Jitsi committee meeting for December the 11th, 2013

PiratePad notes

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Free Software Melb Ctte 11 Dec 2013

Discussion topics:

  • Tell Ben S. how the games night went

    • Network setup before the meeting made it much smoother
    • Versions of some games (e.g. OpenArena) make client–server fail
    • TeeWorlds a favourite
    • Cargo is captivating

  • Planning for dinner for next meeting, Thu 19 Dec 2013!

    • Dinner at restaurant; easy to organise and low barrier to entry
    • Ben F. absent, Adam B. absent
    • Big Ma-Ma again.
    • Elicit RSVPs just so we know how many to book for.
    • ★ (Ben S.) Invite to FSM discussion list

  • No regular meeting January 2014

    • ★ (Ben S.) Announce a month break for FSM meetings

  • BBQ

    • Tentative: 2014-02-20
    • Invite other groups such as LUV, MLUG, MBS (Blender)
    • ★ Discuss next ctte meeting

  • Treasurer's report

    • $50 expenses (hosting costs for 1 year DreamHost site hosting)
    • Collection of funds to pay for server costs - $50pa
      • Ben F keeping record of accounts in GnuCash

  • MediaGoblin instance experiment

    • http://www.freesoftware-asn-au.dreamhosters.com/
    • Difficult to get up and running due to dependencies!
    • Ben F. tried to create an account, didn't receive a new-account confirmation email
    • Some issues with MediaGoblin on DreamHost include
      • Inability to run celeryd - DreamHost kills the processes due to consuming too many resources
      • Too many dependencies that cannot be installed via packages.
    • ★ Ben F. spend a few hours hunting solutions to DreamHost issues for MediaGoblin
    • ★ Theming: What graphic artists do we have who could make our instance look special to us? ... might need a FSM logo

  • Ben S. registered the freesoftware.org.au domain!

  • Naxt AGM?

    • 2014-03-20 (9 months after last AGM)

  • Venue scouting for FSM events

    • Nothing to report this month.
    • ★ Ben F.: Announce that we're looking for assistance with this on both the mailing list and an upcoming meeting.

  • Global Game Jam

  • Trans-Pacific Partnership