Convened at 2014-12-03 19:40:49.603630 by tumbleweed
in #debconf16-capetown on oftc
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<tumbleweed>
tibid: start meeting about DebConf 16 bid
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* tibid
gets out his memo-pad and cracks his knuckles
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<madduck>
hello
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<tumbleweed>
http://whiteboard.debian.net/9fcb2.wb has my list of questions about our bid
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<superfly>
tibid: I am Raoul Snyman
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<tibid>
superfly: Done
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<tumbleweed>
tibid: I am Stefano Rivera
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<tibid>
tumbleweed: Alrighty
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<highvoltage>
tumbleweed: I am an opportunistic troublemaker
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<highvoltage>
oops, meant to say that to tibid
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<tumbleweed>
:P
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<highvoltage>
oh well
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<highvoltage>
tibid: I am Jonathan Carter
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<tibid>
highvoltage: Yessir
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* madduck
has a phone conf at the same time, so only marginally present, sorry
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<nattie>
tibid: i am Nattie Mayer-Hutchings
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<tibid>
nattie: Alrighty
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<confluency>
tibid: I am Adrianna Pińska
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<tibid>
confluency: Yessir
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<nattie>
(at least tibid isn't calling me a dude this time)
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<Hodgestar>
tibid: I am Simon Cross
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<tibid>
Hodgestar: Righto
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<nattie>
wow, all these surnames :)
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<tumbleweed>
nattie: unfortunately there isn't a protocol for determining gender over IRC
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<nattie>
tumbleweed: i know, i know
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<tumbleweed>
so
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<tumbleweed>
I don't know how much we want to flesh out our backup venues
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<Hodgestar>
tumbleweed: I thought that's what the ASL protocol was for? :P
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<tumbleweed>
Hodgestar: duh!
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<nattie>
old enough to know better / yeah, go on then / here
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<nattie>
(clearly)
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<highvoltage>
tumbleweed: the details listed on the whiteboard seems reasomanle
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<highvoltage>
also reasonable
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<nattie>
just a quick one: those using the alias, please also cc the alias when writing from there
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<nattie>
but i guess i'll just tell indiebio that later
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<tumbleweed>
ah, yes, I'm guilty of that
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<Hodgestar>
What is the agenda for this meeting? (other than admiring tumbleweed's list?)
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<highvoltage>
what does that mean?
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<nattie>
well, that was *my* plan for the evening...
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<tumbleweed>
Hodgestar: I don't know if we have anything else to discuss
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<nattie>
so should we just set down some action items?
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<highvoltage>
btw, for those who missed it, our bid proposal was formally submitted on Monday
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<nattie>
\o/
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<highvoltage>
tumbleweed: so sounds like for now, we just need someone to chase up the items on http://whiteboard.debian.net/9fcb2.wb
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<tumbleweed>
and Montreal has a bid in, too
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<tumbleweed>
highvoltage: ideally several someones
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<tumbleweed>
most of this can be done by e-mail
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<highvoltage>
*nod*
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<nattie>
i can get a bit more involved again, now
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<nattie>
(my apologies for my recent absences)
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<highvoltage>
tumbleweed: I can pick up some of it, but I haven't been involved with our venue contacts so would just need our contact info there
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<nattie>
highvoltage: i think that's all in the git repo
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<tumbleweed>
yeah, basically indiebio is the one with the contacts
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<highvoltage>
ah right
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<tumbleweed>
but we have an email address for breakwater, and technopark
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<tumbleweed>
and UCT is fragmented, with all their email addresses on their website
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<nattie>
highvoltage: if you're sending mail, would you also like to be on the alias?
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<highvoltage>
I think UCT is too complicated for anyone else than indibio
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<tumbleweed>
I'm happy to take on some of the UCT stuff
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<highvoltage>
nattie: ah, yes please
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<nattie>
we're using one address from which to send, so that replies all go to the same place
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<nattie>
highvoltage: cool, address please?
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<highvoltage>
nattie: jonathan@ubuntu.com
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<tumbleweed>
nattie: get wendar added too? (I asked her about it ages ago, but don't know if it happened)
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<nattie>
tumbleweed: i asked Ganneff, will try again
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<tumbleweed>
ok, so I'm going to take on some UCT upper campus stuff, and mail the list with feedback. I think indiebio will have to handle some of them
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<tumbleweed>
anyone want to take on breakwater / technopark?
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<nattie>
i guess i could take on technopark?
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<nattie>
since that one is the least developed of the contacts as far as i can tell?
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<tumbleweed>
tibid: agreed tumbleweed to contact some UCT departments to fill in missing bid gaps
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<tibid>
Agreed: tumbleweed to contact some UCT departments to fill in missing bid gaps
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<highvoltage>
+1 nattie
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<nattie>
tibid: agreed nattie to contact technopark with questions
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<tibid>
Agreed: nattie to contact technopark with questions
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<highvoltage>
I'll get as much of the breakwater details as possible then
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<nattie>
tibid: agreed highvoltage to contact breakwater
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<tibid>
Agreed: highvoltage to contact breakwater
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<tumbleweed>
highvoltage: I'll send your the last email exchange we had with them
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<highvoltage>
righto
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<tumbleweed>
indiebio was trying to brow-beat them a bit too far on costs, I think.
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<tumbleweed>
OK
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<tumbleweed>
anything else?
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<highvoltage>
doesn't seem so
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<highvoltage>
maybe we should just confirm that we're having a meeting next week
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<tumbleweed>
madduck: should we just be sitting back and waiting for questions from the debconf team?
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<highvoltage>
and we'll probably not do much over the xmas holiday period?
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<nattie>
xmas is still 3 weeks away!
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<highvoltage>
nattie: that's like, now :)
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<tumbleweed>
I'm tempted to keep going weekly for now, trying hard to keep them short
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<nattie>
as opposed to now-now?
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<nattie>
tumbleweed: agreed - short, sweet and... er yeah
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<tumbleweed>
when we find ourselves with nothing to discuss, we can back off
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<nattie>
we'll know either way by march or whenever
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<highvoltage>
nattie: hah! I didn't realise you speak South African English
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<tumbleweed>
deadline is set at end of Jan
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<highvoltage>
+1
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<nattie>
highvoltage: i've picked up odds and sods :)
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<nattie>
tumbleweed: ooh, we can spend fosdem being mildly nervous then...
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<tumbleweed>
:)
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<madduck>
tumbleweed: basically, yes.
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<madduck>
but you can also keep improving the bid, which will save you time later
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<nattie>
but there's no harm in fleshing stuff out
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<madduck>
it's not yet decided but I think that there'll be open discussion on the dc-team list about the bids and a first meeting on 12 January, with a followup/decision meeting on 26 January
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<madduck>
don't quote me on that.
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<nattie>
those are mondays, right?
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<tumbleweed>
hrm, and between now and then? idle reading of wiki pages?
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<highvoltage>
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<nattie>
i'll try to be present for as much of those meetings as possible, though i might not be able to attend the whole one on the 26th
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<tumbleweed>
ok, I guess we're done
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<nattie>
righto
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<tumbleweed>
tibid: end meeting