Minutes from Meeting about Ubuntu Monthly Meeting - November 2016 Convened at 2016-11-22 18:37:41.295082 by chesedo in #ubuntu-za on freenode Minutes ======= [18:37:41] STARTED (chesedo) [18:37:50] TOPIC: Welcoming and Introduction (chesedo) [18:43:49] TOPIC: Review minutes of previous meeting (andrewlsd) [18:48:21] AGREED: All happy with previous minutes (andrewlsd) [18:48:35] TOPIC: Plans for 2016 (andrewlsd) [18:54:57] TOPIC: Events (andrewlsd) [19:08:51] TOPIC: Miscellaneous (andrewlsd) [19:19:36] TOPIC: Elect chairperson for next meeting (andrewlsd) [19:24:25] TOPIC: Next meeting (andrewlsd) [19:25:42] AGREED: Next meeting is 24 January 2017 @ 20:30 SAST (andrewlsd) [19:26:37] AGREED: Move next meeting before chairman on agenda (chesedo) [19:27:59] ENDED (andrewlsd) Present ======= * paddatrapper * kulelu88 (kulelu88) * Pieter Engelbrecht (chesedo) * Wesley Werner (kbmonkey) * Raoul Snyman (superfly) * Andrew Mac (andrewlsd) * theblazehen * Charl le Roux (clr) * Vincent Swart (Vince-0) * nsnzero (nsnzero) * AudaciousTUX * (nlsthzn) * mciverza Raw Log ======= [18:37:41] Maaz: start meeting about Ubuntu Monthly Meeting - November 2016 [18:37:41] * Maaz gets out his memo-pad and cracks his knuckles [18:37:50] Maaz: topic Welcoming and Introduction [18:37:50] Current Topic: Welcoming and Introduction [18:38:14] Evening all and thank you for joining in on our monthly meeting! [18:38:26] Our bot maaz does the minutes as usual so please introduce yourself to it using `Maaz: I am ` eg. [18:38:36] Maaz: I am Pieter Engelbrecht [18:38:36] chesedo: Done [18:38:42] Maaz: I am [18:38:42] nlsthzn: Yessir [18:38:52] >.> [18:38:57] nlsthzn, :p [18:39:01] Maaz: I am Andrew Mac [18:39:01] andrewlsd: Okay [18:39:02] nlsthzn: lol [18:39:14] Maaz: I am nsnzero [18:39:14] nsnzero: Done [18:39:29] The agenda for today is at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ZATeam/Meetings/20161122 [18:39:31] Maaz, I am Wesley Werner [18:39:31] kbmonkey: Done [18:39:35] Maaz: I am kulelu88 [18:39:35] kulelu88: Righto [18:39:50] Maaz: I am Raoul Snyman [18:39:50] superfly: Yessir [18:39:52] any last minute additions are welcome [18:40:05] * nlsthzn gets some more coffee as it is late over here [18:40:27] else we can continue if i can get a thumbs up... [18:40:49] Maaz: I am Charl le Roux [18:40:49] clr: Okay [18:41:00] andrewlsd: you can take over if you are ready? [18:41:08] cool [18:41:40] If everyone is comfy, and has their coffee we can proceed to review the minutes of the previous meeting. [18:41:47] * chesedo is ok with the agenda btw [18:42:01] Maaz: Review minutes of previous meeting [18:42:01] andrewlsd: Sorry... [18:42:13] Maaz: Topic: Review minutes of previous meeting [18:42:13] andrewlsd: *blink* [18:42:27] Maaz: FML [18:42:27] kulelu88: Today, I had to make a deal with my 22 year old fiancé. What was the deal? If he put deodorant on, he could squeeze my boob for as long as he liked. FML - http://www.fmylife.com/intimacy/16939716 [18:42:40] 0.o [18:42:58] Maaz: Topic: Review minutes of previous meeting [18:42:58] mciverza: *blink* [18:43:10] :-( sorry chesedo, you'll have to do it. [18:43:32] Maaz: topic Review minutes of previous meeting [18:43:32] mciverza: You're not the boss of me [18:43:36] well that escalated quickly [18:43:49] Maaz: topic Review minutes of previous meeting [18:43:49] Current Topic: Review minutes of previous meeting [18:44:12] [18:44:28] last meeting was https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ZATeam/Meetings/20161025 [18:44:38] oh boy, sorry about that... lost connection... [18:44:55] did Maaz get my topic change? [18:45:00] chesedo: np, I found out what I needed. [18:45:06] mz got mine. [18:45:38] andrewlsd: great! [18:45:39] Any feedback or comments on the minutes of the previous meeting [18:46:13] andrewlsd: nope, all seems good to me [18:46:44] thanks chesedo [18:46:48] anyone else? [18:46:55] nothing to add from me [18:47:35] * nlsthzn regrets never learning to read [18:48:15] nlsthzn: don't worry at least you can type :P [18:48:21] Maaz: agreed All happy with previous minutes [18:48:21] Agreed: All happy with previous minutes [18:48:35] Maaz: topic Plans for 2016 [18:48:35] Current Topic: Plans for 2016 [18:48:50] I think we need plans for 2017. Not much left of 2016 [18:49:08] andrewlsd: yeah... [18:49:23] any updates on membership applications for tareq, magespawn and Kapanda? [18:49:25] al thought i do not know if we will just rename it? [18:49:54] hopefully magespawn (not here) has filledhis wiki page [18:50:08] s/filledhis/filled\ his/ [18:50:08] andrewlsd: i checked if magespawn's wiki was up before the meeting, but still in works... [18:50:17] thanks chesedo [18:50:45] only kilos is in contact with tareq (i think)... [18:50:59] and have not heard from Kapanda in a while... [18:51:18] Any new folks around recently? Any one need help with the GPG keys or signing the Code of Conduct? [18:51:38] which GPG keys? [18:52:06] Maaz: I am Vincent Swart [18:52:06] Vince-0: Okay [18:52:08] IIRC GPG keys are needed to be able to sign the C-o-C [18:52:15] Welcome Vince-0 [18:52:21] good question... i think night is new... [18:52:24] oh, okay [18:52:45] kulelu88: have you signed it? (if not, would you like to?) [18:53:10] I need my own GPG keys right? [18:53:17] yip [18:53:19] and i am too bad at remembering name to be 100% if zaki and ludo are new [18:53:47] aah well when I get to setting up my own email, I will get there, but for now, I'll pass [18:54:14] np kulelu88, feel free to give a shout if/when that happens. [18:54:34] Can we proceed to discuss upcoming events? [18:54:52] andrewlsd: ok with me [18:54:57] Maaz: topic Events [18:54:57] Current Topic: Events [18:55:09] Are there any upcoming Ubuntu or open source related events that anyone would like to mention? [18:55:48] all 2017 now [18:55:51] devconf [18:55:56] * chesedo is not aware of any [18:56:02] rubyfuza [18:56:19] kulelu88: which dates are those [18:56:23] *? [18:56:36] Cape Linux Users Group (CLUG) is having a talk tomorrow ... [18:56:55] devconf: 9 March, 2017, Johannesburg [18:57:14] rubyfuza: 2-4 February 2017 Cape Town, South Africa [18:57:21] wow awesome, can you give more details andrewlsd ? [18:57:46] chesedo: :-)... willl do as soon as my email opens..... [18:57:58] woops, it was tonight. [18:58:13] lol... [18:58:43] [18:58:46] For what it is worth: The information: Speaker: Marc Welz; Topic: Archive Formats and Tricks ; Time: 18:30 ; Venue: UCT Chemical Engineering [18:59:15] kulelu88: we will have to remember those [18:59:25] can't you tell Maaz to do so? [18:59:34] if anyone here would like to get advance notice of their meetups, please sign up to their mailing list via https://wiki.clug.org.za/ [19:00:01] kulelu88: that is a feature that i often wish it had [19:00:11] Thanks kulelu88 [19:00:34] the RubyFuZA website is http://www.rubyfuza.org/ and contains details about the conference. [19:01:28] who here are ruby devs btw? [19:01:48] devug is having the geek of the year on 13 December 2016 [19:01:50] i::amNot [19:02:32] kulelu88: link maybe? [19:02:33] [19:02:42] chesedo: you beat me to it. [19:02:55] :D [19:03:13] * andrewlsd thinks kulelu88 is busy googling like mad or searching mails. [19:03:34] no, I try to keep track of dev events. get to meet all the local folks. [19:03:41] which group is devug ? [19:04:03] kulelu88: should that maybe have been debug? [19:04:14] DevUG: https://www.meetup.com/DeveloperUG/events/233441994/ [19:04:49] I see you on zatech andrewlsd ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ :D [19:04:55] kulelu88: yes. [19:05:05] ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) [19:05:37] Did anyone here attend DevOps Days [19:06:20] in cape town? no [19:06:22] * chesedo does not live in cpt [19:06:51] chesedo: occasionally people travel to cpt [19:06:56] :-P [19:07:03] that too... [19:07:32] If no other events, we can move to "miscellaneous" in 3 .. [19:07:34] ... 2 [19:07:41] yip [19:07:48] ... 1 [19:07:54] and add that devug to the next agenda [19:08:22] devug. developer user group <-- How to use developers? [19:08:51] Maaz: topic Miscellaneous [19:08:51] Current Topic: Miscellaneous [19:08:54] the devug is nice. it's better than seeing 62 different meetups for each javascript library [19:09:08] LOL [19:09:35] ... because: [19:09:44] https://hackernoon.com/how-it-feels-to-learn-javascript-in-2016-d3a717dd577f#.emys21i2g [19:09:58] * chesedo was actually planning on announcing his js library soon :P [19:10:46] I am releasing CinderJS. It's a lot like ember, but after it has burn out and cooled down completely. [19:11:05] andrewlsd: vanilla-js.com/ [19:11:07] * andrewlsd will re-release it as AshesJS [19:11:28] Hashtag #GetYourOwnJS [19:11:53] wonderfully miscellaneous all of this. [19:12:07] * chesedo found this last week http://youmightnotneedjquery.com/ [19:12:28] As an important part of ubuntu-za, is anyone aware of Kilos health, recovery and financial status in OZ? [19:13:08] ty kulelu88. also keen to hear of that. [19:13:53] theblazehen: that is some serious benchmarks! [19:14:43] ? [19:14:50] hello theblazehen [19:14:53] kulelu88: last i know is that about $5000 is still outstanding [19:14:54] $4,865 of $14k goal [19:15:03] or more ^^ [19:15:07] from the website [19:15:20] and he is in the last few weeks before returning [19:15:25] last I heard [19:15:27] hi andrewlsd [19:15:54] thanks nlsthzn [19:16:09] that's very unfortunate :( [19:16:16] his fund got a quick start but needs more backers [19:16:18] thanks nlsthzn [19:16:26] np [19:16:39] last donation 26 days ago [19:16:40] is there anything we can do to re-invigorate the gofundme campaign again. [19:17:01] * nlsthzn will wait for payday and add some more [19:17:04] make another donation [19:17:08] :) [19:17:39] kbmonkey: tru dat. [19:17:58] [19:17:59] any other miscellaneous items? [19:18:11] [19:18:17] whoops [19:19:07] Ok, ... ready for the next topic? [19:19:08] those on twitter can also share/retweet this https://twitter.com/sharpeys/status/798316504815017984 [19:19:17] andrewlsd: yes [19:19:29] excellent chesedo (for the retweet link) [19:19:36] Maaz: topic Elect chairperson for next meeting [19:19:36] Current Topic: Elect chairperson for next meeting [19:19:47] the fb guys may know of some of his fb posts too [19:20:17] I think that our next meeting is likely to be 23 January 2017 [19:20:42] andrewlsd: in last meeting paddatrapper mentioned that will be able to takes jan if i am correct... [19:21:01] andrewlsd: 24th [19:21:13] yip. paddatrapper did say that [19:21:14] it's best if someone here can commit instead [19:21:30] maybe padda is not around [19:21:37] chesedo: correct, thanks. Next meeting is Tuesday 24 January 2017 [19:21:50] Whoops sorry [19:21:55] Yeah can do Jab [19:21:59] Jan [19:22:02] Thanks paddatrapper [19:22:30] he is just writting test this week, so studying hard... but we can choose someone (or backup) and then move it if he is still ok? [19:22:41] *tests* [19:22:41] I'm happy with that. [19:22:57] chesedo: will you be on standby? or would kulelu88 like to do so? [19:22:57] andrewlsd: me too [19:23:24] kulelu88: would you like to chair sometime? [19:23:45] I'll confirm myself as second backup if padda or first backup fails to attend [19:23:55] cool. [19:23:59] kulelu88: righty [19:23:59] ok, then... [19:24:01] (☞ﾟ∀ﾟ)☞ [19:24:10] Agreed: paddatrapper to chair next meeting [19:24:12] andrewlsd: yes, i should be able to standby [19:24:25] Maaz: topic Next meeting [19:24:25] Current Topic: Next meeting [19:24:37] Is it agreed that the next meeting will be 24 January 2017 [19:24:50] (I always think we should do date before deciding chair) [19:24:53] yes [19:25:15] andrewlsd: sound like a good thought [19:25:42] Maaz: agreed Next meeting is 24 January 2017 @ 20:30 SAST [19:25:42] Agreed: Next meeting is 24 January 2017 @ 20:30 SAST [19:25:54] we should agree Maaz on that if all is happy with the swap. [19:26:11] chesedo: go for it.. [19:26:33] Maaz: agree Move next meeting before chairman on agenda [19:26:33] chesedo: Excuse me? [19:26:37] Maaz: agreed Move next meeting before chairman on agenda [19:26:37] Agreed: Move next meeting before chairman on agenda [19:26:46] andrewlsd: done [19:26:51] superb [19:27:04] Thanks everyone for being here. The minutes will be posted shortly once the meeting is closed. [19:27:08] and thanks for the awesome chairing today [19:27:33] thanks chesedo for kicking things off and backing me up. [19:27:43] andrewlsd: yw [19:27:47] Good night all. [19:27:48] Thanks andrewlsd, chesedo :) [19:27:59] Maaz: end meeting