====== August 27, 2018 ====== 

===== Attendees:=====

==== Board: ====

  * Bruce Davis (x)
  * Ian Gorman (x)
  * Ed Hong (x)
  * Kelly Kendrick (x)
  * Scott Murphy (x)
  * John Nash (x)
  * Tug Wiliams (x)

==== Guests: ====

  * None

===== Location: =====

  * Slack Board channel

===== Start time: =====

  * 19:11
  * Call to order - Tug
  * Seconded - Ian

===== Review of any outstanding minutes =====

  * Move to approve: John
  * Seconded: Ian
  * Previous minutes approved.

===== Regular Agenda Items =====

==== Committee Reports ====

=== New to Linux (New Users) ===

  * approx 3 new users %%**%% Shawn was interested in open source BIOS %%**%% another person showed an appreciation for Gentoo
  * there was a person the month before asking about printers. Maybe they are just single issue people without an interest in joining.

=== L3GO (Low Level Linux Group) ===

  * 6 people attended the last meeting

=== OCLUG Customized Bunsen Labs Distro Project Update ===

  * Not much progress this month
  * there is now a Bunsenlans Helium version
  * Will try to get Helium to work with Crunchmaster remastering. But after Sept 12.

=== Treasurer’s Report ===

Balance - $5,099.19 - no transactions July and August

=== Mailing List ===

  * Little evidence that there is still an issue. No investigation done this month.

=== Meeting Rooms ===

  * Next 3 meetings at the Centerpointe Library
  * Have room from 6 to 9:30
  * approx $60.00 per night
  * We don’t have a location for December and the Library is booked for all of next year
  * Need to bring check
  * We will need to pass the hat for the September meeting and then determine future strategy at the meeting.
 
==== The list of repeating sessions ====

https://wiki.linux-ottawa.org/doku.php?id=bdstuff:repeating_meeting_sessions
===== Planned Regular Meetings =====

==== September ====

=== Talk #1 ===

  * Topic: OpenSCAD
  * Speaker: Tug

=== Talk #2 ===

  * Topic: Ansible - Why you might want to use it
  * Speaker: Scott Murphy

==== October ====

=== Hot Topic discussion ===

=== Talk #1 ===

  * Topic: John
  * Speaker: History of Computers - https:%%//%%gitlab.com/nashjc/histoRicalg/blob/master/60years.odp

=== Talk #2 ===

  * Topic: The ramblings of a recovering Oracle gunslinger
  * Speaker: Ed

==== November ====

=== Hot Topic discussion ===

=== Talk #1 ===

  * Topic: Care and Maintenance of you Gentoo
  * Speaker: Tug

=== Talk #2 ===

  * Topic: VOIP
  * Speaker: Scott

===== List of future topics =====
https://wiki.linux-ottawa.org/doku.php?id=bdstuff:list_of_potential_meeting_topics
===== New business: =====

==== Hot topics to begin the meeting? ====

  * Perhaps we should start future meetings with a “hot topic” to trigger some active participation before following an agenda... it seems that there are concerns about winning over first time attendees to become regulars?
  * Where/who to generate the hot topic list? %%**%% Mailing lists | newsletters | LinkedIn News %%**%% Suggestions on the Sign up sheet.
  * Somehow we get a topic by the end of the meeting and use it as the hot topic for the next meeting so people have time to prepare.

Example of hot topic idea: Microsoft buying Github

===== Adjournment: =====

Motioned: Ian Seconded: Tug Time: 20:45