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