[Linux-aus] IRC LUG Meeting of 30 March
Don Knowles
donakk at gmail.com
Thu Apr 1 09:35:50 EST 2010
Hi,
Herewith the log, winnowed down to the relevant bits.
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**** BEGIN LOGGING AT Tue Mar 30 18:47:11 2010
18:47:11 * Now talking on #linux-aus-lugs
18:47:12 * Topic for #linux-aus-lugs is: Meet Last Tuesday of the month -
WA 18:00 - SA 19:30 - East Coast 20:00 (GMT 10:00am) Next meet Mar 30
18:47:12 * Topic for #linux-aus-lugs set by cafuego at Tue Mar 9
15:56:03 2010
18:47:41 <donak> g'day all
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19:08:52 <PaulWay> Hi appletea!
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19:57:56 <swathe_> good evening
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20:00:11 <PaulWay> greetings, pleatings and cleatings.
20:00:24 <donak> shall we start with introductions?
20:00:35 <PaulWay> Good idea. From the top?
20:00:46 <donak> < Don Knowles, Central Queensland Linux User Group
20:01:25 * swathe_ is Dylan from the Central Queensland LUG
20:01:40 <PaulWay> Paul Wayper, Canberra LUG
20:01:42 <noorbeast_> Gary McMurtrie CQLUG
20:01:43 <appletea> Alice Boxhall, Linux Aus OCM :)
20:01:51 <jhesketh_> Joshua Hesketh, TasLUG
20:02:29 <donak> welcome Alice :-)
20:02:34 <appletea> donak: thank you!
20:02:43 <donak> for those who don't know, Alice is the one bearing
goodies!
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20:03:37 <appletea> Yes -- Web team are happy to set up a Drupal instance
on www.[X].linux.org.au for anyone who wants one
20:03:54 <appletea> thank cafuego for that one!
20:04:13 <donak> we had a vote, and I emailed cafuego ... we'd like
www.cqlug.linux.org.au
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20:06:13 <appletea> Other than that, though, I'm just here to lurk and
pass on any grievances, comments etc you have to the rest of council
20:06:31 * appletea lurks
20:07:59 <donak> was there a decision about a wiki attached to each
webpage?
20:08:23 <appletea> donak: You get a drupal instance... I don't know
whether that includes a wiki?
20:09:00 <donak> I don't know what drupal is, sorry :-/
20:09:07 <jhesketh_> drupal can do wiki-like features that I'm sure we're
happy to help you set up (I'm also part of said webteam)
20:09:16 <jhesketh_> donak: http://www.drupal.org
20:09:22 <appletea> jhesketh_: Wohoo, thanks for taking that :)
20:09:44 <jhesketh_> it's a content management system that allows you to
make websites.. it's very powerful and has a lot of modules (including wiki
ones)
20:09:55 <jhesketh_> appletea: Here to help :)
20:10:04 <PaulWay> Having news items like a blog, and a wiki for general
pages, is useful.
20:10:08 * appletea continues lurking
20:10:22 <donak> cool: I'll leave that stuff to the experts (crosses
fingers)
20:14:00 <PaulWay> Move on?
20:15:31 <donak> 2nd topic: what we're doing for Software Freedom Day
20:16:20 <PaulWay> It'll probably be same-old-same-old here.
20:16:24 <PaulWay> It's a good formula that works.
20:16:33 <swathe_> what do you do?
20:16:44 <PaulWay> We'll have a stall at the computer market, and then an
installfest a week later.
20:17:06 <PaulWay> We give out CDs and flyers to the installfest.
20:18:01 <PaulWay> We find that the computer market (like the swap meet
sort of thing) is the best place to get people who are already interested in
technology.
20:18:21 <swathe_> nothing like that here sadly
20:19:00 <donak> our last "Software Freedom Day" was at the University
Open Day
20:19:16 <donak> seemed like our best chance to attract some possible
fans
20:19:34 <donak> we were about a week early
20:19:42 <swathe_> yeah, was a little hard due to lack of foot traffic
20:19:53 <PaulWay> Ouch.
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20:20:11 <swathe_> but the people that did come in were reasonably
impressed i think
20:20:12 <donak> we will try some "leading signs" to get them up the road
and in the building
20:20:24 <PaulWay> Cool.
20:20:34 <donak> hi talonz
20:20:39 <swathe_> still looking for a sucker for the tux suit
20:20:53 <PaulWay> One thing that would be really good would be to pool
our resources making cool flyers.
20:21:00 <donak> introduce yourself talonz :-) ... he's another one of
ours
20:21:03 <PaulWay> Maybe needs some LA web space?
20:21:30 <PaulWay> Come on, donak, we know that everyone is a CQLUG
member.
20:21:37 <talonz> ;p
20:21:43 <talonz> hi yas
20:22:02 <noorbeast_> We adopted another from the gold coast lug ;-)
20:22:48 <noorbeast_> Donak, we will need to confirm participation in the
cqu open day
20:23:14 <PaulWay> Which reminds me, we have a bunch of LA blank CDs here
- time to start burning.
20:24:25 <donak> that reminds me ... evil_steve are you there?
20:25:09 <jhesketh> As an alternative to burning CD's you could advertise
for patrons to bring in their own thumb drives that you'll install a
bootable copy of Linux onto (faster than burning CD's on the day)
20:25:17 <donak> appletea, do you know anything about blank LA DVDs?
20:25:22 <PaulWay> jhesketh: we do that too.
20:25:49 <PaulWay> jhesketh: try to cut down on coasters.
20:25:52 <appletea> donak: I don't, sorry. I will ask if anyone's
around...
20:26:04 <PaulWay> I can probably send you some.
20:26:13 <donak> I think evil_steve had them, which is why I asked after
him first
20:26:17 <PaulWay> Kate'd be happy to reduce the number of boxes of them
in the garage.
20:26:26 <swathe_> lol
20:27:55 <donak> we received CDs last year, but one of our number doesn't
have a lot of faith in CDs ... he's waiting for DVDs to arrive :-)
20:28:32 <evil_steve> donak: yes. I received your request, I'm hopeing to
get onto it next week
20:29:22 <donak> thx evil_steve :-)
20:29:42 <donak> I wasn't sure if my "notice" in IRC worked last meeting
20:30:02 <appletea> donak: No response from lactte channel, email me
<snip> if you want me to chase them up -- sounds like PaulWay has it sorted
though
20:30:20 <donak> evil_steve does, thx appletea
20:30:29 <appletea> oh right :)
20:30:59 <appletea> anyway, that email address is good for anything else
you want me to bring to the council's attention, too
20:31:30 <donak> noted, thx :-)
20:36:12 <donak> well, who should we "talk" to about setting up our
"webpage" appletea ?
20:36:44 * evil_steve points at jhesketh
20:37:28 <appletea> donak: Yeah, jhesketh would seem to be a good place
to start :)
20:37:33 <appletea> Or I can ask cafuego
20:37:35 <swathe_> i imagine one of our own would be responsible for it's
administration and content?
20:38:01 <donak> I figured the first thing would be "here's your login"
20:38:12 <swathe_> lol
20:38:30 <appletea> swathe_: AIUI, once the drupal instance is set up,
the content is your responsibility
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20:42:27 <donak> well, I can't think of anything else ... does anyone
else have any topics?
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20:46:34 <noorbeast_> One other possible topic, could a humbug member be
invited on a regular basis to let us know how linux.conf is progressing and
perhaps how we could help/promote?
20:46:56 <noorbeast_> perhaps every 3 months or so?
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20:51:13 <jhesketh> woops, was away (perhaps I shouldn't leave meetings
before they are done)
20:51:35 <jhesketh> donak: Send an email to Web Team <snip> and we'll set
you up
20:52:04 <donak> np josh
20:52:47 <jhesketh> Most of the content should probably be handled by the
LUG.. I haven't talked to cafuego about the exact plans though (although I'd
be surprised if that wasn't the case)
20:53:02 <jhesketh> We'll just give you a password and you can go nuts
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20:56:46 <donak> well, I think that's all for tonight ... appletea can
you make enquiries about linux.conf people, see if one wants to come along
next month?
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20:57:44 <donak> it's always possible, they would be too busy doing it
... but the invitation is there, since we have a number of interested people
in CQLUG, and we've been discussing attending as a group
20:57:46 <appletea> donak: Sure, will follow up with ctte.
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20:57:56 <noorbeast_> and thanks to appletea for coming along tonight
20:58:18 <appletea> noorbeast_: My pleasure :)
20:58:36 <donak> wonderful to meet you all here, come again next month
:-)
20:59:24 <donak> Meeting Closed!
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Mar 31 00:26:13 * Disconnected ().
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Don Knowles
Central Queensland Linux User Group
Rockhampton, Australia
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