Archive:2008-04-06/Log

[16:14] so, meeting or not? [16:14] * macowell (n=macowell@c-66-30-12-107.hsd1.ma.comcast.net) has joined #freeculture [16:17] * BrianRowe has quit (Read error: 113 (No route to host)) [16:20]  grahl: oh, hello [16:20] hi skyfaller [16:20] * MFen (n=cdodt@demo.goonmill.org) has left #freeculture ("Leaving.") [16:20]  I guess we should have officially started the meeting [16:21]  mllerustad: wanna officially start now? [16:21] * _sj_ (n=sj@c-24-61-13-93.hsd1.ma.comcast.net) has joined #freeculture [16:21] _sj_ is modally in Cambridge, MA & blogs at tinyurl.com/bq12 & ourobourable & sj@laptop.org & in love with genies & a regenerate enchiridionizer & neck deep in sun crust & protected by freedom's stealthcloak [16:21]  grahl greg-g [16:21]  grahl: we were concerned at the low attendance so we were just going to call off the meeting and work unofficially on stuff [16:21]  i.e. make it a volunteers meeting [16:21] It seems a bit silly to have a meeting with two voting members. [16:21] We could just declare this one a volunteer meeting. [16:22] * grahl_ (n=grahl@ip68-101-75-55.ga.at.cox.net) has joined #freeculture [16:22]  works for me [16:22]   oh apple, what shitty hardware you make.. [16:22] And next time I will advertise more/further in advance >.< [16:22]  well, there are other potential voting members in here, e.g. mecredis, but I don't know if he's actually at the keyboard [16:22]  mllerustad: you keep saying that ;-) [16:22]  mllerustad: I don't see you helping :p [16:23]   I've helped by reminding you ;-) [16:23]  but yes, I could do more [16:23]  grahl grahl_ greg-g [16:23]  grahl grahl_ [16:23]  grahl_: since there don't seem to be that many people here, do you just want to have a "volunteers" meeting instead? [16:24] * grahl has quit (Read error: 104 (Connection reset by peer)) [16:24]  skyfaller_ppc: fine by me [16:24]   ok [16:24]   well, you can look at http://wiki.freeculture.org/2008-04-06  to see what we were considering discussing [16:25]  I've volunteered to attend the Sparky Awards conference call [16:25] <skyfaller_ppc> since I'll be working for them this summer, I'm willing to be their "liaison" with SFC at least until the end of the summer [16:26] <grahl_> thanks for doing that, i'm pretty busy till thursday to be honest, so volunteering is a bit limited for me [16:26]  <skyfaller_ppc> heh [16:27] <skyfaller_ppc> it seems like the Sparky Awards are pretty cool, and SFC should/could work with SPARC to promote it more [16:27] <skyfaller_ppc> http://www.sparkyawards.org/  for this year's winners [16:28] <skyfaller_ppc> however, we'll delay any decisions until a future Core Team meeting or something [16:29] <skyfaller_ppc> As for SFC's birthday, it seems like it would be cool if all of the chapters did something for that [16:29]  grahl_ greg-g [16:29] <skyfaller_ppc> I'll be speaking at Virginia Tech on that day, April 23 [16:29] <skyfaller_ppc> so I can help at least one chapter do something for our birthday ;-) [16:29]   grahl_ greg-g [16:30]  <skyfaller_ppc> grahl_: do you think UF might be able to do a little something for SFC's b-day? [16:30]  <grahl_> sk [16:31]  <skyfaller_ppc> sk? [16:31]  <grahl_> err, i wanted to say, that in theory yes but i have no ideas yet [16:31]  <skyfaller_ppc> heh :) [16:32] <grahl_> it's the day after copynight so it might be tough to motivate people to come out twice [16:32] True. [16:33] Will V-Tech be recording/podcasting your talk? [16:33] <skyfaller_ppc> well, you could celebrate early.... especially if you can make it last until midnight ;-) [16:33] That might be cool... [16:33]  <skyfaller_ppc> mllerustad: heh, no idea, I can ask [16:33]  <grahl_> the easy thing would be to gather a few people, have a big cake and photograph it [16:33]  <skyfaller_ppc> works for me [16:34]  <skyfaller_ppc> it would be nice if we had something easy for chapters to do [16:34]  <skyfaller_ppc> maybe we could get people to show a documentary [16:35]  <skyfaller_ppc> um, hey guys, is http://www.freedomofexpression.us/  broken for you too? [16:35]  <grahl_> i'll have people brainstorm at our next meeting monday 4/14 but cake seems likely, copynight starts early here so midnight would be a challenge [16:36]  <skyfaller_ppc> yeah, I don't think it's that important to literally celebrate the day of [16:36]  Okay, I gave all the known core team people accounts on project pier... grahl_ should be getting an email shortly :) [16:36] skyfaller_ppc: yeah, it's borked for me too [16:38] <skyfaller_ppc> sad :( [16:38]  skyfaller_ppc: ooh, the Powerbook has a DVD-write drive! that isn't broken! [16:38]  <skyfaller_ppc> lol! [16:38]  * mllerustad rips Freedom of Expression [16:38]  <skyfaller_ppc> :) [16:39] <skyfaller_ppc> mllerustad: yeah, I was going to suggest that chapters show that documentary [16:39] <skyfaller_ppc> obviously I have selfish reasons, but it does explicitly plug freeculture.org at the end of the documentary, and Inga is interviewed as well [16:40] <grahl_> projectpier login works [16:43] sweet [16:44] skyfaller_ppc: once I rip this I think I'll add it to the media dump [16:44] <skyfaller_ppc> sounds like a plan [16:45] <skyfaller_ppc> mllerustad: you should do a showing! [16:46] <skyfaller_ppc> heh, website content.... the website really needs rewriting, it's true [16:46] <skyfaller_ppc> oh, some dude was in the IRC channel complaining that the fliers we have up on the wiki are all broken links [16:46] <skyfaller_ppc> he was a dude at U Mich who wanted to put SFC flyers up on his campus with the last of his printing budget (for something else, apparently) [16:47] <skyfaller_ppc> there's probably a lot of stuff like that :P [16:47] <skyfaller_ppc> we probably should have (1) a general SFC flyer, and (2) a general SFC pamphlet [16:47] <skyfaller_ppc> I remember that we volunteered to work on (2) [16:47] <skyfaller_ppc> but maybe we should start with (1), it might be easier... or at least less text intensive [16:48] <skyfaller_ppc> I also have two things on my plate which the Board assigned to me [16:48]  <skyfaller_ppc> (1) Christina was having trouble contacting Reed, and she wanted to know what their deal is [16:48]  <skyfaller_ppc> I wish I knew what their deal is, I've tried contacting Max Berger and Frank and they don't respond [16:48] <skyfaller_ppc> Dmcsleep seems to think that the chapter has gone inactive [16:49] <skyfaller_ppc> but I'd feel a lot better about marking them as dead if I could get a conclusive statement from the last known people who were running it [16:49]  <skyfaller_ppc> (2) the Board wants me to wrap up the bank account stuff [16:49] <skyfaller_ppc> and get it over to them [16:50] <skyfaller_ppc> damned if I know when I'm going to do that, the bank is always bloody closed when I have time [16:50] <skyfaller_ppc> e.g. today is a Sunday [16:50] <skyfaller_ppc> but maybe I can get my Mom to do it for me >.< [16:50] <skyfaller_ppc> my Dad volunteered to finish shipping the care packages for me [16:51]  <skyfaller_ppc> they were almost entirely packed, just need to finish throwing t-shirts in the boxes, but the actual shipping would have taken me a long time to complete as well [16:51] <skyfaller_ppc> so my Dad will clean that up, and take a check out of the bank account for those shipping costs, and then we'll try to get the bank account moved over ASAP [16:52] <skyfaller_ppc> that's all I've got [16:52] <skyfaller_ppc> "all" [16:52] Heh. [16:52] * mllerustad tries to figure out how the hell Project Pier theming works [16:52] <skyfaller_ppc> mllerustad: do you want to think about a general purpose flyer for SFC? [16:52]  Sure... [16:53] I guess, what do we want on it? [16:53] I imagine lots of chapters have created their own recruitment posters, they're probably on the dump. [16:53] <skyfaller_ppc> I dunno, something generic that will work on any campus for people who are just starting a chapter [16:53] <skyfaller_ppc> yeah, you can probably use ideas from that [16:53] * tonyb486 has quit ("leaving") [16:54] <skyfaller_ppc> there should be at least one "official" one that's nice and clean and general and is meant for people to edit to fit their school/campus [16:54] <skyfaller_ppc> and we should get the good chapter-made ones off the dump and onto the web somewhere, e.g. the wiki [16:55] how the hell does project pier theme? [16:55] <skyfaller_ppc> damned if I know [16:55] <skyfaller_ppc> if we can get a good flyer done, that should give us some experience/ideas for a general purpose pamphlet [16:55] I clicked on config options, I'm poking through it on Cyberduck now... [16:55] * K`Tetch has quit (Read error: 104 (Connection reset by peer)) [16:55] <skyfaller_ppc> alright, we're approaching the hour mark on this meeting [16:56] <skyfaller_ppc> grahl_: do you have any input on anything, or anything you want to discuss? [16:56] <grahl_> not really, i will mostly focus on officer elections in a week, which will be crazy [16:56] <skyfaller_ppc> O RLY? [16:57] <grahl_> it's not like there are many candidates but they'll have to take over [16:58] <skyfaller_ppc> makes senes [16:58] <skyfaller_ppc> *sense [16:58] <skyfaller_ppc> well, I'll paste this IRC log to the wiki I guess :P [16:58] <skyfaller_ppc> maybe someone can throw up some "minutes" [16:58] <skyfaller_ppc> ?