20150826

Contents

  1. Meeting Info
  2. Agenda
  3. Summary
  4. Log

Meeting Info

Meetings are held every 4th Wednesday of each month at 18:30 GMT and are pretty informal. Anyone is free to join in and give comments and suggestions, its even encouraged. Please introduce yourself to the bot at the start of the meeting so he can take note of all members present as follows:

QA: I am NAME SURNAME from Country

Agenda

  • Meeting chair: inetpro

  • Welcoming and Introduction

  • Review minutes of previous meeting

  • Awareness and action

  • raise awareness of not so official mirrors but widely used in some areas (ongolaBoy).

    • e.g: This mirror is in review since september 2014 Sad :(

  • More items to be added here

  • Events
    • Plan events in your area and give feedback at next meeting
  • Miscellaneous
    • All other matters of interest
  • Elect chairperson for next meeting
  • Next meeting: 23 September 2015

Summary

Minutes
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[18:30:58] STARTED (inetpro)
[18:31:19] TOPIC: Welcoming and Introduction (inetpro)
[18:39:14] TOPIC: Review minutes of previous meeting (inetpro)
[18:45:24] TOPIC: Meeting time (inetpro)
[18:51:42] AGREED: pieter2627 to start the conversation around monthly meeting times (inetpro)
[18:53:34] TOPIC: Awareness and actions (inetpro)
[19:01:54] AGREED: encourage existing members to be more active (inetpro)
[19:02:20] AGREED: encourage more people to get launchpad ID's and join us at https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-africa (inetpro)
[19:02:35] TOPIC: raise awareness of not so official mirrors but widely used in some areas (ongolaBoy) (inetpro)
[19:04:45] TOPIC: Events (inetpro)
[19:15:35] AGREED: 2015 Software Freedom Day is approaching and will be celebrated on 19th September (Saturday) this year, let's tell people about it (inetpro)
[19:16:57] TOPIC: Miscellaneous (inetpro)
[19:30:44] TOPIC: Elect chairperson for next meeting (inetpro)
[19:32:19] AGREED: inetpro to chair the next meeting (inetpro)
[19:32:31] TOPIC: Next meeting (inetpro)
[19:33:31] AGREED: next meeting scheduled for 23 September 2015 until further notice (inetpro)
[19:34:48] ENDED (inetpro)

Present
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* Raoul Snyman (superfly)
* Pieter Engelbrecht from South Africa (pieter2627)
* ubuntiste-msakni
* Miles Sharpe (Kilos)
* Gustav H Meyer - South Africa (inetpro)
* craigbrash
* El Acheche Anis - Tunisia (elacheche_anis)
* xene
* ariabbaS
* philipballew (philipballew)

Log

Raw Log
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[18:30:58] <inetpro> QA: start meeting about Ubuntu Africa Monthly Meeting - August 2015
[18:30:58] * QA gets out the memo-pad and cracks her knuckles
[18:31:19] <inetpro> QA: topic Welcoming and Introduction
[18:31:19] <QA> Current Topic: Welcoming and Introduction
[18:31:34] <inetpro> Thanks everyone for joining once again
[18:31:35] <Kilos> QA  I am Miles Sharpe
[18:31:35] <QA> Kilos: Okay
[18:31:48] <inetpro> please introduce yourself to our bot as follows: QA: I am <FirstName LastName - Country>
[18:31:55] <pieter2627> QA: I am Pieter Engelbrecht from South Africa
[18:31:55] <QA> pieter2627: Alrighty
[18:32:05] <inetpro> QA: I am Gustav H Meyer - South Africa
[18:32:05] <QA> inetpro: Alrighty
[18:33:47] <inetpro> the Agenda for this evening can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AfricanTeams/Meetings/20150826
[18:33:59] <Kilos> ariabbaS  cyrilb daker philipballew kenju254 eebrah Dro__ r0ckwilda{-_-} R0ok_ ping
[18:34:02] <inetpro> on;y the three of us?
[18:34:08] <Kilos> sigh
[18:34:13] <ariabbaS> .
[18:34:14] <philipballew> im here!
[18:34:16] <philipballew> :)
[18:34:34] <Kilos> please login with the bot guys
[18:34:50] * pieter2627 was almost worried
[18:34:54] <superfly> QA: I am Raoul Snyman
[18:34:54] <QA> superfly: Done
[18:34:55] <Kilos> hehe
[18:34:58] <philipballew> QA I am philipballew
[18:34:58] <QA> philipballew: Okay
[18:35:23] <ariabbaS> I'm Ari Ado - Cameroon ;-)
[18:35:25] <Kilos> i apologize for being late with the list reminder guys
[18:35:36] <inetpro> I'll give you a minute to look at the agenda
[18:35:36] <inetpro> please suggest any last minute topics you might want to add
[18:35:44] <inetpro> Kilos: don't stress about it
[18:35:45] <pieter2627> np Kilos
[18:36:05] <pieter2627> inetpro: should we still discuss the meeting time?
[18:36:43] <inetpro> pieter2627: good idea, I'll add it as a topic in a minute
[18:37:21] <ubuntiste-msakni> Hey guys!
[18:37:24] <ubuntiste-msakni> When is the meeting?
[18:37:34] <pieter2627> ubuntiste-msakni: just started
[18:37:39] <Kilos> you late ubuntiste-msakni
[18:37:54] <Kilos> i battle with thew tunisians
[18:37:58] <Kilos> the
[18:38:21] * elacheche_anis will remain silence and stay quiet :) o:)
[18:38:24] <inetpro> anything else for the Agenda?
[18:38:57] <Kilos> nonono elacheche_anis you need to take not and take over chairing even in the future
[18:39:01] <inetpro> right... moving ahead
[18:39:13] <pieter2627> elacheche_anis: QA takes minutes for us. Please intro yourself to him using 'QA: I am <firstname lastname> - <country>'
[18:39:14] <inetpro> QA: topic Review minutes of previous meeting
[18:39:14] <QA> Current Topic: Review minutes of previous meeting
[18:39:35] <inetpro> the minutes of our first meeting can be seen at: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AfricanTeams/Meetings/20150729#Summary
[18:40:02] <elacheche_anis> QA, I am El Acheche Anis - Tunisia
[18:40:02] <QA> elacheche_anis: Okay
[18:40:34] <inetpro> anything we need to highlight from the summary perhaps?
[18:40:57] <pieter2627> ty elacheche_anis, glad to see you again... or to be here :)
[18:41:55] <pieter2627> inetpro: that we did few of the ideas?
[18:42:18] <elacheche_anis> pieter2627, am 24/5 here :) → elacheche == elacheche_anis == ubuntiste-msakni :)
[18:42:33] <Kilos> hehe
[18:42:42] <inetpro> pieter2627: what did we do sir?
[18:42:49] <pieter2627> yea realised that i'm quite, hence the last part
[18:43:10] <Kilos> there were some ideas but those guys arent here tonight
[18:43:41] <inetpro> ok looks like things have been rather quiet this month... we have work to do
[18:43:45] <pieter2627> inetpro: i personally did nothing (sorry) maybe others have
[18:44:39] <inetpro> hmm...
[18:45:02] <pieter2627> so nothing to review
[18:45:14] <inetpro> ok, maybe time to discuss meeting time
[18:45:24] <inetpro> QA: topic Meeting time
[18:45:24] <QA> Current Topic: Meeting time
[18:45:46] <elacheche_anis> Sorry guys, wasn't able to think this month, I already have plenty of work and my LoCo Re-Approval + the organization of the Software Freedom Day..
[18:46:01] <Kilos> np elacheche_anis
[18:46:33] <Kilos> we understand, re- approval is rather stressful
[18:46:35] - craigbrash online
[18:46:44] <Kilos> wb craigbrash
[18:46:47] <inetpro> I guess with so few people around we might need to discuss this topic in a next meeting?
[18:46:47] <elacheche_anis> very x'(
[18:47:04] <Kilos> inetpro  agreed
[18:47:05] <inetpro> those who are here are you happy with the date at least?
[18:47:16] <pieter2627> maybe we should take it to the mailing list
[18:47:39] <inetpro> as in every 4th Wednesday of each month?
[18:47:46] <pieter2627> seeing that it will affect next attendance
[18:48:03] <inetpro> pieter2627: I'll add it on the next agenda
[18:48:24] <pieter2627> didn't some say that it was a bit late/early?
[18:48:31] <inetpro> but I agree, discussing on the mailing list might be a good idea
[18:48:43] <Kilos> maybe we should all push the list for a whileand see ifwe can improve next meetings attendance
[18:49:17] <Kilos> the list is very quiet
[18:49:55] <Kilos> oh philipballew
[18:49:56] <superfly> meh. using Launchpad's lists is a bit of a pain
[18:50:01] <inetpro> who takes on the task of raising the point on the mailing list?
[18:50:10] <superfly> they don't change the reply-to, which is incredibly frustrating
[18:50:23] <Kilos> can you maybe do reminders for next meeting on f/book please
[18:50:29] <inetpro> superfly: good point, but that is another topic
[18:50:59] <pieter2627> inetpro: i will mail the list tomorrow
[18:51:06] <inetpro> pieter2627: thanks
[18:51:42] <inetpro> QA: agreed pieter2627 to start the conversation around monthly meeting times
[18:51:42] <QA> Agreed: pieter2627 to start the conversation around monthly meeting times
[18:52:20] <Kilos> maybe we must do the time thing by a vote
[18:52:48] <Kilos> no good changing the time to suit only one person
[18:53:06] <pieter2627> i will ask if any have a major issue
[18:53:11] <Kilos> maybe an hour later is a starting point
[18:53:27] <Kilos> many are an hour behind us
[18:53:30] <inetpro> Kilos: raise that as a response on the ML... next point
[18:53:34] <inetpro> QA: topic Awareness and actions
[18:53:34] <QA> Current Topic: Awareness and actions
[18:53:45] <Kilos> stickyboy  where are you man
[18:53:59] <inetpro> do we have any new users here who joined us since our last meeting
[18:54:00] <inetpro> ?
[18:54:11] <pieter2627> if results are varied then we could have vote one day on the channel?
[18:54:15] <Kilos> not here atm
[18:54:42] <Kilos> pieter2627  agreed
[18:54:45] * pieter2627 checking
[18:55:26] <inetpro> so how do we get more Ubuntu users to join and ultimately to apply for official membership?
[18:55:41] <pieter2627> none on the lp group
[18:56:00] <Kilos> inetpro  with difficulty
[18:56:18] <craigbrash> first need to find ubuntu users in our own countries
[18:56:40] <pieter2627> with the last meeting we discussed a lot of avenues...
[18:56:52] <Kilos> dont forget guys, we welcome all lugs to join us as well hey
[18:57:00] <inetpro> I guess that is somewhat of a retorical question
[18:57:11] <inetpro> Kilos: What is the status with missing/tired LoCo's?
[18:57:22] <pieter2627> personally, i think that each should focus on the media that they use
[18:57:22] <inetpro> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AfricanTeams
[18:57:36] <pieter2627> and work with others that use it too.
[18:57:46] <Kilos> inetpro  i have done anything about them this month
[18:58:03] <Kilos> had one in mind last month
[18:58:21] <Kilos> was a lug in a country with no loco
[18:58:22] <inetpro> last update was on 2015-08-13
[18:58:54] <Kilos> ya a new guy was here recently
[18:59:06] <inetpro> Tunisian GNU/Linux User Group (TGLUG)
[18:59:20] <inetpro> nice
[18:59:55] <inetpro> added by Na3iL?
[19:00:10] <Kilos> im sure what we need to do is make irc more attractive in some way
[19:00:30] <Kilos> other social media is whats holdin irc down
[19:00:46] <inetpro> anyone else have feedback about dead LoCo's for now?
[19:00:56] <Kilos> he is in tunisia and applying for membership soon
[19:01:02] <pieter2627> the web irc client kiwi is quite attractive
[19:01:36] <inetpro> ok, so we keep going and encourage guys to be more active?
[19:01:43] <Kilos> yes
[19:01:54] <inetpro> QA: agreed encourage existing members to be more active
[19:01:54] <QA> Agreed: encourage existing members to be more active
[19:01:58] <pieter2627> seem so
[19:02:01] <Kilos> thats all we can do, keep inspiring peeps
[19:02:10] <inetpro> and obviously
[19:02:20] <inetpro> QA: agreed encourage more people to get launchpad ID's and join us at https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-africa
[19:02:20] <QA> Agreed: encourage more people to get launchpad ID's and join us at https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-africa
[19:02:35] <inetpro> next
[19:02:35] <inetpro> QA: topic raise awareness of not so official mirrors but widely used in some areas (ongolaBoy)
[19:02:35] <QA> Current Topic: raise awareness of not so official mirrors but widely used in some areas (ongolaBoy)
[19:02:47] <inetpro> Is ongolaBoy here this evening?
[19:02:53] <Kilos> pieter2627  do you have time to play around?
[19:03:02] <Kilos> nope inetpro
[19:03:07] <Kilos> strange
[19:03:08] <inetpro> hmm...
[19:03:23] <pieter2627> Kilos: some at times
[19:03:29] <inetpro> Kilos: do you know whether he got his mirror sorted?
[19:04:08] <Kilos> yes inetpro he has his mirror as an unofficial one for now
[19:04:28] <inetpro> ah, so we can remove it from the next agenda?
[19:04:28] <Kilos> needs more drive space to become official
[19:04:33] <Kilos> yes
[19:04:38] <inetpro> nice!
[19:04:45] <inetpro> QA: topic Events
[19:04:45] <QA> Current Topic: Events
[19:05:04] <Kilos> pieter2627  when you bored can you please search and contact all lugs in africa
[19:05:22] <inetpro> haha :-)
[19:05:41] <Kilos> i have one lug but i think the reminder mail was too late
[19:06:14] <craigbrash> i will look too for lugs
[19:06:21] <pieter2627> Kilos: i can try, but lugs are not really in my sphere
[19:06:33] <Kilos> lugs are absorbing ubuntu users, not the way we are doing it
[19:06:35] <inetpro> craigbrash: thanks for volunteering
[19:06:37] <pieter2627> that meetup.com thing might help
[19:06:47] <Kilos> ty craigbrash
[19:06:49] <pieter2627> to find them
[19:07:07] <pieter2627> thanks, craigbrash
[19:07:24] <Kilos> big job, you have to join them then their list and then only invite them
[19:07:48] <inetpro> so on to events, anything newsworthy that happend in the last month?
[19:08:03] <inetpro> or am I moving too fast?
[19:08:13] <Kilos> thats why i think we must push strongly the idea that this is an all linux user channel
[19:08:17] <pieter2627> no inetpro
[19:08:24] <Kilos> no inetpro
[19:09:28] <inetpro> no nothing newsworthy happened or no, I am not moving too fast?
[19:09:38] <pieter2627> last one
[19:09:38] <Kilos> both
[19:09:43] <Kilos> hehe
[19:09:43] <inetpro> haha :-)
[19:09:55] * inetpro should learn to stick to one question at a time
[19:10:02] <Kilos> lol
[19:10:21] <inetpro> ok, upcoming events
[19:10:21] <pieter2627> or we should answer better :)
[19:10:39] <inetpro> so we know about SFD, anything else?
[19:11:00] <Kilos> main one is to support elacheche_anis at their re approval
[19:11:25] <pieter2627> not that i know of, which countries are planning for SFD?
[19:11:29] <Kilos> elacheche_anis  call on guys here for support hey
[19:11:33] <ariabbaS> .
[19:11:58] <Kilos> ariabbaS  say something
[19:12:15] <Kilos> you guys must all get involved here
[19:12:27] <ariabbaS> ok for me
[19:12:28] <inetpro> for those who may not know know about SFD
[19:12:28] <inetpro> SFD or Software Freedom Day is a worldwide celebration of Free and Open Source Software
[19:12:29] <Kilos> ideas are welcome from all
[19:12:56] <Kilos> tunisia is having an event there afaik
[19:13:02] <inetpro> 2015 Software Freedom Day is approaching and will be celebrated on 19th September (Saturday) this year, let's tell people about it!
[19:13:09] <inetpro> See: http://softwarefreedomday.org/
[19:13:20] <Kilos> craigbrash  what are you guys doing
[19:13:35] <Kilos> im sure cyrilb has some plans as well
[19:14:03] <craigbrash> We had an event 2 years ago ,not sure if anything happening this side
[19:14:16] <inetpro> at #ubuntu-za we have some peeps involved to help arrange the event in Pretoria (more info: http://www.sfd.org.za/)
[19:14:23] <craigbrash> will try find out
[19:14:33] <Kilos> craigbrash  can you ask around and let us know please
[19:15:35] <inetpro> QA: agreed 2015 Software Freedom Day is approaching and will be celebrated on 19th September (Saturday) this year, let's tell people about it!
[19:15:35] <QA> Agreed: 2015 Software Freedom Day is approaching and will be celebrated on 19th September (Saturday) this year, let's tell people about it
[19:15:57] <inetpro> anything else?
[19:16:12] <Kilos> not from me sir
[19:16:26] <craigbrash> Kilos will do
[19:16:44] <inetpro> so we move on to Miscellaneous?
[19:16:55] <pieter2627> yes
[19:16:55] <Kilos> still think we need a greeter bot here, at least till im fully active again
[19:16:57] <inetpro> QA: topic Miscellaneous
[19:16:57] <QA> Current Topic: Miscellaneous
[19:17:29] <inetpro> superfly: I guess you now have a chance to rant some more about the mailing list
[19:17:39] <inetpro> or come up with a better solution :-)
[19:17:51] * elacheche_anis was AFK x(
[19:18:01] <inetpro> elacheche_anis: wb
[19:18:05] <Kilos> hehe
[19:18:38] <elacheche_anis> http://softwarefreedomday.org/map/
[19:18:41] <Kilos> elacheche_anis  you must keep us informed about you SFD event
[19:18:58] <Kilos> inform the list as well please
[19:19:41] <elacheche_anis> Kilos, we organize the SFD almost every year since 2006 (just skipped 1 or 2 years as I know).. We just organize it on October not in September
[19:19:56] <Kilos> ah
[19:20:18] <inetpro> elacheche_anis: SFD Douala Team, that your team?
[19:20:33] <elacheche_anis> We just started the organization of this year.. As soon as there is information that I can share publicly I'll do that :)
[19:20:40] <Kilos> anyway keep the list alive with info, it might help inspire others
[19:21:11] <elacheche_anis> Nope inetpro chekc for Tunisia → Clibre Association
[19:21:29] <elacheche_anis> Ok sir :)
[19:21:34] <Kilos> ty
[19:21:56] <Kilos> ill even smile :D
[19:22:06] <elacheche_anis> http://sfd.tn/
[19:22:39] <elacheche_anis> The website is a little bit buggy, but we're already working on fixing that.. We have some infrastructure issues that we need to solve before :)
[19:22:54] <elacheche_anis> But you can find the history of all our past SFDs :)
[19:23:15] <inetpro> oh great!
[19:23:40] * inetpro only noticed two registered events in Africa on the map
[19:23:58] * pieter2627 too
[19:23:59] <Kilos> oh yeah elacheche_anis hehe
[19:24:02] <elacheche_anis> inetpro, loool.. Tunisia still in Africa not in Europe :p :D
[19:24:06] <superfly> inetpro: just the problem wit the reply-to
[19:24:10] <elacheche_anis> Shame on you guys :p
[19:24:13] <Kilos> you still have the map to sort as well
[19:24:49] <elacheche_anis> Kilos, never forgot about the map.. Am even planning to do the same for my loco and #ubuntu-africa :D
[19:25:01] <Kilos> good man
[19:25:03] <elacheche_anis> Just need to get urgent things done :)
[19:25:05] <Kilos> :D
[19:25:13] <Kilos> we understand
[19:25:39] <inetpro> elacheche_anis: sorry! I missed the flag up north
[19:26:22] <pieter2627> oh, that is so close to euro...
[19:26:34] <elacheche_anis> hahahah :D
[19:26:36] * pieter2627 mistook it
[19:26:44] <Kilos> most northern point of africa
[19:26:44] <inetpro> so http://clibre.tn/ and http://sfd.tn/ is the same team?
[19:28:01] <elacheche_anis> clibre is an association that promotes the Free & Open Culture ( FOSS, OpenData, OpenGov, etc..)
[19:28:12] <inetpro> ah
[19:28:14] <elacheche_anis> Clibre organizes the event..
[19:28:32] <elacheche_anis> The founder of clibre is the spiritual father of Ubuntu Tunisia :) :D
[19:29:09] <elacheche_anis> So many current and previous Ubuntu-tn members are members in Clibre and involved in the SFD..
[19:29:12] * pieter2627 thinks that clibre might stand for Culture libre
[19:29:30] * inetpro should one day make an attempt to learn another forreign language
[19:29:34] <elacheche_anis> Clibre organized WikiArabia too.. They have Wimedians in the association as well..
[19:29:42] <inetpro> problem is their are way too many of them :-)
[19:29:47] <elacheche_anis> pieter2627, you're right :)
[19:29:55] <inetpro> there*
[19:30:08] <elacheche_anis> :D
[19:30:26] <inetpro> ok, time has caught up with us
[19:30:32] <inetpro> time to wrap up
[19:30:44] <inetpro> QA: topic Elect chairperson for next meeting
[19:30:44] <QA> Current Topic: Elect chairperson for next meeting
[19:30:51] <Kilos> ty for chairing again inetpro
[19:31:05] * Kilos votes inetpro +1
[19:31:10] <elacheche_anis> I vote for inetpro
[19:31:14] <elacheche_anis> :D
[19:31:17] <craigbrash> +1
[19:31:19] * pieter2627 +1 inetpro 
[19:31:22] <inetpro> yikes!
[19:31:30] <inetpro> thanks for the votes of confidence
[19:31:31] <Kilos> motion carried
[19:31:31] <craigbrash> we loves you
[19:31:33] <Kilos> hehe
[19:31:39] <elacheche_anis> inetpro, I'll help you on that once I finish what I have in mind :D
[19:31:42] <pieter2627> lol
[19:31:52] <inetpro> at least we now have one day a month that we have to talk to each other :-)
[19:31:59] <Kilos> hahaha
[19:32:02] <elacheche_anis> :D
[19:32:19] <inetpro> QA: agreed inetpro to chair the next meeting
[19:32:19] <QA> Agreed: inetpro to chair the next meeting
[19:32:20] * elacheche_anis got to go → I'll install Ubuntu on my sister's new laptop..
[19:32:31] <inetpro> QA: topic Next meeting
[19:32:31] <QA> Current Topic: Next meeting
[19:32:36] <Kilos> nice elacheche_anis
[19:32:49] <inetpro> so for now we stick to 23 September 2015 ?
[19:32:53] <pieter2627> see again elacheche_anis
[19:33:01] <inetpro> until further notice pieter2627?
[19:33:02] <pieter2627> guess so
[19:33:02] <Kilos> yip
[19:33:09] <elacheche_anis> I didn't have malwares @home :D since 2010 :)
[19:33:10] <Kilos> ill be in lockup
[19:33:26] <pieter2627> yes
[19:33:31] <inetpro> QA: agreed next meeting scheduled for 23 September 2015 until further notice
[19:33:31] <QA> Agreed: next meeting scheduled for 23 September 2015 until further notice
[19:33:47] <Kilos> elacheche_anis  mark your calender
[19:33:52] <inetpro> thanks for attending guys!
[19:34:24] <inetpro> and enjoy the rest of the evening
[19:34:30] <Kilos> yes thanks all of you
[19:34:35] <pieter2627> yip thanks all
[19:34:42] - xene online
[19:34:43] <inetpro> at least we can now celebrate the victory against NZ
[19:34:48] <inetpro> QA: end meeting

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