00:59:53 <award3535> #startmeeting FAmNA 00:59:53 <zodbot> Meeting started Fri Apr 24 00:59:53 2015 UTC. The chair is award3535. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot. 00:59:53 <zodbot> Useful Commands: #action #agreed #halp #info #idea #link #topic. 01:00:07 <award3535> #meetingname FAmNA 01:00:07 <zodbot> The meeting name has been set to 'famna' 01:00:10 <wrnash> hi 01:00:25 <award3535> #chair wrnash 01:00:25 <zodbot> Current chairs: award3535 wrnash 01:00:35 <award3535> evening wrnash 01:00:45 <award3535> #topic === FAmNA Roll Call === 01:01:11 <award3535> I dont think we will have much tonight since LFNW is going on this weekend if I am not mistaken 01:03:50 <wrnash> i do not have anything 01:04:21 <award3535> seems like Hackru was a success last weekend 01:04:47 <wrnash> i have not head anything yet about it. 01:04:54 <wrnash> did someone send in the report 01:05:26 <award3535> I got an email from cydrobolt, He is getting his report done this week 01:05:32 <wrnash> ok 01:06:23 <Cydrobolt> hello 01:06:29 <Cydrobolt> award3535, I've posted a report on fmag 01:06:30 <wrnash> hi 01:06:35 <award3535> #chair cydrobolt 01:06:35 <zodbot> Current chairs: award3535 cydrobolt wrnash 01:06:43 <Cydrobolt> http://fedoramagazine.org/fedora-hackru-spring-2015/ 01:06:53 <award3535> wrnash there is the answer we were looking for 01:07:06 <wrnash> great 01:07:08 <award3535> Cydrobolt, seems like the event was a success 01:07:12 <wrnash> i'm reading it now 01:07:15 <Cydrobolt> yeah, lots of people came 01:07:31 <Cydrobolt> I had a list of popular questions on a doc that I sent to award3535 01:07:55 <Cydrobolt> I'd say a majority were familiar with Linux (especially Ubuntu for beginners) but were not avid users of any distro 01:08:07 <Cydrobolt> we gave away all the DVDs, presumably a lot of them 01:08:17 <Cydrobolt> I also noticed a lot of people putting the stickers on their laptops 01:08:27 <Cydrobolt> there is a photo album linked on the fmag report 01:08:40 <award3535> that is the kind of events we needed to spread out to 01:09:02 <Cydrobolt> https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.917168188333860.1073741968.591858720864810&type=1 01:09:09 <Cydrobolt> almost all students 01:09:24 <Cydrobolt> there were some people who graduated and were avid users of a single distro 01:09:26 <award3535> cydrobolt you could have posted those questions to the fmag as well 01:09:33 <Cydrobolt> hmm, I could have 01:10:00 <Cydrobolt> lots of really interesting people there 01:10:14 <Cydrobolt> I met about 3 or 4 long-term fedora users 01:10:26 <award3535> that is what we as a group needed to branch out to 01:10:43 <Cydrobolt> yeah, I feel like the group was very undecided when it came to linux 01:11:09 <Cydrobolt> having physical contact with someone in the topic would hopefully give them a push towards our direction 01:11:14 <award3535> cydrobolt, since you already completed your report, ensure you put your travel in for reembursment 01:11:25 <Cydrobolt> yeah, is there a form? 01:12:11 <award3535> no it is a request for reembursment for room, travel and any material items you had to purchase for the booth 01:12:23 * Cydrobolt reads the page again 01:13:02 <award3535> heres the link for guidelines https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FAMNA_Reimbursement_Guidelines 01:13:47 <Cydrobolt> ok 01:13:55 <Cydrobolt> can we vote on it this meeting, later on? 01:14:16 <award3535> vote??? 01:14:19 <Cydrobolt> ? 01:14:28 <Cydrobolt> oh, I thought there was a vote needed to approve it 01:15:11 <award3535> your budget was already approved, you just need to submit receipts and the preferred method of re-embursment is through paypal 01:15:17 <Cydrobolt> ok 01:15:20 <Cydrobolt> my expenses for the event total $39.25, which is only for travel by train from my location to New Brunswick NJ 01:15:52 <award3535> https://fedorahosted.org/famnarequests/newticket and select reimbursement add copies of your receipts 01:16:05 <Cydrobolt> paypal works, something like venmo or check would be nicer though (not sure if they're still offered anymore) 01:16:13 * ParadoxGuitarist wanders in 01:16:14 <Cydrobolt> award3535, got it 01:16:24 <award3535> #chair ParadoxGuitarist 01:16:24 <zodbot> Current chairs: ParadoxGuitarist award3535 cydrobolt wrnash 01:16:46 <award3535> #topic === Announcements === 01:17:31 <ParadoxGuitarist> LFNW tomorrow 01:17:33 <award3535> Paradoxguitarist the hackru event posted by Cydrobolt: http://fedoramagazine.org/fedora-hackru-spring-2015/ 01:17:49 <award3535> good luck to you all at LFNW 01:17:59 <ParadoxGuitarist> Cydrobolt: thanks for getting that box shipped out! 01:18:50 <award3535> #topic === Tickets === 01:18:58 <award3535> there are none 01:19:37 <award3535> I will get the SELF page up this weekend 01:20:04 <award3535> so moving to open floor 01:20:06 <award3535> #topic == Open Floor === 01:20:37 <Cydrobolt> ParadoxGuitarist, no problem, were you able to get it? 01:20:53 <Cydrobolt> good luck to you guys at LFNW, send us some pictures! :) 01:21:00 <ParadoxGuitarist> It went to jsandy's house 01:21:22 <ParadoxGuitarist> Def. I'm bringing my DSLR so I'll get some good pictures 01:22:07 <Cydrobolt> Nice 01:22:19 <Cydrobolt> HackRU had photographers already, but I took some close-ups of the booth separately 01:23:09 <ParadoxGuitarist> It sounds like things went pretty well 01:23:10 <award3535> I would like to thank Cydrobolt for a job well done at his first event 01:23:16 <Cydrobolt> thanks award3535! 01:23:20 <Cydrobolt> I found an interesting picture: http://polr.me/1md?i5jZ 01:23:26 * ParadoxGuitarist applauds. 01:23:27 <Cydrobolt> someone put the fedora logo upside down 01:23:54 <ParadoxGuitarist> heh 01:24:18 <ParadoxGuitarist> I can't tell you how many times I've been complimented on my cool "facebook" shirt. 01:24:28 <Cydrobolt> ParadoxGuitarist, omg! I know 01:24:44 <Cydrobolt> there were ~10 people thought my shirt was facebook 01:25:06 <ParadoxGuitarist> I just take a deep breath and launch into a conversation about linux 01:25:14 <ParadoxGuitarist> heheh 01:26:29 <award3535> thats all you can do 01:26:33 <nb> hi 01:26:35 <nb> there should be a ticket but apparently it wasn't filed 01:26:37 * nb requests approval for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SELF_2015 01:26:55 * nb thought Ben was going to file ticket 01:27:25 <award3535> nb, I will create the page, but I have not seen a ticket yet 01:27:49 * nb will make a ticket 01:28:07 * nb would like to go ahead and discuss and vote if possible, so i can book my plane ticket soon 01:28:14 <nb> tickets are pretty cheap right now 01:28:15 <award3535> cool, but I will not be going this year 01:28:39 <award3535> prior arrangement for me 01:29:00 <nb> sorry to hear that 01:29:08 <nb> https://fedorahosted.org/famna/ticket/104 01:29:32 <nb> so far just ben and his wife, and me are going, we might have additional requests later if more people go 01:29:53 <nb> both Ben and I are planning on running a ham radio exam session again, and I am going to be coordinating a GPG Key Signing Party 01:30:00 <nb> and maybe CAcert assurances 01:30:25 <award3535> Last year we approved $2500 01:31:10 <award3535> we can start there and add more if possible, since there were four of us last year 01:31:49 <nb> Yeah, there might be more added to the budget than what is currently on the wiki, but so far we have one hotel room, my plane ticket, and the registrations 01:32:04 <nb> and a $500 sponsorship 01:32:31 <nb> hopefully we will have more people signing up 01:33:04 <award3535> so $2500 should start the ball rolling, remember the RH folks usually show up too to help 01:33:21 <nb> yeah 01:33:43 * nb is obviously +1 but not sure if I can vote since I'm receiving funding out of it 01:34:09 <award3535> +1 for $2500.00 for initial SELF 01:34:17 <nb> ParadoxGuitarist, Cydrobolt ping - proposal is to approve $2500 budget for SELF to start with, may ask for more later if needed 01:34:36 <nb> votes? 01:34:53 <award3535> wrnash? 01:34:59 <wrnash> yes 01:35:15 <award3535> we need a vote for SELF budget 01:35:16 <wrnash> +1 01:35:31 <award3535> Cydrobolt? 01:36:01 <Cydrobolt> +1 01:36:05 <Cydrobolt> sounds good 01:36:23 <award3535> #agreed $2500 for SELF budget 01:37:57 <award3535> nb, please update note the budget is approved 01:38:08 <nb> ok 01:38:35 <ParadoxGuitarist> Sorry I'm +1 01:38:44 <ParadoxGuitarist> still packing for tomorrow 01:38:53 <wrnash> Everyone is multitasking 01:38:55 <nb> updated 01:38:56 <ParadoxGuitarist> heheh 01:39:38 <award3535> I just updated ticket 104 to reflect as well 01:43:19 <award3535> anything else for the group 01:43:48 <ParadoxGuitarist> not I 01:44:25 <wrnash> I do not have anything 01:45:27 <award3535> everyone, thanks for attending see you all next week 01:45:37 <wrnash> see you next week 01:45:49 <award3535> #endmeeting