[HOT] HOT Tech WG Meeting X+3

[Dražen Odobašić]

Tech WG IRC meeting X+3: Summary

harry-wood:
  * reports that he is learning more vagrant/chef-solo tricks

ybon:
  * continuous deployment of HOTOSM style fixes

clara:
  * getting back to hot www Drupal7 migration

dodobas:
  * reports recent about events regarding tasksV2 and HOT HIF application
  * the activation group meeting log (which turned out to be a bit more
technical) is available at
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team/Working_groups/Activation/meeting_2013-11-01
  * HIF application form is available at
https://docs.google.com/a/hotosm.org/document/d/1LNV69ogpNYjS725YcJ2gQQ4XS3w3PmXZUoAAg_uH7Dw/edit?pli=1#heading=h.6y550t2eg7w8
    * harry-wood mentions that there are some "space technology" grants
available here the UK, to which HOT could apply

russdeffner:
  * reports about problems of viruses infecting usb flash drives which in the
end erased a few GPS loggers after they were plugged in
  * ybon mentions that on Haiti, they switched everything to Linux (Ubuntu), to
prevent this kind of problems

General notes:
  * there are quite a few hackathons planned for the next weekend
  * hack event on Sunday with MapAction
  *
https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Worldwide_Aaron_Swartz_Memorial_Hackathon_Series
  * http://www.opendevelopmentcamp.org/