Convened at 2017-03-28 18:30:30.850477 by chesedo
in #ubuntu-za on freenode
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<chesedo>
Maaz: start meeting about Ubuntu Monthly Meeting - March 2017
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* Maaz
gets out his memo-pad and cracks his knuckles
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<chesedo>
Maaz: topic Welcoming and Introduction
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<Maaz>
Current Topic: Welcoming and Introduction
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<chesedo>
A warm welcome to all and thanks for joining in on out monthly meeting
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<inetpro>
Maaz: I am Gustav H Meyer
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<Maaz>
inetpro: Done
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<chesedo>
Our bot maaz does the minutes as usual so please introduce yourself to it using `Maaz: I am <firstname lastname>` eg.
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<chesedo>
Maaz: I am Pieter Engelbrecht
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<Maaz>
chesedo: Yessir
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<theblazehen>
Maaz I am Jeandre Le Roux
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<Maaz>
theblazehen: Yessir
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<nsnzero>
Maaz: i am nasan zero
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<Maaz>
nsnzero: Righto
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<chesedo>
londoner: you were a bit too quick
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<londoner>
Maaz: I am Paul Romano
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<Maaz>
londoner: Alrighty
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<chesedo>
Today's agenda is at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ZATeam/Meetings/20170328
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<chesedo>
any last minute changes are welcome
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<chesedo>
and welcome to the meeting londoner
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<chesedo>
I guess all happy with agenda?
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<inetpro>
+1
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<chesedo>
Maaz: agreed All happy with the agenda
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<Maaz>
Agreed: All happy with the agenda
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<chesedo>
Maaz: topic Review minutes of previous meeting
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<Maaz>
Current Topic: Review minutes of previous meeting
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<chesedo>
minutes of the previous meeting is at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ZATeam/Meetings/20170228#Summary
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<chesedo>
Feel free to go through it for a refresher
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<chesedo>
and raise any issues you may have
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<chesedo>
Maaz: agreed All happy with previous minutes
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<Maaz>
Agreed: All happy with previous minutes
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<chesedo>
Maaz: topic Next Steps
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<Maaz>
Current Topic: Next Steps
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<chesedo>
does anyone want to get an Ubuntu membership, coc or need help getting a launchpad ID, joining the mailing list or trello page
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<chesedo>
*?
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<chesedo>
magespawn's and kapanda's membership progress is still ongoing I see
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<nsnzero>
i have signed the coc
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<nsnzero>
and i think i have a launchpad id - so i am good
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<chesedo>
Maaz: agreed nothing new to add to next steps
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<Maaz>
Agreed: nothing new to add to next steps
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<chesedo>
Maaz: topic Events
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<Maaz>
Current Topic: Events
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<chesedo>
These events took place in the past month:
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<chesedo>
- Scaleconf: 9-10 March, Cape Town
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<chesedo>
- devconf: 9 March, Johannesburg
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<chesedo>
- FreeBeerSessions: 2 March, Cape Town/Johannesburg
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<chesedo>
anyone attended any of these or other events?
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<chesedo>
nsnzero: did you do the coc recently?
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<inetpro>
-1
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<chesedo>
inetpro: does that mean that i missed something?
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<chesedo>
or just a "rogger, negative"?
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<inetpro>
chesedo: haha no, just that I didn't attend any events
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<chesedo>
oh...
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* chesedo
breaths sigh of relieve
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<chesedo>
anyone know of any new upcoming events?
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<nsnzero>
yes couple months now - Kilos helped me
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<chesedo>
we should try and add those that pop up on the za-tech slack from time to time
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<chesedo>
nsnzero: oh, great
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<inetpro>
chesedo: I had a quick look there, not much that I noticed
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<inetpro>
but maybe I missed something
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<superfly>
oh dear, I missed the meeting
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<superfly>
sorry guys :-(
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<chesedo>
inetpro: i see some...
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<chesedo>
let me list them:
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<inetpro>
superfly: welcome back, you're not too late yet
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<superfly>
Maaz: I am Raoul Snyman
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<Maaz>
superfly: Okay
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<chesedo>
- Using Go to build a real-time ad bidder (CPT 30th March) -> https://www.meetup.com/gocapetown/events/238382654/
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<chesedo>
- CSS feature detection workshop: 08 April 2017 (CPT) -> https://www.meetup.com/ctfeds/events/236894086/
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<inetpro>
superfly: anything interesting happening on the debian side in the near future?
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<chesedo>
- Elastic Seminar and Meetup: 29 March 2017 (Grayton) -> https://www.meetup.com/Elasticsearch-South-Africa/events/238458339/
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<superfly>
inetpro: not in ZA, but DebConf17 is happening in Montreal from the 6th ro the 12th of August: https://debconf17.debconf.org/
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<nsnzero>
cape town is where the action is - read that parts or most of amazon's ec2 was designed in cape town
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<superfly>
nsnzero: yep
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<chesedo>
- The Gauteng Python group meetup 18 March 2017 (Jhb) -> https://www.meetup.com/Gauteng-Python-Users-Group/events/238264208/
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<superfly>
PyConZA 2017 is happening in Cape Town again: https://za.pycon.org/
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<superfly>
5th and 6th of October
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<chesedo>
lol 18 march is past due of course...
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<chesedo>
Maaz: agreed A lot of upcoming events including Python, CSS, GO and Elastic
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<Maaz>
Agreed: A lot of upcoming events including Python, CSS, GO and Elastic
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<chesedo>
there seems to be more, but i thing we will need a proper list to keep track of them all...
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<inetpro>
interesting, thanks chesedo
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<superfly>
chesedo, inetpro: Just had a thought, what about a learning slot? Links to courses, free tutorials, etc?
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<chesedo>
superfly: here or the mini meetings?
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<nsnzero>
i suggest that it be mailed to us for future reference
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<chesedo>
let me just switch to misc
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<chesedo>
Maaz: topic Miscellaneous
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<Maaz>
Current Topic: Miscellaneous
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<chesedo>
nsnzero: that could work too... but how often?
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<chesedo>
and other misc updates are as follow:
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<nsnzero>
ubuntu for hope : currently working on getting a few pc's ready for donation but its end of term - maybe i can sort something out during the holidays
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<chesedo>
- Education project: william is not here and I was sick last week so could not yet get Booktype, OnlyOffice or Pubsweet setup for testing
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<inetpro>
superfly: I think a announcing free learning resources like we do events could work
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<inetpro>
superfly: I can just imagine this to be like a never ending list
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<chesedo>
nsnzero: sounds great...
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<nsnzero>
chesedo: i think one or twice a month if there is sufficient events / learning resources available
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<chesedo>
nsnzero: karl mentioned that the inflow of PCs is more that the request currently so a list of available one are currently kept...
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<inetpro>
chesedo: oh that is interesting
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<inetpro>
chesedo: is it PC's or laptops?
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<nsnzero>
maybe i can get in touch with karl and find those pc's some good ubuntu homes
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<chesedo>
inetpro: i guess both will do...
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* inetpro
should look at how to submit a request
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<inetpro>
our kid's schools can always do with more resources
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<chesedo>
inetpro: i think some level of pickyness might be involved with the low requests?
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<chesedo>
s/?//
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<superfly>
I made an upcoming events page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ZATeam/UpcomingEvents
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<nsnzero>
i advocate that kids need to be pc literate at an early age - drop ubuntu education edition on those pc's and let them have some educational fun
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<nsnzero>
kids arent fussy if its entertaining them
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<chesedo>
superfly: great, i think that announcing it to the list might be helpfull to spread it around and get more items...
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<chesedo>
nsnzero: true that
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* inetpro
wonders whether Kilos is here
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<chesedo>
then the other misc topic: at the last mini meeting is was suggested to add a "Help Wanted" section to the mini meeting..
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<chesedo>
possible as part of Job Openings..
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<chesedo>
and also an announcement... Ubuntu 17.04 in final beta is out now, official release date is on Thursday, 13 April...
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* chesedo
thinks that the help wanted section can just integrate into jobs
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<inetpro>
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ZestyZapus/ReleaseSchedule
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<inetpro>
chesedo: oh and Ubuntu 12.04 reaches end of life on 28 April
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<nsnzero>
any guesses what the next release will be code named ?
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<inetpro>
the LTS version
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<chesedo>
Maaz: accepted Ubuntu 17.04 to be released 13 April
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<Maaz>
Accepted: Ubuntu 17.04 to be released 13 April
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<chesedo>
Maaz: accepted Ubuntu 12.04 to be reach EOL 28 April
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<Maaz>
Accepted: Ubuntu 12.04 to be reach EOL 28 April
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<inetpro>
if you still rely heavily on Ubuntu 12.04 you can opt for ESM (Extended Security Maintenance) now
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<chesedo>
Maaz: accepted To integrate "Help Wanted" with "Job Openings" in mini meeting
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<Maaz>
Accepted: To integrate "Help Wanted" with "Job Openings" in mini meeting
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<chesedo>
Maaz: topic Next meeting
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<Maaz>
Current Topic: Next meeting
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<chesedo>
It seems that the next meeting is 25 Apr?
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<inetpro>
correct
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<chesedo>
And mini meetings will be 29 March & 12 Apr?
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<chesedo>
Maaz: agreed next meeting is 25 April 2017 @ 20:30
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<Maaz>
Agreed: next meeting is 25 April 2017 @ 20:30
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<chesedo>
Maaz: agreed Next mini meeting 29 March 2017 and 12 April 2017 @ 20:30
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<Maaz>
Agreed: Next mini meeting 29 March 2017 and 12 April 2017 @ 20:30
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<chesedo>
Maaz: topic Elect chairperson for next meeting
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<Maaz>
Current Topic: Elect chairperson for next meeting
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<chesedo>
anyone up for next chair?
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* inetpro
votes for chesedo
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<nsnzero>
you did an excellent job chesedo - why challenge that
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<chesedo>
Maaz: agreed chesedo to chair next meeting
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<Maaz>
Agreed: chesedo to chair next meeting
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<chesedo>
nsnzero: just for diversity...
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<chesedo>
and ty inetpro nsnzero
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<chesedo>
Also thanks all for having joined on the monthly meeting
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<inetpro>
chesedo: thanks for doing it again
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<chesedo>
Maaz: end meeting