Group: LibrePlanet Ontario/Meeting Notes
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June 29th, 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?)
January 20th, 2015
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