IRC meeting 03/03/2010 – Report Present at the meeting (in random order) : warddr , rulus , siegie , JanC, pvandewijngaerde, nero_, jean7491, mongolito404
1. Past and future events a. Antwerp - Hobby & computer-days (20–21/02/2010) - report https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BelgianTeam/ComputerFairs/Antwerp_2010-02-20_21 There were some problems to install and run the booth, including the multiseat, due to the limited available space. One volunteer missing on Sunday has been replace by a HCC member who is Ubuntu user. The catering offered by HCC was OK. Lesson learned : for the next events in cooperation with another club, we have to coordinate in advance the space management of the booth and all practical things like tables, hardware, ... We should rather start earlier (end 2010) contact with clubs for a cooperation during the Hobby and computer-days 2011 in Antwerp (or elsewhere). Remark: each e event where Ubuntu-be is active should be cover by a report in the wiki. Beside organization and lessons learned, reports should include a paragraph Finance : as we receive public gifts, we should mention somewhere (the wiki is a good place) what we received and what we did with the money. b. Dipro Brugge (28/02) -report https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BelgianTeam/ComputerFairs/Brugge_2010-02-28 With a team of 4 volunteers, everything was OK, not so many visitors, but several good contacts. There were some contacts about starting an Ubuntu/Linux club in Brugge, but it depends on having a good location. It might be useful to start something similar in other places, local initiatives are always welcome. Finance : less public gifts with a negative saldo approx. 20 euros, and a spindle CD-Rs (Verbatim) for the next events. Report and pictures are in the wiki. c. Dipro Charleroi (07/03) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BelgianTeam/ComputerFairs/Charleroi_2010-03-07 ramtar is in charge of this event, with the help of Cedric : he is in contact with 3 LUG's (Sambrelug, CULButte and C.L.I.C.) and other volunteers. The booth has been ordered by Cédric. We hope a good cooperation with the LUGs. d. The Digital Week 06-12/03 (Ostend, bree, Schoten) - As already announced, Ubuntu-be will be present on 11/03 in Ostend with a booth (forum-room bibliotheek Kris Lambert) for 2 sessions (presentation, demonstration and test). See http://zandletters.be/spip.php?article150 and https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BelgianTeam/DigitalWeek-Ostend_2010-03-11 Additional volunteers and visitors are welcome on this day (at 12-13 hr. and 19-20 hr.). - Ubuntu-be will be present in Bree on 07/03 for presentation, thanks Jan V.B. http://cultuurbree.be/digitale-week-2010-bree. - Ubuntu will be presented in the digital week in Schoten (http://digitaleweek.schoten.be/) : as the LoCo Team was not contacted beforehand, it was not possible to support this event with promotional material and promotion. Perhaps next year ? e. Dipro Mechelen (14/03) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BelgianTeam/ComputerFairs/Mechelen_2010-03-14 There are already 3 volunteers in the wiki, nero_ will coordinate the booth. Eventually additional promotion material is available (flyers and posters in Ostend, CD's in Brugge). We need at least 1 additional volunteer for the booth. f. Dipro Oostmalle (21/03) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BelgianTeam/ComputerFairs/Oostmalle_2010-03-21 Two volunteers (siegie and rulus) are already in the wiki, siegie will coordinate the event. We need at least 2 additional volunteers. Preparation is started. g. Dipro Genk (28/03) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BelgianTeam/ComputerFairs/Genk_2010-03-28 Already 2 volunteers in the wiki, we need a coordinator (Lars?) and at least 2 additional volunteers. h. Release parties Lucid Lynx 10.04LTS. - 03/05 meeting HCC regio Vlaanderen in Mechelen - 16/05 Ubuntu Meeting (release party) by the Bitmappers-Hasselt in het Cultuurcentrum van Genk (van 10:00u tot18:00u) - http://www.ubuntu-meeting.be/ - ?/05 Dewereldmorgen.be (vroeger Indymedia) in Brussels (?) Organization by the Be LoCo Team ? - 09/05 Dipro Antwerp : we could organize a kind of “Release Party” in the booth ? (large booth with multiseat ?) - ?/05 Is there a possibility/will to organize a release party in the area of Ghent ? i. Other events - 10-14 May 2010 Ubuntu 10.10 Developer Summit at La Hulpe/Terhulpen near Brussels - for those interested (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UDS-M?action=show&redirect=UDS) - 26/27 to 30/05 Libre Graphics Meeting - Ubuntu-be is asked to give a presentation about Linux/Ubuntu : more detail later. - 18/09 Software Freedom Day - http://softwarefreedomday.org/ 2. Promotion material About localized CD's : we are looking for volunteers to lead this project and to investigate the possibilities, including prices-offers : first we need a leader for such a team. 3. Support points map status mongolito404 put the project on-line for all to see and test : http://ubuntu.gwickt.com/drupal6/ Everybody is invited to register and to test it. For now, no map, only a list of support point, and only in English. We need as many test (and bug report) from the community, so mongolito404 can finish and release version 0.1 during March 2010. => Please visit the website to test the proposal ! 4. Things living in the mailing list a. As already mentioned earlier, we should find new ways/events to promote Ubuntu, like open-doors organized by schools, hobby fairs locally organized by associations/cities, open ict day ... As example, it is surprising that within the digital week in vlaanderen (http://www.digitaleweek.be/), there is only one event (“Ubuntu” search) announced (in Ostend), Bree and Schoten are not announced as Ubuntu presentation. Everybody can contact the local organizator of the digital week, for an increased participation of Ubuntu-be in 2011. b. Procedure for re-approval of the Be LoCo Team, the LoCo council has re-approved our application as official loco team. This was an illustration of the need of reports in the wiki when we (from Ubuntu-be) are organizing some activity or participate to events. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BelgianTeam/ReapprovalApplication2010 c. Suggestion of a monthly report : a few weeks ago, JanC suggested to start a monthly report. We are still looking for a volunteer accepting this work. 5. Next meeting on 10/03/2010 at 21 h. -- jean7491 Ubuntu Belgium Events Team -- ubuntu-be mailing list / mailto:[email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-be
