The first Beijing GNOME Users Group meeting was held on Nov 26th, 2008 in a restaurant in Beijing. For the first BeijingGUG meeting, we invite core remembers to discuss and plan the future program and activities of BeijingGUG.

Below is the meeting minutes:

Time: 7:00pm - 9:30pm Wednesday Nov 26th, 2008

Venue: Shenbidebao restaurant around Dongzhimen

Attendees: Elly Liu, Emily Chen, Hong Yang, Lingtao Pan, Junyi Tang, Dalong Cheng, Sen Zhang, Botu Sun, Vincent Du

Schedule:

7:00 ~ 7:45pm    Dinner together

7:45 ~ 8:00pm    Round table self-introduction

8:00 ~ 9:00pm    Talk about below areas and assign responsible people for each areas


    * Regular meeting date, time and location
       - The third Wednesday every month, start from 7pm. In the first four weeks, we will choose venue locations based on people's interests and transportations.
       - The second Beijing GNOME Users Group meeting will host at Wudaokou Study bar
    * Build website and communication channel
       - Responsible people: Yang Hong, Junyi Tang and Vincent Du
       - BBS will be the main communication channel, we will also use mail list and IRC as official communication channel.
       - IRC #beijinggug @irc.gnome.org
       - gnome-cn-list@gnome.org    - Subscribe from here
    * Art design
       - Responsible person : Ziyan Shieh
       - Take a look at his first art work for our Beijing GNOME Users Group from here:Wallpaper  & Webpage
    * Technical speeches
       - The next topic will be delivered by Lingtao Pan from Tsinghua University
       - Core members will prepare technical speeches at least one every month
       - Call for more talks
       - We also have topic wish list and call for speakers on those topics 

* Work on GNOME projects

       - Start from localization, Accessibility and Mobility
       - Call for leaders for those projects
    * Organizing
       - Responsible people: Emily, Pockey and Dalong Cheng
       - Organizors will responsible for every monthly meeting like: Choose venue, send out invitation, confirm with speakers, make schedule
    * Promotion
       - Everyone is responsible for promote Beijing GNOME Users Group
       - Blog is an effective way to promote
    * Mentor program
       - Responsible people: Pockey Lam, Ray Wang and Emily
       - Looking for mentors
    * Photograph and Video
       - Responsible people: Elly and Emily

Take a look at the photo of the first Beijing GNOME Users Group, totally 9 people :

It was a good beginning for the first ever Beijing GNOME Users Group, we are looking forward to the future meetings.