[Ubuntu-be] IRC meeting 16/09/2010 – Report

[jean7491]

IRC meeting 16/09/2010 – Report
Present at the meeting (in random order) : nero_, JanC, Clamam,  
massimo21, warddr, Jean7491

1. Past and future events - September 2010
  a. Dipro fair 12/09 Antwerp - report
It was a long busy day till +/- 16,00 hr., visitors were very interested 
in our booth. 5 volunteers were sometimes not enough to answer questions 
and contact visitors. It was a successful event !

  b. Software Freedom Day (18/9) - 
http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/FrontPage
Information session is planned in Ostend, in cooperation with 
Zandletters.be. Unfortunately the team reduces from 3 to 2 volunteers, 
not enough for 3 simultaneous workshops! JanC will help in Ostend and 
Frank in the afternoon.
  https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BelgianTeam/SoftwareFreedomDay2010
This is the only Software Freedom Day 2010 activity announced in Belgium.

  c. Dipro fair 19/09 Charleroi
Team coordinated by Adrien and in cooperation with local LUG's. sarawa 
is willing to help.

  d. Nielse Computer Dag (26/09) in cooperation with local computerclub 
Monitor.
Team includes 4 volunteers, coordination by nero. Additional volunteers 
are still welcome.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BelgianTeam/ComputerFairs/Niel_2010-09-26

  e. Dipro fair 26/09 Hasselt: team is ready and preparation going on. 
Additional volunteers are still welcome.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BelgianTeam/ComputerFairs/Hasselt_2010-09-26

2. Promotion
  a. Adding (commercial and non-commercial) links to the website
See detail/draft in the wiki 
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BelgianTeam/Website/Commercial_links-draft. JanC 
is working for an email address "contact op ubuntu-be.org", as single point 
of entry/contact between companies and Ubuntu-be. As soon as the address 
is ready and tested, information and procedure will be posted in the 
mailing list and can be relayed through personal contacts. Hopefully in 
a few days.

  b. t-shirts for Ubuntu-be (warddr is leading the project)
New design proposals received in 
http://forum.ubuntu-nl.org/artwork/wedstrijd-ontwerp-de-beste-ubuntu-t-shirt/ 

See special (new) page 
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BelgianTeam/PromotionMaterial/ProposalsT-shirts. 
Remember: the design has to respect Canonical guidelines about the use 
of Ubuntu logos 
(http://design.canonical.com/the-toolkit/ubuntu-brand-guidelines/).

Timing: proposals can be sent till 22/09. During the next IRC meeting 
23/09, we wil select a few design as preselection. Final decision at the 
IRC meeting on 30/09. We should start with 100 t-shirts (as previously 
agreed), and with pre-sale action (when final design is decided). 
Procedure? Through a wiki page or email to a coordinator, but no 
pre-payement, as too complicated. Eventual porto-cost for pre-sale can 
be included in the price. warddr could be in charge of the management of 
the stock t-shirts and following the sale of t-shirts and transfert of 
money to Ubuntu-be (TBC). warddr will contact Guy for details about BTW.

  c. Ubuntu and Facebook ?
Not everybody is happy with, but it is a fact and we should take it in 
account and use the existing Facebook page Ubuntu-be. Before to use it, 
we should agree with the owner of the page about its administration. No 
contact yet with the owner and no reaction in the mailing list to the 
last report ! Clamam will lead a Facebook team in charge of the page. 
Interested people in cooperating on this Facebook issue will be welcome 
in the team : please apply through IRC meeting or mailing list.

  d. Ubuntu and Education
A lot of things are related to Education: contacts with PCVO's a.o., 
promotion in schools, "Introductiesessie", "buurthuizen", what can we 
propose to schools ?, “ICTpraktijkdag”. Only 1 reaction to the previous 
report.
We need an “Education-team”  : someone should take initiative to start a 
discussion group (what can be done in this matter ?).

3. Update Wiki Belgian Team: Facebook Team has be added in wiki 
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BelgianTeam/Responsibility.

4. Support points map status : mongolito should start saturday with 
import of data's about support points, let's hope the problem will find 
a solution, no further info.

5. Next IRC meeting on 23/09/2010 at 21 h.

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jean7491
Ubuntu Belgium Events Team