16:15:04 #startmeeting 16:15:05 Meeting started Mon Jul 29 16:15:04 2013 UTC. The chair is billf. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot. 16:15:06 Useful Commands: #action #agreed #help #info #idea #link #topic. 16:15:17 #chair coxn justis mhrivnak IsharaComix billf 16:15:18 Current chairs: IsharaComix billf coxn justis mhrivnak 16:15:26 Welcome everyone ! 16:15:54 #topic Meeting 8 August 16:16:34 justis: thanks for sending out the email to OIN on the weekend, hopefully they will get back to us soon 16:16:53 wooo 16:17:05 to that end, do we need a fall back plan for the meeting announcement page ? 16:18:09 billf: you're welcome; I think we can use part of his bio from the OIN site 16:18:19 justis: also added the following places for promotion: SplatSpace, RedHat, OpenSource.com, LSC-RTP, NCSU-LUG 16:18:30 opensource.com has a community calendar now 16:18:44 NCSU LUG automatically gets posts from trilug announce 16:18:44 justis: do you want to put that together on the drupal page ? 16:19:16 what is LSC-RTP ? 16:19:31 sorry I'm late 16:19:35 * coxn catches up 16:19:48 LSC-RTP is "lean startup circle, RTP" 16:19:53 for software startups 16:20:02 small group, but they'd care 16:20:06 see meetup.com for more 16:20:26 justis: are you on that mailing for LSC-RTP ? 16:20:49 * coxn is caught up 16:20:49 billf: I'm a member of the meetup 16:21:34 here is the bio for Keith: http://www.openinventionnetwork.com/press_management.php 16:21:46 I'd prefer that someone else add that to Drupal 16:22:32 IsharaComix: are you able to handle the drupal page and email lists, or would you like to delegate some stuff out ? 16:22:49 I can forward specific emails if they're already composed 16:22:56 just snowed under with tasks ATM 16:23:10 justis: I thought so :-) 16:23:14 i'll do drupal, but someone else who already has accoutns with the mailing lists should do that 16:23:33 i added the event to the OS.com calendar 16:24:01 #action IsharaComix will update the drupal event page with bio 16:24:50 #action IsharaComix will send out a meeting announcement on Wednesday with or without the talk synopsis 16:25:14 #action justis will forward meeting announcement from IsharaComix to LSC-RTP 16:25:34 #action billf will forward meeting announcement from IsharaComix to Splatspace 16:26:14 IsharaComix: do you want to try adding it to OpenSource.com calendar ? 16:26:19 already did 16:26:26 nice ! 16:27:05 So let's publish the drupal page as soon as it is updated with the bio. We can update it with the synopis if we get one 16:27:12 will do after lunch 16:27:32 nice... next? 16:27:38 #action IsharaComix will update and publish the drupal page 16:27:53 #topic Meeting 12 September 16:28:16 mhrivnak: any news from Michael Tiemann ? 16:28:17 I sent a reminder to M Tiemann last week about getting a bio and summary. 16:28:30 He replied that he was leaving for vacation shortly but would try to get it to us soon. 16:28:47 ok, so we can table this until next week 16:28:56 I'm not sure when he's returning, but I'll follow up with him toward the end of this week if I haven't heard back. 16:29:06 ok, gotta run 16:29:18 #topic Infrastructure Development 16:29:37 coxn: sounds like you guys are really getting stuck into it 16:29:39 Thanks coxn for organizing yesterday's meeting. It was awesome. 16:30:25 :) 16:30:33 questions? 16:30:46 do I need to give a brief overview or were the emails enough? 16:31:05 perhaps one important action item we need is to schedule a visit to sunguard. 16:31:11 could you create a wiki page with the plan ? 16:31:15 we've been talking about doing it anyway to get new SC members physical access. 16:31:47 sure 16:31:53 but now we need to go there physically to unblock a large portion of the infrastructure project. 16:31:54 I'll make the wikipage 16:31:55 yep, we need to visit sunguard 16:32:08 #action coxn to make a wikipage to track infrastructure changes in the short term 16:32:17 thanks for the emails too, that was great 16:32:32 does someone with physical access want to do a doodle or similar to find a time? 16:32:36 #action coxn to schedule or delegate the scheduling of a visit to Sungard 16:32:41 I can do that, yeah 16:32:41 so I guess we just need to schedule a visit 16:32:48 ahh, good 16:33:15 anything else on this front? 16:33:23 nope, great work 16:33:31 @billf++ 16:33:34 thanks for prodding 16:33:39 last week 16:33:48 that got me to actually schedule things and move forward 16:33:50 Oh, I have been using drush to push devel drupal to our live site at work 16:34:01 nice 16:34:23 #topic 501(c)3 Application 16:34:42 I sent an email that has an update just before the meeting. 16:34:46 any questions on that? 16:34:50 mhrivnak: thanks for the email today. I'm sure Alan will chime in over email soon 16:35:54 it does not match with the story from previous SC members, we might want to ask on the ml 16:36:11 ya, that would be reasonable. 16:36:34 perhaps wait for alan or anyone else on the SC list to chime in, then go to the ML. 16:36:47 in previous years, we decided to spend the $400 to become official, so we will move in that direction 16:36:59 are we still in touch with ulrich jason gloege jr, or robert napier? 16:37:08 they were on the original articles of incorporation. 16:37:20 not me, but maybe a ml post will reconnect us 16:37:51 We could reach out and try to find them via FB or linkedin 16:37:52 we may still be able to get ahold of the lady who was previously the registered agent 16:37:57 yeah 16:38:01 I think her name was Sharon, but my memory is fuzzy 16:38:09 my vote is still definitely with spending the $400 and getting official 16:38:16 we had an EIN and it had 501c3 classification, but she asked to cancel it 16:38:17 Jeri Camp Gloege? 16:38:26 Jeri sounds right 16:38:28 yep that's right 16:38:50 mhrivnak: do let me know if you feel overloaded, you have taken on a lot and we can hand off some stuff as needed 16:39:00 and I forwarded an email today from a former SC member from a good while back 16:39:10 who was suggesting he was open to contributing 16:39:12 billf, will do 16:39:22 some attorney scared her into thinking she was liable for a bunch of taxes that she wasn't; our treasurer at the time failed to respond to her, so she panicked and canceled the tax-exempt status 16:39:25 so possibly he could help with cost of expert support to get us legit 16:39:52 people did see my reply to Jeremy Portzer, yes? 16:39:59 no 16:40:01 date? 16:40:11 coxn: yes, but not the original email 16:40:28 was it not below the fold? ugh 16:40:31 can we move on ? 16:41:02 I see portzer's original email quoted. 16:41:14 let's carry on this topic over email 16:41:35 okay... moving on then 16:41:38 #action continue discussion and history discover over email 16:41:43 #topic PO Box notification 16:42:35 so barry isn't here, but I guess he will need our renewal notice, or at least the details of the PO Box 16:42:53 it's all on the wiki 16:43:03 including credentials to login to our account online with USPS. 16:43:21 mhrivnak: nice, thx 16:43:24 #action IsharaComix will get the PO Box details from mhrivnak at the next Thursday meeting from the TriLUG box 16:43:45 ok, cool, even better 16:44:05 anything else? 16:44:09 are we ready to wrap up? 16:44:14 #action IsharaComix will get the PO Box details from the wiki 16:44:23 #topic General Business 16:44:28 anyone ? 16:44:54 thanks for getting stuff done this past week ! 16:44:56 none here. 16:44:57 I have nothing 16:45:13 justis: need to add Alan to the thankyou list 16:45:31 oh yeah... and everybody who helped at the hack afternoon thingie 16:45:44 alan handled some SC email last week when we had overlooked it 16:45:45 which exceeded my expectations 16:46:01 ok, we are done !! 16:46:07 #endmeeting