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• 20100826

Meeting opened by elky at 10:06

• <elky> YAY!

  <elky> Ok, then, who is here for the meeting?

  <czajkowski> o/

  <elky> [LINK] http://wiki.ubuntu-women.org/Meetings/August2010/Agenda

• <svaksha> hi. /me will be dividing time between another meeting and this

  <elky> nigelb AlanBell vish?

  <elky> I guess we'll start on the open items then while we wait

  <hypatia> works for me

  <hypatia> if it's just us 4 it'll be a quick meeting

  <elky> [TOPIC] Blueprint progress: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu-women.org/+spec/community-m-ubuntu-women-project-m-goals

Blueprint progress: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu-women.org/+spec/community-m-ubuntu-women-project-m-goals

• <elky> Who owns this one?

  <elky> czajkowski?

  <vish> elky: oh hey! i did think about a few ideas for the pollka logo [one! ;p] i was thinking of "Speak UP, let your voice count!" ,i'm still looking for an inspirational quote that fits that

  <czajkowski> I *think* pleia2 but not certain

  <elky> vish, that item isn't up yet

  <czajkowski> I'm just down as an assigne which you have to do when creating a bp

  <czajkowski> there is no asignee

  <vish> elky: oh! k.. confused by the ping..

  <elky> czajkowski, should we be assigning to the leadership group?

  <czajkowski> we didnt at the time have one

  <elky> Sure, but what about now that we do?

  <czajkowski> if you've created the leadership team I'm sure you can just assing it there

  <hypatia> that seems like the right place to assign it

  <elky> lyz created it since the last meeting iirc

  <czajkowski> ok let me go and assing it so once I can find the name

  <elky> (the iirc being the timeframe, it definitely exists)

  <czajkowski> any idea of the name ?

  <elky> ubuntu-women-leaders

  <czajkowski> done

  <czajkowski> shold be saving

  <czajkowski> sorry slow here fixing broken pc

  <elky> Knowing launchpad it might be done by the time the meeting finishes

  <elky> I'm slow because I'm trying to navigate launchpad

  <czajkowski> tis done

  <elky> ok, so the thingies on that list

  <elky> [lyz] Produce the documentation for Mentoring Program: INPROGRESS

  <elky> I believe I saw some prodding in the past fortnight, so it is still progressing

  <elky> pendulum's item depends on that, and so does akgraner's i think

  <czajkowski> well I guess they'll be at to do till pleia2 is done

  <czajkowski> as they're both pending on that action item

  <elky> I'm still yet to start on [Melissa] Re: Ubuntu-Women.org - Work with the design team to define the design direction: but I have now seen the guts of the wp theme

  <elky> I don't know where lyz is with [lyz] Re: Ubuntu-Women.org - Identify content to be re-developed: TODO but i think that which is on the site but not on the wiki is probably a good shortlist

  <elky> [topic] Follow-up on fixed election dates - elky

Follow-up on fixed election dates - elky

• <elky> The wiki page is currently accurate.

  <elky> AlanBell? around?

  <czajkowski> not seen him this morning

  <elky> [topic] Pollka - what happened next with the UW photo competition code - AlanBell/elky if awake

Pollka - what happened next with the UW photo competition code - AlanBell/elky if awake

• <elky> Alan mentioned this last meeting, but for those who missed it; the code we used for the polling has been made in to a project: https://launchpad.net/pollka

  <elky> Any questions?

  <elky> [LINK] https://launchpad.net/pollka

• <elky> vish?

  <vish> elky: oh ! i did think about a few ideas for the pollka logo [one! ;p] i was thinking of "Speak UP, let your voice count!" ,i'm still looking for an inspirational quote that fits that

• hypatia would love to do a security review on it and help people learn how to do that

  <hypatia>

  <vish> elky: what do you think of that idea ?

  <vish> elky: http://www.theinsider.com/photos/1233584_Jessica_Alba_Hannibal_Lector_Ad

  <elky> Uh...

  <vish> that ^ was the starting point , when i was looking around for ideas..

  <vish> elky: we wont use that of-course ;p

  <elky> We'll think about it. DoctorMo is also working on ideas too, so we'll definitely get something that fits one way or the other.

  <vish> wfm ..

  <elky> Ok moving on.

  <vish> elky: sry, i didnt have much free time to think either, nigelb had poked me the other day for a pollka logo , and i came up with the initial ideas..

  <elky> [topic] Proposing a new blueprint - Proposal for a Mentoring Partnerships framework

Proposing a new blueprint - Proposal for a Mentoring Partnerships framework

• <elky> [link] http://www.geekosophical.net/?p=504 for background

• <elky> [link] http://wiki.ubuntu-women.org/MentoringPartnersSpec for the spec

• <hypatia> so i guess i wanted to clarify whether my addition was in the right direction, elky

  <hypatia> within this framework do you see us doing the actual "matchmaking"?

  <elky> I'm onluy just getting a chance to look at it now

  <elky> What I'd put down was just my POV and I was hoping people would chip in and build upon it

• hypatia nods

  <elky> I think the asking for qualifications is going to turn some potential mentees off

• svaksha suggests asking mentors (hint, motu's) to list themselves and the kind of mentoring they have time for, teh skill level they expect , etc...

  <svaksha> the*

  <hypatia> elky: i'd want to note them all as optional

  <hypatia> very clearly

  <elky> svaksha, you mean like we already have?

  <svaksha> yes, we do

  <hypatia> or, we can just ask for a freeform "experience level" field that includes education/quals

  <elky> svaksha, this isn't to replace what we have, it's to add on to what we have

  <hypatia> (keep in mind that the form i linked to was for career, not necessarily technical, mentoring)

• svaksha was not suggesting a replacement

  <hypatia> we'll definitely be re-asking folks

  <elky> hypatia, i'd avoid asking mentees at all. people often don't fill forms out because they can't fill in the optional fields; thinking that if they're there then it's important even if not essential

  <elky> svaksha, but we don't want to be maintaining 2 lists. we already have that list

  <hypatia> hmm, good point

  <elky> hypatia, and we're talking people who Don't Know How To Ask :-/

  <hypatia> true@

  <svaksha> elky: then all is well

  <elky> svaksha, cool

  <hypatia> so, action item - talk moar, maybe decide on a platform for taking mentee requests?

  <elky> hypatia, I'd like it to propose it for discussion at UDS too

  <hypatia> definitely

  <elky> [Action] Discuss the blueprint more! -- EVERYONE!

• <elky> hypatia correct me if I'm wrong, but neither you nor lyz can make it this time unfortunately?

  <hypatia> let me noodle on it a bit more, but i think it conflicts with my school stuff

  <hypatia> i am le sad

  <hypatia> i'd really love to go to the next one

  <hypatia> and will for sure attend this one remotely

  <elky> Which in theory will be somewhere in the depths of .EU

  <hypatia> yay

• hypatia misses her german friends

  <czajkowski> aye every 6 months it changes from USA to EU

  <elky> czajkowski, we're still taking bets on when it ends up somewhere classified as Asia

  <czajkowski> also to note deadline for applying for sponsorship is soon

  <elky> Yup

  <czajkowski> The deadline for sponsorship closes on 8th September 2010.

  <elky> I'll be applying tonight if we agree to put the blueprint forth for uds-n

  <czajkowski> you dont have to have a bp to go to UDS

  <czajkowski> but sure just apply

  <czajkowski> but also do a bp, bp are not dependant on UDS or not

  <elky> well, i wanted to mention it in the form if it was ok to propose it

  <czajkowski> can tbe done either way

  <hypatia> oh yeah, it's a whole week, i for sure can't go

  <elky> hypatia,

  <czajkowski> so I dont get the saying ppl will apply to uds pending a bp

  <hypatia> czajkowski: she meant the specific bp we were talking about

  <elky> czajkowski, putting it in the form that asks what you'll do at uds Id guess

  <czajkowski> elky: ok I take that point, but ya don't have to is my point.

  <czajkowski> hypatia: aye got ti

  <czajkowski> *it

  <elky> I know I don't have to.

  <elky> It won't be my first UDS

  <elky> Now however, does anyone object to me putting it forth as a UW thing?

  <elky> which is what I was tryign to ask up there

• hypatia thinks it's a great idea

  <czajkowski> as I said, it can be done either way, so yeah no problem

  <svaksha> elky: put what forth as a UW thing? mentoring?

• svaksha thought mentoring was always a UW thing

  <czajkowski> svaksha: a lot of loco teams do it

  <elky> svaksha, the blueprint

  <hypatia> the inter-org mentoring cooperation stuff, svaksha

  <svaksha> czajkowski: yup they do but mentoring was one of the core things with UW

  <svaksha> yeah , we should see how we can collaborate more

  <elky> Ok, i'll action it then

  <hypatia> woot

  <elky> [action] propose the mentoring partnerships blueprint for UDS-N - elky

• <hypatia> may i go to sleep now

  <elky> let me consult the agenda :P

  <elky> Any further announcements?

  <elky> #endmeeting

Meeting closed at 10:56

People Present

• elky
• czajkowski
• svaksha
• hypatia
• vish

Actions Recorded

• Discuss the blueprint more! -- EVERYONE!
• propose the mentoring partnerships blueprint for UDS-N - elky