22:02:15 #startmeeting FAmSCo 2012-06-06 22:02:15 Meeting started Wed Jun 6 22:02:15 2012 UTC. The chair is cwickert. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot. 22:02:15 Useful Commands: #action #agreed #halp #info #idea #link #topic. 22:02:20 #meetingname famsco 22:02:20 The meeting name has been set to 'famsco' 22:02:53 too bad... 22:03:23 #topic Roll Call 22:03:26 .fas cwickert 22:03:27 cwickert: cwickert 'Christoph Wickert' 22:03:33 .fas me@kaio 22:03:35 kaio: kaio 'Caius Chance (かいお)' 22:03:44 * herlo is here 22:03:46 user 22:04:04 * cwickert counts 3 FAmSCo members 22:04:32 #info present: cwickert, kaio, herlo 22:04:36 .fas dimitrisglaros 22:04:36 dglaros: dimitrisglaros 'Dimitris Glaros' 22:05:32 #undo 22:05:32 Removing item from minutes: 22:05:38 #info present: cwickert, kaio, herlo, yn1v 22:05:43 #undo 22:05:43 Removing item from minutes: 22:05:52 #info present: cwickert, kaio, herlo, yn1v, so we have a quorum 22:06:06 #info absent: gbraad, zoltanh7211, igor 22:06:12 ok, lets start 22:06:30 the agenda for today's meeting can be found at https://fedorahosted.org/famsco/report/9 22:06:55 I had some problems with internet, big lag... but apparently is better now 22:06:55 .famsco 297 22:06:56 https://fedorahosted.org/famsco/ticket/297 22:07:04 #topic https://fedorahosted.org/famsco/ticket/297 22:07:10 #undo 22:07:10 Removing item from minutes: 22:07:17 #topic Funding for fvollero for EuroPython 22:07:31 dammit this meetbot sucks 22:08:21 lol 22:08:28 I think it'll be fine 22:08:28 too bad he doesn't actually say what amount of money he needs 22:09:00 He stated he needed hotel and ticket, but it looks like RH picked up the cost of the ticket. We should ask how much the hotel is and wait for a response. 22:09:22 the hotel will be 100 EUR, give of take 10 22:09:32 just the same as for giallu 22:09:50 so I *think* he wants the hotel covered as RH has already paid the ticket 22:10:13 right, is that 100EUR/night for a number of nights? Or 100EUR total? 22:10:48 I have no idea 22:10:57 I mean, we could look it up 22:11:08 but I am not really too keen on doing this 22:11:24 if people don't provide the info to get sponsored, they don't get sponsored 22:11:25 let's ask him for information. 22:11:41 I am willing to ask. 22:11:56 ah, he needs a flight 22:12:14 I am willing to pay the hotel if it's just like what we approved for giallu 22:12:20 would have to look that up 22:12:33 yeah, asking for a breakdown of costs 22:12:38 but I cannot make a decision about the flight etc without further info 22:12:51 indeed. posted the query 22:12:53 the problem is, we are running out of time 22:13:10 probably our last meeting this one 22:13:12 well, we can't approve if he doesn't give proper info 22:13:32 I think the new FAmSCo can follow up, if necessary 22:13:56 kaio: we will have at least one more :) I'm willing to stick around for the transition if I am not re-elected... 22:13:58 we are meeting again on the 13th 22:14:11 and on the 15th the event begins 22:14:28 he is very late with buying a plane ticket and it will be expensive 22:14:30 cwickert: maybe we'll have to reimburse. 22:14:38 cwickert: he said he already bought the plane ticket 22:14:56 I quote 'I already booked the flight and I'm going to book the hotel in those very days.' 22:15:05 it's in the description 22:15:12 so we could reimburse probably 22:15:12 then why doesn't he tell us how much it is? 22:15:29 cwickert: unknown. Probably didn't realize we would need to know this information :/ 22:15:52 either way, not much we can do without the info 22:16:02 come one, how can one be that clueless? ;) 22:16:18 * inode0 isn't even clear he wants the air ticket reimbursed 22:16:20 lol, it's probably not that hard. I've done things like that before. 22:16:29 inode0: right, which is why I asked for detail 22:16:38 the only thing he actually asked for is what Red Hat has now paid 22:16:40 ok, propsal: ask for more info and it's just the hotel, we hereby approve it as we approved it for giallu, too 22:16:47 if it's more, we need to revisit this 22:16:50 cwickert: I could go for that 22:17:01 probably in trac if we are late 22:17:13 I agree too 22:17:33 cwickert: we can only do so much, he can't expect miracles. I don't think he does, either. 22:17:44 +1 herlo 22:17:45 but we can try :) 22:18:11 cwickert: looks like we have a concensus though... 22:18:23 * herlo wants kaio to chime in though 22:18:29 nope, kaio has not said anything yet 22:18:52 herlo: currently Fedora owes me 3k EUR, so I am not too optimistic for miracles 22:18:59 herlo, agree 22:19:07 and unlike this guy, I have provided all info :( 22:19:15 cwickert, sad.. 22:19:36 cwickert: indeed, miracles are hard to come by, that's why they call them 'miracles' :P 22:20:01 cwickert, you need to wear beefy suit to cast miracle 22:20:04 lol 22:20:07 okay, moving on? 22:20:11 hold on 22:20:16 kaio agreed 22:20:20 does anybody know what the other ticket was? 22:20:24 * cwickert cannot find it 22:20:35 * herlo goes to look 22:21:10 there aren't any open tickets *afteR* 297 22:21:23 it was 295 22:21:35 it was not EuroPython but Release Party Rome 22:21:41 but the hotel price should be the same 22:22:04 I will look it up later.... 22:22:41 #agreed approve hotel for #297 as we did for #295, if there is more to cover, reporter needs to provide more info 22:24:30 * cwickert looks at the agenda 22:24:39 what more tickets could we do today? 22:25:23 could we close 262? 22:25:43 or at least evaluate it a little? 22:26:10 * cwickert reads 22:26:12 It seems to have stalled 22:27:57 #topic Ambassador Membership Request by a Candidate with a legacy 22:28:00 .famsco 262 22:28:00 https://fedorahosted.org/famsco/ticket/262 22:28:07 ok, here is my take 22:28:19 1. He is a nice guy but can rage horribly 22:29:03 2. He has some weird views, e.g. he recently declared himself an independent state and claims he does not fall under German jurisdiction 22:29:07 (no kidding!) 22:29:29 3. Seems nobody is willing or able to mentor him 22:29:43 at least two EMEA mentors refused to do it 22:29:52 cwickert: I was more thinking we could ask biertie if it's even an issue anymore 22:30:09 4. I haven't seen any participation from him on any Fedora mailing list 22:30:21 just drive the question back that way. If he still wants to be an ambassador, he sure isn't doing much to push the issue from what I can tell. 22:30:21 so I am not sure if he is interested in Fedora any more 22:30:35 cwickert: right, exactly my point 22:30:43 I think we should just follow the normal procedure 22:30:51 this means find a mentor and get sponsored 22:31:09 and if you don't find somebody, and you are not doing what you need to do, then you fail 22:31:22 I think the final say is on FAMA 22:31:23 cwickert: I'm down with that... 22:31:29 I like that idea 22:31:44 me too 22:31:46 ok, now lets make a nice propsal of this so we can vote about it :) 22:32:01 * cwickert is happy to see giallu because he has some questions 22:32:04 cwickert: in that way, we really don't give an opinion on the situation as much as 'please follow the rules that have been set forth' 22:32:25 cwickert, yo I was typing into che ticket 22:32:33 but ask here if you like 22:32:50 giallu: give us a moment, but we'll come back to it. 22:32:59 k 22:33:36 I agree with herlo, it falls back on the procedures 22:33:43 for #262, the ambassador mentor process is the proper way to join ambassadors. Please follow this process. 22:33:50 I think that's clear 22:34:22 propsal: candidate from #262 should follow the normal sponsorship process and try to find a mentor. if he fails because he does not fulfill a candidates duties or nobody is willing to mentor him he will not be sponsored. FAMA should have the final say and only bring this up to FAmSCo if the regular process fails 22:34:33 a bit lengthy.... 22:34:34 :) 22:34:40 cwickert: I think both are good. +1 22:34:44 ok, lets take herlo's version 22:34:49 +1 to herlo 22:34:51 lol 22:34:59 I was about to +1 cwickert's version :) 22:35:02 hahaha 22:35:20 I can write that in the ticket as explanation but for the minutes it is too much 22:35:22 * herlo thinks yours is more complete. 22:35:35 * herlo thinks kaio should vote 22:35:46 :D 22:35:53 herlo: lets make it short for the minutes 22:36:32 cwickert: okay, my version for minutes, yours for explanation :P 22:36:34 kaio: did you cat kill you? 22:36:47 +1 22:36:50 :) 22:36:54 always works ;) 22:37:22 #agreed the ambassador mentor process is the proper way to join ambassadors. Please follow this process for #262 22:37:32 me cats are sleeping so comfy 22:37:52 so are you, right? 22:37:59 #topic Budget for F17 Release Party Rome 22:37:59 ol 22:38:01 lol 22:38:08 .famsco 295 22:38:08 https://fedorahosted.org/famsco/ticket/295 22:38:18 halfly 22:38:18 giallu: 200 EUR is ok? 22:38:44 cwickert, I think so 22:39:22 cwickert, I booked the hotel for 70€ 22:39:25 ok, and the breakdown is as written in comment 3? 100 for hotel, 50 for travel, 50 for food 22:39:41 works for me, spend the rest as you like 22:39:44 travel will be less than that 22:40:01 just make sure the total budget will be under 200 EUR because this is the limit we approved 22:40:04 so I'm left with more I'll problaly try to offer pizza or beverages or something 22:40:14 pizza, what else? 22:40:26 we're doing a cake 22:40:34 beefy miracles! :) 22:40:37 :) 22:40:41 make sure to follow the logo usage guidelines! 22:40:49 sure 22:40:53 lol 22:40:57 hotdog stuffed crust pizza? 22:41:03 have alook at this cake: http://www.christoph-wickert.de/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/2012-05-19-20.53.52.jpg 22:41:03 * inode0 stops interrupting 22:41:05 k, moving on! ?? 22:41:10 I'll be careful to not exceed 200 22:41:14 they even did the TM next to the logo! 22:41:14 thanks again! 22:41:25 giallu: we need your help for another ticket 22:41:27 giallu: have fun 22:41:38 #info igorps joined, 5 members present now 22:41:51 hello everyone 22:41:58 cwickert, ok tell me 22:42:00 #topic Funding for fvollero for EuroPython (continued) 22:42:05 .famsco 297 22:42:05 https://fedorahosted.org/famsco/ticket/297 22:42:18 yeah. it seems he managed to get funding for the ticket 22:42:19 giallu: you will be at the event, too, right? 22:42:35 giallu: ok, then what does he want us to cover? hotel? airfare? 22:43:00 cwickert, right. I'll be there but working with EP crew, will be at the booth one day 22:43:41 cwickert, I need to ask him again. I understood the ticket as the only issue 22:44:04 I did update the ticket with a request for more detail as well 22:44:10 ok, then there is nothing to do 22:44:18 herlo: so did I :) 22:44:26 hehe 22:44:31 herlo, cwickert I will make sure to double check with him 22:44:35 perfect 22:44:41 I guess that's it for today then? 22:44:49 herlo: but your version is more polite, so I don't press the "submit" button 22:44:54 giallu: thanks 22:45:01 ok, any other tickets? 22:45:24 cwickert: thanks 22:45:33 as for 296 I first think we need a draft 22:45:51 cwickert: yeah, I kind of wanted to do that one another time 22:45:52 I first need to catch up with the broken process before I can make a propsal how to improve it 22:46:05 same goes for 281 22:46:20 basically for everything that has to do with money 22:46:49 we really can't do much until we have more info from RH how things are going to look like in the future 22:46:53 On 296 we need would be nice to gather all the current documentation available about the process 22:47:00 yeah. I think we need to review those other outstanding tickets over the next week and maybe come up with proposals that will help the next FAmSCo move forward 22:47:14 we don't even have out our budget for this year confirmed 22:47:25 lol, I know 22:47:27 sad, isn't it? 22:47:32 and the deadline of May 15th did not happen either 22:47:52 indeed, the budget wiki page is a lot outdated 22:48:00 but on the positive side of things, we now know who will be in charge of the budget in the future 22:48:14 all it needs is a transition from Harish to Ruth 22:48:25 whee! 22:48:38 nice! 22:48:48 igorps: ok, I'll add the links 22:48:59 yes, with Ruth things are going to improve 22:49:12 * cwickert is not sure if he was allowed to drop that name already :) 22:49:32 too late :) 22:49:55 but that's good news anyway 22:50:03 ok, the only non-budget ticket is 268 22:50:12 but I don't think we can do much there atm 22:50:24 I first need to talk to kital for the emea-swag-tracker 22:50:31 but other than that we are good I think 22:50:39 so this will be closed soon, too 22:50:46 yeah, I think we can call it a day then... 22:50:51 #topic Open Floor 22:51:29 #info If you haven't yet voted, VOTE NOW! Voting period closes promptly at 23:59:59 UTC on the 7th 22:51:47 we don't have much votes for FAmSCo yet 22:51:55 I am a bit disappointed 22:51:57 maybe we could blog about it?? 22:52:07 * herlo should do that... 22:52:15 I already posted it on G+ and Facebook 22:52:30 #action cwickert and herlo to blog about the elections 22:52:37 let's spread this to local communities 22:52:47 we need to improve marketing of the elections 22:52:56 not only for FAmSCo but for all the elections 22:53:10 I will try to address this on a board level after the elections are over 22:53:18 so hopefully it gets better next time 22:53:36 somebody already contacted me and made some very good propsals 22:53:46 ok, that's all for today I think 22:53:52 anything else? 22:53:55 thanks all! :) 22:53:57 * inode0 is keenly interested in proposals 22:54:02 not from me 22:54:07 nothing else from me 22:54:58 ok then 22:55:06 thanks verybody for coming 22:55:13 (5 members, not bad) 22:55:15 #endmeeting