02:01:37 <inode0> #startmeeting FAmNA
02:01:37 <zodbot> Meeting started Wed Feb 27 02:01:37 2013 UTC.  The chair is inode0. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot.
02:01:37 <zodbot> Useful Commands: #action #agreed #halp #info #idea #link #topic.
02:01:45 <inode0> #meetingname FAmNA
02:01:46 <zodbot> The meeting name has been set to 'famna'
02:01:52 <inode0> #topic Roll Call
02:02:26 <inode0> #chair chanchito
02:02:26 <zodbot> Current chairs: chanchito inode0
02:02:57 <inode0> Could be a really short meeting tonight from the looks of it.
02:02:57 <chanchito> wow
02:02:58 <chanchito> i'll say
02:03:04 <chanchito> must have scared everyone off
02:03:08 <lcameron> here
02:03:12 <chanchito> i did shower
02:03:18 <inode0> #chair lcameron
02:03:18 <zodbot> Current chairs: chanchito inode0 lcameron
02:03:54 <inode0> #topic Announcements
02:04:35 <inode0> #info inode0 won't be available for the meeting next week on March 5 - so someone will need to commit to run it
02:05:28 <chanchito> if no one else is available, i can be last resort substitute chair
02:06:21 <inode0> I don't really feel like wading through tickets where there isn't any new information tonight so if there is a ticket you want to discuss please bring it up now.
02:06:29 <chanchito> NELF
02:06:32 <chanchito> apologies
02:06:52 <chanchito> just want to make sure the $500 sponsorship payment is made for the gold level status
02:07:08 <chanchito> plus my swag order, event box, banners, shirts, etc
02:07:14 <chanchito> i did create the tickets
02:07:24 <chanchito> and i am going to update the event page, etc
02:07:43 <chanchito> just want to make sure im all set, and someone is sending me the box and banners
02:07:51 <inode0> .famnaticket 49
02:07:53 <zodbot> inode0: #49 (Northeast LinuxFest 2013, March 16 - 17, Harvard) – FAmNA general trac - https://fedorahosted.org/famna/ticket/49
02:07:54 <chanchito> the 1st of the month is pretty close so i get nervous
02:08:00 <chanchito> i remember what happened last time
02:08:13 <rbergeron> hi kids!
02:08:18 <chanchito> yay!
02:08:42 <chanchito> FPL "in da house"
02:09:06 <rbergeron> Sorry, was eating dinner
02:09:07 <chanchito> so, like i was saying, i want to make sure i am not scrambling last minute for materials
02:09:14 <chanchito> buen provecho!
02:09:48 <inode0> You may need to poke the person closest to you about the tickets? Has anyone taken them?
02:09:49 <chanchito> my other concern, is having some hands on deck for manning the booth while i give talks, and vice-versa so others can give talks too
02:09:55 <rbergeron> chanchito: how is hte planning for talks going?
02:09:57 <chanchito> i'll check them
02:10:13 <chanchito> well so far, no one has really reached out to me locally, fedora-wise
02:10:22 <chanchito> i was hoping some folks would feel ambitious
02:10:29 <chanchito> this is a huge even this year
02:10:41 <chanchito> tons of students from all 3 campuses,
02:10:52 <chanchito> MIT, Harvard, & H.B.S.
02:11:09 <chanchito> so i want to have a decent crew to fully represent us
02:11:19 <rbergeron> chanchito: you could porbably ask mattdm to talk about cloud
02:11:44 <inode0> How about spot and mizmo?
02:11:51 <chanchito> OK cool beans!  i was going to talk about cloud as well, i can follow mattdm's lead
02:11:51 <rbergeron> spot could likely talk about pi
02:11:56 <chanchito> ok
02:12:18 <chanchito> taking notes as FPL rattles off people and matching lectures
02:12:29 <rbergeron> inode0 is rattling as well :) lol
02:12:52 <rbergeron> chanchito: is the ticket assigned to anyone to pay the $500?
02:13:00 * rbergeron scrolls up to see dates
02:13:14 <chanchito> so far it is not, i don't know who handles payments
02:13:18 <chanchito> apologies
02:13:40 <rbergeron> is there anything to sign or is it just "send the money here" ?
02:13:41 <rbergeron> ohhhh
02:13:50 <inode0> #326 is waiting for your address to ship the stuff to
02:13:51 <rbergeron> oh, they do take paypal, iirc
02:13:51 <chanchito> there is a link on the site, where a card can be used online
02:13:58 <chanchito> yes they do take paypal as well
02:14:24 <chanchito> i am bringing an extra table since we will need extra space
02:14:35 <inode0> if they take paypal and don't make me sign contracts I can do that next week
02:14:38 <chanchito> i plan to be there before 7AM to setup
02:14:49 <chanchito> ok thx a million that would be awesome
02:15:02 <rbergeron> chanchito: do we need to sign anything?
02:15:09 <inode0> but please remind me :)
02:15:11 <rbergeron> sometimes it is contract-ish looking
02:15:24 <chanchito> from the site, it doesnt appear so, ill check with jonathan tonight
02:15:31 <chanchito> he is always online very late
02:15:44 <chanchito> and we email each other weekly
02:16:10 <chanchito> i am trying to get a volunteer to do the video for the talks
02:16:13 <inode0> chanchito: so will you provide the answer in the ticket to the question Ben asked?
02:16:31 <chanchito> yes i will
02:16:53 <rbergeron> chanchito: thanks for taking charge on this one :)
02:17:14 <chanchito> anytime!  my pleasure, i love this stuff!
02:17:29 <chanchito> im already working with two other campuses to sponsor a FAD type event
02:17:43 <chanchito> so i have some cool irons in the fire, so to speak
02:17:56 <inode0> Is jonmasters is Boston? He would also be a good person to check with about speaking if he is.
02:18:09 <chanchito> good, i hope so
02:18:23 <chanchito> different speakers/faces goes over very well
02:18:53 <chanchito> makes good impression on the students as i am also looking for talent that is recruitable
02:19:35 <nb> hi
02:20:32 <rbergeron> inode0: yeah, he is, though not always there
02:20:54 <chanchito> ok so i have a few names to contact, very good!
02:21:22 <chanchito> if i can land three additional appearances, and they can spend some time at the booth, i think it will be extremely beneficial
02:21:39 <chanchito> shows a solid team approach
02:21:55 <chanchito> most of the other distro's will probably fly solo with one person,
02:22:18 <chanchito> so i want to emphasize how large we are and how powerful we are, and how important we are
02:22:44 <chanchito> a command presence will be remembered by the students
02:23:12 <chanchito> wish i had a fedora blazer and fedora tie
02:23:18 <inode0> pizza would help with that too
02:23:22 <chanchito> pizza?
02:23:29 <inode0> students remember pizza
02:23:33 <chanchito> do i need to make arrangements for food?
02:23:36 <chanchito> if so, no problem
02:23:45 <chanchito> i can have some local pizzeria, deliver all day long
02:24:20 <inode0> I was mostly kidding - but an informal "meet Fedora" session with food might be ok
02:25:04 <chanchito> ok, so does a session like that need a banner?  "Meet Fedora"  or maybe a poster, etc?
02:25:56 <inode0> is there a link someone can give me for paying for the sponsorship to this?
02:25:59 <dan4o8> hi
02:26:04 * inode0 can't seem to find one
02:26:05 <chanchito> hey dan!
02:26:06 <dan4o8> sorry im late
02:26:12 <dan4o8> im kinda here bnr
02:26:18 <chanchito> :-)
02:26:20 <dan4o8> im at dinner with coworkers
02:26:31 <chanchito> pass the salt
02:27:42 <dan4o8> inoterite
02:28:08 <dan4o8> were there any action items for me?
02:29:11 * inode0 sees ke4qqq is a scheduled speaker
02:30:30 <dan4o8> �+1
02:30:56 <inode0> anything else on this chanchito?
02:31:17 <inode0> #action chanchito to update ticket 326 with shipping information ASAP
02:31:36 <chanchito> i think we covered most everything
02:31:42 <inode0> #action chanchito to contact some folks to see about getting more speakers for NELF
02:31:44 <chanchito> yes i will do that now
02:31:56 <chanchito> i will send email after the meeting for more speakers
02:31:59 <inode0> #action Someone to pay the $500 sponsorship ASAP
02:32:11 <chanchito> PLEASE!  very important
02:32:21 <inode0> Do you have a link?
02:32:29 <chanchito> yes sir
02:33:07 <rbergeron> chanchito: if you come up with nothing i can see about getting out there, but i think it may overlap with family things, but can check if you are in a pinch
02:33:15 <chanchito> the link is no longer on the sponsor page, looks like it's email to:  contact@northeastlinuxfest.org
02:33:40 <chanchito> but i can talk to jonathan nadeau the organizer tonight, and find out how he wants to be paid, since the link for payment/pay pal is not there
02:34:45 <chanchito> ok thx robyn, much appreciated, i wouldn't ask you to travel all the way, away from family, we would get by,
02:35:01 <chanchito> i know it's hike
02:35:25 <inode0> ok, are there any other tickets we need updates on tonight?
02:35:48 * rbergeron has failed to make a LFNW ticket thus far so ... not from me
02:35:52 <inode0> #topic Tickets (let's pretend we set this 30 minutes ago)
02:37:19 <rbergeron> LOL
02:37:20 <inode0> #Open Floor
02:37:31 <inode0> #topic Open Floor
02:37:35 * inode0 sighs
02:37:59 <rbergeron> I have very little.
02:38:11 <rbergeron> Jeremy Sands was asking about SELF, so we have that incoming.
02:38:43 <rbergeron> I think I may have had the idea over the weekend to somehow support an animal shelter instead of a food shelter (given that we're in the cat release cycle), but maybe that was before this weekend.
02:39:09 <inode0> that is going to be a crazy two weeks with TXLF, SELF, and the Red Hat Summit
02:39:22 <rbergeron> yeah.
02:40:21 * inode0 is happy to support animal shelters as long as it isn't helping them kill animals
02:41:21 <nb> we have media
02:41:21 <chanchito> agreed
02:41:23 <rbergeron> inode0: well, i guess it's a thought for a future meeting
02:41:31 <nb> but the media is current at varsity dr raleigh
02:41:45 <nb> and needs to get to our shippers
02:41:49 * nb will contact ruth
02:41:52 * rbergeron also met a prospective ambassador over the weekend who may need a sponsor
02:41:58 <nb> rbergeron, did media arrive to SCALE?
02:42:02 <nb> and did it look ok, etc?
02:42:18 <rbergeron> nb: she has it, she gets back to office tomorrow. she had someone send it overnight, it got to us saturday morning, all turned out in the end.
02:42:23 <rbergeron> nb: and it looked great
02:42:39 <rbergeron> though i have not tried it what with no optical drive
02:42:46 <nb> they emailed me and said they had 220 extra do we want it
02:42:51 * nb is inclined to say sure
02:42:57 <nb> since we have no clue when f19 will come out at this point
02:43:14 <rbergeron> well we have an idea of when it's scheduled for
02:43:19 <nb> oh
02:43:21 <rbergeron> just ... well...
02:43:22 <rbergeron> ahem.
02:43:33 <rbergeron> i always aspire to ship on time, and tihs will be the perfect schedule this time
02:43:42 <rbergeron> IS EVERYONE WITH ME?
02:43:49 <nb> any objections to me telling them to go ahead and send the extra 220 media to us?
02:43:53 <nb> might cost us another approx 200
02:44:09 <nb> idk if he is going to charge for them or not, but either way isn't a big deal
02:44:12 <rbergeron> ... or they're going to throw it out?
02:44:15 <nb> we saved the 6.25% on tax
02:44:18 <nb> rbergeron, apparently
02:44:21 <rbergeron> yeah
02:44:34 <nb> they didn't charge tax since they shipped outside of MA
02:44:57 <nb> i am not sure if they are going to charge us for them, perhaps not, since they already sent me the invoice
02:45:04 <nb> but i don't think it is a big deal either way
02:45:27 <inode0> why didn't they ship them with the rest?
02:45:37 <rbergeron> i am sure we could likely use them with the way the schedule islining up against the summer show schedule
02:45:51 <nb> inode0, unsure
02:46:16 <rbergeron> i think they make extras, or something, not sure - it's not a shortage of what we ordered
02:46:23 <nb> something to that effect
02:46:36 <nb> i think they make extras in case they notice some that don't come out ok
02:46:49 <inode0> yeah, but other places just send the extras and expect you not to be cranky pitching a few defective ones
02:48:38 <rbergeron> not sure
02:48:42 <rbergeron> :)
02:48:56 <rbergeron> everything is shrink-wrapped and whatnot
02:50:01 <inode0> ok, I'm going to wrap this up in about one minute unless there is other business
02:50:22 <inode0> thanks for coming
02:50:43 <inode0> #endmeeting