Group: Manchester/2009-07-13/Minutes
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Minutes of Meeting of 13th July 2009
Time: 19:00, Monday 13th July 2009.
Present: Lucy (chair), Matt M (minutes), Tim, Mark, Michael.
Apologies: Simon, Jonathan, Leslie
Last Meeting
Minutes of last meeting dated 8th June 2009, were approved as correct.
Announcements
Tim is talking at the Open Source Schools Unconference in his capacity as DEFY co-organiser.
ACTION: - Tim to release his archive of video recordings of Manchester Free Software talks.
Room Bookings
ACTION: - The group agreed that Lucy should book the Salmon Suite at the Lass O'Gowrie pub on Charles Street for the September, October and November talks.
Speakers
Tim has been speaking to Chris Warburton of SFOSS, regarding the November talk. Tim has e-mailed Steve Clayton from Sun Microsystems regarding a potential future speaking engagement. Tim has spoken to a contact at Microsoft regarding a potential future speaking engagement. Tim has e-mailed Noah Slater. Tim has spoken to James of Access-Space Sheffield.
ACTION: - Tim to find out when the Manchester Digital event is to take place.
ACTION: - Tim to chase up more speakers from the Wiki list and elsewhere.
Membership Fees
Michael instigated a brief discussion regarding the potential introduction of group membership fees. The group decided not to proceed with membership fees at this time, but consider soliciting donations where appropriate from event attendees.
The Arcspace Project
Lucy informed the group that Leslie had attended an event at Arcspace the previous Saturday. Lucy informed the group that her and Michael had arranged to meet with Vicky Sinclair of Arcspace, to discuss a Hackspace event during 2010.
ACTION: - Lucy to ask Leslie to update the group regarding his attendance at Arcspace.
Software Freedom Day
Lucy informed the group that Leslie has been making arrangements for the groups participation in Software Freedom Day, including speaking to several DJ's to provide entertainment and the MDDA as a possible venue.
Changes to the Team Mailing List
The new Team mailing list has been successfully implemented.
Any Other Business
Matt Larsen has moved to London, and has not been able to make arrangement for the group's presence at the upcoming Freshers Fair.
The group discussed the future of FSUK.
ACTION: - Tim to setup an IRC meeting with Matt Lee to discuss the future of FSUK.
Next Meeting
10th August 2009
