20:06:23 <davidnind> #startmeeting General IRC meeting 11 March 2020
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20:06:51 <davidnind> #info Agenda https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/General_IRC_meeting_11_March_2020
20:07:00 <davidnind> #topic Introductions
20:07:12 <davidnind> #info David Nind, Wellington, New Zealand
20:07:15 <caroline_catlady> #info Caroline Cyr La Rose, inlibro, Québec
20:07:19 <aleisha> #info Aleisha Amohia, Catalyst IT Wellington NZ
20:07:25 <cait> #info Katrin Fischer, BSZ, Germany
20:07:37 <lisettelatah> #info Lisette Scheer, Latah County Library District Moscow ID
20:07:45 <rangi> #info Chris Cormack, Catalyst IT
20:09:02 <davidnind> #topic Announcements
20:09:37 <alexbuckley> #info Alex Buckley, Catalyst IT, Wellington NZ
20:09:54 <davidnind> Any announcements? (Will do Kohacon20 after update on releases)
20:09:59 <rangi> cool
20:10:12 <caroline_catlady> is hackfest in the agenda?
20:10:24 <cait> hm we should probably add an update
20:10:25 <davidnind> #info BibLibre's Hackfest has been cancelled
20:10:29 <cait> :(
20:10:44 <cait> wonder if we could add an item about discusison some virtual hackfest options for the week?
20:10:48 <caroline_catlady> bag was proposing doing a live youtube or something to replace it
20:11:04 <bag> yes talking with jz right now about that
20:11:16 <bag> She is planning on trying for 3 days
20:11:23 <caroline_catlady> oh hi! I didnt see you :)
20:11:29 <davidnind> Excellent!
20:11:31 <cait> we could have mulitple things
20:11:50 <caroline_catlady> I think ashimema also had some sort of plan with rocket chat?
20:11:50 <cait> just need some place as an entry point maybe where we gather everything
20:11:50 <cait> ?
20:11:51 <bag> #info Brendan, ByWater
20:12:09 <kathryn> #info Kathryn Tyree, Catalyst IT
20:12:25 <bag> How about we try and coordinate on the mailing list?
20:12:32 <caroline_catlady> would a wiki page like the one we did for project day?
20:12:46 <davidnind> Shall we say that a virtual hackfest in some shape or form is being organised as an alternative, with further details to come (and a Wiki page)
20:13:55 <davidnind> #info An alternative virtual hackfest is being organised, details to come
20:14:47 <cait> a wiki page could help gathering things
20:15:30 <lisettelatah> I agree that a wiki page would be helpful for gathering information.
20:15:40 <davidnind> I will add after the meeting, unless someone beats me to it!
20:15:54 <caroline_catlady> I volunteer to create it
20:15:56 <caroline_catlady> if thats ok
20:15:59 <davidnind> follow the global bug squashing day template?
20:16:11 <davidnind> caroline_catlady++
20:16:20 <davidnind> That would be great, thanks!
20:16:47 <davidnind> Anything else at this stage for the hackfest?
20:17:19 <davidnind> if not, lisettelatah: anything to update on the virtual kohacon day in April apart from what is on the mailing list?
20:17:31 <lisettelatah> Koha-US is hosting a Kohathon online conference April 23rd from 12:00 UTC - April 24th 3:00 UTC. It will be live streamed and recorded. The schedule should go up by the end of the week. Attendance is free and all are welcome.
20:17:59 <davidnind> thanks!
20:18:20 <davidnind> #info Koha-US is hosting a Kohathon online conference April 23rd from 12:00 UTC - April 24th 3:00 UTC. It will be live streamed and recorded. The schedule should go up by the end of the week. Attendance is free and all are welcome.
20:18:42 <davidnind> #topic Update on releases
20:18:58 <davidnind> Anyone around to provide updates on release?
20:19:05 <davidnind> s
20:19:36 <rangi> hayley is sick today, but 18.11 is on track
20:19:55 <davidnind> excellent!
20:20:20 <davidnind> I guess string freeze will be coming up soon for the monthly maintenance releases
20:20:52 <davidnind> the signed-off queue is now down to about 157
20:20:57 <bag> Joy is out today - but everything I’ve heard - 19.11 is on track (I think that was the release she was working on)
20:21:02 <davidnind> from about nearly 250 a month ago
20:21:28 <davidnind> that's excellent as well, thanks bag!
20:21:54 <davidnind> although I think we've pushed up the QA queue, sorry cait!
20:22:17 <cait> :)
20:22:29 <davidnind> and the QA team
20:22:36 <davidnind> #topic General business
20:22:49 <cait> yep, the QA team, but hope we can get them down too
20:22:56 <cait> was really happy to see the NSO queue go below 200
20:23:01 <cait> has been a while
20:23:02 <davidnind> Time for a Kohacon update and any other general busines that attendees would like to raise
20:23:08 <cait> davidnind++
20:23:11 <kathryn> Hi there
20:23:33 <kathryn> First. re Covid-19 stuff
20:23:36 <kathryn> Kohacon is planned to go ahead, we will wait until July to evaluate,  as that would still give people 4 months notice to book their flights, should they choose to wait on that. Note that some airlines are waiving booking change fees, so it's worth checking the terms or any temporary terms.
20:24:15 <kathryn> If no comments on that bit, there's more!
20:24:40 <kathryn> Registration is open, and the first iteration of the programme is up. Many thanks to all the speakers who have been sending their details through to Tosca.
20:25:27 <kathryn> On a Sponsorship note, many thanks to Bywater Solutions, EBSCO, Catalyst IT and PTFS-Europe who have sponsored so far. Any recommendations about other places to approach for sponsorship are welcome, especially those outside of our community of libraries and vendors.
20:27:03 <davidnind> Thanks kathryn!
20:27:10 <davidnind> #info Kohacon20 is planned to go ahead, we will wait until July to evaluate
20:27:18 <davidnind> #info Kohacon20 registration is open, and the first iteration of the programme is up
20:27:29 <davidnind> #info Kohacon20 sponsorship - many thanks to Bywater Solutions, EBSCO, Catalyst IT and PTFS-Europe who have sponsored so far
20:27:34 <aleisha> #link https://2020.kohacon.org/posts/programme/
20:28:36 <davidnind> #info Kohacon20 programme is available at https://2020.kohacon.org/posts/programme/
20:28:53 <davidnind> Any other updates or general business?
20:29:18 <rangi> none from me
20:30:18 <davidnind> Thanks to the Kohacon20 organising team for all the work so far, it is a challenging time to be organising a conference with COVID-10
20:30:25 <rangi> yep
20:30:35 <davidnind> COVID-19...
20:30:41 <kathryn> thank you :)
20:30:49 <davidnind> #topic Next meeting
20:32:05 <aleisha> this time works well for us in nz!
20:32:19 <davidnind> 8 April 2020 20:00 UTC or 13:00 UTC (daylight savings changes everywhere by then I think)
20:33:26 <davidnind> I'll make it 8 April 2020 21:00 UTC
20:33:47 <davidnind> as daylight savings will have ended here in NZ
20:34:40 <davidnind> #info Next meeting: 8 April 2020, 21:00 UTC
20:34:45 <davidnind> #endmeeting