Group:LibrePlanet Ontario/Meeting Notes/2017-09

Sunday, 24 September 2017, 9:00pm-10:00pm EDT

Location: Online Mumble chat: mumble://libreplanetbr.org/LibrePlanet%20Ontario

Agenda

• Planning Free Software Advocacy: Group:LibrePlanet_Ontario/Street Team Outreach
• Free/Libre Canadian Tax Preparation Software Project
  • Runing UFile under WINE
• LibrePlanet.ca website / wiki page
  • Can we get a valid SSL cert?
  • Separate URLs for Ontario and Group:LibrePlanet_Québec
  • Should events that are not primarily Free Software or Free Culture be on our Upcoming Events list?
  • ...events not in Ontario?
• How was The 18th annual DebConf / DebCamp, and Open Day?
• KW Linuxfest: Call for Exhibitors - LibrePlanet Ontario should participate!
  • Is there support from the FSF to host an exhibitor table? Swag?
  • Call For Presentations is open until 1 November 2017.

If there's something else you want to discuss, add it to the this agenda!

Upcoming Events

• WordCamp Toronto: 30 September - 1 October 2017, Toronto, Ontario
• SLE, the Software Language Engineering conference from ACM: 23-24 October 2017, Vancouver, B.C.
• FSOSS: 26-27 October 2017 at Seneca College, Toronto, Ontario
• ConFoo: 4-6 December 2017 in Vancouver, B.C.
• KW Linuxfest: 27 January 2017 at Conestoga College, Kitchener, Ontario (Call For Presentations closes 1 November 2017)
• ConFoo: 7-9 March 2018, Montreal, Quebec
• LibrePlanet 2018: 24-25 March 2018, Cambridge, Massachusetts (Call For Sessions closes 2 November 2017)
• Creative Commons Global Summit 2018: 13-15 April 2018 in Toronto, Ontario

Minutes

Participants: Bob Jonkman, Greg Knittl

Audio Recording: https://podcasts.libreplanet.ca/libreplanetontario-2017-09-24.ogg (Size: 49.9 MBytes - Duration: 53m12s)

Setting up Mumble's "Push-to-Talk"

• Don't use CTRL+T

KWVoIP

• Waterloo Region's Voice over IP Users Group

Free/Libre Canadian Tax Preparation Software Project

• Running UFile under Wine
• CRA keeping information hidden under Non-Disclosure Agreements
• What are the competitive advantages between existing and FLOSS tax programs?
• Optimal tax returns: Least tax paid or greatest tax refund
• Are full, complete, optimal tax returns too complex for software to determine?
• Legal issues raised by CRA's reluctance to provide info

KW Linuxfest

• Takes place Saturday, 27 January 2018
• Free/Libre Canadian Tax Preparation Software Project would make a good KW Linuxfest talk!
• Call For Papers closes 1 November 2017

Street Team Outreach

• Summer's over, is it too late for Street Team Outreach?
• Perhaps we can find another project that can be done on/offline in a distributed manner

Wiki and Website

• Items needing a SysAdmin will be taken to the mailing list
• Existing upcoming events will stay on the Upcoming Events list, but Bob will no longer add Upcoming Events that are outside of Ontario or not primarily about Free Software

Future Meetings

• Saturday, 24 February 2018 we'll try for an In-Real-Life meeting in Toronto
• Need to find a venue that matches our dietary preferences

Text Channel

[8:53 PM] Welcome to Mumble.
[8:53 PM] Connecting to server libreplanetbr.org.
[8:53 PM] Connected.
[8:53 PM] Welcome message:
Welcome to this server running Murmur.
Enjoy your stay!

[8:54 PM] Recording started
[9:02 PM] (Channel) greg: Hi Bob can u hear me?
[9:02 PM] (Channel) greg: I can hear u
[9:04 PM] (Channel) greg: checking my settings
[9:04 PM] (Channel) greg: I have to hit a key to talk
[9:04 PM] (Channel) greg: which I now forget
[9:11 PM] (Channel) BobJonkman: https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:LibrePlanet_Ontario/Meeting_Notes/2017-09