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17:32:33 <raub> #chair bdmc dfrustaglio dsmadcow raub
17:32:33 <Tribot> Current chairs: bdmc dfrustaglio dsmadcow raub
17:32:48 <raub> #topic Check for Agenda Additions
17:32:59 <raub> Anythng we should add to the agenda?
17:33:16 <dsmadcow> nothing from me
17:33:23 <dfrustaglio> nothing from me
17:33:54 <raub> I will take bdmc's silence means he also has nothing
17:33:58 <raub> #topic Current Topics
17:34:06 <raub> Ok, so drupal talk is this week
17:34:24 <raub> The meetup announcement I unleashed sucks
17:34:48 <raub> We still need to announce it here on the list and other places
17:34:52 <raub> Who wants to do it?
17:35:20 <raub> I also take we the members are sponsoring the event?
17:35:25 <dsmadcow> I can make the twitter anluncment
17:35:42 <raub> dsmadcow: please do
17:36:34 <raub> If nobody has time I wil do the announcement on the list
17:36:49 <raub> Later this month we have the ATO conference
17:37:43 <raub> I should eb able to come up with an old 26" imac, which I will install linux in. Backup should be monitor and a computer
17:37:54 <raub> I will know by the end of the week
17:38:06 <raub> wifi on it works fine under linux
17:38:19 <dfrustaglio> If nobody has any suggested changes to the brochure I proposed, I can get them printed this week before Thursday
17:38:26 <dsmadcow> that sounds good, I will have my laptop there as well if needed
17:38:31 <bdmc> Do we want to get together, briefly, before ATO, to check the setup and train the rest of us?
17:38:53 <raub> dfrustaglio: I emailed a few questions last week or the week before. Did you see them?
17:38:57 <dsmadcow> that might be a good idea to get together before han
17:39:00 <dfrustaglio> also, are they supplying a table? or do we bring our own?
17:39:02 <raub> bdmc: Yes
17:39:13 <bdmc> They are, as far as I know.
17:39:20 <raub> dfrustaglio: - They provide: table, cloth, curtain, power, and wifi
17:39:47 <bdmc> Standard conference fittings.
17:39:58 <bdmc> ( trade show )
17:40:04 <raub> bdmc: heh
17:40:12 <raub> I take there will be 2 chairs
17:40:26 <raub> I should be ordering the stickers today or tomorrow
17:41:22 <bdmc> Do we want to talk to Dr. Warren about using a room over there, the week before ATO, or somewhere else?
17:41:38 <raub> Also this thrusday's meeting we will be getting a blinking tritux for the conference
17:41:41 <raub> bdmc: sure
17:41:59 <raub> (we will also have a non blinking one for speaker)
17:42:05 <bdmc> Great!
17:42:08 <dsmadcow> good
17:42:43 <raub> So, I think that bdmc and dsmadcow will be in the conference.
17:42:50 <bdmc> Yes.
17:42:52 <raub> dfrustaglio: I think you said you can't
17:42:56 <dsmadcow> yes I will be ther both days
17:42:57 <bdmc> Both ( all three ) days.
17:43:07 <dsmadcow> Monday and Tuesday for me
17:43:20 <raub> We need to be there on Sunday to set our table up AFAIK
17:43:29 <dfrustaglio> I can probably do the Sunday
17:43:48 <bdmc> I have given ATO two, four-hour shifts, one Monday and one Tuesday.
17:43:54 <raub> I am not very hot about where our table is but we have a table and that is all that matters
17:44:01 <raub> bdmc: impressive
17:44:17 <raub> I should tell them if they need I can be around on standby
17:44:23 <bdmc> I didn't look at the map.  Is our table back in the dark, next to the kitchen?
17:44:40 <raub> Let me email it since the listserv did not like it
17:45:38 <bdmc> I will check my timetable, and let you know soon when I am not available.  I think it is something like 11-3 Tuesday, but I don't remember Monday.
17:48:01 <raub> K. I will try to be there at all times there is nobody else, otherwise will find presentations and meet people
17:48:14 <raub> I will be sporting my trilug shirt mon and tue
17:49:24 <bdmc> Found it.  2-5:30 Monday, 10-3 on Tuesday.
17:50:22 <bdmc> OK, back to Thursday.  Do we want to discuss pizza yet, or leave it for later in the week?
17:50:29 <raub> We still have one empty spot
17:50:36 <raub> bdmc: we need to do it today
17:50:51 <raub> But first,
17:50:57 <raub> #topic Future Topics
17:51:08 <raub> Are we still good for zenoss?
17:51:45 <dsmadcow> yes we are good for zenoss in Nov, I have bio and blurb
17:52:03 <dsmadcow> I requested $300 for sponser but have not got an answer on that yet
17:52:13 <raub> K
17:52:30 <raub> I take we will be sponsoring the meeting ourelves this week
17:52:56 <raub> So, under
17:52:59 <raub> #topic General Business
17:53:22 <raub> I do not know if we should expect a full house this week
17:53:41 <raub> So I am wonderinf if a reduced pizza order is in, well, order
17:54:05 <dfrustaglio> I thought Drupal would be a popular topic
17:54:23 <raub> dfrustaglio: That is what I am asking
17:55:52 <dsmadcow> No response to the metup yet, I have sent out the twitter annoucment already and I am working on the announce email and will get it out in a bit
17:56:10 <raub> dsmadcow: thanks
17:56:23 <dsmadcow> Can we wait until tomorrow and see if we get some response to the annoucements, that may give us an idea
17:56:35 <bdmc> I think that it is too early to call, since I fell down on things and didn't push for an announcement last week.
17:57:38 <dfrustaglio> to other matters, I will edit the slides and push up to the drive
17:59:04 <raub> dsmadcow, dfrustaglio, bdmc sounds like a plan
17:59:55 <raub> Other than that, the only things I think we need to talk about is getitng more speakers and sponsors
18:01:28 <bdmc> I know that we are "good" up to the end of the year, but that is tomorrow.  Do we have any "on deck" for the beginning of next year?
18:01:45 <raub> bdmc: exactly
18:02:00 <dfrustaglio> ok, just go a hot incident ticket, I have to roll
18:02:08 <bdmc> Have fun!
18:02:08 <raub> I hope we make some contacts in the ATO conference, but that feels like all eggs in one backet
18:02:12 <dfrustaglio> see youall THursday
18:02:16 <raub> dfrustaglio: send a postcard!
18:02:54 <bdmc> OK.  We have talked about a Linux for Beginners night.  Or a CLI Linux for Beginners.
18:03:25 <dsmadcow> I think the LInux for beginners/CLI is a good idea
18:03:27 <bdmc> Do we want to think about "exotic" technology, or "standard" stuff, or both?
18:03:36 <raub> bdmc: yes
18:03:38 <bdmc> ( other topics, not the Beginners )
18:04:20 <raub> the Beginners' event does not need to be a normal meeting; we haven't done a hacknight in a while. But it could also be
18:04:36 <bdmc> Block chain is a current hot topic, particularly as implemented in cryto-currencies, but also "smart contracts."
18:04:37 <raub> We should gather feedback from the members
18:04:47 <bdmc> Agreed.  January?
18:05:09 <bdmc> Beginners for January, or later?
18:05:35 <bdmc> We have had a couple of things that are cloud-related recently.
18:05:43 <raub> bdmc: perhaps, which means we will need to star asking them soon
18:06:23 <raub> ANother thing is that I want members to feel they do not need to have created the internet or invented hard drives to come and talk
18:06:24 <bdmc> exactly -- wait until this announcement has had a bit of time to circulate, and then send out a message, perhaps later this week?
18:06:53 <raub> bdmc: let's send out an email either Friday or early next week
18:07:17 <bdmc> Absolutely.  The focus is on non-experts, we don't need to assume that experts are giving the talk.
18:07:40 <bdmc> Part of what we discussed was "hints and kinks."
18:07:51 <raub> Also, trilug talks should primairly be about something you are passionate about
18:08:30 <bdmc> Naaa.  B-)
18:08:41 <bdmc> As dry and boring as possible.
18:08:55 <raub> With lots of ads?
18:09:02 <bdmc> Yep!
18:09:11 <raub> Hah
18:09:14 <dsmadcow> can we skip the ads
18:09:18 <dsmadcow> please
18:09:22 <raub> dsmadcow: lol
18:09:26 <bdmc> Well, if you insist.
18:09:36 <raub> bdmc: how bad are we financially speaking?
18:10:10 <dsmadcow> I sent out the announce email to the trilug-annouce list, but I am not seeing it yet, it might need to be approved before it will send out.
18:10:32 <bdmc> Not bad at all.  Let me look -- no, I don't have access to that account here.  My impression is that we have something like $500 in the bank. ( credit union )
18:11:09 <bdmc> Hmmm.  I don't even see the "needs approval" message.
18:11:21 <dsmadcow> yea I did not get that either.
18:11:23 <raub> bdmc: for the normal list you don't
18:11:33 <bdmc> OK
18:11:57 <raub> But I din't see it there
18:12:16 <bdmc> Would you like me to go in to the CU today --- oops, can't today.  But right away, or leave it until Thursday?
18:12:36 <dsmadcow> yea it shows sent from my email. it may take a bit to get there I guess.
18:12:44 <raub> Don't kill yourself bdmc. Your guess is good for me
18:13:03 <dsmadcow> ok I need to drop, I will see you all Thursday night
18:13:11 <raub> But I would like as a goal for next year is $1K in sponsorship
18:13:16 <raub> Seeya
18:13:22 <raub> or more
18:14:03 <bdmc> Oh, at least, since our expenses approach $200 per meeting.
18:14:41 <raub> bdmc: I would love $2K yearly sponsorships. Need to find out what it takes for us to get that
18:15:12 <raub> There are some possibilities but I have asked not to announce them yet
18:15:17 <bdmc> Completely agree.  That would help us take a proper breath.
18:15:24 <raub> But not 2K or even 1K
18:15:37 <bdmc> Multiple $500 would work, too.
18:15:48 <raub> Yeah. Until we have that much guaranteed, it is hard to evolve
18:16:20 <bdmc> What we need is sponsorship on more than the "per-meeting" level.
18:16:46 <raub> bdmc: my point exactly
18:17:06 <raub> Which means we need to make the case for why someone would drop that much on us
18:17:34 <bdmc> Agreed.  Do we need to start an e-mail conversation, or an in-person meeting?
18:18:09 <bdmc> ( I'm going to have to push off fairly soon. )
18:18:22 <raub> I need to myself. I am way past my allocated time
18:18:32 <raub> Let's try whichever works first
18:18:43 <bdmc> OK.  See you Thursday, talk to you before.
18:18:55 <raub> K
18:18:59 <raub> #endmeeting