gonna attempt to remain in the room for the meeting :)
stpeter
ok :)
Florian
GPRS goodness
stpeter
are you still in Tunisia?
stpeter
or wherever you are now?
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yeah, still Tunisia
Will
Hi
Florian
15. August -> 15. September .. my month off :)
Florian
hey Will
stpeter
I took off last Friday, does that count? ;-)
Florian
a break's a break :D
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do we have an agenda?
stpeter
I see bear online, is he paying attention here?
stpeter
Jack is also online
stpeter
I don't see NĂ¿co
Florian
me n'either
Florian
and Will left the room?
stpeter
so it seems :)
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Will
Back, crap connection tonight
stpeter
bear: the only agenda item I recall was the schedule for board and council elections
bear
http://typewith.me/1kLLdjuejq
bear
yes
Florian
cools
bear
and possible discuss quarterly meeting results
stpeter
sure
bear
but I couldn't remember if the board needed to do anything official or not
bear
if not then that agenda item is very fast: "see Alex's email"
stpeter
see email from Alex, yes
bear
k, done! next item ...
stpeter
the Secretary takes care of that
Will
:)
stpeter
right
stpeter
last year the Board and Council elections were held in mid-October
bear
if we announce it now, that gives a good 30(ish) days of notice
Will
Any reason not to do the same this year?
stpeterlooks up the date from last year
stpeter
Will: right, we usually aim for just about 12 months later
bear
no reason to not do the same IMO
stpeter
last year it was 2010-10-25
Florian
should we do the same?
stpeter
Monday the 25th last year
bear
monday would be the 24th this year
Florian
this year it would be a Tuesday
stpeter
Alex made the Quarterly meeting a Tuesday
Florian
or that
stpeter
so Tuesday the 25th (2011) seems fine
bear
k
Florian
sounds good
stpeter
we can confirm with Alex on the members@ list
Will
+1
stpeter
now the big question is how do we recruit people to volunteer for these thankless roles :)
stpeter
especially for the Board, we usually need to poke people about serving
Will
bribery?
bear
except for the chance of Kev hunting me down, I would love to have the chance to serve again
bear
I need to atone for a very absent role of GSoC admin
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Florian is running for his life :)
Florian
sorry about that ... back now
bear
hahaha
Florian
I'd love to run again too
stpeter
I have someone in mind to poke at Cisco who might be able to serve on the Board, and one other person I chatted with recently who works for a small company that is doing a lot of XMPP work and might become a sponsor
bear
cool
Florian
cool :)
bear
has anyone asked the people from &yet?
stpeter
I haven't, but I could for sure
Florian
ah, that might be a neat idea
bear
yea, Andy would be a great person
Florian
indeed
bear
that fritzy dude, i'm not sure about tho ... ;)
Florian
lol
stpeter
yeah!
Will
new blood would be a very good idea I think
stpeter
as always
Florian
bear: s/Andy/Adam?
bear
ah - adam
bear
I woke up like 5 minutes before the meeting - morning caffeine has not been found yet
stpeter
Alex said he will update http://xmpp.org/about-xmpp/xsf/xsf-member-list/ soon, at which point we can ping people about serving on the Council, too
bear
k
Florian
sounds good
stpetersees some likely suspects
stpeter
the Council is a bit less busy than it used to be, so it shouldn't be a tremendous burden
bear
that always seems to be a minor battle for control in the past (or was I just reading in more drama than is real?)
bear
but yes, I don't expect any problems getting folks to run for the council
stpeter
ah and I just thought of someone else to poke about serving on the Board
bear
:)
Florian
great
Florian
*great
stpeter
ok, so we go forth and recruit
bear
at the 15 min mark - anything else needed to be discussed about this?
Florian
nope, not atm
Will
nope & my trains about to arrive so I'll be disappearing in a minute
stpeter
ok
stpeter
thanks, guys
bear
thanks
Will
bye
Florian
cool, thanks all
bear
shall I email Alex via the member list about the meeting?
Floriangoes back to pay attention to the crowd on the beach
bear
nice!
stpeter
Florian: :)
stpeter
bear: yes, let's
bear
k
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I'll do that and the minutes mail now
stpeter
super
stpeterchecks the minutes at typewithme
beardoes alex mail first
stpeter
heh
stpeter
minutes look good :)
bear
cool
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bear
stpeter - is it Alex that prepares the wiki page for the board/council elections?
stpeter
anyone can do it -- it's a wiki :)
bear
k
stpeter
happy to do that now, but Alex said he would when we talked about it yesterday in the XSF meeting
bear
sorry - that was the real question I was trying to ask
bear
I'll mention in the email that
stpeter
ok
bear
naa - i'll keep it short and simple
bear
doh! /me finally reads the member email from Alex where he says exactly that
bear
I think it would be safer for all if I go get caffeine now
stpeter
:)
stpeter
please do :)
stpeterhas been up for at least 6 hours already :P
stpeter
but then I don't work until 4 am every night like you seem to
bear
true, but I only went to bed 5 hrs ago ... yea
stpeter
ouch
bear
the pain of dealing with folks in CA *and* Europe on a daily basis
stpeter
I usually work until only 10 PM, although last night it was 11
stpeter
yep
stpeter
no fun
bear
yea, like I need to explain any of that TZ fun to you :)
bear
FYI - next meeting will be the 14th if we keep to this schedule
bear
I may miss it as I am working from San Jose that whole week