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2014-04-24 21:22:34 –> ASW (~aaron@bas2-kanata16-1176467756.dsl.bell.ca) has joined #oclug-board 2014-04-24 21:24:08 –> scott5 (~scott5@198-91-167-166.cpe.distributel.net) has joined #oclug-board 2014-04-24 21:30:07 –> kdk1966 (~oftc-webi@CPEbcc8100d7ecc-CMbcc8100d7ec9.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com) has joined #oclug-board 2014-04-24 21:31:00 scott5 hi guys 2014-04-24 21:31:14 ASW hi 2014-04-24 21:32:05 scott5 I guess you noticed the lack of agenda so far :) 2014-04-24 21:32:34 ASW Only when I looked at it about 10 minutes ago 2014-04-24 21:32:49 kdk1966 hey all 2014-04-24 21:33:06 scott5 have you looked at the minutes from February yet? 2014-04-24 21:33:09 scott5 http://wiki.oclug.on.ca/wiki/BoardMinutesFebruary2014 2014-04-24 21:33:31 kdk1966 checking it out now… 2014-04-24 21:34:05 scott5 I think we can use those as the agenda for the most part 2014-04-24 21:36:20 ASW Does somebody have a log of the IRC meeting we had on March 27th? 2014-04-24 21:36:52 scott5 I think I do 2014-04-24 21:38:15 scott5 i was wrong, i don?t. 2014-04-24 21:38:28 scott5 that was the in-person meeting at RGB's right? 2014-04-24 21:39:52 scott5 I guess igorman won?t be joining us tomight, and RGB said he may be a little late, at least he will be able to follow the chat 2014-04-24 21:39:59 ASW The email you sent on March 23rd was about an IRC meeting on March 27th @ 8PM 2014-04-24 21:40:13 scott5 hmm 2014-04-24 21:40:24 scott5 I don?t seem to have a log, which is odd 2014-04-24 21:40:41 ASW And my IRC log has me logging in, but nothing besides you saying “we need an ian and a scott…” 2014-04-24 21:40:54 ASW sorry, RGB said that… 2014-04-24 21:41:30 scott5 oh well, we are flying in the dark? anyone have sonar or IR? 2014-04-24 21:42:04 ASW Well, there's a list of action items at the end of the Feb meeting minutes 2014-04-24 21:42:34 ASW For once I've got some useful information from the bank 2014-04-24 21:43:02 scott5 thats pretty good 2014-04-24 21:43:11 scott5 what have we learned? 2014-04-24 21:43:49 ASW I got the 2013 yearly statement from RGB (mailed to MCR's home) 2014-04-24 21:44:15 ASW Jan 1 2013 balance: $6023.90 2014-04-24 21:44:15 ASW Dec 31 2013 balance: $5792.49 2014-04-24 21:44:34 scott5 We don?t pay a fee for any of this do we? 2014-04-24 21:44:42 ASW As of yesterday, we had $5792.21 in the account 2014-04-24 21:45:01 scott5 that is rather odd 2014-04-24 21:45:05 scott5 no cheques right? 2014-04-24 21:46:04 ASW Not listed on the summary, but we did give RGB two cheques in Feb 2014 2014-04-24 21:46:35 scott5 true 2014-04-24 21:46:57 ASW As far as fees go, we'd have to pay for a full list of transactions 2014-04-24 21:47:05 scott5 wow! 2014-04-24 21:47:20 scott5 with a balance over $5000 we get nothing? 2014-04-24 21:47:45 scott5 we are with a credit union right? 2014-04-24 21:47:59 ASW Yes, Caisse Alterna 2014-04-24 21:48:20 ASW And we don't have online access, they don't have any way of limiting it to “read-only” mode 2014-04-24 21:50:09 scott5 I just looked at their service fees. It?s pretty bad, you pay for everything 2014-04-24 21:50:39 scott5 are we on monthly or quarterly statements? 2014-04-24 21:51:07 ASW I was hoping the printed statement would give some details about WHY our balance changed… 2014-04-24 21:51:19 scott5 one would hope 2014-04-24 21:51:46 ASW The statement I got from RGB was for Jan 1/13 to Dec 31/13 2014-04-24 21:52:04 scott5 one statement for the year? 2014-04-24 21:52:17 scott5 It does offer an annual statement option 2014-04-24 21:52:34 ASW I suppose I can drop by the Bell's Corners branch some time and see what options we have 2014-04-24 21:53:06 scott5 might not be a bad idea. I could meet up there as well in case we need two people 2014-04-24 21:53:31 scott5 have we collected any donations yet this year? I think I asked to pass a hat once 2014-04-24 21:54:43 ASW I've got a note on my cell phone that we collected about $25 in Sep 2013, but nothing since then 2014-04-24 21:55:14 ASW And I do remember making a deposit last year 2014-04-24 21:56:03 scott5 I guess we should start the ?pass the hat? again, just in case the government doesn?t screw us over as a non-profit. 2014-04-24 21:56:34 scott5 I need to have a meeting checklist :) 2014-04-24 21:56:57 scott5 it isn?t automatic yet. I should add that to the documentation. 2014-04-24 21:58:26 scott5 we aren?t going to solve the oddity tonight. I did send you the domain renewal fee items right? I suppose I should ask for a cheque for the two domains at the next meeting 2014-04-24 21:59:36 * SunRaycer appears 2014-04-24 21:59:41 ASW I don't recall getting anything, just a sec while I check 2014-04-24 22:00:40 scott5 Hi there RGB, finished the work stuff? 2014-04-24 22:02:02 ASW Yes, you did on Feb 26th - $11.98 2014-04-24 22:02:02 ASW So do we need a vote by the board to add new board members? WIth RGB we've got 3 of 4 current members. 2014-04-24 22:02:02 scott5 did i send one for linux-something.ca? 2014-04-24 22:02:19 scott5 we had an election, so we have 4 of 5 :) 2014-04-24 22:03:30 SunRaycer work stuff? I was singing in a parent-student concert at my daugher's school 2014-04-24 22:03:48 scott5 back to domains? there should be two, ugconnect.ca and linux-ottawa.ca 2014-04-24 22:04:55 ASW Yes, I would have seen it if I'd scrolled down… 2014-04-24 22:04:55 scott5 RGB, oops, my mistake, you sent an email about that didn?t you? 2014-04-24 22:10:49 SunRaycer only logs I've got this year are 2014-01-29 2014-04-24 22:11:05 scott5 RGB, did you manage to get the minutes from the last meeting done? Just wanted to check the todo list. 2014-04-24 22:11:44 scott5 we had a meeting at your place in March didn?t we? 2014-04-24 22:11:45 SunRaycer last meeting would have been march, but we didn't end up having a meeting. 2014-04-24 22:11:58 scott5 When was the meeting at your place? 2014-04-24 22:12:46 SunRaycer scott5: no. we were supposed to have an irc meeting in march 27, but you and ian didn't show up. 2014-04-24 22:12:55 SunRaycer last meeting at my place was feb. 2014-04-24 22:13:03 scott5 right? my mother?s funeral 2014-04-24 22:13:18 SunRaycer :-( 2014-04-24 22:13:30 SunRaycer wasn't aware of that. 2014-04-24 22:13:49 SunRaycer was ian there? :-/ 2014-04-24 22:13:49 scott5 It was a bit of a sudden trip. I didn?t even bring a computer 2014-04-24 22:13:54 scott5 LOL 2014-04-24 22:14:22 SunRaycer was going to ask, was this expected? sounds not… sorry to hear. 2014-04-24 22:14:53 SunRaycer was the new board member invited this evening? 2014-04-24 22:15:36 scott5 She was in long term care for the past year and a bit, on the previous Thursday night she got sick and was dead by 16:30 on Friday 2014-04-24 22:15:56 scott5 it was quite quick and then I had the joy of bad weather and Air Canada 2014-04-24 22:16:27 SunRaycer where was she? do you have siblings? 2014-04-24 22:16:27 scott5 I kind of forgot about the meeting, that was the funeral day. 2014-04-24 22:16:50 SunRaycer well, under those circumstances, that's quite understandable! 2014-04-24 22:16:54 scott5 She was home in N:, my sister lioves there still, as well as my father. My brother is in Toronto 2014-04-24 22:16:58 scott5 er NL 2014-04-24 22:18:04 scott5 I was a bit scatterbrained after that, so I dropped a lot of items that took me a couple of weeks to catch up on. 2014-04-24 22:18:51 scott5 I guess that means the February minutes are the latest. We should approve them. 2014-04-24 22:19:07 SunRaycer http://wiki.oclug.on.ca/wiki/BoardMinutesFebruary2014 2014-04-24 22:19:18 ASW They look good to me 2014-04-24 22:19:24 scott5 I agree 2014-04-24 22:20:11 SunRaycer I wrote them so I'll likely consent. :D 2014-04-24 22:20:40 SunRaycer may I ask who is kdk1966 ? 2014-04-24 22:21:01 scott5 so all approved, igorman abstaining and kdk wasn?t on the board yet 2014-04-24 22:21:02 SunRaycer sounds like they are the same age as me. :D 2014-04-24 22:21:33 scott5 kdk is our new member 2014-04-24 22:22:16 SunRaycer I missed that part of the AGM because I was helping a user recover data from an unbootable laptop… 2014-04-24 22:22:26 scott5 he seems to be having issues with the web client right now 2014-04-24 22:23:23 * SunRaycer has been ignoring join/parts for a long while now, so I'm blissfully unaware of any yoyoing. :D 2014-04-24 22:25:32 SunRaycer ok, looking at that action items list, I only seem to have accomplished one, which was those minutes themselves. :-/ 2014-04-24 22:27:52 SunRaycer but I did get a bathroom renovated and David Miller accepted my 6-patch set to add a netlink bind mod for audit multicast. \o/ 2014-04-24 22:28:23 SunRaycer kdk1966: please remind me, who are you? 2014-04-24 22:28:37 ←- scott5 (~scott5@198-91-167-166.cpe.distributel.net) has quit (weber.oftc.net resistance.oftc.net) 2014-04-24 22:28:37 ←- mcr (~mcr@obiwan.sandelman.ca) has quit (weber.oftc.net resistance.oftc.net) 2014-04-24 22:28:37 ←- kdk1966 (~oftc-webi@CPEbcc8100d7ecc-CMbcc8100d7ec9.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com) has quit (weber.oftc.net resistance.oftc.net) 2014-04-24 22:28:37 ←- orospakr (~orospakr@mobotropolis.orospakr.ca) has quit (weber.oftc.net resistance.oftc.net) 2014-04-24 22:28:37 ←- ASW (~aaron@bas2-kanata16-1176467756.dsl.bell.ca) has quit (weber.oftc.net resistance.oftc.net) 2014-04-24 22:28:53 ←- wardi (~ian@edgy.excess.org) has quit (weber.oftc.net resistance.oftc.net) 2014-04-24 22:30:20 –> kdk1966 (~oftc-webi@CPEbcc8100d7ecc-CMbcc8100d7ec9.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com) has joined #oclug-board 2014-04-24 22:30:20 –> scott5 (~scott5@198-91-167-166.cpe.distributel.net) has joined #oclug-board 2014-04-24 22:30:20 –> ASW (~aaron@bas2-kanata16-1176467756.dsl.bell.ca) has joined #oclug-board 2014-04-24 22:30:20 –> wardi (~ian@edgy.excess.org) has joined #oclug-board 2014-04-24 22:30:20 –> mcr (~mcr@obiwan.sandelman.ca) has joined #oclug-board 2014-04-24 22:30:20 –> orospakr (~orospakr@mobotropolis.orospakr.ca) has joined #oclug-board 2014-04-24 22:31:30 scott5 I just sent a note to Adrien to see if he wants to do a short talk at teh beginning of the talk next week. Hopefully he will have something. 2014-04-24 22:34:33 scott5 John and I will be doing a talk on modern document production techniques, I threatened to do one when I did the slide production talk and John wasnted to fo it at this meeting. We have a few items to show and a number of experiences to discuss. 2014-04-24 22:36:24 scott5 I have another Pi talk in the wings as well, environmental monitoring, server monitoring, motion detecting camera, etc. 2014-04-24 22:37:53 scott5 I have to send you the AGM membership list. I?ll scan that and send it to you tonight. 2014-04-24 22:38:28 scott5 I think that covers the stuff I was supposed to do :D 2014-04-24 22:43:43 kdk1966 not my place to dictate the pace here, but I do have a few early-morning appointments. what else are we hoping do discuss tonight 2014-04-24 22:44:03 scott5 true 2014-04-24 22:44:14 * SunRaycer is ill-prepared for this meeting and is yawning a whole lot… 2014-04-24 22:44:30 scott5 I suppose I can co-opt you to get the tux documentation completed. You up for that? 2014-04-24 22:44:46 SunRaycer scott5: was there anything urgent we needed to cover before the next members' meeting? 2014-04-24 22:45:01 SunRaycer what tux documentation? 2014-04-24 22:45:31 SunRaycer I need to install a bare O/S on the 2nd v20z as a backup to tuxbis 2014-04-24 22:45:42 scott5 the panic book stuff, BCP/whatever 2014-04-24 22:45:48 SunRaycer ah 2014-04-24 22:45:54 scott5 are you still planning on virtualizing it on the new machine? 2014-04-24 22:46:04 SunRaycer eventually, but no rush 2014-04-24 22:46:26 scott5 I think we can close. ASW covered the finances already, we have an oddity to look at 2014-04-24 22:46:32 SunRaycer I still have to decommission my old desktop (that I am using at the moment) and my old server first… 2014-04-24 22:46:58 scott5 how does that go? You get everything but time? 2014-04-24 22:47:18 SunRaycer I have everything but time, correct. 2014-04-24 22:48:14 ASW I'll check with the bank about how much a complete transaction statement costs 2014-04-24 22:49:04 scott5 according to the fee schedule I looked at, $1.00 per 2014-04-24 22:49:10 SunRaycer (/me mutters about an audio recording failing this evening due to full SD card…) 2014-04-24 22:50:20 scott5 i guess we can end the meeting, I think we covered most of it anyway. 2014-04-24 22:50:25 ASW OK 2014-04-24 22:51:15 kdk1966 works for me 2014-04-24 22:51:33 * scott5 bangs virtual gavel. 2014-04-24 22:51:55 kdk1966 later, folks 2014-04-24 22:52:15 scott5 see you all next week 2014-04-24 22:53:05 ←- kdk1966 (~oftc-webi@CPEbcc8100d7ecc-CMbcc8100d7ec9.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com) has quit (Quit: Page closed) 2014-04-24 22:53:06 SunRaycer ciao 2014-04-24 22:53:40 ←- scott5 (~scott5@198-91-167-166.cpe.distributel.net) has left #oclug-board 2014-04-24 22:54:09 ←- ASW (~aaron@bas2-kanata16-1176467756.dsl.bell.ca) has left #oclug-board

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