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<p>Created page with &quot;:&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;walterbender&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; quorum call... :* walterbender:is present :* satellit_:listening :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;CanoeBerry&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; Hiya Hiya :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;walterbender&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; hi adam :hi tom :bernie, cjb , mchua, t...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>:&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;walterbender&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; quorum call...<br /> :* walterbender:is present<br /> :* satellit_:listening<br /> :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;CanoeBerry&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; Hiya Hiya<br /> :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;walterbender&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; hi adam<br /> :hi tom<br /> :bernie, cjb , mchua, tomeu ???<br /> :bernie told /me he&#039;d be here today:)<br /> :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;tomeu&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; hi all<br /> :* tomeu:still in pootle land<br /> :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;walterbender&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; tomeu: thank you for taking this on...<br /> :tomeu: any light at the end of the tunnel?<br /> :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;tomeu&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; yes, I think we are close now<br /> :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;CanoeBerry&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; what&#039;s the pootle issue?<br /> :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;walterbender&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; CanoeBerry: it has been neglected of late and many commits had not been pushed in either direction<br /> :CanoeBerry: so the i18n for this release is a bit of a mess<br /> :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;CanoeBerry&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; Sayamindu&#039;s been enjoying too much tea at the Media Lab 4pm&#039;s Friday, we know where to find him if nec ;)<br /> :Folks may want to grab the MP3 later today for this hourlong show on Teach for America I just listened to here:<br /> :http://www.onpointradio.org/2010/09/wendy-kopp<br /> :Sadly didn&#039;t catch all the details, but Teach for America is shaking up US campuses..<br /> :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;walterbender&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; CanoeBerry: university campuses???<br /> :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;CanoeBerry&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; Yes.<br /> :Undergrads are surging in their applications to ToA like never before.. the dream to invest love into primary schools is one thing that&#039;s working in this country:)<br /> :*TfA i meant<br /> :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;walterbender&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; how does this impact university??? it is a post-grad program?<br /> :I could see it impacting ed schools...<br /> :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;CanoeBerry&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; I gather over 10% of MIT undergrad seniors applied to TfA this spring.<br /> :That shakes up the dialogue on campuses like MIT.<br /> :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;cjb&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; Hi, I&#039;m here<br /> :Bernie might be busy because his visa finally came through:)<br /> :tomeu: awesome, thank you very much for looking at Pootle!<br /> :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;walterbender&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; cjb: great news about the visa... just yesterday he didn&#039;t think it was going to happen.<br /> :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;CanoeBerry&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; VISA!<br /> :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;walterbender&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; so we have a quorum... we should begin.<br /> :#start-meeting<br /> :I don&#039;t have a lot to discuss today except the election and the release...<br /> :but I wanted to meet because I am going to be traveling so much this month... need to grab whatever opportunities we can.<br /> :#topic SLOB election<br /> :I can double-check with Luke, but I think he has been tracking membership OK.<br /> :I am disappointed that our ranks have not been swelled by teachers, alas.<br /> :but I am more concerned about a lack of official candidates... right now, we only have 1 person who has contacted me to say that they are definitely running: SMParrish<br /> :which is great that he is running, but we have 3 positions to fill<br /> :I will try to convince Rosamel to officially announce... she is great and has had a lot of enthusiastic endorsements.<br /> :but I also want to pin down a few more...<br /> :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;CanoeBerry&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; i put my name here:<br /> :http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/2010-2011-candidates<br /> :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;cjb&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; walterbender: I&#039;m in two minds about letting someone else have a turn, but I&#039;m certainly willing if we end up short on candidates<br /> :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;walterbender&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; (hey ... my #start-meeting didn&#039;t start:( )<br /> :#startmeeting<br /> :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;sugaroid&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; Meeting started Tue Sep 28 15:20:17 2010 UTC. The chair is walterbender. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot.<br /> :Useful Commands: #action #agreed #help #info #idea #link #topic #endmeeting<br /> :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;meeting&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; Meeting started at 11:20 UTC. The chair is walterbender.<br /> :Commands Available: #TOPIC, #IDEA, #ACTION, #AGREED, #LINK<br /> :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;walterbender&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; #action walter is post backlog to the official log since #start-meeting is not an alias for #startmeeting:(<br /> :CanoeBerry: glad to hear you are running again!!!<br /> :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;CanoeBerry&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; sorry if i misunderstood the process.<br /> :i followed last year&#039;s routine:)<br /> :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;walterbender&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; I added SMParrish too.. and I will add a link from the wiki home page...<br /> :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;CanoeBerry&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; Is the Rosamel possiblity real?<br /> :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;walterbender&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; CanoeBerry: I hope so... I&#039;ll try to contact her... I think the biggest obstacle is she is not very comfortable with English.<br /> :didn&#039;t we have an auto-translation chat going at one point in this channel??<br /> :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;cjb&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; yeah, &quot;transbot&quot;<br /> :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;walterbender&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; maybe that is enough to get her over the bump in the road...<br /> :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;CanoeBerry&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; Bert&#039;s comment is eerily accurate -- English is the de facto Esperanto of global organizing..<br /> :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;walterbender&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; I agree...<br /> :and the urban legend is that more people speak Klingon from StarTrek than Esperanto:)<br /> :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;tomeu&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; what about reaching out to one of the english-speaking teachers we know?<br /> :gerald, tony, who else?<br /> :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;walterbender&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; OK. I&#039;ll do one more call for candidates and I&#039;ll reach out to a few more folks (Gerald A., for example).<br /> :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;CanoeBerry&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; What is our hard deadline Fri Oct 1?<br /> :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;walterbender&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; Well, I think we could slip to Monday, but we should respect the process we outlined.<br /> :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;CanoeBerry&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; Apparently 5PM Fri Oct 1 according to http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Labs/Members ?<br /> :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;walterbender&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; Alas, I am traveling the next 3 days (to OWF in Paris)<br /> :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;CanoeBerry&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; 5PM EDT..<br /> :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;walterbender&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; #action walter will make one more call for candidates before heading to the airport<br /> :* walterbender:hopes to be able to contact Sean while in Paris<br /> :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;CanoeBerry&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; walterbender: does your manic jetset life include SF?:)<br /> :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;walterbender&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; CanoeBerry: I will know soon...<br /> :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;CanoeBerry&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; Cool!<br /> :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;walterbender&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; CanoeBerry: I have a trip to Costa Rica next week and then Paraguay before SF:)<br /> :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;CanoeBerry&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; Right.<br /> :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;walterbender&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; CanoeBerry: and maybe Mexico before... definitely afterward...<br /> :and it goes on and on... crazy fall<br /> :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;CanoeBerry&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; Special Request to ALL for SF Topics -- please add core priorities here:<br /> :http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_SanFranciscoBayArea/OLPCSF_Community_Summit_2010#Schedule_of_sessions<br /> :Then the OLPC-SF organizers themselves can piece this together into a schedule!<br /> :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;walterbender&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; seems like an exciting weekend<br /> :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;CanoeBerry&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; And pre-wkd too.<br /> :And post-wkd party:)<br /> :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;walterbender&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; we also have talked about the need for a Sugar Camp for developers soon... to discuss Python and GNOME 3.0<br /> :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;cjb&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; walterbender: Ah, deadline coming up -- okay, please add me as a candidate:)<br /> :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;walterbender&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; cjb: thank you.<br /> :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;cjb&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; If you don&#039;t mind, I might decide to stand aside later if we have a good field of other candidates.<br /> :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;CanoeBerry&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; Done: http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/2010-2011-candidates<br /> :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;walterbender&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; cjb: always an option.<br /> :shall we switch topics?<br /> :I&#039;d like to just touch on 0.90 to make sure we all know where we are at...<br /> :#topic 0.90<br /> :We had a slight glitch with Pootle, but it seems that Tomeu (with input from cjl and others) has managed to get things working again...<br /> :and we have a candidate to replace/augment Sayamindu, who is being consumed by school<br /> :Erikos has already gotten a good start on the release notes: http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/0.90/Notes<br /> :all in all, despite the late start, I think it is a significant release<br /> :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;CanoeBerry&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; other topics?<br /> :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;walterbender&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; no comments from the peanut gallery?<br /> :* satellit_:Soas status: 3 bugs;2339;2351;2355 + no read but works ( latest Nightly Compose)<br /> :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;walterbender&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; let me propose a motion:<br /> :We, the SLOB, acknowledge and praise the efforts of the release team for bringing us 0.90!!<br /> :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;CanoeBerry&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; Can we spell out the Release Team&#039;s contributors?<br /> :* walterbender:is a bit worried abut marketing... I just did one interview, but we don&#039;t have Sean&#039;s blitz lined up...<br /> :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;walterbender&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; CanoeBerry: we can mention its leader, erikos... the membership is a bit fuzzy... tomeu and alsroot of course... any many contributions from the community<br /> :* walterbender:has nothing else today... anyone else?<br /> :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;CanoeBerry&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; Great +1 if we want to vote!<br /> :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;cjb&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; seconded, +1:)<br /> :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;walterbender&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; OK... let&#039;s vote...<br /> :* walterbender:+1<br /> :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;tomeu&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; would be good if people wanted to add themselves to the teams they belong to in the wiki<br /> :this is a bit ridiculous: http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Development_Team/Contacts<br /> :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;CanoeBerry&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; tomeu: care to vote?<br /> :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;tomeu&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; +1, but I would prefer to see more people joining the team:)<br /> :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;walterbender&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; tomeu: I never new there was a list at all... perhaps it should be linked to from the Join link...<br /> :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;tomeu&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; walterbender: all teams have a list<br /> :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;CanoeBerry&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; Motion Carries.<br /> :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;walterbender&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; tomeu: but no team has a list that is easy to find...<br /> :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;CanoeBerry&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; walterbender: speaking of teambuilding, do you have a favorite bio/pic if you will participate in SF Summit Oct 22-24 in person or remotely?<br /> :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;tomeu&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; walterbender: the team bar has a Contacts link<br /> :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;CanoeBerry&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; walterbender: You should post that here: http://olpcsf.org/CommunitySummit2010/people.php<br /> :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;walterbender&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; tomeu: I assumed that was how to contact the team, not the member&#039;s list...<br /> :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;tomeu&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; walterbender: let&#039;s improve it then:)<br /> :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;walterbender&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; CanoeBerry: will try to...<br /> :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;CanoeBerry&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; Thx, email that to me today if poss.<br /> :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;walterbender&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; tomeu: agreed... was just thinking about the specifics.<br /> :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;tomeu&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; but well, I don&#039;t think the community has given much importance to the teams structure anyway<br /> :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;CanoeBerry&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; I have to run at Noon sharp here, anything else?<br /> :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;walterbender&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; tomeu: probably not, in general... but in a few specific cases, it has been important...<br /> :CanoeBerry: I think we are done for today...<br /> :thanks all for attending.<br /> :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;CanoeBerry&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; Cheerio<br /> :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;walterbender&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; FYI, I emailed Rosamel (in broken Spanish)<br /> :#endmeeting<br /> :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;sugaroid&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; Meeting ended Tue Sep 28 16:00:25 2010 UTC. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot. (v 0.1.4)<br /> :Minutes: http://meeting.sugarlabs.org/sugar-meeting/meetings/2010-09-28T15:20:17.html<br /> :Log: http://meeting.sugarlabs.org/sugar-meeting/meetings/2010-09-28T15:20:17<br /> :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;meeting&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; Meeting finished at 12:01.<br /> :Logs available at http://me.etin.gs/sugar-meeting/sugar-meeting.log.20100928_1120.html</div>

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