient 01:01:57 sseiersen, sometimes 01:02:00 sseiersen, i would, but it produces almost as long output :) too many people with nb sometime in their name 01:02:15 :) 01:02:21 sseiersen, look at the output for me 01:02:23 Anyone else to enter themselves in the roll call? 01:03:35 #topic Announcement 01:03:41 Any announcements? 01:04:01 None here. 01:04:24 #topic NA Events 01:04:46 Upcoming events info? Requests? Help? 01:05:14 PhrkOnLsh has ABLEconf coming up, is he here? 01:05:51 I guess that's a no 01:06:11 djf_jeff is doing his thing at JIT currently. 01:06:13 He's here 01:06:20 .fasinfo rrix 01:06:21 PhrkOnLsh: User: rrix, Name: Ryan Rix, email: phrkonaleash@gmail.com, Creation: 2009-08-05, IRC Nick: PhrkOnLsh, Timezone: US/Arizona, Locale: en, Extension: 5135425, GPG key ID: 0xA9BA939B3A78D8E1, Status: active 01:06:24 PhrkOnLsh: Approved Groups: cla_done fedorabugs packager ambassadors cla_fedora 01:06:25 I'm a bad boy and was late 01:06:27 PhrkOnLsh: Unapproved Groups: magazine 01:06:44 PhrkOnLsh: you all set for your event next week? 01:07:07 .fasinfo Grantbow 01:07:08 Grantbow__: User "Grantbow" doesn't exist 01:07:16 StabbyMc: yup; We've got the swag, I've got a table lined up, and my presentation is ready :-) 01:07:35 Awesome. Need anything additional from us? 01:07:45 Nope! 01:07:48 .fasinfo grantbow 01:07:50 Grantbow__: User: grantbow, Name: Grant Bowman, email: grantbow@gmail.com, Creation: 2009-05-17, IRC Nick: Grantbow, Timezone: US/Pacific, Locale: en, Extension: 5130365, GPG key ID: , Status: active 01:07:53 Grantbow__: Approved Groups: cla_done ambassadors cla_fedora 01:07:56 Grantbow__: Unapproved Groups: None 01:07:59 I am even getting to help out Aaron Seigo in his presentation :-) 01:08:10 but that's outside the scope of this discussion. I'm ready to go! 01:08:17 I don't know of any other upcoming events, anyone else got anything that's maybe not on the events page? 01:08:39 if anyone knows anyone who is interested, however, could they please point them to the schedule at http://ableconf.com/node/44 01:09:10 #topic NA Budget Review 01:09:30 So I'm guessing not a whole lot has changed for budget. 01:09:42 One of the items brought up in the last meeting was window clings 01:10:03 I'm waiting on some samples, but have some basic pricing, and it looks good as long as the product looks good. 01:10:38 so do we need to file a ticket with the design team?? 01:11:01 I can do that, I should have samples of clings in another week or so. 01:11:03 not for a logo 01:12:06 So I'm thinking next meeting I'll have firm pricing and some ideas on what they should look like, which we can discuss. 01:12:50 So far we've talked about using the Virtical Finity + fedora tag. 01:13:12 Who else has bugetary items? 01:13:27 budgetary even 01:13:34 Evil Robot Conference? 01:13:50 * sseiersen does not get that one 01:14:01 Why am I dubious that it's not a real conference? 01:14:21 Hey, it's in the budget :P 01:14:28 lol 01:14:36 http://evilrobotconference.wordpress.com/ <-- 01:15:17 Interesting! 01:15:22 But in the past ;-) 01:16:04 #topic NA Task list 01:16:26 I don't remember there being outstanding task items from last meeting 01:16:34 Anyone got new task items? 01:16:41 just to start using the task list :) 01:17:08 inode0: heresy! 01:17:23 #topic NA Open Floor 01:17:32 That brings us to the last topic, open floor. 01:17:59 don't ambassadors do anything? 15 minutes is unheard of! 01:18:15 inode0, nope nothing at all 01:18:28 go forth an download 12 beta! 01:18:32 I have two items I'd like to mention 01:18:37 u have 2 be kidding all over? 01:18:43 Fudcon? 01:19:19 FUDBus? 01:19:23 Tonight is the last meeting for now where I'll be the regular moderator 01:19:30 And I only lasted 10 seconds! 01:19:51 Quick replacement :) 01:19:51 But I have a smile on my face about that and other things 01:19:51 * nb needs to email the professor that's the head of AITP at his college 01:20:01 * nb may be able to be the speaker at one of the meetings 01:20:33 I have some F11 media and can burn some F12 if it is released by then 01:20:35 It has been a good year for me and I hope the next person finds it rewarding in when looking back on it 01:20:51 inode0: I throw lizard! 01:20:52 inode0, i for one would like to thank you for time and donation of your service 01:21:21 agreed inode0: excellent moderation :-) 01:21:36 +10 01:21:38 the second item I wanted to bring up is that I plan to propose at some point a NA Fedora Ambassadors Day 01:22:02 probably for some time after winter leaves 01:22:08 which would include what? 01:22:24 BSD, er, Fedora booth babes? 01:22:26 we should as a group begin thinking about what we would like to accomplish at such an event 01:22:52 our last one gave us direction which we've been following for a year now 01:23:05 Is this an in person meeting? 01:23:13 I think it is getting to be time to begin some new initiatives 01:23:28 rather than stay on autopilot 01:23:42 yes, this would be an in person event for ambassadors 01:23:56 probably a couple of days 01:24:12 preferably not in Toronto :) 01:24:30 I have an idea for the location, but that isn't terribly important yet 01:24:47 What we can accomplish is the important part 01:25:09 So please start giving it some thought, we aren't going to decide anything tonight 01:25:20 Will do 01:25:28 Where do we want to see FAmNA in a year or two? 01:26:10 #info Let the minutes reflect that inode0 is in favor of a NA Ambassadors meeting to determine the direction of the ambassadors program for the next couple of years, so start thinking 01:26:49 Dang it... makfinsky here late... 01:26:50 where should we post .. to the list? 01:27:15 yes, the mailing list would be a good place to discuss this 01:27:40 I'll send a message there to get the discussion rolling 01:27:52 maybe we put it on the task list or agenda for meetings going forward? 01:28:00 We'll see how many me-too's we can generate :) 01:28:37 StabbyMc: you don't need permission :) 01:28:54 Ah, by we, I meant you ;-) 01:29:10 But I can do it too. 01:29:17 Any other open floor items? 01:30:31 5 01:30:43 4 01:30:47 3 01:30:52 2 01:30:56 None here. 01:30:58 1 01:31:02 #endmeeting