Minutes from Meeting about Ubuntu Monthly Meeting - March 2017 Convened at 2017-03-28 18:30:30.850477 by chesedo in #ubuntu-za on freenode Minutes ======= [18:30:30] STARTED (chesedo) [18:30:41] TOPIC: Welcoming and Introduction (chesedo) [18:33:54] AGREED: All happy with the agenda (chesedo) [18:34:02] TOPIC: Review minutes of previous meeting (chesedo) [18:35:38] AGREED: All happy with previous minutes (chesedo) [18:35:51] TOPIC: Next Steps (chesedo) [18:39:52] AGREED: nothing new to add to next steps (chesedo) [18:40:10] TOPIC: Events (chesedo) [18:51:19] AGREED: A lot of upcoming events including Python, CSS, GO and Elastic (chesedo) [18:53:13] TOPIC: Miscellaneous (chesedo) [19:07:58] ACCEPTED: Ubuntu 17.04 to be released 13 April (chesedo) [19:08:17] ACCEPTED: Ubuntu 12.04 to be reach EOL 28 April (chesedo) [19:09:24] ACCEPTED: To integrate "Help Wanted" with "Job Openings" in mini meeting (chesedo) [19:09:47] TOPIC: Next meeting (chesedo) [19:11:32] AGREED: next meeting is 25 April 2017 @ 20:30 (chesedo) [19:12:29] AGREED: Next mini meeting 29 March 2017 and 12 April 2017 @ 20:30 (chesedo) [19:12:37] TOPIC: Elect chairperson for next meeting (chesedo) [19:14:01] AGREED: chesedo to chair next meeting (chesedo) [19:15:01] ENDED (chesedo) Present ======= * Raoul Snyman (superfly) * Paul Romano (londoner) * Pieter Engelbrecht (chesedo) * Gustav H Meyer (inetpro) * Jeandre Le Roux (theblazehen) * dipraw * nasan zero (nsnzero) Raw Log ======= [18:30:30] Maaz: start meeting about Ubuntu Monthly Meeting - March 2017 [18:30:30] * Maaz gets out his memo-pad and cracks his knuckles [18:30:41] Maaz: topic Welcoming and Introduction [18:30:41] Current Topic: Welcoming and Introduction [18:30:41] A warm welcome to all and thanks for joining in on out monthly meeting [18:30:45] Maaz: I am Gustav H Meyer [18:30:45] inetpro: Done [18:30:52] Our bot maaz does the minutes as usual so please introduce yourself to it using `Maaz: I am ` eg. [18:31:00] Maaz: I am Pieter Engelbrecht [18:31:00] chesedo: Yessir [18:31:09] Maaz I am Jeandre Le Roux [18:31:09] theblazehen: Yessir [18:31:25] Maaz: i am nasan zero [18:31:25] nsnzero: Righto [18:31:50] londoner: you were a bit too quick [18:32:06] Maaz: I am Paul Romano [18:32:06] londoner: Alrighty [18:32:16] Today's agenda is at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ZATeam/Meetings/20170328 [18:32:32] any last minute changes are welcome [18:33:04] and welcome to the meeting londoner [18:33:29] I guess all happy with agenda? [18:33:39] +1 [18:33:54] Maaz: agreed All happy with the agenda [18:33:54] Agreed: All happy with the agenda [18:34:02] Maaz: topic Review minutes of previous meeting [18:34:02] Current Topic: Review minutes of previous meeting [18:34:18] minutes of the previous meeting is at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ZATeam/Meetings/20170228#Summary [18:34:37] Feel free to go through it for a refresher [18:34:47] and raise any issues you may have [18:35:38] Maaz: agreed All happy with previous minutes [18:35:38] Agreed: All happy with previous minutes [18:35:51] Maaz: topic Next Steps [18:35:51] Current Topic: Next Steps [18:36:58] does anyone want to get an Ubuntu membership, coc or need help getting a launchpad ID, joining the mailing list or trello page [18:37:01] *? [18:38:26] magespawn's and kapanda's membership progress is still ongoing I see [18:38:47] i have signed the coc [18:39:16] and i think i have a launchpad id - so i am good [18:39:52] Maaz: agreed nothing new to add to next steps [18:39:52] Agreed: nothing new to add to next steps [18:40:10] Maaz: topic Events [18:40:10] Current Topic: Events [18:40:38] These events took place in the past month: [18:40:46] - Scaleconf: 9-10 March, Cape Town [18:40:53] - devconf: 9 March, Johannesburg [18:41:00] - FreeBeerSessions: 2 March, Cape Town/Johannesburg [18:41:19] anyone attended any of these or other events? [18:41:46] nsnzero: did you do the coc recently? [18:41:48] -1 [18:42:10] inetpro: does that mean that i missed something? [18:42:23] or just a "rogger, negative"? [18:42:35] chesedo: haha no, just that I didn't attend any events [18:42:47] oh... [18:43:02] * chesedo breaths sigh of relieve [18:43:17] anyone know of any new upcoming events? [18:43:23] yes couple months now - Kilos helped me [18:44:07] we should try and add those that pop up on the za-tech slack from time to time [18:44:21] nsnzero: oh, great [18:44:34] chesedo: I had a quick look there, not much that I noticed [18:44:56] but maybe I missed something [18:45:13] oh dear, I missed the meeting [18:45:16] sorry guys :-( [18:45:22] inetpro: i see some... [18:45:27] let me list them: [18:45:40] superfly: welcome back, you're not too late yet [18:45:52] Maaz: I am Raoul Snyman [18:45:52] superfly: Okay [18:45:56] - Using Go to build a real-time ad bidder (CPT 30th March) -> https://www.meetup.com/gocapetown/events/238382654/ [18:46:52] - CSS feature detection workshop: 08 April 2017 (CPT) -> https://www.meetup.com/ctfeds/events/236894086/ [18:47:12] superfly: anything interesting happening on the debian side in the near future? [18:47:32] - Elastic Seminar and Meetup: 29 March 2017 (Grayton) -> https://www.meetup.com/Elasticsearch-South-Africa/events/238458339/ [18:47:58] inetpro: not in ZA, but DebConf17 is happening in Montreal from the 6th ro the 12th of August: https://debconf17.debconf.org/ [18:48:07] cape town is where the action is - read that parts or most of amazon's ec2 was designed in cape town [18:48:18] nsnzero: yep [18:48:45] - The Gauteng Python group meetup 18 March 2017 (Jhb) -> https://www.meetup.com/Gauteng-Python-Users-Group/events/238264208/ [18:49:27] PyConZA 2017 is happening in Cape Town again: https://za.pycon.org/ [18:49:38] 5th and 6th of October [18:49:57] lol 18 march is past due of course... [18:51:19] Maaz: agreed A lot of upcoming events including Python, CSS, GO and Elastic [18:51:19] Agreed: A lot of upcoming events including Python, CSS, GO and Elastic [18:51:35] [18:51:53] there seems to be more, but i thing we will need a proper list to keep track of them all... [18:52:12] interesting, thanks chesedo [18:52:21] chesedo, inetpro: Just had a thought, what about a learning slot? Links to courses, free tutorials, etc? [18:52:48] superfly: here or the mini meetings? [18:52:49] i suggest that it be mailed to us for future reference [18:52:56] let me just switch to misc [18:53:13] Maaz: topic Miscellaneous [18:53:13] Current Topic: Miscellaneous [18:53:48] nsnzero: that could work too... but how often? [18:54:22] [18:54:26] and other misc updates are as follow: [18:54:42] 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 [18:55:48] - Education project: william is not here and I was sick last week so could not yet get Booktype, OnlyOffice or Pubsweet setup for testing [18:56:00] superfly: I think a announcing free learning resources like we do events could work [18:56:30] superfly: I can just imagine this to be like a never ending list [18:56:31] nsnzero: sounds great... [18:57:15] chesedo: i think one or twice a month if there is sufficient events / learning resources available [18:57:20] nsnzero: karl mentioned that the inflow of PCs is more that the request currently so a list of available one are currently kept... [18:57:48] chesedo: oh that is interesting [18:58:29] chesedo: is it PC's or laptops? [18:58:31] maybe i can get in touch with karl and find those pc's some good ubuntu homes [18:58:47] inetpro: i guess both will do... [18:59:20] * inetpro should look at how to submit a request [18:59:43] our kid's schools can always do with more resources [19:00:57] inetpro: i think some level of pickyness might be involved with the low requests? [19:01:07] s/?// [19:01:36] I made an upcoming events page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ZATeam/UpcomingEvents [19:01:56] 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 [19:02:27] kids arent fussy if its entertaining them [19:02:54] superfly: great, i think that announcing it to the list might be helpfull to spread it around and get more items... [19:03:13] nsnzero: true that [19:04:04] * inetpro wonders whether Kilos is here [19:04:34] then the other misc topic: at the last mini meeting is was suggested to add a "Help Wanted" section to the mini meeting.. [19:04:50] possible as part of Job Openings.. [19:05:22] and also an announcement... Ubuntu 17.04 in final beta is out now, official release date is on Thursday, 13 April... [19:06:03] * chesedo thinks that the help wanted section can just integrate into jobs [19:06:16] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ZestyZapus/ReleaseSchedule [19:07:28] chesedo: oh and Ubuntu 12.04 reaches end of life on 28 April [19:07:39] any guesses what the next release will be code named ? [19:07:41] the LTS version [19:07:58] Maaz: accepted Ubuntu 17.04 to be released 13 April [19:07:58] Accepted: Ubuntu 17.04 to be released 13 April [19:08:17] Maaz: accepted Ubuntu 12.04 to be reach EOL 28 April [19:08:17] Accepted: Ubuntu 12.04 to be reach EOL 28 April [19:08:27] if you still rely heavily on Ubuntu 12.04 you can opt for ESM (Extended Security Maintenance) now [19:09:24] Maaz: accepted To integrate "Help Wanted" with "Job Openings" in mini meeting [19:09:24] Accepted: To integrate "Help Wanted" with "Job Openings" in mini meeting [19:09:47] Maaz: topic Next meeting [19:09:47] Current Topic: Next meeting [19:10:06] It seems that the next meeting is 25 Apr? [19:10:35] correct [19:11:01] And mini meetings will be 29 March & 12 Apr? [19:11:32] Maaz: agreed next meeting is 25 April 2017 @ 20:30 [19:11:32] Agreed: next meeting is 25 April 2017 @ 20:30 [19:12:29] Maaz: agreed Next mini meeting 29 March 2017 and 12 April 2017 @ 20:30 [19:12:29] Agreed: Next mini meeting 29 March 2017 and 12 April 2017 @ 20:30 [19:12:37] Maaz: topic Elect chairperson for next meeting [19:12:37] Current Topic: Elect chairperson for next meeting [19:12:56] anyone up for next chair? [19:13:08] * inetpro votes for chesedo [19:13:52] you did an excellent job chesedo - why challenge that [19:14:01] Maaz: agreed chesedo to chair next meeting [19:14:01] Agreed: chesedo to chair next meeting [19:14:15] nsnzero: just for diversity... [19:14:24] and ty inetpro nsnzero [19:14:47] Also thanks all for having joined on the monthly meeting [19:14:56] chesedo: thanks for doing it again [19:15:01] Maaz: end meeting