Group: Manchester/2008-10-13

• Location: The Waterhouse
• Date: 2008-10-13
• Start time: 19:00

Agenda

Time	Agenda Item	Objectives	Lead
19:00 (+10)	Introductions		Paul
	Last Meeting	Adopt minutes	Lucy
19:10 (+5)	Announcements and other business		Simon
19:15 (+5)	Election	Announcement of election for chairperson	Simon
19:20 (+10)	Speakers	Confirmed and suggested speakers	Lucy
19:30 (+10)	Books	An update of the books from the FSF	Lucy
19:40 (+5)	Software Freedom Day Review	Review of the event	Dave
19:45 (+10)	Linux Expo	Final planning for the event	Dave
19:55 (+5)	More other business		Matt
20:00 (+5)	Next Meeting	Time, place, and agenda items	Matt
20:05	Finish

Last Meeting

• Supporting Material: Minutes of Meeting on 2008-09-08
• Objective: Approval of Minutes of Meeting on 2008-09-08.

Election

• Objectives:
  • Announce a date for the candidate nominations and for the election.

Speakers

• Objectives:
  • List of lightning talks for October's talk.
  • Arrange November and December events.

• Actions from previous meeting:
  • Lucy to contact John Pinner, (Mr) Ben Thorpe, Ian Lynch, Axiom Tech.
  • Simon to contact Harald Welte again.
  • Dave to contact someone else from Bristol Wireless.

Books

• Objectives:
  • An update on the 120 books from the FSF

• Previous Actions:
  • Lucy to confirm the price of the books and to update Matt Lee on the arrangements.
  • Simon to find out how Open Street Map are set up.
  • Lucy to speak to the CO-OP bank about our options, once Simon has spoken to the OSM.

Software Freedom Day Review

• Objectives:
  • To discuss and evaluate the software freedom day event at the Marbella Cafe.

Linux Expo

• Objectives:
  • To finalise the upcoming event.

• Previous Actions:
  • Simon to contact the FSF to see if they have a stall there.

Next Meeting

• Objectives:
  • Review of this meeting.
  • Time and location: 2008-11-10 19:00 at the Waterhouse?
  • List of agenda items to include