https://twitter.com/xnyhps/status/421402249357574144 -- is there an isoc press release somewhere?
fippo
ah... http://isoc.nl/innovatieaward/
bear
that is the first I've heard of it
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ralphm
By the way, the EPP Keyrelay has won that award.
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dwd
Alex, Sorry for the disruptive suggestion, I should probably have approached you quietly with that idea.
Kev
I don't, FWIW, think it'd be useful to hold a member's meeting at the summit.
Kev
(And given that it's cheduled two days before the summit, I'm not sure many people are likely to be travelling to the summit on Tuesday night)
ralphm
Working in Inkscape for the beanbag design. 140x180 is pretty damn big.
intosi
To my father's house kwam net langs.
intosi
Random iTunes is best leuk ;)
ralphm
intosi: wrong window. But yeah.
intosi
Excellent ;)
ralphm
Hm, maybe logo's of 40x40 are a bit BIG
ralphm
(cm)
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intosi
A little, perhaps.
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I am also wondering about the background colour.
intosi
Which ones are you considering?
Kev
50 shades of pink.
intosi
Don't you mean sheds?
Kev
50 shades of sheds.
Alex
dwd: no problem at all
Alex
one of my good attentions for 2014 is to be more strict with the deadlines and timing ;-)
dwd
Kev, I think it'd be interesting to discuss the XSF's role at the Summit anyway, and having the formal meeting then could act as a useful focus.
dwd
Kev, Also, we could formally vote on what pizza to buy in again.
ralphm
intosi: basically white for the ones with the Jabber and XMPP logos, dark blue for the realtime logo one
Kev
So,
1) I don't think it needs to be a formal meeting to have discussions
2) If you want a formal meetings so we can vote on things we discuss, I think this excludes absent members from usefully contributing.
intosi
ralphm: are the covers washable? White might need that after one FOSDEM.
dwd
Kev, (1) No, it doesn't, but I think it would help focus and visibility. I do want a discussion, and if it's a formal meeting, this forces it to be announced, minuted, and so on, and avoids it being squeezed out by other items. (2) Yes, I wasn't serious about voting on pizza, but if a decision needs to be made, we would actually have quorum to make it (and we could vote on whether we *should* make it as well).
ralphm
yes, there's a zipper and a inner bag with the EPS
dwd
ralphm, I would have thought white for Jabber, possibly, but black for XSF. I'm not convinced we should have a Realtime one (or at least, not sure we should be funding it).
intosi
ralphm: good.
ralphm
intosi: the outer shell is made of 100% polyester with PU coating
Kev
dwd: Yes, I'm opposed to the possibility of voting happening at an in-person meeting based on discussions that happen at that meeting, effectively excluding from the meeting those people not present who will have voted on scheduled items by proxy.
ralphm
dwd: good point, I was thinking keeping the Realtime brand alive, with it being named Realtime Lounge and all.
Kev
I'd be much happier with just having the meeting in the normal format, and having a chat at the summit that whoever wants the discussion to happen (presumably you), minuting it and posting to the members list for wider discussion.
ralphm
dwd: i.e. not make it all about XMPP/Jabber per sé
Kev
ralphm: The XSF kinda is all about XMPP.
ralphm
Kev: wat!
ralphm
Kev: Couldn't you have told me before?
Kev
I didn't want to spoil the surprise.
Kev
Spoilers!
dwd
Kev, OK, you're welcome to be opposed to it, but the only way to actually prevent that possibility is to change the bylaws which allow it. If there's something special about an in-person meeting you find different in this respect, I'd be curious to know what it is.
dwd
(The bylaws actually *explicitly* allow it).
dwd
ralphm, I thought the XSF was all about mail. Why are we here anyway?
ralphm
Look, we have been doing a Realtime Lounge for getting other realtime technologies in the spotlight along with Jabber/XMPP. Things like IoT and WebRTC are only partially about XMPP and that's fine.
ralphm
We could also have it been called the Jabber Lounge.
intosi
dwd: for the last few days, XSF /was/ all about mail for me ;)
Kev
dwd: No, we prevent the possibility of voting happening at a meeting at the summit by not having a meeting at the summit.
Kev
There's no reason to go hyperbolic on this.
ralphm
We could also go to Delaware
Kev
And the thing I find different about an in-person meeting and the usual meetings is accessibility.
ralphm
Kidding aside, I don't see any value in having an in-person meeting for the stuff we usually do by proxy: voting new members in.
Kev
We could do an in-person meeting supplemented by viable vvoip or such, and that reduces the barrier -but I'm not sure we have the technology.
dwd
ralphm, But yes. I'm far from being against the realtime brand, just not convinced the XSF should be funding it in this way.
Kev
FWIW: Re: Realtime, if we want a Realtime brand as a way of bringing people into the XMPP fold, or of raising awareness for XMPP, that doesn't seem stupid. Although it doesn't seem like a clear-cut win either, to me.
dwd
ralphm, But your argument also holds for not having meetings at all.
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dwd
Kev, Thanks, that (Realtime) argument was better expressed than mine.
ralphm
dwd: I think voting by proxy and meeting in a MUC to confirm is basically the farthest we can stretch our By Laws to *avoid* having in-person meetings.
ralphm
dwd: a good thing IMO
ralphm
Kev: agreed, I cannot quantify the usefulness
Kev
I think naming it the realtime lounge makes it more interesting, though - but once people are there, being clear that XMPP is all about the realtime seems fine.
Kev
With infinite resources I'd consider a banner
The Realtime Lounge
powered by XMPP
or something, but we don't have vast amounts of cash to throw around on such things.
Kev, I think we'd have about 14 XSF members at the meeting, maybe a couple more. It's possible to ensure there's proactive inclusion, for want of a better prhase, for those in the MUC. (In fact, we could stipulate that any voting occurs exclusively through the MUC). I have no plans to force a vote, but our bylaws allow for this.
ralphm
although pubnub isn't really XMPP, it does support it
ralphm
Kev: agreed about the banner. I was thinking that if we have three bean bags, XMPP/Jabber/Realtime, this is already giving that signal
Kev
dwd: My concern isn't so much about the vote itself, that's easy to get into the MUC.
dwd
ralphm, Yes, more inclusion is better, certainly.
Kev
dwd: But if we're voting based on a discussion that happens, that discussion should be inclusive.
ralphm
And I think we should make sure we have a number of projectors to go instead of the banner to make it more obvious
dwd
Kev, Do you mean inclusive, or accessible?
Kev
ralphm: I'm not opposed to a beanbag with Realtime on (not that it matters if I am or not). I just don't see a beanbag with just Realtime on it as having a strong message to it, whereas "Realtime powered by XMPP" does. But...*shrug*...this is not my area of expertise.
Kev
dwd: Yes.
ralphm
Kev, dwd: I also wonder how we could take entities like PubNub and probably &yet itself on their offers to help out doing this event.
Kev
dwd: In as much as stuff that happens on the mailing list is both inclusive and accessible.
ralphm
have them sponsor in kind, money, resources?
Kev
I don't think it harms to have people who're using XMPP have a banner or something behind, FWIW.
dwd
Kev, I ask because "inclusive" would imply "having as many people contribute as possible" to me, whereas "accessible" implies "having as many people potentially contribute as possible". My thought was that an in-person meeting would help the former, and the latter we'd have to be careful to avoid it suffering.
Kev
I don't like the XMPP T-Shirts having &yet on them, but having a poster that says "&yet support XMPP" is fine/good.
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Kev
dwd: I'm proposing that we have in-person discussions, which are high-bandwidth and likely to have significant contribution, and that these are summarised on-list where all members will hear the arguments (inclusive) and have the opportunity to contribute (accessible).
ralphm
I want to note again that posters are not going to be a thing with the physical properties of the walls surrounding the lounge, but yes
Kev
ralphm: Right. I mean the idea in general.
ralphm
Kev: right
Kev
We've shared the stand with companies who make use of XMPP before, and will presumably do so again this year.
Kev
OK, idea.
Kev
A slideshow cycling through people who use XMPP and a summary of what they do and why.
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ralphm
Kev: right
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fippo
kev: +1
ralphm
Possible designs for the beanbags. Comments welcome! http://mag.ik.nu/~ralphm/tmp/beanbags/
ralphm
(I like viewing them on 1:1 scale)
intosi
I need a bigger monitor.
ralphm
haha
intosi
The SVG and PDF versions show with a white background in my browser. I assume this is intentional?
ralphm
PDF doesn't seem to support background colors and I'm not sure why inkscape doesn't save them to SVG
ralphm
or, it does, but doesn't show this in normal renderings or something
dwd
ralphm, For Inkscape, I tended to add in a background rectangle for working.
dwd
ralphm, Mostly because SVG doesn't have a background colour for the whole thing. The page stuff is all Inkscape extensions.
ralphm
Last time I did this for a t-shirt, the printer didn't care
ralphm
I've also submitted these designs for review with the company
dwd
ralphm, As long as you give the printer the PNG as a guide, should be fine.
ralphm
and asked them if they have other-colored materials they print on
ralphm
I mean, if they have a nice darkblue fabric, that's better than having it printed such, I think
dwd
Oh. Yes, sorry, I assumed the fabric colour was choosable.
ralphm
I specifically asked them if light on dark can be done (I assume that's fine)
intosi
That's why I assumed you left out the background colour.
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ralphm
hey admin, do you have an update for us?
admin
they're looking into pricing
ralphm
they love us, so I hope that's quite fine
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intosi
ralphm: they probably love anyone who 1) pays for their rooms, and 2) do not trash them.
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intosi: consider they usually get EU-related people in
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ralphm
dwd: anyway, looking good otherwise?
dwd
Yes, looks great otherwise.
intosi
ralphm: nice job
intosi
IANAD, so apply a grain of salt to my rating ;)
dwd
intosi, Oh, designing is easy. Just make it look pretty, and then write a paragraph or two referring to your "consistent design language", and your use of "intuitive metaphor".
dwd
When I was young, "design language" was called "style", or, sometimes, "look and feel".