13:34:52 <heidie> #startmeeting
13:34:52 <zodbot> Meeting started Mon May  6 13:34:52 2013 UTC.  The chair is heidie. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot.
13:34:52 <zodbot> Useful Commands: #action #agreed #halp #info #idea #link #topic.
13:35:03 <heidie> So the meeting has started and I am the chair.
13:35:16 <Patti> what is #halp
13:35:21 <heidie> The "useful commands" are things that anyone can type.
13:35:32 <heidie> It is used to put something for which help is needed into the notes.,
13:35:50 <heidie> I haven't seen it used all that much, in my experience. But my experience is limited. :-)
13:36:04 <heidie> Action creates an item on the "to do" list.
13:36:13 <Patti> so like add to help is halp
13:36:14 <heidie> Agreed is a conclusion.
13:36:16 <heidie> Yes.
13:36:26 <heidie> And the rest are self-explanatory.
13:36:34 <heidie> #topic Learning Meetbot
13:36:52 <heidie> #Info Meetbot is used to organize meetings on IRC
13:37:13 <heidie> Meetbots generate two things.
13:37:19 <heidie> One is the raw log of the meeting.
13:37:30 <heidie> As if you cut and pasted our session so far.
13:37:41 <heidie> The second is an HTML rendering that organizes things in a readable way.
13:37:53 <heidie> What you saw when you looked at past meeting notes.
13:38:02 <heidie> Does this make sense?
13:38:07 <Patti> yes... that is very helpful
13:38:13 <heidie> Ah, good.
13:38:34 * heidie looks at agenda for first IRC to see if we covered everything
13:39:07 <Patti> So everyone in this chat room can see what we have typed...
13:39:14 <heidie> I think we covered the basics.
13:39:17 <Patti> isn't that distracting as you work?
13:39:24 <heidie> Yes. But if someone enters now, they won't see it.
13:39:41 <heidie> Most people have the client running in the background.
13:39:51 <heidie> And will only pay attention if there is a scheduled meeting.
13:39:59 <Patti> ok...
13:39:59 <heidie> Or if someone pings them by typing their nick.
13:40:17 <heidie> Oh, and if you are hearing a sound everytime I make a post, you shoudl be able to configure this in your client.
13:40:32 <heidie> So it stays mostly silent in the background.
13:40:39 <Patti> nope I am not hearing anything.
13:40:53 <heidie> For instance, Stoney probably isn't even aware that we are chatting.
13:41:01 <heidie> Although he may now pay attention as I've typed his nick.
13:41:04 <Stoney> ?
13:41:09 <heidie> See? Magic? :-)
13:41:11 <Stoney> hi :)
13:41:13 <Patti> Hi Stoney...
13:41:17 <Stoney> hi :)
13:41:18 <heidie> Hi Stoney, I'm just chatting with Patti.
13:41:23 <Stoney> great!
13:41:28 <heidie> She couldn't make the earlier IRCs so we've been catching up.
13:41:38 <heidie> And I used you as an example.
13:41:47 <Stoney> glad to be of service
13:41:52 <heidie> Saying that you weren't likely paying attention to the channel unless I pinged,
13:41:52 <Stoney> :)
13:41:57 <heidie> Thanks! You can ignore us again :-)
13:42:04 <Stoney> ok... enjoy :)
13:42:06 <Patti> did you ping him?
13:42:12 <heidie> Yes, by typing his nick
13:42:35 <heidie> Just the way that I knew to tune in when you typed my nick when you first got on.
13:42:37 <Patti> if you type his nick anywhere he gets pinged...
13:42:51 <heidie> Yes, anywhere on the line.
13:42:52 <Patti> and that makes a sound...
13:43:06 <heidie> On my client, it flashes the screen rather than makes a sound.
13:43:08 <heidie> Patti
13:43:11 <heidie> Testing Patti
13:43:18 <heidie> So what happened with yours?
13:43:20 <Patti> I don't hear anything...
13:43:28 <Patti> but your name is in red...
13:43:28 <heidie> Did the window flash?
13:43:39 <heidie> Ah, so an indication that I wanted to talk to you directly.
13:43:49 <Patti> nope
13:44:05 <Patti> let me go to another page and see if it works...
13:44:33 <heidie> I'm going to end the meeting, before I forget :-)
13:44:36 <heidie> #endmeeting