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Revision as of 01:14, 25 March 2017
Notes from Previous Meetings
Contents
- 1 Friday, 24 March 2017, 9:00pm EDT
- 2 Friday, 24 February 2017, 9:00pm EST
- 3 Tuesday, 24 January 2017, 9:00pm EST
- 4 Saturday, 24 December 2016, 9:00pm EST
- 5 Thursday, 24 November 2016, 9:00pm EST
- 6 Monday, 24 October 2016, 9:00pm EDT
- 7 Saturday, 24 September 2016, 9:00pm EDT
- 8 Wednesday, 24 August 2016, 9:00pm EDT
- 9 24 July 2016
- 10 24 June 2016
- 11 24 May 2016
- 12 24 April 2016
- 13 24 March 2016
- 14 19 September 2015
- 15 28 July 2015
- 16 29 June 2015
- 17 20 January 2015
- 18 13 September 2014
Friday, 24 March 2017, 9:00pm EDT
Location: Mumble
Agenda
- Planning Free Software Advocacy: Group:LibrePlanet_Ontario/Street Team Outreach (was: Group:LibrePlanet_Ontario/Software Freedom Day 2016)
- Free/Libre Canadian Tax Preparation Software Project
- (Lack of) Event and Project organization on the Mailing List
- Contributing a podcast episode to Hacker Public Radio
- Marc Paré marc@marcpare.com is setting up a LibreOffice Users Group in Waterloo Region
If there's something else you want to discuss, add it to the this agenda!
Upcoming Events
- LibrePlanet 2017 (Cambridge, Mass., US) - 25-26 March 2017
Minutes
- Participants: Sergio Durigan Jr., Bob Jonkman, Greg Knittl
- Audio Recording: http://podcasts.libreplanet.ca/libreplanetontario-2017-03-24.ogg (Size: 52.5 MB - Duration: 60m50s)
- Kicking the libreplanetbr.org Mumble server
- Getting involved in Canadian politics; Electoral Reform
- Update on Free/Libre Canadian Tax Preparation Software Project
- We haven't been using the Mailing list for project management, either the Street Outreach project or the Tax Software project
- Setting up surveillance cameras and the networking involved
- Other LibrePlanet mailing lists: Discussion and a list of lists
- Contributing a future podcast of our meeting to Hacker Public Radio; perhaps create a special episode about the Free/Libre Canadian Tax Preparation Software Project
- LibreOffice User Group in Waterloo Region, possibly Ontario- or Canada-wide
- Ubuntu 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" Release Party on Thursday, 13 April 2017 at the Alio Restaurant in Toronto
Text Channel
[9:11 PM] Welcome to Mumble. [9:11 PM] Connecting to server libreplanetbr.org. [9:11 PM] Connected. [9:11 PM] Welcome message: Welcome to this server running Murmur. Enjoy your stay! [9:12 PM] Recording started [9:19 PM] gknittl@sympatico.ca connected. [9:19 PM] gknittl@sympatico.ca entered channel. [9:23 PM] sergiodj: can you hear us greg? [9:23 PM] gknittl@sympatico.ca: no. [9:23 PM] sergiodj: we've been talking for some minutes now [9:23 PM] sergiodj: maybe you're on mute? [9:23 PM] BobJonkman: Can you mute your mic? [9:23 PM] gknittl@sympatico.ca is now muted. [9:23 PM] BobJonkman: Thanx! [9:24 PM] BobJonkman: The background noise was stomping all over the channel [9:29 PM] BobJonkman: https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:LibrePlanet_Ontario/Meeting_Notes/2017-03-24 [9:29 PM] BobJonkman: That's the agenda [9:46 PM] sergiodj: guys, sorry, our cat is having some issues here and I'll have to be AFK for a few moments. [9:51 PM] sergiodj: back [9:58 PM] sergiodj: I'll have to disconnect, we might have to give him some medication. sorry about that. I'll talk to you guys one the mailing list. [9:58 PM] sergiodj disconnected. [10:00 PM] BobJonkman: https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss [10:02 PM] BobJonkman: https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/ [10:16 PM] BobJonkman: http://hackerpublicradio.org [10:24 PM] BobJonkman: http://loco.ubuntu.com/teams/ubuntu-ca/ [10:26 PM] Recording stopped
Friday, 24 February 2017, 9:00pm EST
Location: Mumble
Agenda
- Planning Free Software Advocacy: Group:LibrePlanet_Ontario/Street Team Outreach (was: Group:LibrePlanet_Ontario/Software Freedom Day 2016)
- Free/Libre Canadian Tax Preparation Software Project
- (Lack of) Event and Project organization on the Mailing List
- Contributing a podcast episode to Hacker Public Radio
- Marc Paré marc@marcpare.com is setting up a LibreOffice Users Group in Waterloo Region
If there's something else you want to discuss, add it to the this agenda!
Upcoming Events
- ConFoo (Montreal) - 8-10 March 2017
- LibrePlanet 2017 (Cambridge, Mass., US) - 25-26 March 2017
Minutes
- Participants: (unknown)
- Audio Recording: No recording was made of this meeting
Tuesday, 24 January 2017, 9:00pm EST
Location: Mumble
Agenda
- Planning Free Software Advocacy (was: Group:LibrePlanet_Ontario/Software Freedom Day 2016)
- Free/Libre Canadian Tax Preparation Software Project
- (Lack of) Event and Project organization on the Mailing List
- Contributing a podcast episode to Hacker Public Radio
If there's something else you want to discuss, add it to the this agenda!
Upcoming Events
- KW GNU/Linux Fest (Waterloo) - 28 January 2017
- ConFoo (Montreal) - 8-10 March 2017
Minutes
- Participants: Bob Jonkman, Greg Knittl
- Audio Recording: http://podcasts.libreplanet.ca/libreplanetontario-2017-01-24.ogg (Size: 46.8 MB - Duration: 21m35s)
- VOIP (Bob Jonkman prepares for a presentation at KW GNU/Linux Fest)
- Update on Free/Libre Canadian Tax Preparation Software Project
- We should contribute a LibrePlanet Ontario Meeting podcast to Hacker Public Radio
- American Politics: New US President, FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai, trade agreements.
- Barriers to entry in the software world CRA, Microsoft
There is no text channel transcript this month.
Saturday, 24 December 2016, 9:00pm EST
Location: Mumble
This is likely to be a short, sparsely attended meeting. If you can spare an hour away from your holiday festivities, please come join us!
Agenda
- Planning Free Software Advocacy (was: Group:LibrePlanet_Ontario/Software Freedom Day 2016)
- Free/Libre Canadian Tax Preparation Software Project
- (Lack of) Event and Project organization on the Mailing List
If there's something else you want to discuss, add it to the this agenda!
Upcoming Events
- KW GNU/Linux Fest (Waterloo) - 28 January 2017
- ConFoo (Montreal) - 8-10 March 2017
Minutes
- Participants: Greg Knittl, Bob Jonkman
-
Audio Recording: http://podcasts.libreplanet.ca/libreplanetontario-2016-12-24.ogg (Size: 3.3 MB - Duration: 1m43s)
- Slight progress with Free/Libre Canadian Tax Preparation Software Project -- Greg Knittl has contacted his Member of Parliament to discuss Free Software in government for tax preparation software
- Greg and Bob exchanged Christmas Greetings!
No Text Channel notes this month.
Thursday, 24 November 2016, 9:00pm EST
Agenda
- Planning Free Software Advocacy (was: Group:LibrePlanet_Ontario/Software Freedom Day 2016)
- Free/Libre Canadian Tax Preparation Software Project
If there's something else you want to discuss, add it to the this agenda!
Upcoming Events
- KW GNU/Linux Fest (Waterloo) - 28 January 2017
- ConFoo (Montreal) - 8-10 March 2017
Minutes
- Participants: Bob Jonkman, Greg Knittl, Stephen Paul Weber (singpolyma), and Logan Streondj (greenmonk) in the Text Channel
- Audio Recording: http://podcasts.libreplanet.ca/libreplanetontario-2016-11-24.ogg (Size: 17.86MB - Duration: 20m22s)
- Lack of progress in organizing events and project on the mailing list
- Planning Free Software Advocacy (was: Group:LibrePlanet_Ontario/Software Freedom Day 2016)
- Free/Libre Canadian Tax Preparation Software Project
- Timing of meetings: the 24th in December conflicts with the holiday season. Consensus was that the 24th works well every other month.
- Stephen Paul Weber presents Free Culture Libremas Holiday Cards
- Security
- Whisper Systems, Signal, Telegram, Silence, Conversations, Gajim and OMEMO encryption
- Lack of progress in organizing events and project on the mailing list
Text Channel
[8:26 PM] Recording started [8:26 PM] BobJonkman: I'm AFK at the start of the meeting, will be joining shortly [8:58 PM] gknittl@sympatico.ca entered channel. [9:06 PM] singpolyma entered channel. [9:10 PM] singpolyma: also, I've done this: https://libremas.singpolyma.net/ [9:16 PM] singpolyma: sita sings the blues [9:22 PM] BobJonkman: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Chrishanukwandiwaleid&defid=6225840 [9:37 PM] greenmonk entered channel. [9:37 PM] greenmonk: hi, my microphone not working [9:37 PM] greenmonk: logan yep [9:38 PM] greenmonk: I was just working on a thanksgiving piece for the bglug mailing list [9:38 PM] greenmonk: then I remember the meeting [9:38 PM] BobJonkman: https://libremas.singpolyma.net/ [9:38 PM] greenmonk: cool I'll check it out [9:39 PM] greenmonk: is there a libreplanet ontario mailing list? [9:39 PM] BobJonkman: http://libreplanet.ca [9:39 PM] greenmonk: thanks, found it :-) [9:40 PM] greenmonk: alright, well guess I'll continue working on the email. [9:40 PM] greenmonk: oh yea, I remember I wanted to say to the guy about the surveys that they should be authentic. [9:40 PM] greenmonk: I can reply to the list regarding that as well. [9:41 PM] greenmonk: sounds cool :-) [9:41 PM] greenmonk: lol [9:41 PM] greenmonk: k, alright well have a good night [9:42 PM] greenmonk: hope to see you at the next bglug [9:42 PM] greenmonk: I call them b-glug also [9:43 PM] greenmonk: I actually haven't been able to attend as much since have a new son he is a month old now. [9:43 PM] greenmonk: and bed time is about the same time as the meeting. [9:43 PM] greenmonk: oh yes, I remember now. [9:43 PM] greenmonk: lol, yeah, well I have two, the other is three years old [9:44 PM] greenmonk: yep. alright we'll I'll get back to composing my email on what I've discovered about f-droid and password and encryption, will forward to libreplanet and bglug mailing lists [9:44 PM] greenmonk: have a good night! [9:45 PM] greenmonk disconnected.
Monday, 24 October 2016, 9:00pm EDT
Agenda
- Podcasts: http://podcasts.libreplanet.ca/
- Is anyone actually listening to podcasts? How to measure subscriptions, downloads?
- Do we need intro/outro music? Introductions?
- Copyright issues: Who owns copyright? If "LibrePlanet Ontario" is not a formal organization or registered company, can it hold copyright?
- Planning Group:LibrePlanet_Ontario/Software Freedom Day 2016, after 17 September 2016
-
Free/Libre Canadian Tax Preparation Software Project
- See (lp-ca-on) CRA rejects NETFILE developer application (from LibrePlanet Ontario mailing list)
- Apparently, I've done this before: (kwlug-disc) Tax preparation software --Bob.
- Medical software?
- Podcasts: http://podcasts.libreplanet.ca/
Upcoming Events
- FSOSS (Toronto) - 27-28 October 2017
- PyCon Canada (Toronto) - 12-15 November 2017
- KW GNU/Linux Fest (Waterloo) - 28 January 2017
- ConFoo (Montreal) - 8-10 March 2017
Minutes
- Participants: Bob Jonkman, Sergio Durigan Jr., Blaise Alleyne, and Greg Knittl
- Audio Recording: http://podcasts.libreplanet.ca/libreplanetontario-2016-10-24.ogg (41.4 MBytes, 51m05s)
- Podcasts
- Group:LibrePlanet_Ontario/Software Freedom Day 2016 / Free Software Advocacy
Text Channel
[8:54 PM] (Channel) BobJonkman: Agenda: https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:LibrePlanet_Ontario#Next_Meeting [8:57 PM] (Channel) BobJonkman: Getting a cuppa tea, BRB [9:04 PM] (Channel) BobJonkman: https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:LibrePlanet_Ontario#Next_Meeting [9:13 PM] (Channel) BobJonkman: http://hackerpublicradio.org/ [9:14 PM] (Channel) balleyne: hi, just getting my headset! [9:15 PM] (Channel) BobJonkman: https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:LibrePlanet_Ontario#Next_Meeting [9:27 PM] (Channel) balleyne: https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:LibrePlanet_Ontario/Software_Freedom_Day_2016 [9:48 PM] (Channel) BobJonkman: http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/2015/Canada/Toronto/LibrePlanet [9:49 PM] (Channel) sergiodj: guys, I really have to go grab something to eat, sorry. shouldn't take long, I'll be back in a few minutes
Saturday, 24 September 2016, 9:00pm EDT
Agenda
- Planning Group:LibrePlanet Ontario/Software Freedom Day 2016, 17 September 2016
- Free/Libre Canadian Tax Preparation Software Project
Minutes
- Participants: Bob Jonkman, Stephen Paul Weber, Greg Knittl, and Blaise Alleyne in text chat.
- Audio Recording: http://podcasts.libreplanet.ca/libreplanetontario-2016-09-24.ogg (21.7 MBytes, 41m41s)
- Software Freedom Day (no progress)
- Free/Libre Canadian Tax Preparation Software Project (no progress)
- Electoral Reform
- Software in Medical Facilities
Wednesday, 24 August 2016, 9:00pm EDT
Agenda
- Planning Group:LibrePlanet Ontario/Software Freedom Day 2016, 17 September 2016
- Free/Libre Canadian Tax Preparation Software Project
Minutes
- Participants: Bob Jonkman, Greg Knittl, Stephen Paul Weber, Blaise Alleyne, and Logan Streondj
- Audio Recording: http://podcasts.libreplanet.ca/libreplanetontario-2016-08-24.ogg (71 MBytes, 1h24m)
- Free/Libre Canadian Tax Preparation Software Project
- Software Freedom Day
- How to talk to people about Free Software
Links from the Text Channel
LibrePlanet Ontario Software Freedom Day: https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:LibrePlanet_Ontario/Software_Freedom_Day_2016
LibrePlanet Ontario Free/Libre Canadian Tax Preparation Software Project: https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:LibrePlanet_Ontario/FLCTPSP
Cippic (Canadian Internet Policy adn Public Interest Clinic): https://cippic.ca/
Waterloo Region Greens "Party Rally for Proportional Representation": http://wrgreens.ca/pr4pr/
24 July 2016
Agenda
- Free/Libre Canadian Tax Preparation Software Project
- Consolidation of domain names: http://libreplanet.ca http://libreplaneton.ca http://libreplanetontario.ca
- Start planning an event for Software Freedom Day, 17 September 2016
Minutes
- Participants: Greg Knittl, Bob Jonkman, Sergio Durigan Junior, Stephen Paul Weber, Blaise Alleyne, Daniel Villarreal.
- Audio recording: http://podcasts.libreplanet.ca/libreplanetontario-2016-07-24.ogg (73 MBytes, 1h30m)
- Text channel: http://podcasts.libreplanet.ca/libreplanetontario-2016-07-24%20text%20channel.txt (1.4 kBytes)
- Summary: /LibrePlanet Ontario 2016-07-24 Meeting Notes
24 June 2016
A mumble meeting with Bob Jonkman, Blaise Alleyne, Stephen Paul Weber, and Greg Knittl. Allan joined us with text-only chat. An audio recording is available: http://podcasts.libreplanet.ca/libreplanetontario-2016-06-24.ogg (31 MBytes, 41m14s)
Minutes
-
Domain names: We'll ask Sergio Durigan Jr., our Hostmaster[1], to set the three domain names (libreplanet.ca, libreplaneton.ca, libreplanetontario.ca) so they're all aliases for our Wiki page https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:LibrePlanet_Ontario (but this will take a bit more jiggery-pokery than just an A record in DNS). Greg Wright can point the NS records for libreplanetontario.ca to the DNS server that Sergio uses. (Greg and Sergio should contact each other off-list to make this happen)
- Sergio will host most services on his server, although Bob Jonkman is happy to continue hosting audio files for an eventual podcast.
- libreplanet.ca will be the canonical domain name. Chapters will be a subdomain (so http://ontario.libreplanet.ca should also alias to https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:LibrePlanet_Ontario ) Services will be set up as subdomains for ease of administration. So, we'll eventually have nextcloud.libreplanet.ca, gnusocial.libreplanet.ca, gitlab.libreplanet.ca and any others. We can start with podcast.libreplanet.ca -- Bob will chat with Sergio off-list to set this up.
- Podcasts: Stephen Paul Weber (singpolyma) has a redo script to create a podcast .rss file from folders of audio files. Bob has git-cloned it; just need to figure out how to make it work. Bob will contact Stephon off-list about it. Script stuff at https://github.com/singpolyma/redo-podcast
- Lots of discussion on our Free/Libre Canadian Tax Prepartion Software Project, now fondly known as FLCTPSP. There's a wiki page to coordinate the project's activities at https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:LibrePlanet_Ontario/FLCTPSP Blaise had a link to a mailing list: https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fsfc-discuss.
Agenda
- Hosting for LibrePlanet Ontario:
- Domain names:
- Mumble/Murmur instance?
- GNU social instance?
- Jabberd or Prosody XMPP instance?
- GitLab instance?
-
ownCloud instance?
- Public storage ready for federation at http://sobac.com/owncloud/s/M1TSXZxJTA87Oaz
- Temporary ownCloud logins available at http://sobac.com/owncloud/apps/registration/
- Podcasts:
- Software needed to create .rss or .xml files
- Free/Libre Canadian Tax Preparation Software Project
- Hosting for LibrePlanet Ontario:
Upcoming Events
- 9 July 2016: Libre Streets at the Nonviolence Festival Day In The Park
- 23 July 2016: Linux In The Park (hosted by GTALUG)
24 May 2016
Topic: Government forms, Open Documents and Free Software.
A mumble meeting with Bob Jonkman, Sergio Durigan Junior, Stephen Paul Weber, and Greg Knittl. An audio recording is availble: http://podcasts.libreplanet.ca/libreplanetontario-2016-05-24.ogg (42.3 MBytes, 54m46s).
24 April 2016
A mumble meeting with Greg Knittl, Blaise Alleyne, Bob Jonkman. No agenda, but an audio recording is available: http://podcasts.libreplanet.ca/libreplanetontario-2016-04-24.ogg (38.3 MBytes, 44m33s), joined in progress.
24 March 2016
A mumble meeting with Sergio Durigan Junior, Blaise Alleyne, Bob Jonkman, Stephen Paul Weber and Daniel Villarreal.
- Audio: http://podcasts.libreplanet.ca/libreplanetontario-2016-03-24.ogg (38.3 MBytes, 1h12m14s)
- Text Channel: http://podcasts.libreplanet.ca/libreplanetontario-2016-03-24%20text%20channel.txt (3.5 kBytes)
Agenda for 24 March 2016
- Projects
- Celebrating events for the Digital Freedom Foundation
- Hardware Freedom Day (third Saturday in January)
- Document Freedom Day (last Wednesday of March)
- Culture Freedom Day (third Saturday in May)
- Sofware Freedom Day (third Saturday in September)
- Education Freedom Day
- Open Data Day (beginning of March) (not a DFF event)
19 September 2015
LibrePlanet Ontario celebrated Software Freedom Day with a series of presentations:
- What Is Software Freedom
- Sergio Durigan Jr. gives a bit of history of the Free Software movement, and explains why Free Software is not like Free Beer.
- Free Software in Musical Performance
- Blaise Alleyne has been performing music for many years. He uses Free Software to enhance his performance. He'll demonstrate some of the Free Software tools he uses.
- Lightning Talks - Using Free Software To Make More Free Software
- Aruna Hewapathirane tells us how Free Software let him customize his Free Operating System.
- Lightning Talks - Open Source, Open Allocation
- Rudolf Olah will be presenting on how open source projects use open allocation and why this is a pattern for future jobs and companies.
Free Culture Short FilmsLaurel Russwurm shows a collection of films that have been released under a Creative Commons license, returned to the Public Domain, or that were never covered by copyright due to legal issues.
- Email Privacy with Free Software
- Bob Jonkman gives a quick overview of encryption, and shows off Free Software that secures your e-mail.
- GnuPG/PGP Keysigning
- Bob Jonkman will expand the Web of Trust by conducting a Formal Keysigning where people read their key fingerprints and vouch for each other. To participate in the Formal Keysigning please e-mail your public GnuPG/PGP key to Bob Jonkman at bjonkman@sobac.com For anyone who wants to create GnuPG keys there will be help available, followed by an Informal Keysigning. Bring your laptop if you're creating GnuPG keys!
28 July 2015
Our first mumble meeting! Happened at 7 p.m. and used LibrePlanet BR's mumble server (while we don't have our own).
- We defined an initial agenda for our Software Freedom Day in Toronto
- What is Free Software by Sergio
- ??? by Blaise
- Keysigning party by Bob Jonkman
- Free movie exhibition by Laurel L. Russwurm
- Lightning talks (to be organized by Rudolf)
- A few comments about the venue
- We have to visit Mozilla's office to decide if it's a good place for the event, and if they are willing to have the event there.
- Likewise, for hacklab.to (https://hacklab.to/)
- Bob will contact GTALUG to find out about Ryerson
- Things TODO now:
- Create a wiki page. This page can be hosted here or at SFD's website.
- Get to a point where we feel comfortable in sharing a "Save the Date" message.
29 June 2015
Held at the HeroBurger restaurant on Mt. Pleasant Rd.
- We lamented the state of Free Software gaming, and the prevalence of proprietary gaming engines like Steam.
- We lamented the state of Free Software administration, and how it seems that SysAdmins today don't know how to use Free Software tools.
- Outreach:
- Sergio and Bob attended the Ubuntu/Debian Release Party in April
- Rudolf attended a computer language interest group [I forgot details]
- Bob attended a MapTime meetup in May, and a couple of GTALUG meetings
- Some of us (Bob, Sergio) exchanged GnuPG fingerprint strips, with the intention of digitally signing each others' keys. This could become a regular occurrence at LibrePlanet meetings.
- We discussed Software Freedom Day:
- Software Freedom Day is Saturday, 19 September 2015
- A venue is needed. Suggested locations:
- Alleyne Inc. offices (Blaise will check)
- Mozilla offices (Sergio will attend a MapTime or Mappy Hour[1] and investigate availability)
- FreeGeek Toronto (someone needs to contact them)
- Suggested format? After some discussion, it was decided to keep it simple for the first year. One stream of programming, with a second stream of Free Culture films; Laurel Russwurm can repeat the Free Culture Film Festival held in Kitchener in 2014.
- Suggested schedule:
- 10:30am - Presentation: What Is Free Software (Sergio)
- 11:30am - Five Lightning Talks (organized by Rudolf)
- 12:00am - Presentation (TBD)
- 1:00pm - Presentation (TBD)
- 2:00pm - Workshop (TBD)
- Need to reach out to other Free Software organizations in Toronto; issue a Call For Presentations, Lightning Talks
- GTALUG http://gtalug.org (Myles Braithewaite, Scott Sullivan)
- FreeGeek Toronto http://freegeektoronto.org/
- OpenData Toronto http://www.meetup.com/Opentoronto/ (Richard Pietro)
- OpenStreetMap Enthusiasts http://www.meetup.com/OpenStreetMap-Toronto/ (Richard Weait)
- TorontoCrypto https://torontocrypto.org/ (James Donaldson @darknetj)
- HacklabTO https://hacklab.to/ (Scott Sullivan?)
20 January 2015
LibrePlanetOntario meeting 2015-01-20.txt (2.3 kBytes)
Duke of Kent Pub, Yonge & Eglinton, Toronto, Ontario
(bullet points rearranged slightly from the order in which they were discussed)
Meetings
- Host some meetings in other locations, eg. Kitchener-Waterloo or Ottawa
- There was some interest from people in KW, but lack of easy/cheap prevents them from attending meetings in KW
- There have been sightings of Libre Software people from the Otttawa area in the IRC channel ( irc://irc.freenode.net/#lp-ca-on )
- Meetings should be scheduled at regular times and at a regular venue
- We'll try the Alleyne Computer Centre (???)
- Meetings on a Saturday would encourage turnout from other localities
- Hold virtual meetings to alternate with meatspace meetings
- Streamcast meatspace meetings with a full stack of Libre software
- The software demonstrated
- The platform OS running the software demonstrated
- The streamcasting recording/broadcast software
- The editing software
- The output format should be in an open format, released under a Free Culture license
Web site
- Set up web site http://libreplanetontario.ca (???) to re-redirect to the Wiki page http://wiki.libreplanet.net/wiki/Ontario (???)
- Post an RSS feed aggregator on a subdomain http://news.libreplanetontario.ca (???)
- Potential feeds: Blaise Alleyne's blog, !Libreplanet group in the !Fediverse, Wiki updates
- Post an RSS feed aggregator on a subdomain http://news.libreplanetontario.ca (???)
- Wiki should have sub-pages for chapters, eg. Kitchener-Waterloo, Ottawa, Toronto
- Put them all in a Category:LibrePlanetOntario
Other
- Matt Lee from the FSF will be coming to Toronto on (??? Dates ???)
- Invite Matt Lee to speak at the next LibrePlanet Ontario meeting
- There should certainly be a post-meeting meeting at a local pub!
- Free Software projects could have a "Product Channel"
- Corporations can issue RFQs, Purchase Orders, buy a license, get it all OK'd by their Legal Dept.
- Channel partners (independent consultants, perhaps the developers) can provide support
- Dual-license for corporate use? Maybe, maybe not.
- May result in things like Marketing Managers on Free Software products; project focus being driven by sales rather than what's good for the project
13 September 2014
LibreTea
A meeting of LibrePlanet Ontario, Ubuntu-Canada Toronto Chapter, and Toronto Crypto. Writeup at LibreTea and Free Culture | Laurel L. Russwurm's Free Culture Blog.