[1:02pm] whippythellama: alright, let's go ahead and #startmeeting
[1:02pm] whippythellama: not that that does anything in tribot's absence, but it gives me
a marker for adding the log
[1:02pm] • mhrivnak plays a sad trombone
[1:03pm] whippythellama: yeah, that
[1:03pm] whippythellama: i think i'll be able to carve out some time to look at tribot
this afternoon
[1:03pm] whippythellama: #topic Christmas party post-mortem
[1:04pm] whippythellama: overall, everything seemed to go well in the end
[1:04pm] whippythellama: some bumps, but nothing we couldn't handle
[1:04pm] mhrivnak: man, neomonde really didn't have their act together with the payment
stuff. It was one dropped ball after the other.
[1:04pm] mhrivnak: but it did all work out in the end.
[1:04pm] whippythellama: i still haven't called jessica from neomonde to find out what
happened there
[1:05pm] whippythellama: #action whippythellama to call jessica to see how that could be
done better in the future
[1:05pm] mhrivnak: when I called that evening to pay, there were at least two additional
dropped balls.
[1:05pm] whippythellama: thank you VERY much for hopping on that, mhrivnak
[1:06pm] mhrivnak: for example, it wasn't until after she charged my card that she then
asked me for barry's card info, and said she had to have it that evening to
issue a refund.
[1:06pm] whippythellama: i'm really sorry you had to take time out of your evening
[1:06pm] mhrivnak: sure thing, it was no problem.
[1:06pm] whippythellama: good grief
[1:06pm] whippythellama: barry was told that his card wouldn't be charged if the group
card info was straightened out
[1:07pm] whippythellama: does anyone know if IsharaComix got his refund?
[1:07pm] mhrivnak: I believe he did.
[1:07pm] whippythellama: ok, good
[1:07pm] whippythellama: mhrivnak: one other thing - do you recall what time our
reservation for the annex was for?
[1:08pm] whippythellama: the security guard had been told we were only supposed to be
there from 7-9
[1:08pm] mhrivnak: whippythellama, it's 6-10
[1:08pm] mhrivnak: I'll follow up on that.
[1:08pm] whippythellama: i got him to let us stay until 10, so it worked out alright
[1:09pm] whippythellama: but yeah, wasn't certain where that mixup happened
[1:09pm] mhrivnak: it could have been a mis-communication in the last minute venue
change.
[1:09pm] whippythellama: that was my guess
[1:09pm] mhrivnak: they have to bring in an additional person to handle the annex.
[1:10pm] whippythellama: well, the security guard (paul, i believe was his name) was very
reasonable about it
[1:10pm] billf: the annex was nice
[1:10pm] whippythellama: billf: +1
[1:10pm] whippythellama: agreed, that was a good venue
[1:10pm] billf: everyone I spoke to thought it was a great night.
[1:10pm] whippythellama: excellent :)
[1:11pm] whippythellama: i got generally positive comments as well
[1:11pm] whippythellama: folks seemed to be impressed by the neomonde spread :)
[1:11pm] mhrivnak: was there leftover food?
[1:11pm] mhrivnak: how much?
[1:12pm] whippythellama: yeah, there was, but not a ton
[1:12pm] billf: not much. I took some home for lunch the next day
[1:12pm] whippythellama: some olives and cheese, about half the fruit salad, some bread
[1:12pm] whippythellama: wes bringing in the pizza was a life-saver
[1:12pm] mhrivnak: oh good
[1:13pm] billf: I thanked Wes for that too
[1:13pm] whippythellama: yeah, we should thank him publicly as well
[1:13pm] billf: mhrivnak: thanks for organizing the venue !
[1:13pm] whippythellama: i did too, in person
[1:13pm] whippythellama: +1
[1:13pm] whippythellama: also left over was about 1/4-1/3 of the drinks, at a guess
[1:13pm] mhrivnak: no prob. I'm happy to book that venue in the future.
[1:14pm] billf: I miss-judged the traffic getting in on Thurs night, and I think other SC
did too
[1:14pm] whippythellama: that's good to know - that was very well suited for us
[1:14pm] whippythellama: yeah, and i was late getting out of the office, too
[1:14pm] billf: what would do better next time ?
[1:15pm] mhrivnak: did power and network availability work ok for everyone?
[1:15pm] billf: formal announcements at the beginning of the party ?
[1:15pm] whippythellama: seemed to work fine, mhrivnak, from what i heard
[1:15pm] billf: I should have brought a power strip for myself
[1:15pm] mhrivnak: I realized that evening that there wouldn't be ethernet connectivity,
which hopefully wasn't a problem for anyone.
[1:15pm] billf: network was good
[1:16pm] billf: wifi
[1:16pm] whippythellama: billf: sorry, wish i'd known - the security guard had spare
strips
[1:16pm] billf: I forgot to print demo signs for each station, but we used the
whiteboards
[1:16pm] whippythellama: better separation of food service area vs eating area
[1:17pm] whippythellama: there were a lot of conversations taking place at the buffet
[1:17pm] billf: cool. let's move on to the next topic...
[1:18pm] whippythellama: #topic Sponsors for January
[1:18pm] billf: #topic Sponsors for January
[1:18pm] whippythellama: heh
[1:18pm] whippythellama: does anyone have any leads on that?
[1:18pm] billf: I vote we skip sponsors for Jan, too busy
[1:18pm] whippythellama: ok, unless someone pops up with an offer, i'm good with that
[1:19pm] mhrivnak: we need to get january's meeting on the wiki.
[1:19pm] billf: mhrivnak: our finances should be looking ok
[1:19pm] whippythellama: which leads us into...
[1:19pm] mhrivnak: billf, definitely.
[1:19pm] whippythellama: #topic Bio/Summary for January
[1:19pm] billf: jackhill: we need a bio and summary for January !!
[1:19pm] whippythellama: jackhill has a trello card for this, but i haven't heard
anything on it
[1:19pm] billf: once I have that from Jack I can put it up on the web
[1:20pm] billf: whippythellama: does trello email you when a new task is assigned ?
[1:20pm] whippythellama: #action jackhill to provide bio/summary info for january's talk
[1:20pm] mhrivnak: what is the general topic?
[1:20pm] whippythellama: good question, billf - not sure
[1:20pm] billf: I don't check in with trello unless it is brought up at this meeting
[1:20pm] whippythellama: mhrivnak: vim and emacs tips
[1:20pm] mhrivnak: cool.
[1:20pm] whippythellama: gotcha, billf
[1:20pm] mhrivnak: I assume we'll separate the room down the middle like congress. ;)
[1:20pm] whippythellama: let me add a dummy card for you - tell me if you get an email
[1:21pm] billf: bah haha
[1:21pm] whippythellama: lol
[1:21pm] billf: when is FOSS Faire scheduled for ?
[1:21pm] whippythellama: next month: python and ruby tips
[1:22pm] whippythellama: not sure
[1:22pm] mhrivnak: last I heard, the date was still not confirmed.
[1:22pm] billf: #topic General Business
[1:22pm] mhrivnak: they tend to not confirm dates until 1-2 months out tops.
[1:22pm] billf: are we doing a workshop this thurs night ?
[1:22pm] whippythellama: one other thing IsharaComix brought up in his email was the
survey
[1:22pm] whippythellama: billf: wasn't planning one, no
[1:23pm] billf: we could do it online
[1:23pm] whippythellama: i'm flying out on friday, so i won't have the bandwidth
[1:23pm] billf: gotcha
[1:23pm] whippythellama: if you'd like to host a virtual session, go for it
[1:23pm] billf: yep, I will
[1:23pm] whippythellama: but i can't host here
[1:23pm] whippythellama: i was planning on picking the in-person ones back up in january
[1:23pm] billf: do the survey in the new year...
[1:24pm] whippythellama: yeah, i would vote for after 1/1 for the survey
[1:24pm] billf: whippythellama: got a tello email ! "Brian Gerard added you to the card
Email test on TriLUG Steering Committee "
[1:24pm] whippythellama: right now is too email heavy in general
[1:24pm] whippythellama: billf: sweet!
[1:25pm] whippythellama: mhrivnak: got an opinion on the survey timing?
[1:26pm] whippythellama: and is there anything else either of you wanted to discuss?
[1:26pm] mhrivnak: I also vote for post-1/1/15
[1:26pm] whippythellama: ok, that's at least a simple majority :)
[1:26pm] whippythellama: i'll reply to IsharaComix with that
[1:26pm] whippythellama: i'll almost certainly be unavailable next week
[1:27pm] whippythellama: i might be able to pop in for this meeting, but i can't commit
to it right now
[1:27pm] whippythellama: i will be back the week after, though
[1:27pm] whippythellama: and i'll have access to email
[1:27pm] mhrivnak: I'll be available through the holidays.
[1:28pm] whippythellama: mhrivnak: cool, good to know :)
[1:28pm] billf: I will be about too
[1:28pm] whippythellama: excellent
[1:29pm] whippythellama: ok, is there anything else either of you wanted to discuss?
[1:29pm] whippythellama: ah, this...
[1:29pm] whippythellama: #action whippythellama to ping jackhill about the summary and
bio for january
[1:29pm] whippythellama: does no good to give him an action if he doesn't see it :)
[1:30pm] mhrivnak: and perhaps jackhill can add his talk to the steering wiki also
[1:31pm] whippythellama: the steering wiki, or the main site?
[1:31pm] mhrivnak: at least the wiki
[1:32pm] mhrivnak: main site can come later with the full bio and summary
[1:32pm] whippythellama: ah, ok
[1:32pm] mhrivnak: although obviously that should happen soon too.
[1:32pm] mhrivnak: https://steering.trilug.org/wiki/index.php/UpcomingMeetings
[1:32pm] whippythellama: i'll try to raise him
[1:33pm] whippythellama: gotcha - i'll point him there
[1:33pm] whippythellama: anything else?
[1:34pm] mhrivnak: nothing from me
[1:35pm] whippythellama: yeah, we're kind of drifting off here :)
[1:35pm] whippythellama: so let's call this one done
[1:35pm] whippythellama: #endmeeting