00:59:44 #startmeeting FAmNA 00:59:45 Meeting started Fri May 15 00:59:44 2015 UTC. The chair is award3535. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot. 00:59:45 Useful Commands: #action #agreed #halp #info #idea #link #topic. 00:59:48 #meetingname FAmNA 00:59:48 The meeting name has been set to 'famna' 01:00:00 Hi there 01:00:01 #topic === FAmNA Roll Call === 01:00:36 I guess just the 2 of us 01:00:39 #chair wrnash 01:00:39 Current chairs: award3535 wrnash 01:00:52 hello wrnash 01:01:04 How you been. 01:01:11 last week it took a few minutes for everyone to show up 01:01:13 Sorry I did not make it last week, 01:01:15 great and you 01:01:27 I'm doing ok. 01:02:00 we had some things come up last week that we will bring up during the tickets part of the meeting 01:02:15 ok 01:02:27 I read the meeting notes from last week also. 01:02:55 great, then you see some frustration with the boxes and shipping 01:03:02 yep 01:03:24 seems like there is just a handful of us left running things 01:04:04 how can we get more people to join? 01:04:43 on the ambassadors side I am referring to, and I have recruited one so far and trying to get another involved at the moment 01:05:13 We might want to send out a message to newgroups asking for people to join. 01:05:20 That is good. 01:05:23 let me change the zbot 01:05:28 #topic === Announcements === 01:06:09 I'm trying to get a a friend to join from Colorado. He is thinking about it 01:06:11 At events I try to get folks to sign up, only one so far, but will keep trying 01:06:57 what about posting a message in fedora magazine. 01:07:18 I can write one for the magazine, that is no problem 01:07:26 that was a good idea!!! 01:08:54 I will take that for action then 01:08:58 ok 01:09:43 #action award3535 to write fedora magazine article prospecting for future ambassadors 01:09:43 hi 01:09:58 how is it going? 01:09:59 #chair Cydrobolt 01:09:59 Current chairs: Cydrobolt award3535 wrnash 01:10:16 Hi Cydrobolt 01:10:29 great we were just discussing getting more folks involved in the ambassador program 01:11:53 #topic === Tickets === 01:12:05 #link https://fedorahosted.org/famna/report/9 01:12:16 hi wrnash 01:12:36 .famnaticket 104 01:12:38 award3535: #104 (SELF 2015) – FAmNA general trac - https://fedorahosted.org/famna/ticket/104 01:13:51 This ticket is good to go, there should be no action, nb is bringing swag and Tshirts for the event. we discussed this yesterday evening, that will allow me to bring shirts to TXLF and Orlando 01:14:47 I will move the ticket to open unless we need to revisit the budget for more ambassadors attending. 01:15:15 I agree 01:15:18 where is SELF being hosted at? 01:15:33 looks like in NC 01:15:36 ah, got it 01:15:37 Southeast Linux Fest in Charolette NC 01:15:52 award3535, I heard that we are looking to expand influence on university crowd 01:16:04 kk4ewt and I usually coordinate the event but this year I cannot attend 01:16:13 I can definitely help out in that aspect, since I am a student and am active in the college hackathon community 01:16:34 that would be great, we need some student ambassadors 01:17:11 hackru got our stickers on around a thousand student hackers' laptops 01:17:45 Nice 01:17:50 but the group will be hard to convince because most of them already use some sort of linux flavor 01:17:59 not necessarily 01:18:07 I've talked to a lot of them at hackru 01:18:27 there were a range of people 01:18:28 well put some feelers out and if they are interested steer them my way 01:18:43 some knew ubuntu, some knew *some* linux but weren't really religiouos 01:18:46 religious** 01:19:10 I think the ones that were already set on a certain distro were around 2 or 3 % 01:19:24 I know a lot of the student hacker crowd is on mac osx or mint/ubuntu 01:19:42 have them check out our security spin distro 01:19:59 by "hackers", I don't mean penetration testers, though 01:20:07 just coders or developers in general 01:20:30 yes so do I, the security spin offers almost everything except metasploit 01:20:36 although showing them spins would be interesting 01:20:49 but can be loaded after loading the os 01:20:53 oh, right 01:21:13 we gave away all our DVDs, but we don't have a way of tracking the # of installs afaik 01:21:33 we can discuss this more in open floor, let me get through the tickets, and to answer your question not really 01:21:49 .famnaticket 105 01:21:52 award3535: #105 (Event Box and Banner Handling for events) – FAmNA general trac - https://fedorahosted.org/famna/ticket/105 01:22:38 I wish ParadoxGuitarist was here, I had some specific questions for him 01:22:50 I can email him 01:23:14 is there a way of doing a inventory of the boxes and storing the information in a database. 01:23:25 this ticket was opened for getting the items updated and tracked. 01:23:25 that way there is some way of tracking the boxes 01:23:55 and we can determine how many items are given out at each event. 01:23:58 wrnash there is a sheet on the wiki page that shows what is supposed to be in the box, 01:24:05 Correct 01:24:22 but there is no way of knowing for sure the items in each box. 01:24:50 do most of the ambassadors just make due of what they have when they receive the box? 01:24:51 not right at the moment, because each region has different things in them 01:25:49 the box is suposed to have generic items, tablecloth, router, power strip, ext cord, etc.... 01:26:16 along with the IBM Laptop, OLPC, and some admin items 01:27:16 i'm just trying to figure out a way to monitor the inventory of each box. 01:27:18 they all were supposed to be the same, I have never seen the west coast box, but the mid and east are different 01:27:34 * masta looks in 01:27:36 howdy folks 01:27:41 evening masta 01:27:44 Hi Masta 01:27:50 * masta waves 01:27:52 #chair masta 01:27:52 Current chairs: Cydrobolt award3535 masta wrnash 01:28:01 o/ masta 01:28:41 wrnash: I think we shoudl ship all the boxes to flock, and run an inventory 01:28:48 wrnash that is something that will be hard since most of us are volunteers 01:29:07 we did that for the Lawrence fudcon a while back, and was greatly effective 01:29:08 I agree it is a very hard task 01:29:22 I am happy to inventory the box in my garage 01:29:35 and then the next question would be how to replenish when supplies are low or something gets broken 01:29:38 What is hard? 01:29:43 Masta if you need help i can drive over on the weekend and help out 01:30:05 wrnash: sure, if you want. 01:30:37 I'd like to ship this box to somebody... it's been with me for nearly a year. 01:30:58 what about the other boxes, the east is with kk4ewt 01:31:09 mid should be with nb 01:31:09 anyways, they do run out of supplies so a box is good to be kept with a shipper type person 01:31:23 award3535: I have nb's box 01:31:25 yes I agree 01:31:29 cool 01:31:43 the east does stay with the shipper 01:32:10 masta, we will need the mid in august for TXLF 01:32:40 award3535: ok, I'll action myself to crack it open and inventory it 01:33:08 thank you. and I believe kk2ewt has already done so for the east 01:33:19 just waiting on the west coast 01:33:32 guitarfreak has that one? 01:33:38 yes 01:34:08 this weeks meeting is the first that he has missed in a while 01:34:27 I see 01:35:25 I also discussed banner updates with kk4ewt along with new tablecloths for all three boxes 01:35:56 I spent an hour on the phone with him two nights ago 01:36:38 cool, I was looking at table cloths a while back too. Would be nice to get one that resists stains. or the kind cheap enough we don't care if they stain, as they can be replaced. 01:37:06 So I will update this ticket to reflect inventories on boxes to discover what supplies and items are needed in each box 01:37:11 I was thinking vinyl material or some such. 01:37:49 A nawgahide would be easier to clean 01:38:08 * masta googles "nawgahide" 01:38:44 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naugahyde 01:39:03 oh hey danofsatx-lt 01:39:04 thank you thats the correct spelling 01:39:13 hey masta ;) 01:39:30 danofsatx-lt: will you be attending TXLF again this year? 01:39:30 #chair danofsatx-It 01:39:30 Current chairs: Cydrobolt award3535 danofsatx-It masta wrnash 01:39:31 I wanted to talk to y'all about TXLF, I was going to wait a bit... ;) 01:39:48 Yes, I am attending, and willing to man the table. 01:40:00 that will be four of us then 01:40:04 This on is a helluva lot closer to me 01:40:08 danofsatx-lt: I'm nto sure where we are in the discourse, award3535 ? (can we talk abotu txlf, or are we off-topic) ? 01:40:09 Fabric works best IMHO, lighter 01:41:07 masta we will continue with the box items for a few meetings I can move to open floor 01:41:43 ok 01:41:50 moving to open floor 01:41:52 #topic == Open Floor === 01:42:22 danofsatx-it do you want to bring up TXLF? 01:42:23 danofsatx-lt: cool, will be good to see you again, and we can take shifts at the table. 01:42:41 'tis mutual, masta 01:42:54 I would like to help out at TXLF. that is if Verizon does not go on Strike 01:43:15 the ticket has not been created for the event yet, just the wiki 01:43:38 award3535: yep, I wanted the wiki to be setup so the ticket has something to point at 01:44:03 I'm not an "official" ambassador, though - does that matter? 01:44:16 I already updated it with us going from SE GA 01:44:40 danofsatx-IT are you interested in becoming one? 01:45:05 I'm not sure. I don't know what kind of time or flexibility it would require. 01:45:15 danofsatx-lt: it's fine, you're in enough groups already, and an elected (or was it appointed) to a working group. 01:45:35 My, umm, employment situation may be chaning soon (for the better), so I'd have a LOT more free time 01:45:57 masta: elected to both KDE and Server WGs 01:46:31 so why isnt he one already, just a formaility at this point 01:46:48 danofsatx-lt: well there you go. You're part of the project, we can add you to ambassadors, anybody here a mentor? 01:46:57 I am 01:47:09 award3535: ok, he will be an easy one. 01:47:21 ;-) 01:47:34 He just needs to follow the pages and select me as a mentor 01:47:35 hey, I may be easy, but I'm expensive 01:47:44 arent we all 01:47:48 * danofsatx-lt is looking for those now... 01:48:46 most of the instructions like creating a fas account, user page, select a mentor, then its just a couple of steps away 01:49:28 Do I just submit a request through FAS? 01:50:17 hold on, I will get the starting link for you. 01:51:17 https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors in the middle of the page select start your member ship here, it goes through all the steps 01:53:21 going back to TXLF the site does not give sponsorship costs yet 01:53:36 I noticed that. I'm waiting for that info to drop. 01:53:53 plus I need to get the room costs nailed down 01:53:53 #TXLF is populated however, and they will occasionally answerquestions 01:54:24 Once the ticket is created, I'm going to specify we go for gold or silver again... whatever we did last year. 01:54:27 as soon as the information is available I will start the ticket 01:54:53 that is fine, since we will have ample support this year 01:55:28 I'd also maybe like to sponsor the lanyards if Canonical has not already. 01:57:27 ok so anyways.... I've got to get going. 01:57:32 we will have to see what the budget is going to be like this year for this event as well, what did we spend last year, I was on travel then 01:57:45 thanks guys, I'll be in touch this week in the main ambassadors chan 01:57:52 thank you for coming masta, have a great rest of the evening 01:58:12 * masta wonders off 01:58:16 night masta 01:58:37 ok folks we are about out of time, any thing else on the plate 01:59:19 only thing I noticed is that the wiki for joining appears to be incorrect. 01:59:46 danofsatx-it, I will look for your mentor request 01:59:57 it seems to get me to the right place 02:00:02 The group is by invite only, I can't request it 02:00:36 There is no actual place to "request" membership that I can find, unless it's via the list 02:01:08 the page should have you create a fas account first then join the mailing list 02:01:20 That's all done. 02:01:59 user page created 02:01:59 oh wait, you're an ET? I was a DS1 until the killed the rate and forced me to be an ET 02:02:22 yep, I retired 8 years ago 02:03:17 I was up for ETC when I was rear ended and pushed into a ravine by an 18 wheeler. 02:03:46 https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Dmossor 02:03:53 the process should get you from fas account, user page, explore, choose a mentor, at that point you choose and I create the ticket 02:04:58 ok, I need to read more. It says I need to email you...stand by 02:05:25 ok we have to give up the meeting anyway, I will look for your email. 02:05:38 #endmeeting