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

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-.1 Minutes of Meeting of 13th July 2009
+== Minutes of Meeting of 13th July 2009 ==
-Mintues of last meeting 8th June 2009 approved as correct.
+'''Time:''' 19:00, Monday 13th July 2009.
-Attending Lucy (chair), Matt M (minutes), Tim, Mark, Michael.
+'''Present:''' Lucy (chair), Matt M (minutes), Tim, Mark, Michael.
-Apologies Simon, Jonathan, Leslie
-.2 Announcements
+'''Apologies:''' Simon, Jonathan, Leslie
-Tim is talking at Open Source Schools Unconference in DEFY capacity as co-organiser.
-Action - Tim to release his archive of videos.
-.3 Room Bookings
+=== Last Meeting ===
-ACTION - The group agreed that Lcuy should book the Salmon suite at the Lass O'Gowrie for Sep-Nov.
+Minutes of last meeting dated 8th June 2009, were approved as correct.
-.4 Speakers
+=== Announcements ===
-Tim has been speaking to Chris Warburton of SFOSS, for November talk.
+Tim is talking at the Open Source Schools Unconference in his capacity as DEFY co-organiser.
-Tim has e-mailed Steve Clayton from Sun Microsystems.
-Tim has spoken to a contact at Microsoft.
+'''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 Accessspace Sheffield.
+Tim has spoken to James of Access-Space Sheffield.
-ACTION - Tim to find out when Manchester Digital event is taking place.
-ACTION - Tim is going to chase up more speakers from the wiki list and elsewhere.
+'''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.
-.5 Membership Fees
+'''ACTION:''' - Lucy to ask Leslie to update the group regarding his attendance at Arcspace.
-Michael had idea that the group should charge membership fees.
-The group decided not to proceed with membership fees at this time but consider soliciting donations from events attendees.
-.6 The Arcspace Project
+=== Software Freedom Day ===
-Leslie attended an event at Arcspace saturday gone.
+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.
-Michael and Lucy have arranged to meet with Vicky Sinclair of Arcspace to discuss a hackspace event next year.
-ACTION - Lucy to ask Leslie to update the group.
-.7 Software Freedom Day
+=== Changes to the Team Mailing List ===
-Leslie has been organising Software Freedom Day, including speaking to several DJ's and MDDA to provide space.
+The new Team mailing list has been successfully implemented.
-.8 Changes to the Team Mailing List.
+=== Any Other Business ===
-The new list has been successfully implemented.
+Matt Larsen has moved to London, and has not been able to make arrangement for the group's presence at the upcoming Freshers Fair.
-.9 Any Other Business
-Matt Larsen has moved to London and not been able to arrange stall at freshers fair.
 The group discussed the future of FSUK.
-ACTION - Tim to setup IRC meeting with Matt Lee.
-.10 Next Meeting
+'''ACTION:''' - Tim to setup an IRC meeting with Matt Lee to discuss the future of FSUK.
+=== Next Meeting ===
 th August 2009

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