A Full description and irc log of the event is on the wiki at
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/MeetingNotes/20061127Meeting
For those like me who hate clicking links in email heres the minutes
Minutes
*Approval Application.* Nik Butler informed the team that the Community
Council meeting had been postponed and that the [WWW] Approval
Application <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ApprovalApplication> would
be delayed until the next meeting of the community Council. A brief
discussion about Ubuntu member candidates was put forward and discussed
later in the meeting. it was agreed however that a number of existing
UKTeam members would commit to the process of becoming a Ubuntu Member
and that this would be journaled on the Wiki.
*UKTeam Loco Local Meetings* In general the Loco Team for the UK has
been meeting online for several weeks and the concept of localised,
county based Loco team meetings has not progressed. AlanPope
<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AlanPope> has provided a [WWW] clear list of
LUGs <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/UKLugMembers> and Communities in
the UK to which UkTeam <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UkTeam> members can
affiliate themselves as a Ubuntu UKTeam contact within that community.
This also serves the purpose of working with other groups.
*Projects on the Main Page.* The UKTeam main page has been a work in
progress and has at every moment matched the requirements for
information and community communication. as the UKTeam are now coming
together and focusing on results it was agreed to split the project page
into Longterm and Current ( Short ) term projects. Short Term projects
which have a defined goal such as ApprovalApplication
<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ApprovalApplication>, UbuntuMembers
<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuMembers>, Education write to your MP
would be better suited to the front page. Long term or completed
projects would be pushed to second page and available as a link from the
main site. DeanSas <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DeanSas> suggested a number
of activities to help promote awareness and actions within those
projects which appear to be stagnant.
*Ubuntu Buddies* The concept of a defined role in which a UKTeam member
provides support or mentoring to a completely new Ubuntu user was
considered redundant since much support is already provided in many
areas, which was further discussed below.
*Wiki, IRC and Mail list Awareness* Increasing awareness of where the
UKTeam can be located and enabling new users and members to get
co-ordinated and directed support is a concern. A few new members in the
meeting expressed that locating the Team was not one step process.
AlanPope <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AlanPope> recommended using graphical
pins on forums, mail lists and blogs to provide a clear indication of
where UKTeam are and where help and support and direction can be gained.
NikButler <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NikButler> and DeanSas
<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DeanSas> both discussed re-approaching the
developers to get Loco Team contact sections stored in System->Help.
*Charities.* Following the success of the Auction for the [WWW] Tshirt
and Book
<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/CharityWork/ChildrenInNeedTShirt> it was
agreed that we should have a clear minimum list of support charities for
which money can be raised and donated as part of UKTeam activities. It
was agreed that this needs to be discussed fully on the Mailing list and
X3N and DeanSas <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DeanSas> are looking at voting
mechanisms. NikButler <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NikButler> will arrange
with X3n and DeanSas <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DeanSas> and AlanPope
<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AlanPope> to define a clear structure with
which such decisions can formalised given the free form nature of this
community.
The Meeting concluded with the agreement that Charities would be on the
agenda for the next meeting which will be at 21.30hrs on *19th December
2006*.
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