Meeting about Ubuntu Monthly Meeting - April 2017

Convened at 2017-04-25 18:30:35.763817 by chesedo in #ubuntu-za on freenode

Minutes

[18:30:35] STARTED (chesedo)
[18:30:44] TOPIC: Welcoming and Introduction (chesedo)
[18:32:38] AGREED: All happy with agenda (chesedo)
[18:32:46] TOPIC: Review minutes of previous meeting (chesedo)
[18:34:28] AGREED: All happy with previous minutes (chesedo)
[18:34:37] TOPIC: Next Steps (chesedo)
[18:36:11] AGREED: No new Next Steps (chesedo)
[18:36:19] TOPIC: Events (chesedo)
[18:40:55] AGREED: No other events to add (chesedo)
[18:41:08] TOPIC: Miscellaneous (chesedo)
[18:42:32] AGREED: To sent a weekly list email with aggregated events (chesedo)
[18:53:34] AGREED: chesedo do follow up with inetpro for Ubuntu for Hope / school Pcs (chesedo)
[18:53:46] TOPIC: Next meeting (chesedo)
[18:55:12] AGREED: Next meeting is 26 April 2017 & 10 May 2017 @ 20:30 (chesedo)
[18:55:12] AGREED: Next meeting is 23 May 2017 @ 20:30 (chesedo)
[18:55:22] TOPIC: Elect chairperson for next meeting (chesedo)
[19:01:38] AGREED: theblazehen to chair next meeting (chesedo)
[19:03:23] ENDED (chesedo)

Present

Raw Log

[18:30:35] <chesedo> Maaz: start meeting about Ubuntu Monthly Meeting - April 2017
[18:30:35] * Maaz gets out his memo-pad and cracks his knuckles
[18:30:44] <chesedo> Maaz: topic Welcoming and Introduction
[18:30:44] <Maaz> Current Topic: Welcoming and Introduction
[18:30:44] <chesedo> Welcome all and thanks for joining in on our monthly meeting
[18:30:45] <inetpro> Maaz: I am Gustav H Meyer
[18:30:45] <Maaz> inetpro: Done
[18:30:54] <Kilos> Maaz i am Miles Sharpe
[18:30:54] <Maaz> Kilos: Righto
[18:30:56] <theblazehen> Maaz: I am Jeandre Le Roux
[18:30:56] <Maaz> theblazehen: What?
[18:30:56] <chesedo> Our bot maaz does the minutes as usual so please introduce yourself to it using `Maaz: I am <firstname lastname>` eg.
[18:30:56] <chesedo> Maaz: I am Pieter Engelbrecht
[18:30:56] <Maaz> chesedo: Righto
[18:30:57] <Cryterion> you 4 minutes early :)
[18:31:06] <Cryterion> Maaz: I am Gavin Bauer
[18:31:06] <Maaz> Cryterion: Done
[18:31:14] <theblazehen> Maaz: I am Jeandre Le_Roux
[18:31:14] <Maaz> theblazehen: What?
[18:31:15] <Kilos> 8.31
[18:31:17] <chesedo> The agenda for today is at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ZATeam/Meetings/20170425
[18:31:17] <chesedo> Any last minute addition are welcome
[18:31:20] <inetpro> Cryterion: no, he's right on time
[18:31:26] <londoner> Maaz: I am Paul Romano
[18:31:26] <Maaz> londoner: Righto
[18:31:38] * chesedo thought he was 35 secs late
[18:31:45] <Kilos> lol
[18:31:46] <Cryterion> ok, clocks slow then :)
[18:32:04] <chesedo> Cryterion: give it redBull :P
[18:32:10] <Cryterion> lol
[18:32:29] <inetpro> set your clock to NTP Cryterion
[18:32:38] <chesedo> Maaz: agreed All happy with agenda
[18:32:38] <Maaz> Agreed: All happy with agenda
[18:32:46] <chesedo> Maaz: topic Review minutes of previous meeting
[18:32:46] <Maaz> Current Topic: Review minutes of previous meeting
[18:32:52] <inetpro> I mean to a NTPd server
[18:32:53] <chesedo> previous meeting minutes is at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ZATeam/Meetings/20170328
[18:32:53] <chesedo> A read of it might be a nice refresher
[18:33:09] <Cryterion> I'll look into it later inetpro
[18:33:34] <chesedo> it is weird as i thought linux auto uses ntp years ago...
[18:34:28] <chesedo> Maaz: agreed All happy with previous minutes
[18:34:28] <Maaz> Agreed: All happy with previous minutes
[18:34:37] <chesedo> Maaz: topic Next Steps
[18:34:37] <Maaz> Current Topic: Next Steps
[18:34:44] <chesedo> Anyone needing help on any next steps activities?
[18:35:24] <chesedo> ie. with coc, ubuntu membership, launchpad, mailing list or trello
[18:35:40] <Cryterion> All done
[18:36:11] <chesedo> Maaz: agreed No new Next Steps
[18:36:11] <Maaz> Agreed: No new Next Steps
[18:36:19] <chesedo> Maaz: topic Events
[18:36:19] <Maaz> Current Topic: Events
[18:36:27] <chesedo> - ES2017: The Reality: 3 May 2017 (Cape Town) -> https://www.meetup.com/cape-town-js/events/239181272/
[18:36:27] <chesedo> these are the upcoming events:
[18:36:27] <chesedo> - Typescript on the Backend: 26 April 2017 (Cape Town) -> https://www.meetup.com/Cape-Town-Backend-Developers/events/239100785/
[18:36:27] <chesedo> - Google I/O Extended '17: 17 May 2017 (Johannesburg) -> https://www.meetup.com/GDGJohannesburg/events/238958547/
[18:36:46]
[18:36:51] <chesedo> for any 4th plus year students, this event might be of interest:
[18:36:51] <chesedo> - Deep Learning Indaba: 11-15 September 2017 (Johannesburg) -> http://www.deeplearningindaba.com/
[18:36:52] <Cryterion> We need more in the Durban are
[18:37:00] <Kilos> hi magespawn
[18:37:06] <chesedo> Cryterion: sure do...
[18:37:06] <Cryterion> area*
[18:37:07] <magespawn> good evening
[18:37:10] <magespawn> hi Kilos
[18:37:11] <chesedo> hi magespawn
[18:37:19] <Cryterion> hi magespawn
[18:37:21] <magespawn> hey chesedo
[18:37:24] <chesedo> paddatrapper: which are you completing?
[18:37:28] <magespawn> hi Cryterion
[18:37:32] <chesedo> s/are/year/
[18:37:41] <Kilos> magespawn login with maaz please
[18:37:54] <chesedo> magespawn: you joining the meeting?
[18:37:57] <magespawn> Hi Maaz, I am Greg Eames
[18:38:06] <Kilos> lol
[18:38:16] <magespawn> even forgot how to log in.
[18:38:16] <Kilos> maaz first
[18:38:16] <Maaz> Kilos: Sorry...
[18:38:21] <chesedo> magespawn: try 'Maaz: I am <firstname lastname>'
[18:38:27] <magespawn> Maaz I am Greg Eames
[18:38:27] <Maaz> magespawn: Alrighty
[18:38:43] <chesedo> Is anyone organising anything else or knows of any other upcoming events?
[18:38:50] <chesedo> Cryterion: ^ :P
[18:38:53] <magespawn> Been awhile
[18:39:12] <chesedo> magespawn: sure has...
[18:39:46] <chesedo> magespawn: i have just gone over the ubuntu membership section, if you wanted to add anything about yours?
[18:40:13] <magespawn> Nothing, except that I have not done anything about it yet
[18:40:32] <magespawn> life has been a bit hectic.
[18:40:45] <chesedo> magespawn: np
[18:40:55] <chesedo> Maaz: agreed No other events to add
[18:40:55] <Maaz> Agreed: No other events to add
[18:41:08] <chesedo> Maaz: topic Miscellaneous
[18:41:08] <Maaz> Current Topic: Miscellaneous
[18:41:15] <chesedo> so i am wondering if it might not be a good idea to email the list weekly about them?
[18:41:15] <chesedo> new events appeared on the slack channel for April after the last meeting...
[18:41:51] <chesedo> about 5 or so was missed
[18:41:55] <Kilos> just do it
[18:42:29] <Kilos> all ideas are good till someone has a better one
[18:42:32] <chesedo> Maaz: agreed To sent a weekly list email with aggregated events
[18:42:32] <Maaz> Agreed: To sent a weekly list email with aggregated events
[18:42:40] <chesedo> Kilos: ty
[18:42:52] <chesedo> Has anyone upgraded to 17.04?
[18:43:02] <Cryterion> that'll help I think, mailing list has been quiet latel
[18:43:06] * theblazehen has
[18:43:14] <theblazehen> Well, not upgraded. New install
[18:43:16] <magespawn> Not yet, I here there are some issues with the software installer
[18:43:17] <paddatrapper> Maaz: I am Kyle Robbertze
[18:43:17] <Maaz> paddatrapper: Done
[18:43:23] <magespawn> here=hear
[18:43:37]
[18:43:43] <chesedo> theblazehen: your experience?
[18:43:48] <Kilos> hi oom jan
[18:43:50] <chesedo> theblazehen: and flavour?
[18:44:01] <Kilos> login to the meeting
[18:44:03] <chesedo> wb paddatrapper
[18:44:06] <inetpro> chesedo: don't remind me, I still need to do some upgrades from 12.04
[18:44:09] <Langjan> Hello everybody, hi Kilos hoe gaan dit?
[18:44:23] <chesedo> inetpro: lol
[18:44:26] <Kilos> ok ty meeting underway
[18:44:34] <Kilos> i actually made it
[18:44:45] <theblazehen> chesedo: Running ubuntu server on server (obviously), then installed kde on laptop and just a WM on desktop. Pretty decent
[18:45:14] <Langjan> Oh ok will chat again tomorrow
[18:45:19] <chesedo> theblazehen: anything new you may have noticed?
[18:45:20] <magespawn> theblazehen: a friend said that the package installer apt had issues
[18:45:31] <Kilos> why Langjan
[18:45:36] <theblazehen> chesedo: Nothing too special
[18:45:45] <chesedo> theblazehen: ok
[18:45:51] <Kilos> Langjan pm
[18:45:53] <inetpro> magespawn: what issues?
[18:45:57] <theblazehen> magespawn: As in, during the install? `debootstrap` works fine for me :)
[18:46:00] <Cryterion> magespawn apt always has issues on 14.04
[18:46:38] <magespawn> the package install, software center or whatever they are calling it now.
[18:46:53] <magespawn> the gui for apt
[18:47:16] * inetpro just sticks to the cli
[18:47:30] <Cryterion> yes, I gave up on it, I always do updates/upgrades via terminal
[18:47:31] * chesedo too, gui take too long to load
[18:47:37] <paddatrapper> Cli is life. Cli is love
[18:48:12] <magespawn> yup me too.
[18:48:30] <magespawn> but some cannot live without the pretty pictures
[18:48:37] <chesedo> lol, we sound like a bunch of techies/admins
[18:48:49] <Cryterion> lol
[18:49:23] <chesedo> on a side note: status for education project is same as last
[18:49:23] <Cryterion> I just plug the updates into crontab now
[18:49:27] <paddatrapper> chesedo: you mean we aren't and my life is a lie? Lol
[18:50:00] <paddatrapper> Cryterion: Debian unattended-upgrades package :D
[18:50:12] * chesedo realised that exams starts in two weeks so may have little time to test for the edu project in the near future
[18:51:17] <chesedo> inetpro: in the last meeting you mentioned a school that could do with some Ubuntu For Hope PCs?
[18:51:40] <inetpro> chesedo: yikes, you have some available?
[18:52:16] <chesedo> chesedo: karl mentioned that he might have after last meeting (when we spoke)
[18:52:26] <chesedo> may need to get an update though...
[18:52:39] <inetpro> nice, please remind me to follow up with you tomorrow or so
[18:52:52] <chesedo> inetpro: will do
[18:52:56] <inetpro> ty
[18:53:01] <chesedo> anything else for Misc anyone?
[18:53:34] <chesedo> Maaz: agreed chesedo do follow up with inetpro for Ubuntu for Hope / school Pcs
[18:53:34] <Maaz> Agreed: chesedo do follow up with inetpro for Ubuntu for Hope / school Pcs
[18:53:46] <chesedo> Maaz: topic Next meeting
[18:53:46] <Maaz> Current Topic: Next meeting
[18:54:04] <chesedo> next meeting seems to be 23rd May
[18:54:23] <chesedo> and minis on 26 April (tomorrow) and 10 May
[18:54:31] <chesedo> that right? ^^
[18:55:12] <chesedo> Maaz: agreed Next meeting is 26 April 2017 & 10 May 2017 @ 20:30
[18:55:12] <Maaz> Agreed: Next meeting is 26 April 2017 & 10 May 2017 @ 20:30
[18:55:12] <chesedo> Maaz: agreed Next meeting is 23 May 2017 @ 20:30
[18:55:12] <Maaz> Agreed: Next meeting is 23 May 2017 @ 20:30
[18:55:22] <chesedo> Maaz: topic Elect chairperson for next meeting
[18:55:22] <Maaz> Current Topic: Elect chairperson for next meeting
[18:55:23] <inetpro> +1 chesedo
[18:55:41] <chesedo> i have an exam on 24th... will have to sit out
[18:55:44] <magespawn> what is the minis?
[18:56:00] <inetpro> paddatrapper: your turn again?
[18:56:09] <chesedo> magespawn: mini meetings is some we took up two months ago
[18:56:28] <inetpro> magespawn: you've been scarce sir
[18:56:34] <magespawn> wow I have been gone long. alrighty then.
[18:56:54] * magespawn hangs head sheepishly
[18:57:04] <chesedo> magespawn: they are quick are cover the 'Latest and Greatest news' by theblazehen, 'Local Job Openings and Help wanted' and 'Ubuntu education project'
[18:57:10] <chesedo> s/are/and/
[18:57:36] <magespawn> right, i'll attempt to attend those
[18:58:05] <chesedo> MaNI: speaking of which - did you get that php (or something) position filled?
[18:58:32] <chesedo> inetpro: seems that it might be your turn again :D
[18:59:08] <inetpro> sjoe, really nobody else available?
[18:59:18] <chesedo> theblazehen: maybe you want to take a swing at it?
[18:59:24] * Cryterion hides in a corner
[18:59:35] <theblazehen> chesedo: Alright, sure
[18:59:44] <inetpro> \o/
[18:59:48] * chesedo fetches a flashlight to find Cryterion :P
[18:59:56] <chesedo> theblazehen: great ty
[18:59:58] * Cryterion moves corners
[19:00:00] <inetpro> big sigh of relief, thanks theblazehen
[19:00:11] <theblazehen> No problem
[19:00:16] <chesedo> inetpro: will you show him the ropes on the day
[19:00:21] <MaNI> chesedo, hehe nope haven't even advertised it yet, why do you ask?
[19:00:23] <chesedo> inetpro: and be backup?
[19:00:26] <Kilos> hahaha he always ducks
[19:00:38] <inetpro> I'll gladly assist if he doesn't know how already
[19:01:06] <chesedo> MaNI: mini meeting tomorrow has Job Openings section - if you have its details
[19:01:15] <inetpro> Kilos: the young ones are good at this man :-)
[19:01:38] <chesedo> Maaz: agreed theblazehen to chair next meeting
[19:01:38] <Maaz> Agreed: theblazehen to chair next meeting
[19:01:53] <Kilos> yes inetpro i see that
[19:01:55] <MaNI> oh okay, thanks for the offer, but that won't be necessary, I'll probably be resigning and moving on with my life instead, bit of a touchy subject at the moment :p
[19:02:13] <chesedo> inetpro: it will be his first iirc - so need to register with maaz and what not
[19:02:20] <inetpro> MaNI: eish, never give up!
[19:02:36] <chesedo> MaNI: ok
[19:02:50] <MaNI> letting go not giving up
[19:03:13] <chesedo> And that all. Thank you all for joining in on our monthly meeting!
[19:03:23] <chesedo> Maaz: end meeting