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:SeanDaly: In advance of you coming to Boston, we were going to try a conference call to discuss the trademark question, hopefully with Karen (or some lawyer who groks trademark law) present, to see if we can figure things out in advance of the in-person SLOBs fest in April.
 
:SeanDaly: In advance of you coming to Boston, we were going to try a conference call to discuss the trademark question, hopefully with Karen (or some lawyer who groks trademark law) present, to see if we can figure things out in advance of the in-person SLOBs fest in April.
 
:'''<SeanDaly>''' ok i see
 
:'''<SeanDaly>''' ok i see
:'''<mchua>''' SeanDaly: one of my action items from http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Meeting_Log-2010-03-12 that got bumped later last week.
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:'''<mchua>''' SeanDaly: one of my action items from http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/2010/Meeting_Log-2010-03-12 that got bumped later last week.
 
:'''<SeanDaly>''' jt4sugar has offered to work up a Marketing position paper on the issue
 
:'''<SeanDaly>''' jt4sugar has offered to work up a Marketing position paper on the issue
 
:'''<mchua>''' ...did I just say "in advance" twice? Yes. Yes I did.
 
:'''<mchua>''' ...did I just say "in advance" twice? Yes. Yes I did.
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:'''<tomeu>''' hi, my irc client disconnected without telling me so :/
 
:'''<tomeu>''' hi, my irc client disconnected without telling me so :/
 
:'''<walterbender>''' and pull the backlog into the notes on the wiki for reference.
 
:'''<walterbender>''' and pull the backlog into the notes on the wiki for reference.
:#startmeeting
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:'''#startmeeting'''
 
:'''<SeanDaly>''' hi tomeu
 
:'''<SeanDaly>''' hi tomeu
 
:'''<meeting>''' Meeting started at 11:28 UTC. The chair is walterbender.
 
:'''<meeting>''' Meeting started at 11:28 UTC. The chair is walterbender.
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:* mchua:waves
 
:* mchua:waves
 
:'''<walterbender>''' but let's focus on SoaS discussion for a moment.
 
:'''<walterbender>''' but let's focus on SoaS discussion for a moment.
:#topic SoaS
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:'''#topic SoaS'''
 
:'''<mchua>''' walterbender: what's the rest of the agenda? soas and tm is all?
 
:'''<mchua>''' walterbender: what's the rest of the agenda? soas and tm is all?
 
:'''<walterbender>''' mchua: + sustainability
 
:'''<walterbender>''' mchua: + sustainability
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:'''<walterbender>''' I don't know that we have any decisions to make today, but I want to make sure people on the board have a heads up as to what is going on... lots.
 
:'''<walterbender>''' I don't know that we have any decisions to make today, but I want to make sure people on the board have a heads up as to what is going on... lots.
 
:* mchua:digs up links to mailing list threads
 
:* mchua:digs up links to mailing list threads
:-->|:CanoeBerry (~Canoe@pool-98-116-147-84.nycmny.fios.verizon.net) has joined #sugar-meeting
   
:'''<walterbender>''' re SoaS, just to let people know, sdziallas has set into motion a Fedora "spin" for Mirabelle
 
:'''<walterbender>''' re SoaS, just to let people know, sdziallas has set into motion a Fedora "spin" for Mirabelle
 
:'''<mchua>''' #link http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/2010-March/010395.html
 
:'''<mchua>''' #link http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/2010-March/010395.html
 
:'''<walterbender>''' This has ramifications short term and long term.
 
:'''<walterbender>''' This has ramifications short term and long term.
 
:'''<mchua>''' That's the IAEP thread that links to the other ones.
 
:'''<mchua>''' That's the IAEP thread that links to the other ones.
:#link http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/soas/2010-March/000934.html
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:'''#link http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/soas/2010-March/000934.html'''
 
:'''<walterbender>''' alas the thread got split on different lists
 
:'''<walterbender>''' alas the thread got split on different lists
 
:there is a marketing version as well.
 
:there is a marketing version as well.
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:'''<walterbender>''' SeanDaly: and PY!!
 
:'''<walterbender>''' SeanDaly: and PY!!
 
:tomeu: do you know if Ceibal uses IRC the way Paraguay does?
 
:tomeu: do you know if Ceibal uses IRC the way Paraguay does?
:#olpc-paraguay uses the meeting bot... etc. all their meetings are on freenode
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: #olpc-paraguay uses the meeting bot... etc. all their meetings are on freenode
 
:so it is easy to interact with them in #sugar too
 
:so it is easy to interact with them in #sugar too
 
:'''<mchua>''' To tie this into the sustainability discussion - how can we tap the contributor growth in these deployments to help us spread the load?
 
:'''<mchua>''' To tie this into the sustainability discussion - how can we tap the contributor growth in these deployments to help us spread the load?
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:'''<tomeu>''' walterbender: ah ok
 
:'''<tomeu>''' walterbender: ah ok
 
:'''<walterbender>''' #Action: Marketing will discuss with .py a PR plan to highlight their local-lab efforts.
 
:'''<walterbender>''' #Action: Marketing will discuss with .py a PR plan to highlight their local-lab efforts.
:#topic TM
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:'''#topic TM'''
 
:'''<cjb>''' hm, not sure how to talk about TMs more. oh, I could be clear that the latest TM policy draft on the wiki is fine with me.
 
:'''<cjb>''' hm, not sure how to talk about TMs more. oh, I could be clear that the latest TM policy draft on the wiki is fine with me.
 
:'''<walterbender>''' #action: mchua will organize the voice meeting to discuss TM prior to the April face-to-face meeting.
 
:'''<walterbender>''' #action: mchua will organize the voice meeting to discuss TM prior to the April face-to-face meeting.
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:* walterbender:hated punch card and batch programming :(
 
:* walterbender:hated punch card and batch programming :(
 
:'''<walterbender>''' not the way to do iterative design
 
:'''<walterbender>''' not the way to do iterative design
:#topic sustainability
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:'''#topic sustainability'''
 
:I got two more grant rejections this week: from the NSF and the DML grant
 
:I got two more grant rejections this week: from the NSF and the DML grant
 
:I am questioning this as a model for us
 
:I am questioning this as a model for us
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:'''<SeanDaly>''' testing, documentation, ... -> even helpline, through for example for-profits in ecosystem
 
:'''<SeanDaly>''' testing, documentation, ... -> even helpline, through for example for-profits in ecosystem
 
:'''<walterbender>''' ok...
 
:'''<walterbender>''' ok...
:#endmeeting
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:'''#endmeeting'''
 
:'''<meeting>''' Meeting finished at 12:19.
 
:'''<meeting>''' Meeting finished at 12:19.
 
:Logs available at http://me.etin.gs/sugar-meeting/sugar-meeting.log.20100326_1128.html
 
:Logs available at http://me.etin.gs/sugar-meeting/sugar-meeting.log.20100326_1128.html