To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
I figured it best to start with a quote from something in lieu of the Ubuntu Code of Conduct. Colin Watson did that not that long ago. Unfortunately I have slightly different circumstances and lead time.
Based upon verbal and written orders received early Tuesday, I will be heading back to work soon for some not so nice people. Current "operational security" and "force protection" alerts have been warning staff to minimize their online presences and to get very antisocial for the sake of their own self-preservation. As I work for a non-defense/non-security agency, it bothers me greatly to have things like this pop up. I have to figure out how to square such with being able to live a healthy life.
Svetlana Belkin announced on the Ubuntu Ohio mailing list that the community will hold an IRC meeting on December 26th at 8 PM local time in the team's channel. We had to move a bit quickly in scheduling this but it will eventually be archived in the right part of LoCo Team Portal.
The last regular item on the agenda for the meeting will be discussing the transition of leadership for Ubuntu Ohio. We will certainly be putting in motion actions to have an excellent Ubuntu Global Jam for the Vivid Vervet cycle. The pressures of work in an environment that is going to be a bit overheated in contrast to when I was laid off will mean I cannot plan our Jam let alone lead it. The Ubuntu Code of Conduct calls for stepping down considerately and we're shooting to have new leadership in place to start calendar year 2015.
With the recent bulk-up of LoCo Council staffing to seven, I plan to remain a member of that body even if I am not taking charge on matters. We have lots of work before us. Considering a move of our regular meetings from 1800 UTC on the third Tuesday of each month to a different time slot may be considered further as that time was growing difficult for use.
I intend to continue work on backporting pumpa and dianara to ensure the latest versions of those pump.io network clients are available.
As for continuing to be part of Xubuntu Team, I need to discuss that further with the Xubuntu Project Leader. A mutual decision is required there. I also have to ensure that tasks do not merely fall but are still picked up if they happened to be under my responsibility.
I don't like this. I would prefer to avoid this. There is a time and a place for everything and for now I have some changes to adapt to.