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#koha: Genereal IRC meeting 9 March 2016
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Meeting started by cait at 20:00:42 UTC.  The full logs are available at
http://meetings.koha-community.org/2016/genereal_irc_meeting_9_march_2016.2016-03-09-20.00.log.html
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Meeting summary
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* Introductions  (cait, 20:00:47)
  * barton, BWS, Louisville KY, USA  (barton, 20:00:56)
  * Mark Tompsett  (mtompset, 20:00:57)
  * Joy Nelson, ByWater Solutions  (talljoy, 20:00:57)
  * Mirko Tietgen, Berlin, Germany  (drojf, 20:01:00)
  * Katrin Fischer, BSZ, Germany  (cait, 20:01:18)
  * Brendan Gallagher, ByWater  (bag, 20:01:24)
  * LINK:
    https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/General_IRC_meeting_9_March_2016
    (cait, 20:01:27)
  * Bob Birchall, Calyx, Sydney Australia  (BobB, 20:01:29)
  * Thomas Dukleth, Agogme, New York City  (thd, 20:01:30)
  * Giannis Kourmoulis, AUTh, Thessaloniki, Greece  (ikourmou, 20:01:52)
  * Galen Charlton, ESI, USA  (gmcharlt, 20:02:19)

* Announcement  (cait, 20:02:48)
  * Andreas Hedström Mace, Stockholm Univ  (andreashm, 20:03:01)
  * Chris Cormack, Catalyst  (rangi, 20:03:23)
  * LINK:
    https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14899
    (bag, 20:07:12)
  * Elastic search branch is being rebased  (cait, 20:07:21)
  * Problems with Schema updates are being worked on  (cait, 20:07:51)
  * Elastic search rebase --- done  (cait, 20:10:45)
  * Nicole Engard, ByWater  (nengard, 20:12:45)

* Update on Releases  (cait, 20:14:23)

* GBSD  (cait, 20:16:26)
  * AGREED: next GBSD to be on March 24th  (cait, 20:28:08)
  * ACTION: cait to send an e-mail about GBSD  (cait, 20:28:17)

* Discussion on proposing a new version numbering for Koha  (cait,
  20:28:47)
  * everyone who voted needs to signoff at least 3 patches  (bag,
    20:29:30)
  * Suggestion: use a data based versioning for next release - 16.05
    (cait, 20:31:33)
  * bugfix releases would be numbered 16.05.1 ...  (cait, 20:35:52)
  * LINK: http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/darth-vaders-noooooooooooo
    (gmcharlt, 20:38:28)
  * unstable /in development could be 17.00 / 17.06  (cait, 20:41:57)
  * VOTE: Voted on "Shall the next major Koha release change the version
    scheme to yy.mm.minor, e.g., 16.05?" Results are, yes: 10  (cait,
    20:48:43)
  * AGREED: Koha's release version scheme will be changed to be date
    based, e.g. 16.05  (cait, 20:49:14)

* Hackfest in Berlin  (cait, 20:49:41)
  * LINK: https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Berlin_Hackfest_2016
    (cait, 20:51:03)
  * there will be a Catmandu workshop  (cait, 20:51:29)

* KohaCon  (cait, 20:56:32)
  * LINK: http://kohacon2016.lib.auth.gr/?page_id=462  (ikourmou,
    20:59:59)
  * LINK: http://kohacon2016.lib.auth.gr/?page_id=462  (cait, 21:00:13)
  * Call for sponsorships is open  (cait, 21:00:20)
  * 135 registrations so far  (cait, 21:00:28)
  * 25 proposals for presentations  (cait, 21:00:40)
  * plan is to have straming for the whole KohaCon  (cait, 21:13:38)
  * Vote on a for continent rotation for KohaCons next meeting  (cait,
    21:30:15)

* International Koha Fund  (cait, 21:30:48)
  * draft rules for the Grants committee were put on the wiki and are
    there to be read and commented on  (cait, 21:33:35)
  * LINK: https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Fundraising  (BobB_,
    21:34:36)
  * LINK: https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Fundraising  (cait,
    21:34:46)
  * $300 dollars in the fund, 2 donations so far in 2016  (cait,
    21:41:38)

* Set date and time for next meeting  (cait, 21:42:33)
  * AGREED: Next meeting will be on 6 April, 10 UTC  (cait, 21:45:01)



Meeting ended at 21:45:03 UTC.



Action items, by person
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* cait
  * cait to send an e-mail about GBSD



People present (lines said)
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* cait (164)
* drojf (109)
* bag (62)
* rangi (62)
* mtompset (39)
* ikourmou (35)
* gmcharlt (30)
* BobB_ (25)
* thd (20)
* BobB (14)
* huginn (9)
* barton (8)
* talljoy (8)
* andreashm (2)
* pianohacker (1)
* reiveune (1)
* nengard (1)



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