Group: Manchester/2010-03-08/Minutes

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Minutes of Meeting of 8th March 2010

Time: 19:05, Monday 8th March 2010.

Present: Michael (chair, minutes), Leslie (Treasurer), Tim, Bill.

Apologies: None.

Introductions

None.

Last Meeting

Minutes of last meeting dated 8th February 2010 were approved as correct by Michael. Manchester/2010-02-08/Minutes.

Announcements and other business

None.

Actions

Actions from last meeting Manchester/2010-02-08/Minutes.

NOT COMPLETED ACTION: - Mike to fill in his bit and send off forms.

COMPLETED ACTION: - Luke to post to mailing list about Nexus art cafe after free software training.

COMPLETED ACTION: - Luke to make an announcement of Free Culture Society to mailing list. To include details of inaugural meeting which is provisionally 18th March. John Harris of ISCI will talk at it.

Manchester University Free Culture Society

Inaugural meeting on evening of 18th March clashes with the HACMan Mitch Altman event.

Factory 2010

Mortgage problems so it is not happening. Janey hoping for alternative venue.

Chorlton Festival

Is on Saturday, 27th March. There are just enough people to run it. Leslie will do it all day, Mike nearly all day.

Ubuntu Jam

Is on Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th March. Mike to do bug reporting talk at it.

FSF stickers and money

No response from Mike's email to FSF and Matt Lee. Tim had not yet prodded Matt Lee to remind him. Tim requested the email that I sent.

ACTION: - Mike to forward to Tim the email he sent requesting more stickers.

Speakers

  • OKFN - they suggested June or July but no response to Mike's email with dates.
  • Kate Vale - No response to Mike's latest email. Do Arduino talk without her? Mike + HACMan?

Tim suggested many Speakers in email. Who will contact them? Decided that Mike will contact them.

Tim has more Speakers that we should contact. Decided that Tim will contact these Speakers.

ACTION: - Mike to contact Speakers Tim suggested in email.

ACTION: - Tim to contact additional Speakers he has in mind.

Bank account

Mike to fill in his bit.

ACTION: - Mike to fill in his bit and send off forms.

Talk room

Should the money for the room come from MFS? Decided that MFS should.

Move to Madlab? They have space on talk days, sci-fi book club have one floor on those days.

ACTION: - Mike to post to list about Madlab.

More other business

None.

Next Meeting

Monday, 12th April 2010. 19:00 at the Waterhouse.

Finish