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= Committee Meeting, 3 April 2014 =

[[https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/fsm-ctte-20140403|Original meeting notes]]

I like that the Etherpad agenda page is provided weeks in advance. I can immediately add items to the page as I think them up.

	* Topics for upcoming meeting on 17 April (Ben S.)

	Gnews:
		*  TPP
			*  https://action.sumofus.org/a/trade-sustainers/4/4/
			* !!! http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/30/large-crowds-fill-taipei-streets-in-protest-over-china-trade-bill/
		* http://cloud.blender.org/gooseberry/
		* http://www.ted.com/talks/kirby_ferguson_embrace_the_remix
		* Another possibility: http://www.crowdsupply.com/kosagi/novena-open-laptop / http://makezine.com/2014/04/02/the-worlds-first-open-source-laptop-makes-its-debut/
		* Talk by Jacob Appelbaum at Libre Planet http://media.libreplanet.org/u/zakkai/m/free-software-for-freedom-surveillance-and-you/

	Presentation:
		* Damien Zammit - flashed his corboot laptop '''TODO: Ben S.'''

	* Go-to interesting features:
		* Latest free-software-capable hardware
		* Interesting speakers
		* Show and tell (hardware, or things people have been working on)

	* Ben F: Invite Jon Lawrence EFA to speak on TPP (perhaps for meeting 2014-05) '''TODO: Ben F.'''

	* Record of attendance at meetings
                * Provide some record of numbers - Ben S. has done this informally in the past
		* Invite attendee to create a wiki account (with their name)
			*  - committee to lead by example before the next meeting
			* Adam and Ben S to establish the best way to create a user page. One on LibrePlanet wiki, which we link to?
		* Email address optional→ mailing list send invite to the person
		* Get people's names spelled correctly
		* Clarify for people how their details will be used : Yep, we should write that on the sheet.

	* Timeline for upcoming (regular) meeting agenda
		* 2 weeks, too short?
		* Discuss meeting topics on mailing list; topic suggestions welcome
		* Nominate a meeting agenda person?
		* Have a separate channel suggestions for upcoming topics
			* http://wiki.freesoftware.asn.au/upcomingTopics

	* Moving FSM website to somewhere we can more easily share access. Possibly the wiki too. (Ben S.)
		* Rationale: Ben S. role in day-to-day FSM likely to decrease in the medium term
		* http://freesoftware.org.au/melb/
		* Adam's machine costs him money to run & keep online
		* Backup schedule & location to be known
		* Adam to add redirections from http://freesoftware.asn.au to http://freesoftware.org.au/
		* Will redirect existing website '''TODO: Ben S., Adam'''

	* Consider adopting LibrePlanet Mission Statement and Code of Conduct (Ben S.) '''TODO: Everyone read'''
		* http://libreplanet.org/wiki/LibrePlanet:Mission_Statement
		* http://libreplanet.org/wiki/LibrePlanet:Code_of_Conduct

	* Next generation FSM website (Ben S.)
		* to put link to the wiki on the front page
		* twitter bootstrap
		* what to do with Australian Free Software Association
			* not home page
			* state intentions and that it doesn't just exist
		* Have FSM as a sub-domain (e.g. melbourne.freesoftware.org.au)
		* Australian site aggregates State sub-sites
			* i.e. currently just shows latest activity from FSM
			* leaves open the future emergence of state groups
		* Blog to make announcements and news more visible

	* Speakers to invite
		* John Spencer (ex-VPAC) - making things! '''TODO: Alex to invite for 15 May?'''