Re: [lp-ca-on] Meetup: January 20th, 6:30pm at Duke of Kent

[Bob Jonkman]

OK, here are the notes I took a the meeting yesterday.  Feel free to 
add, change, delete, and post on the Wiki for further mangling...

--Bob.


== LibrePlanet Ontario Meeting ==
=== Tuesday, 20 January 2015, 6:30pm to 8:30pm ===
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
* 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



On 01/21/2015 04:48 AM, Bob Jonkman wrote:
> Now you tell us...
>
> On January 20, 2015 6:35:43 PM EST, Rudolf <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>     When you get here go to the second floor, I grabbed a table.
>
>     On Jan 20, 2015 2:12 PM, "Blaise Alleyne" <address@hidden
>     <mailto:address@hidden>> wrote:
>
>         On 20/01/15 01:41 PM, Sergio Durigan Junior wrote:
>          > On Tuesday, January 20 2015, Bob Jonkman wrote:
>          >> Duke of Kent, 6:30pm. I'll be there. If everyone else is
>         delayed, I'll be working on my laptop.
>          >
>          > I think I will arrive at 19h :-).
>          >
>
>         I'll have to leave just before 19h to make it to my meeting, but
>         I'll drop by
>         for the first little while!
>
>
>
>
> --
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