Convened at 2012-04-16 17:36:51.653157 by kbmonkey
in #ubuntu-za on freenode
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<kbmonkey>
Maaz, start meeting about Monthly IRC Meeting
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* Maaz
gets out his memo-pad and cracks his knuckles
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<maiatoday>
Maaz I am Maia Grotepass
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<Maaz>
maiatoday: Yessir
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<Banlam>
maaz, I am Gareth Cawood
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<Maaz>
Banlam: Done
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<Lionthinker>
hehe
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<Meep>
hi, I am back
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<Kilos>
Maaz, I am Miles Sharpe
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<Maaz>
Kilos: Sure
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<kbmonkey>
tell Maaz who you are: Maaz I am <your name>
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<maiatoday>
Lionthinker: introduce yourself to Maaz
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<octoquad>
Maaz, I am Bruce Pieterse
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<Maaz>
octoquad: Yessir
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<kbmonkey>
Maaz, I am Wesley Werner
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<Maaz>
kbmonkey: Righto
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<MeepZA>
Maaz I am Henk Joubert
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<Maaz>
MeepZA: Yessir
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<Lionthinker>
Maaz, I'm Leon Marincowitz
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<Maaz>
Lionthinker: Huh?
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<Kilos>
lol i am
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<christiaan_>
I am Christiaan Diedericks
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<Kilos>
not i'm
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<Kilos>
hi christiaan_
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<Lionthinker>
nice to meet you all
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<Kilos>
Lionthinker, log in again please
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<Lionthinker>
sidenote [I hope this doesn't follow to much like an AA meeting]
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<Kilos>
wb MeepZA
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<maiatoday>
Maaz is very picky and prone to syntax, you have to talk to her otherwise she doesn't listn
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<Banlam>
christiaan_, , you must tell maaz you're talking to him
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<Lionthinker>
Kilos,
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<Lionthinker>
how do I do that
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<kbmonkey>
you start with "Maaz, I am <your name>"
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<maiatoday>
oops
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<kbmonkey>
oh dear
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<Kilos>
you type in maaz i am name
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<Kilos>
Lionthinker, wb
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<kbmonkey>
welcome back!
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<Lionthinker>
am i here
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<Kilos>
Lionthinker, you start with "Maaz, I am <your name>"
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<Kilos>
no quote ggodies
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<Kilos>
goodies
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<maiatoday>
welcome all new people see Kilos' instruction ^^ and introduce yourselves
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<superfly>
Maaz: I am Raoul Snyman
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<Maaz>
superfly: Done
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<Kilos>
nice to see new faces hey?
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<kbmonkey>
good evening superfly
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<Kilos>
yo superfly
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<kbmonkey>
it's okay, you new folks will get it :D
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<kbmonkey>
Welcome everyone thanks for joining us!
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<octoquad>
:)
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<kbmonkey>
contrary to what Lionthinker asked, no it wont follow like an AA meeting :p
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* maiatoday
takes a sip of cider
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<kbmonkey>
the agenda is online at http://loco.ubuntu.com/meetings/ubuntu-za/406/detail/
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<Kilos>
hehe
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* kbmonkey
jeaulous pout at maiatoday
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<Kilos>
jealous
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<kbmonkey>
Maaz, topic Review previous minutes
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<Maaz>
Current Topic: Review previous minutes
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<Banlam>
what exactly was discussed with regards to ubuntu hours?
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* maiatoday
throws a fresh tomato at Kilos and kbmonkey which transforms into a cider on landing
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<kbmonkey>
Ordering Ubuntu CD's review: let me check the archives...
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<Banlam>
just getting more going?
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<maiatoday>
I ordered the ubuntu cds
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<Kilos>
heee hee ty maiatoday
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<maiatoday>
drubin made me admin type person so I filled in the form, I will follow up again to make sure they are on their way
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<kbmonkey>
yes you did, thanks maiatoday! just a formality. I'll leave it off this agenda so no recap next time until they arrive
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* kbmonkey
cheers Kilos + Maaz
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<kbmonkey>
+ maiatoday
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<Kilos>
huh?
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<Kilos>
oh sorry
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<Kilos>
logheim
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<Kilos>
our jerry isnt here to check spelling
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<kbmonkey>
okay our review is pretty short this month, I moved those into our agenda...
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<Kilos>
inetpro, ping
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<maiatoday>
we had an ubuntu hour in stellenbosch, so we'll have another after the release parties again
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<kbmonkey>
Maaz, Ubuntu Hours
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<Maaz>
kbmonkey: Huh?
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<kbmonkey>
Maaz, topic Ubuntu Hours
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<Maaz>
Current Topic: Ubuntu Hours
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<kbmonkey>
okay that is good to hear
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<maiatoday>
Also I am thinking of having a sortof post release party ubuntu hour after the release party so that the people who can't make it can meet
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<kbmonkey>
for the new folks, an Ubuntu Hour is when you meet somewhere in the spirit of Ubuntu
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<MeepZA>
I should probably organise one post release party as well
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<kbmonkey>
If you like to know more about what UH is, and how to have one, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Hour
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<maiatoday>
MeepZA: lots of stellenbosch people will be away for the release party because of the long weekend so an informal meet after will be good
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<kbmonkey>
Kilos, we can have an ubuntu hour on irc, yes? ;)
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<MeepZA>
maiatoday I realised a lot of people will be away, but for those whoa re here having it on a public holiday makes sense
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<Kilos>
ya
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<maiatoday>
no problem MeepZA we will just meet again, I am glad you are organising
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<kbmonkey>
yes thanks MeepZA
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<kbmonkey>
any questions...?
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<kbmonkey>
Promise maia won't throw any more tomatoes ;P
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<Kilos>
hehe
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<kbmonkey>
kay
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<kbmonkey>
Maaz, topic Precise Pangolin release parties (26 April 2012)
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<Maaz>
Current Topic: Precise Pangolin release parties (26 April 2012)
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<kbmonkey>
there is quite a chat on the email list about this
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<maiatoday>
MeepZA: I couldn't get tickets for AfrikaBurn so I'll def make the release party, is there anything that needs to be done
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<MeepZA>
not really
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<Banlam>
where are there parties organised for?
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<MeepZA>
I'm even organising a pangolin cake
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<kbmonkey>
cake! wow!
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<maiatoday>
yay for for cake
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<MeepZA>
tsl, UCT, cape town
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<MeepZA>
and there was talk on the list about pretoria
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<kbmonkey>
you can see the email chatter at https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-za/2012-April/thread.html
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<Banlam>
ty
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<kbmonkey>
but best to join the email list so you don't miss anything ;)
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<Banlam>
yup
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<kbmonkey>
Ill contact the dbn lug too and see what they think
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<MeepZA>
maiatoday have you blogged about it?
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<Kilos>
kbmonkey, didnt yourself magespawn and nuvolari also say you gonna have a durbs one
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<kbmonkey>
yes!
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<maiatoday>
nope not yet, sorry
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<maiatoday>
Maaz action maiatoday to blog about release parties
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<Maaz>
maiatoday: Huh?
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<maiatoday>
bleargh
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<maiatoday>
botsyntax
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<kbmonkey>
isit not, um..
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<kbmonkey>
agreed?
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<maiatoday>
Maaz agreed maiatoday to blog about release
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<Maaz>
Agreed: maiatoday to blog about release
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<kbmonkey>
idea
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<maiatoday>
MeepZA: do you need more demo stuff
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<MeepZA>
also I'm planning to use the facebook event to judge numbers, should I be worried about more people attending? (for cake purposes)
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<kbmonkey>
first come, first cake, is a good motivator
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<maiatoday>
don't worry, the cake regulates itself, we just make smaller slices if there are too many
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<Kilos>
cut the cake late and size slices accordingly
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<kbmonkey>
the fourth law of cakes
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<maiatoday>
it will be gone by the end of the day
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<MeepZA>
maiatoday so I've installed a few games on my laptop, might bring my desktop to show off things though
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<maiatoday>
ok
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<MeepZA>
any reccomendations would be appreciated, but we can chat about that later I'm sure
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<maiatoday>
anybody else wanna demo something at the release party? open invitatino
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<MeepZA>
maybe*
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<maiatoday>
yeah I wine WoW
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<MeepZA>
do you wine WoW? ,aybe we should pick a few windows games that work well with it
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<amanica>
I spoke to Nico Michael a while ago, as noted in on the mailinglist: AFAIK the Pretoria release party will be Saturday morning the 5th of May.
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<maiatoday>
yay amanica
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<MeepZA>
I have heard people get better fps in wine than in windows with some games
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<maiatoday>
good news
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<kbmonkey>
thanks for the info amanica
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<maiatoday>
amanica: do you guys need help putting things on the loco website and if you mail me the detail, I'll put it in the blog post too
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<maiatoday>
also if you are going remember to take a photo or too
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<maiatoday>
s/too/two/
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<amanica>
miatoday: no problem, I think if I see Nico tomorrow, we should send out a more coherent mail
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<MeepZA>
would it be a good idea to pick up a stack of DVD's or some flash drives for the release party?
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<amanica>
and update the website
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<kbmonkey>
we have a bunch of blogs feeding through http://ubuntu-za.org <-- our ZA portal
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<kbmonkey>
so pictures and news we post will collect there
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<maiatoday>
also my blog (and some other peoples) goes through to the ubuntu planet
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<maiatoday>
I don't think the official cds will be here in time MeepZA
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<amanica>
(I'm on the planet too, so my 1 in 2 years ubuntu post should appear :)
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<kbmonkey>
he he
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<kbmonkey>
no I doubt we'll have any official CD's by then, but we can still parte
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<MeepZA>
I was referring to blanks we could burn on the toaster
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<maiatoday>
yeah that's a good idea MeepZA
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<MeepZA>
or flash drives, been meaning to pick up a new one anyway
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<MeepZA>
and the install goes faster that way
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<amanica>
yeah I think it is good to bring some cd's/dvds along, last time we had people run around to buy some, so you can even make a profit :)
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<kbmonkey>
remember, you can also have install fests!
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<maiatoday>
I still have some stickers I'll bring those
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<MeepZA>
profiteering off ubuntu would make me feel dirty
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<MeepZA>
yay stickers :D
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<amanica>
any chance of sending us some stickers?
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* kbmonkey
*nods*
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<superfly>
MeepZA: there's a difference between profiting and profiteering :-P
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<amanica>
I can sponsor some?!
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<maiatoday>
amanica: mail me and I'll try to get some to you,
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<amanica>
sweet
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<maiatoday>
I should make up a new batch again some time
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<amanica>
stickers are very popular, and free advertising
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<kbmonkey>
our agenda items are done, anybody like to discuss anything else?
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<MeepZA>
I recognise a friend's car because he put a "linux inside" sticker on it
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<maiatoday>
amanica it's pretty easy to get stickers made, there are resources online so you could also make up a batch if you want
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<kbmonkey>
^ +100 internets
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<amanica>
maiatoday, interesting :) I can look into it
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<kbmonkey>
Thanks all for joining. Remember IRC is open 24/7 so you don't have to exit now that we have done here ;)
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<kbmonkey>
hang around, and catch some more tomatoes.
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<Kilos>
modern printers should print them fine. just to use the correct paper
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<octoquad>
Have any of you heard of Dead Drops? Imagine having this setup around the city with the latest Ubuntu installation -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwohadcUv4A&feature=youtube_gdata Just an idea, but might not work
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<maiatoday>
quick poll: what kind of stickers should I make up next,1) those silver small powered by ubuntu stickers 2) more of those domed gooey ones 3) something else
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<maiatoday>
MeepZA: I get better framerates on my ubuntu WoW than on windows
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<kbmonkey>
Maaz, end meeting