Real life meeting should still take preference over virtual meeting, if you ask me. It's not all that hard to organise. Jurgen did it, I did it. They were all successful. Just get to somewhere easily accessible by public transport. Brussels is the best. Antwerp or Ghent might be a good option.
On 1 May 2014 22:51, Merlijn Sebrechts <merlijn.sebrec...@gmail.com> wrote: > aa) I can help with the website. I now a tiny bit of Drupal. If somebody > can give me the right credentials, I could take a look at it next week. > Mike Morraye knows more about the website, I think. > cc) same as aa) > ee) I think Google Hangouts is the best free option. If somebody has a sip > server, we could also use a sip client like jitsi.org, which has > excellent Ubuntu support. > > > > Thanks for doing this wake-up call, kawabill! > > > > > 2014-05-01 21:40 GMT+02:00 kawabill <kawab...@telenet.be>: > > Hey I'm not alone on the island....! :) >> >> Tom, you're right I think and I agree. It is not somebody we need, it is >> us. Also Juergen's proposal for having Ubuntu-be.org and setting clear >> expectations I agree with, this way we can prevent disappointment from and >> by others. Carrying Ubuntu-be to the funeral I would think is just a bit >> too early. From the reactions, at least 5-10 people are actively involved >> and able to help. >> >> Using IRC is maybe just a little too much written words and I've got no >> clue how to get it to work reliably, I think we need to get together or at >> least get visual. For getting together there is the hacker space, the >> facilities in Houthalen an hack - even an old school room in Bree. Is there >> an open source alternative to Skype, allowing for a virtual meeting maybe >> (I saw Apache's Open Meeting)? Or what if we organise a chat/video >> conference from the 'local' events; Houthalen in Limburg, Hackerspace, >> Brugge - can we organize it maybe in such a way that it's all in sync; ie. >> every last Wednesday of the month (convenient for LImburg, as this is the >> gathering date already)? >> >> >> 1) Do you want to help set up a booth at fosdem 2015? YES, if we can plan >> ahead I would think we can get the right and motivated people involved >> including this chap >> 2) Do you still use the website? If so, how? YES, but let's indeed make >> it such that people see activity - starting with filling the agenda showing >> the local activities for example >> 3) What information would you want to see on the new website? Haven't >> really given it a thought, but one thing for sure I would like to see and >> that is UP TO DATE information >> >> Let's keep the ideas coming, I think getting around the bank account >> quickly is indeed opening a new one, and make it one that we can access and >> at least have some kind of redundancy. This as not to get stuck again. >> >> I have to read and negotiate contracts all day, it would really be good >> if we could talk to each other, preferably face to face. This way we >> iterate in seconds rather than weeks. >> >> Finally; let's get the link into Canonical established and strengthened. >> I work for a large company and quite a large bunch is starting to use >> Ubuntu also on the desktop. Ubuntu Phone is a great idea and has huge >> potential, especially for cost savings. I checked how I could get our >> purchasing in contact easily, but believe me, Canonical is not going to >> sell the idea if they stick to how they have approached this up to now. I >> would think, certainly in Europe, they have a wide enough network of >> enthusiasts and could easily bundle the network to get aggressive into >> offering savings to large and medium size companies. As far as I'm >> concerned I use the software that they have ubuntu-ed, it is this creation >> that binds us - the reason why I spend my time locally to help people is >> for ubuntu, and also as a kind of payback to Canonical because they have >> created a magnificent piece of software. Not only them, but they are for me >> one of the main forces behind humanizing Linux! Credit to Mark Shuttleworth >> for all that. Taking Ubuntu-be to the graveyard doesn't seem the best way >> to help and show a kind of gratitude. >> >> Too many words written already, and hail to he/she who came to this >> point. How to go forward? Let's use 8D methodology and get this going. >> 1) Plan - revive Ubuntu-be and prevent it from going quiet again >> 2) The core-team members proposed, let me know who disagrees or cannot >> pick up; >> a) kawabill >> b) nero >> c) Frank Neirynck >> d) Tom Verlinden >> e) Jan Bongaerts >> f) Merlijn Sebrechts >> g) Alain Daudrez >> 3) The problem; Ubuntu-be is dying >> 4) Temporary fix; >> aa) website is not upto date (whom can take action and when?) >> bb) bank account needs to be corrected (to open a new one I can pick >> up the action and can have it done within two weeks, with regards to the >> old one whom can get the responsible person to help organize it such that >> we have multiple Ubuntu-ers to get access and when?) >> cc) support point map - remove ghost accounts and update or allow for >> updated information (whom can take action and when?) >> dd) Limburg event box - Wouter, please drop me an e-mail where I can >> come and pick it up and get it into my storage garage) >> ee) Setup a web-meeting last Wednesday of May (May 28th), we can use >> Skype, Google hangout or maybe someone can help build Open Meeting for >> Ubuntu (I don't mind planning and coordinating, whom can help setup the >> technical side of it all, Nero???) >> >> Let's get this going before we start root-cause analysis, and when need >> please team up where you can. Myself I'm not really good at using Drupal, >> I've build my own in HTML, but I sure could help cleaning up and updating. >> >> Your comments please? >> >> Bill >> >> >> >> On 01-05-14 12:39, tom verlinden wrote: >> >> Thanks for your info on this. I've always thought that this certain >> "somebody" should comprise out of more than one person. One person can't >> take this on his or her shoulders. There's too much, from what i'm reading, >> for one person to do and be succesfull about it. There should be a team of >> somebodies, all doing somewhat the same, but in different locations. (Does >> that make sense?) Is there a need for a central organ? To me that makes it >> too complicated already, and might create expectations, that cannot be >> fullfilled. Anyway, there's need, i guess to promote ubuntu, as Bill said. >> Now we have to figure out how to do this in a fun way, i guess. >> Op 1 mei 2014 12:27 schreef "Jurgen Gaeremyn" <jurgen.gaere...@pandora.be >> >: >> >>> Tom, >>> >>> the strongest periods of Ubuntu-be were when one single person actually >>> kept his shoulders under the project. In the past we had a few of these >>> people. Thing is: ubuntu-be.org should set clear expectations: what >>> (not) to expect: a spokesman, the official stance of Ubuntu on whatever >>> Belgian activity, guaranteed support, etc... >>> >>> If someone stands up and is prepared to take leadership, you will >>> quickly have a core team of somewhere between 5 and 10 or even more if you >>> do a great job. If you're willing to take up this commitment, you'll be >>> doing Ubuntu-be a big favour. Problem is, apparently this mythical figure >>> called "somebody" we're all talking about and who'll do all the practical >>> stuff like maintain the website, organise event booths, create content, >>> etc... isn't on this list anymore. Not sure if he ever was. >>> >>> Please, do give it a chance. First things first - canonical approval is >>> not a problem if you can prove you're active. I'm assuming someone here >>> will be able to tell you more details on this. >>> >>> Grtz, >>> Jurgen. >>> >>> On 01-05-14 12:11, tom verlinden wrote: >>> >>> I don't know about organizing a funeral just yet. Maybe ubuntu.be could >>> be a commonplace for those using and or discovering ubuntu but more in a >>> fun sort of way. Don't know if i'm saying this right, but i think you get >>> the picture. There doesn't need to be a central person or spokesman imho. >>> Makes it far too official. The first goal should be, in my humble opinion, >>> to get people to discover ubuntu. Maybe by promoting this list we could get >>> more people discovering the os. As far as i'm concerned, i use ubuntu, talk >>> about it and show it to whoever i think might be interrested, give support >>> where i can and drop leaflets in our library. (They're also on ubuntu. >>> Woot!!) >>> I think that if we do our part any wich way we can, on our little >>> "islands", and use the net, list as our "glue", who knows what can happen >>> in the future? Is there still a connection with canonical? How does that >>> work? Hell, typing this gets me all fired up to give this a chance. What do >>> you guys think? Give it some kind of try, or just leave, and do something >>> on our own? (I think we could achieve more together, but i'd like to hear >>> your opinion). My 2 cents.... >>> Op 30 apr. 2014 07:30 schreef "kawabill" <kawab...@telenet.be>: >>> >>>> What triggered me was a mail I got from someone in the community, >>>> stating that he rather spent his time otherwise, declining an invitation I >>>> had sent him. No problem of course, but it took me to the following page; >>>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BelgianTeam/IrcMeetings >>>> >>>> No activities are visible for me the visitor, going over the pages it >>>> seems that the latest info dates from 2012. I know activities are still >>>> going on, organized by enthusiasts on a very local scale, but for me it is >>>> not visible whether all of this is coordinated. >>>> >>>> I find it a pity, that in the period where MS end of lifes XP I don't >>>> see any coordinated activity to get people over into the Ubuntu/Mint/Linux >>>> camp. >>>> >>>> Can anyone please comment and give feedback or let me know I'm wrong >>>> and I seem to live life on a desolate space outside of the Ubuntu >>>> community? >>>> >>>> Have a nice day. >>>> Bill >>>> >>>> -- >>>> ubuntu-be mailing list / mailto:ubuntu-be@lists.ubuntu.com >>>> >>>> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >>>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-be >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> ubuntu-be mailing list / mailto:ubuntu-be@lists.ubuntu.com >>> >>> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-be >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> ubuntu-be mailing list / mailto:ubuntu-be@lists.ubuntu.com >> >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-be >> >> > > -- > ubuntu-be mailing list / mailto:ubuntu-be@lists.ubuntu.com > > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-be > > -- Have you tried Ubuntu Linux yet? 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