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> oh meeting time?
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> wow, goddamn im good
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> much point having it though? i think we have about 3 or 4 people here
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> well i dunno aj thats up to you
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> but i would have it anyhow and post the minutes
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> kk
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> problem is, this meeting was a sort of introductory... use the tracker or else, do you have any ideas for improvement on teh team / tracker
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> lol
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> ah well in that case its kinda useless
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> to have the meeting
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> yeah, i was hoping for a better turnout...
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> a brainstorming meeting can be good :)
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> but only if there are more people
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> well its pretty much the same people that are always here
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> lol
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> hmm, kidders, joe, fedex, nathan, overdrank were gonna be here.....
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> w4ett couldnt make it....
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> i think
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> Hey was up everyone?
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> hey
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> was up
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ajmorris
> deciding whether to still have the meeting.....
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linuxwizard
> Hello I would be here if not dinner time
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ajmorris
> ah kk
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fedex1993
> totally forgot about the meeting
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Old_Soldier
> im here but dinners about to go on the table
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fedex1993
> i have a friend over where just chilling
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> To early for me
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> well, with half of us not here, half going to dinner, not much point lol
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> something was brought to my attention however.....
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> someone told me they werent quite sure of the purpose of this team....
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> i was like.... collaborate as a team with the tracker to answer as many unanswered posts as possible... the obvious answer :P
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> except... is there something more we could be doing.... the Beginners Team has focus groups etc....
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> ajmorris, i dont think we have enough ppl to have focus groups
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> yeah, and also, what could we focus on, lol
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> for the moment, basically im saying... we need to use the tracker as much as we can
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> ill try and get more members
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> but the tracker does help immensly
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Rocket2DMn
> i think the tracker is best for getting help from other team members
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> it seems like ppl put every thread up there that they respond to
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ajmorris
> that was the sorta idea.....
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ajmorris
> you leave it as open if you dont need help
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ajmorris
> gets an idea of team participation in a way....
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>
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forum
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> http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=216
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> eh, i think that's a futile effort
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> its just a lot of clutter
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ajmorris
> clutter.... it doesnt really affect it though does it?
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> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=475327
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> Unable to fetch topic data. Is it in the tracker? Try adding it: http://ua.codechunk.net/?475327
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> Title: UATracker Proposal - Ubuntu Forums (at ubuntuforums.org)
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> Title: UATeam Tracker (at ua.codechunk.net)
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> it helps the user as well...
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> ffs
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ajmorris
> sorry
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ajmorris
> anyway... it helps the user to tag their own threads, it does help instead of going to your posts
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ajmorris
> coz if you answer more than once, in the same thread, its harder to see everything you responded to
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Rocket2DMn
> i think forums subscriptions are nice
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Rocket2DMn
> those are good enough for me to know which threads im in
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Rocket2DMn
> then if i need help with a thread, i can post it on the tracker
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ajmorris
> ic
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ajmorris
> the problem that way, is if you only tag it when you need help, you need to wait the time limit for it to be processed, before changing the status to help....
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ajmorris
> ok, its a 2 man unofficial meeting... lol....
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ajmorris
> Wikis and canned responses....
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ajmorris
> have you guys seen the unanswered posts team canned responses?
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ajmorris
> this idea brought up was awesome....
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ajmorris
> what it is, we have a wiki page for canned responses, you subscribe to the RSS feed, so you have a drop down of the canned responses, so generic answers, like the how to mark a thread as solved, we have easy access to
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ajmorris
> every member can just add a new canned response....
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Rocket2DMn
> sorry im getting distracted lol
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Rocket2DMn
> ajmorris, the canned responses are nice, but again, preventing clutter can be an issue
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Rocket2DMn
> definitely useful tho
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ajmorris
> in fact, there 6 in there already, i just cant remember how i subscribed to the feed....
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> ok, so
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Old_Soldier
> but the canned responses would be even cooler if the plugin pasted em for ya lol
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nathangrubb
> yes
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> hmm, i need to find out how you add the rss feed, as they dont all exist in teh same place....
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> by the way, if you feel you want something added to the team wiki, go for it
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ajmorris
> http://wiki.ubuntu.com/UnansweredPostsTeam
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ajmorris
> meeting agendas etc will go there....
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> Title: UnansweredPostsTeam - Ubuntu Wiki (at wiki.ubuntu.com)
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Old_Soldier
> the problem i have is many of the unanswered questions are extremely specific
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Old_Soldier
> such as how do i do this in xyz program
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Old_Soldier
> im not about to install a program to answer a q lol
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nathangrubb
> yes, I often ask for more details
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ajmorris
> yeah, that is the idea of the tracker as well Old_Soldier....
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ajmorris
> if you dont know the program specifics
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ajmorris
> tag it for help
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Old_Soldier
> yeah
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Old_Soldier
> we just need more people on the team with more various skills and strengths
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ajmorris
> yeah, ill get on that
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ajmorris
> ill start recruiting :)
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ajmorris
> well, not really much else we can discuss at this point in time...
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ajmorris
> does anyone else have anything to add?
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Old_Soldier
> dont start in
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Old_Soldier
> theyre useless
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ajmorris
> hehe, i was thinking on the forums themselves :)
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Rocket2DMn
> how do you intend on recruiting more people
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ajmorris
> sending them pms
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Old_Soldier
> maybe make a challenge :)
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ajmorris
> ill monitor cetain people....
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nathangrubb
> Well I'll put something about the unanswered posts team on my website, if that helps at all
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ajmorris
> tks nathan
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Old_Soldier
> challenge the community- have each person give one quality answer to an unanswered post more than one day old each day
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Rocket2DMn
> i tried to promote the team a week or so ago
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> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=739754
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> Unable to fetch topic data. Is it in the tracker? Try adding it: http://ua.codechunk.net/?739754
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> yeah, no-one took it....
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nathangrubb
> yah
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ajmorris
> now, do we want regular meetings?
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Old_Soldier
> hey aj as far as the tracker... do you want massive use, or would you rather we confine it to day old and older posts
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> well, i was thinking tag it whenever you answer an unanswered post
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ajmorris
> no matter how old....
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ajmorris
> rocket did mention clutter, however, you have your own stats section....
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Rocket2DMn
> yeah i said that it i thought it would be best if you only posted threads you need hel pwith
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nathangrubb
> hmm
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nathangrubb
> oh, I was wondering why nobody was talking. for some reason I accidentally scrolled up
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ajmorris
> For the time being, can we tag all unanswered posts that we answer, and see how that goes?
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Rocket2DMn
> lol
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> http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=4654147&postcount=9
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> Unable to fetch topic data. Is it in the tracker? Try adding it: http://ua.codechunk.net/?4654147
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> Title: Ubuntu Forums - View Single Post - Unanswered Posts: a request for YOUR help! (at ubuntuforums.org)
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> ajmorris, i just think its a hassle to tag everything
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> yeah i kinda see rockets point... i answer oh 20 threads a day, the majority of them are unanswered when i post lol
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> hmm, i do see your point, however, its just the click of a button.....
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> as was my mysterious leaving and joining then... dunno how that happened....
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> it doesnt matter to me aj, i'll make an attempt to rember to post to the tracker
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> Well, i do think it makes it easier for you as well....
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Old_Soldier
> hey man
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Old_Soldier
> tell cannonical to come off the mousepads and tshirts
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Old_Soldier
> that will motivate people lmao
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Old_Soldier
> 50 resolved posts = mousepad
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Old_Soldier
> 100= tshirt
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Old_Soldier
> bribery works
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> lol
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> well, if no-one has anything else to add....
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ajmorris
> thanks everyone.... sorry for the complete wash out of a meeting....
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> yah
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> ill put minutes up, for the small amount that we talked about :)
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> not your fault aj
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nathangrubb
> well I don't really have anything to add
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Rocket2DMn
> cool
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> its one of the hazards of a volunteer team
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> also, isn't unanswered pots day the 27th?
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> oh feck
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> hey aj
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> forgot about that, i forgot to remind everyone
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Old_Soldier
> a thought
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Old_Soldier
> try talking to the main forum mods... you know the ones that are most active in the subforums
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Old_Soldier
> ask them to refer folks
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> its helps them too because it gives their forums more visibility
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> kk
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> will do