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18:03:23 <whippythellama> #chair eronel mhrivnak whippythellama leafstorm jackhill
18:03:23 <Tribot> Current chairs: eronel jackhill leafstorm mhrivnak whippythellama
18:03:32 <whippythellama> #topic Holiday Party Recap
18:03:44 <eronel> I'm going to have to leave just a wee bit early.
18:03:57 <whippythellama> shouldn't be a problem
18:04:14 <whippythellama> we're short on people and light on topics ;)
18:04:49 <whippythellama> overall i thought it went pretty well
18:04:58 <eronel> the food was great
18:05:05 <whippythellama> not as heavily attended as last year from what i could tell
18:05:15 <whippythellama> yeah, neomonde does good things  :)
18:05:36 <mhrivnak> agreed!
18:05:52 <whippythellama> i also think we should plan on having music next year
18:06:08 <mhrivnak> I don't recall exactly off the top of my head, but we landed around $280 in contributions.
18:06:10 <whippythellama> if jeremy doesn't bring his open music setup, at least have a player of some sort set up
18:06:20 <whippythellama> gotcha
18:06:22 <mhrivnak> we spent $600 on neomonde, plus drinks and such.
18:06:47 <whippythellama> ok, so about $300-ish for the evening
18:06:53 <eronel> That sounds okay if the music isn't too loud.
18:07:01 <mhrivnak> agreed on a little music.
18:07:04 <whippythellama> eronel: yeah, just background
18:07:16 <whippythellama> it was nice last year, having that going
18:07:19 <mhrivnak> Also, the last one I went to (at splat-space), someone made up signs for each demo. That maybe was billf ?
18:07:22 <mhrivnak> That helped a lot.
18:07:32 <whippythellama> that would have been good too, definitely
18:07:42 <mhrivnak> I think that would have made people more confident in stopping to look at demos and such.
18:07:49 <whippythellama> agreed
18:08:13 <whippythellama> i ended up coming away with almost a full cooler of sodas
18:08:27 <mhrivnak> ah.
18:08:28 <whippythellama> so we'll save a bit for next month's drinks  :)
18:08:34 <mhrivnak> That's good for trilug's health at least. :)
18:08:41 <whippythellama> heh
18:08:57 <whippythellama> i'm not opening them, i'm bringing them back next month  :)
18:09:07 <mhrivnak> heh
18:09:10 <whippythellama> they're still sealed, not partials
18:09:16 <whippythellama> odd thing, tho
18:09:33 <whippythellama> i bought two mountain dews for the party
18:09:35 <eronel> Maybe it was because the food was way better?
18:09:38 <whippythellama> i came back with three
18:10:05 <mhrivnak> someone brought 2
18:10:07 <whippythellama> i don't know that we had quite as many people as last year
18:10:14 <mhrivnak> I think another person may have even brought another.
18:10:31 <whippythellama> popular drink
18:10:43 <whippythellama> did anyone get a rough count of attendance?
18:10:57 <mhrivnak> not me
18:11:08 <whippythellama> yeah, likewise
18:11:11 <mhrivnak> I'd guess at least 35
18:11:21 <whippythellama> uh huh
18:11:40 <eronel> I was the only female attendee this time.
18:12:02 <whippythellama> another thing we should think about next year is how to get an earlier accurate count
18:12:24 <whippythellama> hmmm... i wonder what that's about
18:13:06 <eronel> The easiest way to get a good count is have people take tickets for door prizes.
18:13:17 <whippythellama> oooo... good idea
18:13:34 <mhrivnak> excellent idea!
18:14:25 <whippythellama> ok, anything else we need to discuss on the party right now?
18:14:36 <whippythellama> we can chat about it again later when we're all here
18:14:49 <mhrivnak> nothing here.
18:14:49 <eronel> (that also may be a good way to boost attendance at our normal meetings)
18:15:12 <whippythellama> i like that idea, eronel - really good one
18:15:42 <whippythellama> maybe set up a cafepress (or similar) store and have trilug gear we can give out
18:16:25 <whippythellama> ok, moving on in the interest of time...
18:16:32 <whippythellama> #topic Matthew's Replacement
18:16:49 <whippythellama> i was really glad to see jeremy's nomination
18:17:02 * mhrivnak checks email
18:17:13 <mhrivnak> oh yay!
18:17:20 <whippythellama> but aside from that, were either of you thinking of moving into the pr slot?
18:17:27 <mhrivnak> definitely not me. :)
18:17:29 <whippythellama> lol
18:17:32 <eronel> no
18:17:44 <eronel> well, thinking of it, yes... deciding on it, no :)
18:17:57 <whippythellama> hehe
18:18:26 <whippythellama> does that mean you're still considering it, or no?
18:18:37 <eronel> no..:)
18:18:43 <whippythellama> ok, cool
18:18:56 <whippythellama> do either of you know if jackhill has an interest?
18:19:02 <eronel> He does not.
18:19:08 <whippythellama> cool
18:19:12 <mhrivnak> I think there's a 95% chance Jeremy will run unopposed and be the new PR officer, which works great for everyone.
18:19:19 <whippythellama> agreed
18:19:25 <whippythellama> on both points
18:19:52 <whippythellama> ok, i don't think there's much more there we need to talk about
18:20:00 <whippythellama> ...unless one of you has anything?
18:20:15 <mhrivnak> nothing here.
18:20:20 <eronel> nothing
18:20:24 <whippythellama> cool
18:20:31 <whippythellama> #topic January Speaker Status
18:20:42 <whippythellama> it sounded like leafstorm may have a lead
18:20:51 <whippythellama> so that's one possibility
18:21:27 <whippythellama> eronel, have you had a chance to ping sean alexandre yet?
18:22:01 <eronel> whippythellama: No, I haven't..
18:22:12 <mhrivnak> does anyone else know anything about leafstorm 's lead? I didn't understand the description he gave.
18:22:26 <whippythellama> mhrivnak: i do not
18:22:39 <whippythellama> i'm waiting for his response to your email
18:22:48 <mhrivnak> I asked Will Cohen to do a performance analysis tools presentation in 2016. He's interested, and is going to get back to me with a date preference.
18:22:52 <whippythellama> eronel: do you think you would have a chance to reach out to him this week?
18:23:01 <whippythellama> woot!
18:23:02 <mhrivnak> He works at Red Hat and demo'd that stuff at the holiday demo.
18:23:17 <mhrivnak> I'm also sending another email right now trying to get an openshift presentation.
18:23:17 <eronel> whippythellama: I just sent Sean email. :)
18:23:18 <whippythellama> oooh, him
18:23:32 <whippythellama> thank you, eronel!  :)
18:23:34 <mhrivnak> remind me what Sean's topic would be?
18:23:41 <whippythellama> linux server security
18:23:41 <eronel> linux security
18:23:53 <mhrivnak> wonderful
18:24:06 <whippythellama> yeah, i'm hoping that might draw em in  :)
18:24:38 <whippythellama> sounds like we have a couple of leads, then
18:24:46 <whippythellama> thank you for chasing those down!
18:24:54 <whippythellama> and thanks for following up on the donation, mhrivnak
18:25:02 <mhrivnak> time is of the essence though. We need to nail someone down ASAP.
18:25:08 <whippythellama> +100000
18:26:09 <whippythellama> if you would, please let steering@ know when you each hear back from your leads
18:26:35 <whippythellama> i don't want to wait another week before reaching out further if necessary
18:26:41 * eronel ducks out.
18:26:43 <mhrivnak> agreed.
18:26:46 <whippythellama> thanks, eronel
18:26:57 <whippythellama> yeah, we're getting close on time
18:27:11 <whippythellama> i'm going to assume we are NOT doing a december hack night
18:27:38 <whippythellama> we kind of discussed it at the party, iirc, and no one was particularly gung-ho to host it and run it so close to the holidays
18:27:46 <mhrivnak> I think that's the general consensus.
18:27:56 <whippythellama> yeah
18:28:19 <whippythellama> ok, well, it's just the two of us now.  anything else on january?
18:28:26 <mhrivnak> nope
18:28:27 <whippythellama> ...or anthing else, for that matter...
18:28:30 <mhrivnak> yep
18:28:45 <whippythellama> #topic General Business
18:28:46 <whippythellama> shoot
18:29:04 <mhrivnak> I got "Square" setup on my phone this morning and succeeded at donating a (quite generous if I do say so myself) $1 to TriLUG via credit card.
18:29:26 <whippythellama> your letter of thanks is in the mail
18:29:27 <whippythellama> :)
18:29:39 <mhrivnak> And I'm meeting with a donor this evening who wants to make a year-end contribution. Nothing crazy, but something. We'll see what that means. :)
18:29:46 <whippythellama> sweet!
18:29:51 <whippythellama> that is awesome!
18:30:02 <whippythellama> thank you for setting that up!
18:30:07 <mhrivnak> Not sure if he/she wants to be named, so I'll keep that internal for now.
18:30:12 <whippythellama> fair enough
18:30:25 <mhrivnak> That's all I have.
18:30:43 <mhrivnak> To be clear, that's all I have to say. I do have more than $1. ;)
18:30:49 <whippythellama> lol
18:31:05 <whippythellama> well, thanks a ton for handling that  :)
18:31:11 <mhrivnak> no prob.
18:31:23 <mhrivnak> not surprisingly, square makes that part frighteningly easy.
18:31:36 <whippythellama> lol... yeah, no surprise there  :)
18:31:49 <whippythellama> ok, i think that's about it for this week
18:31:56 <whippythellama> thanks!
18:31:58 <whippythellama> #endmeeting