= Jitsi committee meeting for September the 18th, 2013 =
== Action items ==
=== Adam Bolte ===
* See if work can lend us a 4G dongle (and determine costs associated with the plan it uses).
* Find out from Lev if Alex should bring in his camera, and if I should bring in my video camera. Alex can also bring in a tripod if required.
* Talk preparation.
=== Alex Fraser ===
* Finish Cargo. :)
* Can assist on Software Freedom Day.
=== Ben Finney ===
* Send invite e-mail regarding GNU's 30th Birthday dinner to the FSM mail list.
=== Ben Sturmfels ===
* SFD Ballarat activities
=== Adam Bolte and Ben Finney ===
* Compare notes with Ben and maybe put together a task force for finding venues on short notice.
== Pirate Pad dump ==
The following is mostly just a dump of the Pirate Pad meeting notes (hosted http://piratepad.net/2NU7rk8qo5) with formatting fixes to look usable on the wiki.
== Upcoming events ==
=== Software Freedom Day, 21st September ===
* Failed to find an alternate venue
Alternative venues (which declined) include:
* RMIT
* University of Melbourne never provided a response.
* No 802.11 wifi provided by the venue
* Use a cell-phone network dongle for turning a spare PC into a wifi router?
* Adam to prepare a talk, do kitchen duties.
* AF coming for the whole day; happy to help out where needed.
* Sven dropped out, and Ben F. sadly cannot make it. :(
* Ben S. in Ballarat: Free Software for Artists http://sfd.org.au/ballarat/
* Creative Commons licenses version 4 due for release soon
* openclipart.org
* http://openclipart.org/detail/19703/whale-by-stumbles
* http://thenounproject.com/ -- http://thenounproject.com/noun/hot-springs/#icon-No2101
* Alex may be able to bring a camera (to check with Lev in case it's covered)
=== GNU's 30th Birthday, 28-29th September ===
* Hack event?
* e.g. MediaGoblin
* consensus: high barrier to entry, lots of organisation effort
* Dinner & Drinks
* Hu Tong Dumpling Bar http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/71/1435735/restaurant/CBD/HuTong-Dumpling-Bar-Melbourne
* Saturday 2013-09-28 19:00
* Ben F. to make invite to FSM mailing list
* Partners & children welcome
* Call to mailing list: please bring a gnu if you have one!
=== Next Free Software Meet-up, 17th October ===
Topic options/suggestions:
* ownCloud (finally?)
* The state of free software social networks including Diaspora and Identica
* Free software trivia night.
Discussion deferred until next ctte meeting
=== Next committee teleconference ===
* Thursday 2013-10-03 20:30–21:30
=== Special FSM event: launch of Cargo ===
* separate from regular meeting. Nov 2013?
* Show videos
* Demo on several machines
* Record event on video for display online
== Task force: venue scouting for FSM events ==
* Adam and Ben F. to coordinate
* start with Adam's attempts for FSD 2013
* report back at 2013-11 committee meeting
* Find some venues at least friendly to the idea of hosting us
* regularly
* special events
== Misc ==
* Host MediaGoblin on media.freesoftware.asn.au?
* Adam cannot attend December and January meeting.
* Ben S attending a roundtable on Innovation Patent System this Friday.
