Group: LibrePlanet Ontario/Meeting Notes

Notes from Previous Meetings

January 20th, 2015

Duke of Kent Pub, Yonge & Eglinton, Toronto, Ontario

(bullet points rearranged slightly from the order in which they were discussed)

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

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
Wiki should have sub-pages for chapters, eg. Kitchener-Waterloo, Ottawa, Toronto
- Put them all in a Category:LibrePlanetOntario

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