09:56:00 #startmeeting 09:56:00 Meeting started Mon Oct 5 09:56:00 2009 UTC. The chair is mchua_. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot. 09:56:00 Useful Commands: #action #agreed #halp #info #idea #link #topic. 09:56:36 * mchua_ looks at http://teachingopensource.org/index.php/POSSE_APAC_Planning#Current_action_items 09:56:45 http://teachingopensource.org/index.php/POSSE_Pledge has been written 09:56:47 alan has posted some info in an earlier email. the housing will be at another location 09:56:51 * mchua_ nods 09:57:06 and you had a question about whether we're going to be busing people back and forth, so that's an open action item, methinks 09:57:19 #action aho to figure out transportation between UniSIM and NYP 09:57:28 i am sure he is looking at the transportation details as UniSIM is off the MRT lines. (www.smrt.com.sg) 09:57:31 * mchua_ nods. 09:57:46 unisim (www.unisim.edu.sg), nyp (www.nyp.edu.sg). 09:58:03 The first POSSE's budget is public at http://teachingopensource.org/index.php/POSSE_2009_Planning#Budget, so hopefully this POSSE's budget will also be soon 09:58:11 #link www.unisim.edu.sg 09:58:16 #link www.nyp.edu.sg 09:58:21 * harish ok 09:58:23 mmm, rapid notetaking! 09:58:43 and we have a curriculum up at http://teachingopensource.org/index.php/POSSE_APAC#Topic_Schedule and now need instructors. 09:59:06 i have not sent out the call for teachers - as it were - to the folks i know locally. this is work to be done by me. 09:59:22 #action harish to send out call for teachers to local folks 09:59:47 harish: do you need anything other than the curriculum I posted / emails I sent to the list to make that easier? 10:00:46 i think it should be sufficient right now. once i have the folks agreeable, then we can fill it out further. 10:01:07 * mchua_ just got an email from Greg Hosler, an @RH sw developer & Fedora package maintainer, who's interested in helping but probably out of town for GSS that week 10:01:36 I'll forward you that email and ask him if I can send to list, but he might be able to help find instructors 10:01:56 Ok. From my side, the things I need are... *rummage rummage list* 10:02:20 #action aho to give mchua the okay on purchasing 1 plane ticket before they get any more expensive 10:02:30 (and then we can figure out gdk's travel later, separately) 10:02:42 #action jee to post communications/marketing/PR plan to POSSE APAC wiki 10:03:29 #action aho to open registration and post URL to POSSE APAC wiki page, mailing list 10:03:40 i am crafting the email to 6 people right now. 10:04:03 harish: all 3 are critical blockers that I don't know the status of 10:04:06 harish: thanks! 10:07:29 just sent out the emails 10:07:59 yay! 10:08:29 * mchua_ is super-glad harish is around 10:08:48 to 6 people - 2 from NUS, 1 from ISS, 1 from NYP, 1 from a private school. 10:08:58 and 1 from 10:09:22 and 1 from the national library board - their cio. 10:09:37 Wow. You are amazing. 10:10:01 * mchua_ thinks it would be *so* cool to have someone from the national library board come 10:10:35 the nlb cio is very well clued in and if he can make it, it will be an asset. 10:10:42 i will forward you the mail I sent out. 10:11:13 harish: can you forward it to the posse-apac list (minus names/email addresses if needed)? 10:12:49 i will do so. 10:12:54 thanks. 10:13:54 harish: can you think of any ways we might be able to move POSSE planning along faster? I'm willing to wake up early for 2 meetings a week, or a work sprint, if needed 10:14:22 (not that everyone isn't already hustling, but I'm somewhat concerned that it's 1 month and 4 days away and we don't have registration open or a budget or comms plan posted on the wiki) 10:14:22 sure. i am technically on pto but i will be able to do this anyway. 10:14:57 harish: nonono, you should take pto! 10:16:00 this is important enough and then again, i have nothing else to do on pto - my sons are in school as is the wife:-). 10:16:44 harish: that's probably a question I should be asking aho and jee anyhow, since I don't know what else is on their plate/schedule right now and some of the current blockers can only be cleared by them 10:17:08 harish: aah, but then I feel bad about taking you away from what's supposed to be your resting time. :P 10:17:10 ping them via email as well. 10:17:52 harish: if you have the time + want to do it during PTO, I do appreciate it - but *totally* not needed. 10:18:02 harish: Yep, will do that too. 10:18:47 harish: I was just thinking maybe it's been a busy week in Singapore or such and that's why we haven't heard as much; I know y'all have a million other things to do as well. 10:20:40 harish: that's all I had; the 3 blockers I'm waiting on are plane budget OK and registration going up (from Alan) and a comms plan (from Jasmine), if you're looking for instructors I'm going to be getting curriculum infrastructure up this week with Fedora Infra (sandbox bugzilla instance, etc) 10:20:52 #action mchua get curriculum infrastructure up (sandbox bugzilla, etc) 10:20:57 yes, tonnes of stuff. there is a partner summit, jim's visit to coincide with that etc etc etc. 10:21:21 * mchua_ nods - always a million things to do @RH... 10:21:45 harish: do you folks need anything from me? 10:21:49 and i will be in jakarta next week (tues/wed) running a sales boot camp, the week after in bangkok (meeting with telco cios etc), then sales boot camp in sg, etc etc etc etc. 10:22:08 just keep the foot on the gas pedal! 10:22:20 we will collectively steer it! 10:22:36 harish: wow. yeah, next week is CommArch retreat for me, but that if anything means I'll be pushing on this more so I can update the rest of the team before the week's end, likely 10:22:41 harish: will do :D 10:22:52 harish: thanks so much for hopping into the channel on short notice! 10:22:56 ah, yes, that is what i will be missing out as well :-). 10:23:04 harish: we'll take notes ;) 10:23:20 both the pros and cons of being on an extended family 10:23:52 harish: I've got to hit the road to Notre Dame - good to go for this week? 10:23:56 * mchua_ will send out notes, reminderpings 10:24:10 yes, drive safe! 10:24:15 * mchua_ salutes 10:24:16 yessir! 10:24:18 thanks again, harish! 10:24:20 #endmeeting