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Dev Week -- Getting Started with Ubuntu Development -- dholbach -- Mon, Feb 28th, 2011
1 [16:00] <dholbach> HELLO MY FRIENDS!!!
2 [16:00] <c2tarun> hello dholbach
3 [16:00] <AbhijiT> hi
4 [16:00] <MTecknology> howdy
5 [16:00] <dholbach> It's Ubuntu Developer Week and it's starting RIGHT NOW!
6 [16:00] <saket> hi
7 [16:00] <awsominator> Start
8 [16:01] <techbreak> dholbach, :) start
9 [16:01] <acarpine> hello!
10 [16:01] <dholbach> ok, so first things first
11 [16:01] <monish001> hello!
12 [16:01] <dholbach> can all kinds of chat and questions please please please (with sugar on top) go to #ubuntu-classroom-chat please?
13 [16:01] <dholbach> if you haven't joined that channel yet, can you please do that now?
14 [16:01] <mkumar> hello !
15 [16:02] <dholbach> to review the schedule and get more information about the sessions, check out https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDeveloperWeek
16 [16:02] <dholbach> that's the only page you need to bookmark for now :)
17 [16:03] <dholbach> excellent, let's get started
18 [16:03] <dholbach> if you have any kinds of questions, please ask in #ubuntu-classroom-chat
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20 [16:03] <dholbach> and please make sure you prefix it with QUESTION:
21 [16:03] <dholbach> ie: "QUESTION: What is your dog's name?"
22 [16:03] <dholbach> etc
23 [16:03] <dholbach> it makes it easier to figure out what exactly the question is :)
24 [16:04] <dholbach> first of all I'd like to thank all speakers - we have a pretty divserse schedule and it's going to be an awesome week
25 [16:04] <ClassBot> Logs for this session will be available at http://irclogs.ubuntu.com/2011/02/28/%23ubuntu-classroom.html following the conclusion of the session.
26 [16:04] <dholbach> my name is Daniel Holbach, I live in Berlin and have been part of the Ubuntu Community for ~6 years
27 [16:04] <dholbach> my primary interest is and always was the developer community
28 [16:05] <dholbach> so it's my honour today to talk about "getting started with Ubuntu Development" and you'll be stuck with me for the next 2 hours :)
29 [16:05] <dholbach> in the first hour I'd like to give you a very broad overview of Ubuntu development, Ubuntu's infrastructure, give you an idea of our processes, how we interact with other projects, etc.
30 [16:06] <dholbach> I won't answer all the questions you have, but I hope I can give you an idea how all the bits and pieces fit together
31 [16:06] <dholbach> in the second hour I'll help you get your development environment set up
32 [16:06] <dholbach> so for the rest of the week you should be all set up and ready to go
33 [16:06] <dholbach> do we have any first questions already?
34 [16:06] <dholbach> (if not, I'd say we get cracking now :-D)
35 [16:07] <dholbach> <20QAAV4RZ> QUESTION: I'm a total newbie with lernid - do I need to hear something or is all done via chats?
36 [16:07] <dholbach> 20QAAV4RZ, yes, it will be done all via chat - some of the sessions will be more tutorial style, so you might have to do a few things in the terminal
37 [16:08] <dholbach> ok, let's get cracking :)
38 [16:08] <dholbach> as you all know Ubuntu is made of thousands of packages
39 [16:08] <dholbach> libraries, tools, apps, games, etc
40 [16:08] <dholbach> they're written in many different languages, and they're all available as source packages
41 [16:09] <dholbach> a source package typically consists of the actual source code and some meta-data
42 [16:09] <dholbach> every single change that gets made (be it just a small fix or a new version, etc.) requires an upload to the build machines (part of Launchpad), where the source package gets transformed into binary packages (.deb packages)
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44 [16:10] <dholbach> <susenj> QUESTION: i am using pidgin..not lernid..is it okay??
45 [16:10] <dholbach> susenj, yes, totally
46 [16:10] <dholbach> <gartral> QUESTION: will multiple shells be covered?
47 [16:10] <dholbach> gartral, it shouldn't really matter which shell you're using
48 [16:10] <mauriciocinelli> how to see video?
49 [16:11] <dholbach> ok, once the .deb files (binary packages) are available, they are pushed to various mirrors
50 [16:11] <dholbach> and they're also used to build CDs of all kinds of Ubuntu flavours (Ubuntu server, Kubuntu, Ubuntu Desktop, etc.)
51 [16:12] <dholbach> so no matter if you use Kubuntu or Ubuntu or Xubuntu or anything else... all the changes are uploaded to the same build machines and are part of the same archive
52 [16:12] <dholbach> <Kroosec> QUESTION: Do I need to be on Ubuntu for this session ?
53 [16:12] <dholbach> Kroosec, no, not necessarily - later on for the tutorials probably
54 [16:12] <dholbach> <raju> QUESTION: was session started ?
55 [16:12] <dholbach> raju, yes - if you missed the start there will be logs on https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDeveloperWeek later on
56 [16:13] <dholbach> the CDs are mostly built every single day, so that's what we use for installation tests, etc.
57 [16:13] <dholbach> <middle> QUESTION: WIll there be a formal QnA later on? I want to ask questions but not interrrupt you
58 [16:13] <dholbach> manish raju: you dont put that
59 [16:14] <dholbach> middle: please just ask - I'll decide myself when I take a small break to answer a couple of questions :)
60 [16:14] <dholbach> ok, so much for the Ubuntu archive, packages and how they're built
61 [16:14] <dholbach> let me talk a bit about the Ubuntu release cycle
62 [16:15] <dholbach> what Ubuntu developers focus on heavily depends on the release schedule
63 [16:16] <dholbach> as you know Ubuntu is released every 6 months, and to able to deliver on the exact date, we need to stick to the dates in the schedule
64 [16:16] <dholbach> if you want to see the schedule for the current development release, check out https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NattyReleaseSchedule
65 [16:17] <dholbach> if you don't have problems with seeing colours, you see that there's green at the start and red at the end
66 [16:17] <dholbach> "green" does NOT mean: "it's all working, it's all great"
67 [16:17] <dholbach> it rather means "everything goes, you can upload whatever changes you want/need" :)
68 [16:18] <dholbach> towards the end of the release cycle we introduce more and more freeze dates, where the changes are becoming less and less intrusive
69 [16:18] <dholbach> but let's go back to the beginning
70 [16:18] <dholbach> first the toolchain (the most basic build-relevant packages) are set up, then we work on merging changes that have happened in Debian (and other software projects) since we got out the last release
71 [16:19] <dholbach> then there's Ubuntu Developer Summit (UDS), which I'll talk about a bit later - for now it should be enough to say that it's where the features of the release are defined and agreed on
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74 [16:20] <dholbach> Debian Import Freeze is the first freeze date that appears in the list - it's where we stop to automatically "sync" source packages from Debian
75 [16:20] <dholbach> this is done as a measure to start to stabilise the code in Ubuntu, but can be overriden in warranted cases
76 [16:21] <dholbach> next up is Feature Freeze, where we expect big parts of features to be landed
77 [16:21] <dholbach> if they still have bugs, that's fine, but if they're not there in rudimentary form, then that's a problem and we might consider to postpone them to the next release
78 [16:22] <dholbach> Feature Freeze is also the date where try to slow down introducing new versions of packages (again: in order to stabilise, and yes there might be warranted cases where we want to override)
79 [16:22] <dholbach> from Feature Freeze on, we introduce more and more other freezes, UI, Docs, Kernel, etc etc
80 [16:23] <dholbach> this is done, so that we focus on show stopper bugs and don't introduce any big changes any more and bring Ubuntu in a releasable form :)
81 [16:23] <dholbach> April 28th is the date we're aiming for this release and I'm quite sure that that's where we'll get the release out :)
82 [16:24] <dholbach> <udienz> Question: How long someone can be a MOTU? 6 month from first upload or depends on how much uploaded or depends from recommendations?
83 [16:24] <dholbach> udienz, to become an Ubuntu developer I'd prefer not to give and concrete number of weeks/months
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86 [16:24] <dholbach> I personally feel that if you gained the trust of other developers you've worked with (more on the topic later on), you're ready
87 [16:25] <dholbach> ok, so much for the release schedule for now :)
88 [16:26] <dholbach> but I guess you got a better idea now why it makes more sense to upload a rewrite of a piece of software EARLY in the cycle, and not 5 days before release :)
89 [16:26] <dholbach> etc :)
90 [16:27] <dholbach> and you can also imagine now that with thousands of packages, millions of lines of code, hundreds of project and hundreds of developers communication/coordination is very important
91 [16:27] <dholbach> <monish001> QUESTION: How would developer's code get into the main ubuntu code? Which tools are used for development and commits, how these commits are tested by others for authentication?
92 [16:27] <dholbach> monish001, I'll get to that in a bit
93 [16:28] <dholbach> <hugohirsch> QUESTION (later): I find a bug in a gnome package, checked out the sources, discovered that the bugfix merely is a 'remove commented out line in sources' - how do I get this into Ubuntu?
94 [16:28] <dholbach> hugohirsch: I'll get to that in a few minutes as well :)
95 [16:28] <dholbach> I touched on UDS (Ubuntu Developer Summit) a bit earlier on already
96 [16:29] <dholbach> it's where hundreds of people get together in one location and for one week discuss all kinds of problems they want to solve in the next cycle
97 [16:29] <dholbach> the great thing is, if you can't be there physically, you can attend remote (talk on IRC and listen in via audiocast)
98 [16:30] <dholbach> the outcomes of the sessions are written up as specifications, so all the ideas, assumptions, rationale and action plan is recorded publicly and others can involved helping to solve those problems
99 [16:31] <dholbach> while this works well for "big picture" things, there are loads of day-to-day decisions that are made on mailing lists (firstname.lastname@example.com for example) or on IRC channels, such as #ubuntu-devel
100 [16:31] <dholbach> of course if there's a specific software project that interests you that is outside of Ubuntu, you might want to be on the project's mailing list and IRC channel as well
101 [16:32] <dholbach> another important medium for discussion and coordination is bug reports
102 [16:32] <dholbach> you can find all of Ubuntu's bugs at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu
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104 [16:33] <dholbach> it makes it much easier to stay on top of what needs to be fixed if you're subscribed to a specific package's bugs, talk to its authors, etc
105 [16:34] <dholbach> we also make deliberate use of bug statuses, tags and assignee fields to track what's in progress and who's working on it
106 [16:34] <dholbach> <hugohirsch> QUESTION: What's the 'process' model of Canonical/Ubuntu? Scrum? XP? How are you guys managed/tracked?
107 [16:35] <dholbach> hugohirsch, first you need to distinguish between Canonical and Ubuntu - Canonical's engineers are part of the Ubuntu community as is everyone else
108 [16:35] <dholbach> there are a lot of software projects that originate in the Ubuntu world and they make use of whatever release management they like best
109 [16:36] <dholbach> there is the Kanban approach in Launchpad for example, there is others that "release when it's ready"
110 [16:36] <dholbach> there's others who have regular meetings, etc. - there's a huge variety
111 [16:36] <dholbach> I mentioned it before already... we rely on a lot of other software projects
112 [16:37] <dholbach> not all the code that is shipped in Ubuntu is written by Ubuntu developers
113 [16:37] <dholbach> projects that release code which we integrate into Ubuntu are called "upstream projects" or short "upstreams"
114 [16:37] <dholbach> it's critically important to us to have a great relationship to all of these
115 [16:38] <dholbach> we need to talk about timeframe of releases, pass on information about bug reports, pass on code changes, etc
116 [16:38] <dholbach> one of the most important Upstream projects for us is Debian (luckily, there'll be dedicated session about Debian later in the week)
117 [16:38] <dholbach> Debian is a distribution itself and we inherit a lot of changes immediately from Debian
118 [16:39] <dholbach> also were most of the technical decisions made in (or in conjuction with) Debian too
119 [16:40] <dholbach> so there's package maintainers or package maintenance teams in Debian, with whom it's very interesting to have a conversation if you plan changes or want to coordinate work
120 [16:40] <dholbach> (as I said earlier: there'll be a session about that later in the week - YES!)
121 [16:40] <dholbach> <wolfpack> QUESTION: on Which Irc channel can I get help on develoment related question/problems?
122 [16:40] <dholbach> wolfpack, #ubuntu-motu on irc.freenode.net should be a good start
123 [16:41] <dholbach> ok... some of you wanted to know earlier already... how do I get my changes into Ubuntu
124 [16:41] <dholbach> so let's talk about that now
125 [16:41] <dholbach> it's not daunting at all and it's very rewarding - not only because you learn something new every single time (at least I did), but also because you fix problems for millions of users out there
126 [16:42] <dholbach> because new contributors can't immediately upload to the build machines themselves (we use GPG to track who uploaded changes, etc.), they need somebody who reviews their changes first and uploads for them
127 [16:43] <dholbach> and that's a great way to learn, as you interact with loads of different people and they all might teach you something new
128 [16:43] <dholbach> and also you make loads of great friends
129 [16:44] <dholbach> barry will later on talk about Ubuntu Distributed Development, so explaining the exact process of how to branch a source package, how to submit changes, etc.
130 [16:44] <dholbach> so I won't steal his thunder by going into technical details :)
131 [16:45] <dholbach> basically: you get the source, you make your changes, you test build the code, test it, push it for review, get it reviewed and uploaded - BUG FIXED :)
132 [16:45] <dholbach> <hugohirsch> QUESTION: Do I need to choose a reviewer or is a reviewer assigned via Launchpad automatically?
133 [16:45] <dholbach> hugohirsch, you don't have to choose
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136 [16:47] <dholbach> sorry
137 [16:47] <dholbach> fell out of the internet for a second :)
138 [16:48] <dholbach> hugohirsch, naturally if somebody has their special area of expertise with some package, you might talk to them over and over again :)
139 [16:48] <dholbach> <mauriciocinelli> QUESTION: What languages are used for Ubuntu Development?
140 [16:48] <dholbach> mauriciocinelli, all kinds: C, C++, Python, Perl, Java, Mono, Vala, etc etc etc.
141 [16:48] <dholbach> the good thing is: you don't need to know "all of them" to get started
142 [16:49] <dholbach> you can easily lay back, take it easy, fix a few simple and obvious bugs first and take it from there
143 [16:49] <dholbach> and as I said a couple of times already: you learn more and more over time
144 [16:49] <dholbach> <abcd87> QUESTION: how to customize the bootloader?
145 [16:50] <dholbach> abcd87, I'm afraid I don't know - if you elaborate on your question, you might find somebody who's cleverer than me in #ubuntu-devel :)
146 [16:50] <dholbach> I really like mauriciocinelli's question, so I'll talk about that a little bit more
147 [16:51] <dholbach> if you ask me it's not so much about knowing n+1 programming languages already
148 [16:51] <dholbach> it's about having a knack for making things work again
149 [16:51] <dholbach> it's about doing some detective work
150 [16:51] <dholbach> it's about being a team player
151 [16:51] <dholbach> it's about not being afraid of reading documentation
152 [16:51] <dholbach> it's about not being afraid of asking a few (seemingly) stupid questions
153 [16:52] <dholbach> if you answered "Yes" more often than "no" to the points above, you should fit right in
154 [16:53] <dholbach> detective work also involves talking to upstreams and people from other distributions, coordinating with them - sometimes a fix for a specific issue might be available already and you just need to get it into Ubuntu as well
155 [16:53] <dholbach> <MeanEYE> QUESTION: Are you considering using Go (Google's language) at one point since it's designed for OS/service development
156 [16:53] <dholbach> MeanEYE, I don't know how many packages already make use of it
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158 [16:54] <dholbach> but I'm sure it will get considered if there's demand for it
159 [16:54] <dholbach> Ok... with that I suggest we take a 5 minute break before I help you get started and get your development environment set up
160 [16:54] <dholbach> so get yourself a coffee or tea or glass of water and I'll see you in 5 minutes
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162 [17:00] <dholbach> ok... we're back for part 2 of "getting started with ubuntu development"
163 [17:01] <dholbach> for those of you who came late... don't worry - we'll put up logs of all sessions up at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDeveloperWeek later
164 [17:01] <dholbach> also, if you want to chat, ask questions and all the rest of it, please head to #ubuntu-classroom-chat
165 [17:01] <dholbach> and prefix questions with QUESTION
166 [17:01] <dholbach> <jack002> QUESTION: What about for people that don't know any programming language? How can they help with development process? Translations, reporting bugs, testing the code, discussing in the brainstorm. Is there more? Any web page?
167 [17:02] <dholbach> jack002, you can do all of what you mentioned, but you can also try to fix small and obvious bugs - don't hesitate :)
168 [17:02] <dholbach> <middle> QUESTION: What do yo uthink hte best route froa student currently studying A-levels woulkd be to get intot eh wolrd of open source software development?
169 [17:03] <dholbach> middle: yes, I think it's a great choice to get involved in Ubuntu development - you'll learn loads because you basically touch all parts of an operating system - it's a fun experience and will help you figure out what you really enjoy doing
170 [17:03] <dholbach> <darkdevil56> QUESTION: James Gosling resigns from sun/oracle and now oracle wont provide support for J2SE n J2M. will this affect ubuntu packaging in java?
171 [17:03] <dholbach> *J2ME
172 [17:04] <dholbach> darkdevil56, I'm not a Java hacker, so I don't know - I personally haven't heard of any big concerns in the open source community yet though
173 [17:04] <dholbach> <qayshp> QUESTION: will ubuntu/canonical be taking part in the Google Summer of Code this year?
174 [17:04] <dholbach> qayshp, Ubuntu will definitely apply as a mentoring organisation - the decision will be with Google though :)
175 [17:05] <dholbach> alrightie
176 [17:05] <dholbach> that's all the outstanding questions from part 1 as far as I could see
177 [17:05] <dholbach> in part 2 I'll help you get your ubuntu development environment set up
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179 [17:06] <dholbach> you will need reasonably fast internet for this, so if things take longer for you, don't despair - take it easy and just open a second terminal and continue with other steps in the meantime
180 [17:07] <dholbach> also there might be some steps involved that you already did on your own some time ago - feel free to skip those
181 [17:07] <dholbach> (ie: you set up a GPG key already - you don't need two :-))
182 [17:07] <dholbach> alrightie
183 [17:07] <dholbach> let's get cracking :-D
184 [17:07] <dholbach> in a terminal, please run this command
185 [17:07] <dholbach> sudo apt-get install gnupg pbuilder ubuntu-dev-tools bzr-builddeb
186 [17:08] <dholbach> while it runs and installs a few packages, I'll talk a bit more about what we're doing here
187 [17:08] <dholbach> once we're done with this session,
188 [17:08] <dholbach> - you have all the tools to do Ubuntu development installed on your machine
189 [17:08] <dholbach> - your local developer tools know about you, which simplifies work a lot
190 [17:08] <dholbach> - you can do local builds of packages
191 [17:09] <dholbach> - you can interact with other developers and propose your changes on Launchpad to get merged
192 [17:09] <dholbach> - you can upload packages to Launchpad, so they are hosted in your Personal Package Archive (PPA)
193 [17:09] <dholbach> another word of advise: if you do Ubuntu development, it's incredibly helpful to run the current development release
194 [17:10] <dholbach> we all know that from time to time the current development release is quite broken, so it's obvious that you might not want to run it as your one and only Ubuntu system
195 [17:10] <dholbach> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UsingDevelopmentReleases explains how you can easily and safely use the development release
196 [17:10] <dholbach> (you don't need to do that now)
197 [17:11] <dholbach> <hugohirsch> QUESTION: If I have a private GPG-key and one for ubuntu development. What do you recommend? Work as a separate user with the ubuntu-GPG-key or is there an easy way to switch between keys when working on ubuntu-stuff on the console ?
198 [17:11] <dholbach> hugohirsch, you can easily specify whichever one you want to use
199 [17:11] <dholbach> <fisch246> QUESTION: did you mean to say PGP, instead of GPG?
200 [17:11] <dholbach> fisch246, I meant to say GPG (GNU Privacy Guard), which implements the OpenPGP standard
201 [17:12] <dholbach> <mauriciocinelli> QUESTION: During install it asks general type of mail configuration?
202 [17:12] <dholbach> mauriciocinelli, sorry about that - you can also run the install command with "--no-install-recommends" if you want to avoid the mail configuration
203 [17:12] <dholbach> <stefwal82> QUESTION: how is the gpgkey introduced in the mended package
204 [17:12] <dholbach> stefwal82, I don't understand the question
205 [17:13] <dholbach> <darkdevil56> QUESTION: what's postfix config?
206 [17:13] <dholbach> darkdevil56, you can also run the install command with "--no-install-recommends" if you want to avoid the mail configuration
207 [17:13] <dholbach> ok.. let's see what kind of packages we're installing right now.......
208 [17:13] <dholbach> there's:
209 [17:13] <dholbach> - gnupg which you will need to create a GPG key with which you will sign files you want to upload to Launchpad
210 [17:14] <dholbach> - pbuilder which is a great tool to do a reproducible build of a package in a clean and isolated environment
211 [17:14] <dholbach> - ubuntu-dev-tools (and devscripts, a direct dependency) which provide you with a collection of tools that make a lot of packaging tasks a lot easier
212 [17:14] <dholbach> - and there's bzr-builddeb (and bzr, a dependency) which will get you set up for working in the distributed development environment, that makes it easy for many developers to collaborate and work on the same code while keeping it trivial to merge each others work
213 [17:16] <dholbach> A few people seem to have problems downloading packages - if you hit any problems, please head to #ubuntu-classroom-chat - there's people who are going to help you out.
214 [17:16] <dholbach> ok... let's talk about gpg (GnuPG) first
215 [17:16] <dholbach> it is important that you can sign files with your key, so they can be identified as something that you worked on
216 [17:17] <dholbach> if you upload a source package to Launchpad, it will only accept the package if it can tell who uploaded the package
217 [17:17] <dholbach> If you don't have a GPG key yet, please run this command in a terminal:
218 [17:17] <dholbach> gpg --key-gen
219 [17:17] <dholbach> GnuPG will first ask you which kind of key you want to generate. Choosing the default (RSA and DSA) is fine.
220 [17:17] <dholbach> Next it will ask you about the keysize. The default (currently 2048) is fine, but 4096 is more secure.
221 [17:18] <dholbach> Afterwards it will ask you if you want it to expire the key at some stage. It is safe to say "0â€, which means the key will never expire.
222 [17:18] <dholbach> The last questions will be about your name and email address. Just pick the ones you are going to use for Ubuntu development here, you can add additional email addresses later on.
223 [17:18] <dholbach> <middle> QUESTION: gpg --key-gen
224 [17:18] <dholbach> middle: sorry, my mistake
225 [17:18] <dholbach> it's:
226 [17:19] <dholbach> gpg --gen-key
227 [17:20] <dholbach> once you're done with the questions it asked, there'll be also one about a "comment"
228 [17:20] <dholbach> Adding a comment is not necessary.
229 [17:20] <dholbach> Then you will have to set a passphrase. Choose a safe one.
230 [17:20] <dholbach> Now GnuPG will create a key for you, which can take a little bit of time, as it needs random bytes, so if you give the system some work to do it will be just fine.
231 [17:21] <dholbach> just keep it sitting there and do its work - if it takes very long, open another terminal :)
232 [17:22] <dholbach> the next step will be to generate a SSH key
233 [17:22] <dholbach> SSH is a network protocol that allows you to exchange data in a secure way over the network. In a lot of cases you will use it to access and open a shell on another machine. It is also very useful to transfer files in a secure way.
234 [17:22] <dholbach> if you don't have an SSH key yet, just run
235 [17:22] <dholbach> ssh-keygen -t rsa
236 [17:22] <dholbach> The default filename makes sense, you can just leave it as it is. Also you can choose to use a passphrase or not.
237 [17:23] <dholbach> We will use the SSH key to securely push code changes to Launchpad.
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239 [17:23] <dholbach> next we'll set up pbuilder
240 [17:23] <dholbach> pbuilder allows you to build packages locally on your machine. It serves a couple of purposes:
241 [17:24] <dholbach> - the build will be done in a minimal and clean environment, where you can see if it succeeds in a reproducible way (with no modifications of the local system
242 [17:24] <dholbach> - there is no need to install all necessary build-dependencies locally
243 [17:24] <dholbach> - you can set up multiple instances for various Ubuntu and Debian releases
244 [17:24] <dholbach> <gartral|watcher> QUESTION: why should communications be secured with RSA instead of AES?
245 [17:25] <dholbach> gartral|watcher, I'm afraid I don't know the answer to that question - it's what we use... you might get a more elaborate answer on #ubuntu-devel though :)
246 [17:25] <dholbach> <wolfpack> QUESTION: Does pushing code neccesary nedds ssh connection? As I am working university network proxy and can make connection through http only.
247 [17:25] <dholbach> wolfpack, that might be a problem then - the nice people in #launchpad might give you an alternative option
248 [17:26] <dholbach> <abhinav51> QUESTION: I already have ssh keys set up (I created them for use with github). Do I need to regenerate ?
249 [17:26] <dholbach> abhinav51, no, not necessary
250 [17:26] <dholbach> Setting pbuilder up is very easy. Edit ~/.pbuilderrc and add the following line to it:
251 [17:26] <dholbach> COMPONENTS="main universe multiverse restricted"
252 [17:26] <dholbach> and save the file
253 [17:27] <dholbach> This will ensure that build-dependencies are satisfied using all components.
254 [17:27] <dholbach> then run:
255 [17:27] <dholbach> pbuilder-dist natty create
256 [17:27] <dholbach> This will take a while as it will download all the necessary packages for a "minimal installationâ€. These will be cached though.
257 [17:28] <dholbach> the great thing about pbuilder-dist is, that you can also set up build environments for other Ubuntu (or Debian) releases
258 [17:28] <dholbach> (just replace "natty" with whatever else you need)
259 [17:28] <dholbach> <gartral|watcher> QUESTION: more of an extension of the previous question, but, will launchpad accept keys larger than 2048 bits?
260 [17:28] <dholbach> gartral|watcher, I could very well imagine that yes they do, but you might want to ask that question in #launchpad too :)
261 [17:28] <dholbach> (sorry :))
262 [17:29] <dholbach> <cire831> QUESTION: you specify natty on the pbuilder-dist cmd line, does it matter that I'm running on a lucid box?
263 [17:29] <dholbach> cire831, no, it should still work :)
264 [17:29] <dholbach> <middle> QUESTION: I htink some of your commands are off, there was nothing in the file that we added the line to ans nuilder-dist wasn#'t found =s
265 [17:29] <dholbach> middle: if ~/.pbuilderrc was empty, that's totally fine
266 [17:29] <dholbach> <maco> QUESTION: will pbuilder-dist be upstreamed to Debian? I was surprised to learn that it's in ubuntu-dev-tools rather than devscripts
267 [17:30] <dholbach> maco, it'd be great to see it in Debian too - if you want to propose it for devscripts, please go ahead and do it :)
268 [17:30] <dholbach> maco, you of all people should know how to get that done :-D
269 [17:30] <dholbach> <hugohirsch> QUESTION: Is there a way to make pbuilder use more than one core on a multicore machine?
270 [17:31] <dholbach> hugohirsch, I would think so - can somebody confirm in #ubuntu-devel? :)
271 [17:31] <dholbach> <mainerror> QUESTION: There is no ..pbuilderrc in my home directory
272 [17:31] <dholbach> mainerror, that's fine - just create it
273 [17:31] <dholbach> <gmargo3> QUESTION: Must pbuilder-dist be run as root? Or does it use a fakeroot behind the scenes?
274 [17:31] <dholbach> gmargo3, the reason why pbuilder-dist (via pbuilder) uses root is that it uses chroot internally
275 [17:32] <dholbach> <cire831> QUESTION: where is it putting the natty files?
276 [17:32] <dholbach> cire831, ~/pbuilder
277 === IAmNotThatGuy is now known as M0hi
278 [17:32] <dholbach> <monish001> QUESTION: In ~/.pbuilderrc , which directory does ~ means?
279 [17:32] <dholbach> monish001, your home folder
280 [17:33] <dholbach> alright, let's crack on :)
281 [17:33] <dholbach> next we'll teach Bazaar about yourself
282 [17:33] <dholbach> Bazaar is the tool we use to store code changes in a logical way, to exchange proposed changes and merge them, even if development is done concurrently.
283 [17:33] <dholbach> Simply run:
284 [17:33] <dholbach> bzr whoami "Frank Chu <firstname.lastname@example.com>"
285 [17:33] <dholbach> bzr launchpad-login fchu
286 [17:33] <dholbach> (please, if your name is not "Frank Chu", replace with your own name, thanks)
287 === wolfpack is now known as Guest40940
288 [17:34] <dholbach> if you don't have a launchpad account yet, you can get it if you sign up at https://launchpad.net/+login
289 [17:35] <dholbach> (and do that step later on)
290 [17:35] <dholbach> if you have launchpad account, your launchpad id is whatever is after "~" in the URL that https://launchpad.net/people/+me redirects you to
291 [17:35] <dholbach> <middle> QUESTION: What do we do with our SSh key, can we jsut close the terminal as it is saved somewhere or do we need to write it down?
292 [17:35] <dholbach> middle: yes, just close it - that's fine
293 [17:36] <dholbach> ok, next we'll teach the development tools about ourselves
294 === Guest40940 is now known as wolfpack
295 [17:36] <dholbach> Edit ~/.bashrc (if you use a different shell use whatever configuration file it comes with)
296 [17:36] <dholbach> and add something like this to the bottom:
297 [17:37] <dholbach> export DEBFULNAME="Frank Chu"
298 [17:37] <dholbach> export DEBEMAIL="firstname.lastname@example.com"
299 [17:37] <dholbach> (again, please replace with whatever YOUR name and YOUR email is :))
300 [17:37] <dholbach> afterwards save the file and run
301 [17:37] <dholbach> source ~/.bashrc
302 [17:38] <dholbach> sorry, please make this DEBFULLNAME
303 [17:38] <dholbach> (thanks sapphirepaw)
304 [17:39] <dholbach> if you have a look back at the terminal where your gpg key was created, you might see a message like this:
305 [17:39] <dholbach> pub 4096R/43CDE61D 2010-12-06
306 [17:39] <dholbach> Key fingerprint = 5C28 0144 FB08 91C0 2CF3 37AC 6F0B F90F 43CD E61D
307 [17:39] <dholbach> uid Daniel Holbach <firstname.lastname@example.com>
308 [17:39] <dholbach> sub 4096R/51FBE68C 2010-12-06
309 [17:39] <dholbach> in this case "43CDE61D" is my GPG ID
310 [17:40] <dholbach> if you had a GPG key before, run this:
311 [17:40] <dholbach> gpg --fingerprint <email@example.com>
312 [17:40] <dholbach> it should give you a similar output
313 [17:40] <dholbach> once you know your gpg key id, you can run:
314 [17:40] <dholbach> gpg --send-keys <KEY ID>
315 [17:40] <dholbach> which will upload your key to the keyservers, which allows others to confirm that something you signed is actually from you
316 [17:41] <dholbach> (if you uploaded it already, you can obviously skip that step)
317 [17:42] <dholbach> it would take too much time to go through all the individual steps (it's not that bad actually) to register you gpg and ssh key with LP, so for now I'll just give you the links you need:
318 [17:42] <dholbach> - https://launchpad.net/people/+me/+editpgpkeys (GPG key registration)
319 [17:42] <dholbach> - https://help.launchpad.net/YourAccount/ImportingYourPGPKey (docs for gpg key registration)
320 [17:42] <dholbach> - https://launchpad.net/people/+me/+editsshkeys (ssh key registration)
321 [17:42] <dholbach> - https://help.launchpad.net/YourAccount/CreatingAnSSHKeyPair (docs for ssh key registration)
322 [17:42] <dholbach> and that's really it :-)
323 [17:43] <dholbach> <fisch246> QUESTION: "bzr: ERROR: The user paul-mcspadden has not registered any SSH keys with Launchpad." and how do i go about doing this?
324 [17:43] <dholbach> fisch246, you can fix this at https://launchpad.net/people/+me/+editsshkeys
325 [17:43] <dholbach> <HoellP> QUESTION: How can i delete an outdated key from the keyserver?
326 [17:43] <dholbach> HoellP, as far as I know you can revoke a gpg key locally and then upload the revoked key to keyservers
327 [17:44] <dholbach> <stefwal82> QUESTION: how do you sign something?
328 [17:44] <dholbach> stefwal82, the development tools will do that "automatically" for you, but you can set up your mail client to sign mails, or sign files manually
329 [17:44] <dholbach> <hugohirsch> QUESTION: Sending the gpg-key fails with 'keyserver not configured' error. Can I upload my GPG-key to launchpad or does it need to be available via an open key server?
330 [17:46] <dholbach> hugohirsch, you can specify --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com (for example)
331 [17:46] <dholbach> <darkdevil56> QUESTION: which key am i supposed to send? pblic or secret?
332 [17:46] <dholbach> darkdevil56, never share the secret key (--send-keys will figure that out for you)
333 [17:47] <dholbach> <monish001> QUESTION: Output of 'bzr whoami "Name <mailId>" '? I am getting blank..
334 [17:47] <dholbach> monish001, that's fine - the command succeeded
335 [17:49] <dholbach> any more questions?
336 [17:49] <dholbach> if you missed anything, or things are still being worked on, just follow the log of the session later on again - it's fine if you needed a little bit more time :)
337 [17:49] <dholbach> <hugohirsch> QUESTION: Thx - uploaded my GPG-key. Will it automatically be connected/synced with my Launchpad account?
338 [17:50] <dholbach> hugohirsch, no, you need to head to https://launchpad.net/people/+me/+editpgpkeys to tell Launchpad about it
339 [17:50] <dholbach> <darkdevil56> QUESTION: the ssh command that i had typed earlier is retrieving and validating all the packagges till now.. is this normal?
340 [17:50] <dholbach> darkdevil56, that must be the pbuilder-dist command - yes that's to be expected - just let it do its work :)
341 [17:50] <dholbach> <mauriciocinelli> QUESTION: Is there anything else we need?
342 [17:51] <dholbach> mauriciocinelli, that should be it for now - it should set you up for a good start - whatever else is required for others sessions will be dealt with there
343 [17:51] <dholbach> are there maybe some more general questions about Ubuntu development?
344 [17:51] <dholbach> we still have ~10 minutes before I have to hand the mic to barry :)
345 [17:52] * barry clears his throat
346 [17:52] <dholbach> <steinex> QUESTION: not completely related, more about the process itself: are the packages synced from debian just the plain packages and ubuntu does the ubuntuspecific patches from-scratch for every new release? or are ubuntu-patches automatically applied on sync and if they don't merge, they must be merged by hand?
347 [17:52] <dholbach> steinex, good question and it will be dealt with in the Debian session
348 === kai__ is now known as rechengehirn
349 [17:53] <dholbach> for now: if the source is unmodified from Debian and we're before Debian Import Freeze, they will be synced automatically and built in Launchpad
350 [17:53] <dholbach> if there are ubuntu changes we need to "merge" and we have a tool that helps us with that (http://merges.ubuntu.com)
351 [17:53] <dholbach> <acarpine> QUESTION: I read something about https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MOTU/Mentoring Could you explain more in detail how it works and who should use it?
352 [17:53] <dholbach> acarpine, unfortunately the Mentoring programme is out of order at this moment
353 [17:54] <dholbach> I suggest you check out https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MOTU/GettingStarted and please feel very welcome to ask all the questions you have in #ubuntu-packaging or #ubuntu-motu
354 [17:54] <dholbach> even if it's not a dedicated mentor for you, there's loads of people who are very happy to help you get started and solve your problems
355 [17:54] <dholbach> <hugohirsch> QUESTION: I uploaded my key, but LP doesn't find the key with the given fingerprint. Do I need to wait for synchronisation between LP and Ubuntu-Keyserver?
356 [17:54] <dholbach> hugohirsch, yes, you might have to wait a little bit (I don't know the exact timeframe, sorry)
357 [17:55] <dholbach> <wolfpack> QUESTION: Does ssh key are need to be updated with every new distro release or new computer?
358 [17:55] <dholbach> wolfpack, no, just leave them as they are
359 [17:55] <dholbach> <jledbetter> QUESTION: So, now that we have our environment set up, we look at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu and -- that's where I'm not sure.
360 [17:55] <dholbach> jledbetter, the upcoming sessions and https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MOTU/GettingStarted should give you some ideas where to look for bugs to fix and how to go about it :)
361 [17:56] <dholbach> more questions? we still have 5 minutes :)
362 [17:56] <dholbach> <cire831> QUESTION: when I uploaded the key it said it was uploading it to keys.gnupg.net. On launchpad under editpgpkeys it says something about Ubuntu keyservers. Will the Ubuntu keyserver get the new key directly from the gnupg keyserver?
363 [17:56] <dholbach> cire831, yes, it will take a few minutes
364 [17:56] <dholbach> <saimanoj> QUESTION:Are ubuntu packages sent back to Debian?
365 [17:56] <dholbach> saimanoj, nice one!
366 [17:57] <dholbach> sending patches back to Debian (or other upstreams) is a manual process and very important
367 [17:57] <dholbach> it is indeed being done
368 [17:57] <dholbach> and there will be more info about that in the Debian session which I believe will be tomorrow
369 [17:57] <dholbach> <acarpine> QUESTION: Fixing bugs, when choose bzr and when use a traditional process (create a patch with a debdiff)?
370 [17:58] <dholbach> acarpine, bzr is a REALLY nice way to go about fixing stuff and barry will take the next hour to walk you through it
371 [17:58] <dholbach> if it should not work out for you, I'm sure that barry will love to hear more about it and yes, in that case the "traditional process" of posting a patch will work too
372 [17:58] <dholbach> <stefwal82> QUESTION: in former courses you gave examples, why don't you now?
373 [17:58] <dholbach> stefwal82, I type too slowly - not enough time :)
374 [17:59] <dholbach> and I really enjoy answering loads of questions here - I hope it's useful
375 [17:59] <dholbach> there'll be more examples in other sessions this week
376 [17:59] <dholbach> <simar> QUESTION: When I run gpg-key fingerprint <email>, I get three uid, what does it mean?
377 [17:59] <dholbach> simar, do you have more than one gpg key?
378 [17:59] <dholbach> ah no... is that maybe different user IDs on the same key? in any case it shouldn't be a problem
379 [18:00] <dholbach> <cire831> QUESTION: is the debian session being talked about the same as "Getting fixes into Debian"?
380 [18:00] <dholbach> "Getting fixes into Debian" will definitely be part of it
381 [18:00] <dholbach> <middle> QUESTION:What has this allowed me to actually do?!
382 === ChanServ changed the topic of #ubuntu-classroom to: Welcome to the Ubuntu Classroom - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Classroom || Support in #ubuntu || Upcoming Schedule: http://is.gd/8rtIi || Questions in #ubuntu-classroom-chat || Event: Ubuntu Developer Week - Current Session: Introduction to Ubuntu Distributed Development (UDD) - Instructors: barry
383 [18:01] <dholbach> - you have all the tools to do Ubuntu development installed on your machine
384 [18:01] <dholbach> - your local developer tools know about you, which simplifies work a lot
385 [18:01] <dholbach> - you can do local builds of packages
386 [18:01] <dholbach> - you can interact with other developers and propose your changes on Launchpad to get merged
387 [18:01] <dholbach> - you can upload packages to Launchpad, so they are hosted in your Personal Package Archive (PPA)
388 [18:01] <dholbach> and I'm out of time
389 [18:01] <barry> hi, my name is barry warsaw, and i live near washington dc. i work for canonical, do ubuntu development, am a core python developer and project leader for gnu mailman. i'm here to introduce you to a new way of developing ubuntu, called 'ubuntu distributed development', or 'udd'
390 [18:01] <dholbach> next up is the ROCKing Barry Warsaw
391 [18:01] <barry> thanks dholbach!
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by George Reeves
1063: In England a young sixteen year old girl lived at the Court of Edward, 'The Confessor.' She was the daughter of Edward, 'The Exile', and had been born in Hungary. Her name was Margaret which is derived from the Greek word, margaron, which translates as "pearl."
1963: Nine hundred years later and a quarter of the way around the world in the evening of February 23 a meeting was held in the home of John M. Connell in Palm Desert, California with Dean Dan Bacot, Howard Cuyler, J. D. Tinklepaugh, Malcolm Davis, and Mrs. Robert Ricciardi. The subject was the possible formation of an Episcopal Preaching Station. A few weeks later the name of St. Margaret's was chosen from a list which included St. David and St. Thomas and echoing the name from 900 years and some 700 since she was sainted.
Bishop Bloy appointed for the Preaching Station:
- John M. Connell – Bishop's Warden
- Malcolm Davis-Clerk
- Howard Cuyler-Special Gifts
- Robert Ricciardi – Chairman Every Member Canvas
- George Berkey – Bishop's Committee
April 8: At the second meeting it was announced that 41 pledges had been received for $12,304 toward meeting the $12,776 which had been designated as the amount required by the Bishop before he could give his approval for the formation of the new Mission. A building program was discussed and Robert Ricciardi retained as Mission Architect.
May: A proposal was received from Messrs Ahmanson, Childs, et al offering to sell three acres at $7000 per acre. Sandpiper Builders agreed to donate two acres.
Jeremiah Coon carried mail to the church during this year.
November – Bishop Bloy was asked to call the Rev. R. P. Brownlee as head of the Mission. He became Vicar on December 30.
The Rev. Peter Joseph Brownlee was born October 12, 1905 in Rathwel, Manitoba, Canada, the son of The Rev. George Edward Brownlee and Agnes Reid MacFarlane. He was raised in Saskatchewan and graduated, cum laude, from seminary in 1937, the year he married Kathleen Boyle. He served as Chaplain in the Canadian Royal Bomber Group in both Canada and England. Father Brownlee and Kay came to the U. S. in 1949 and now live in Redlands, Calif.
The year 1963 recalls several events: Winston Churchill became an Honorary Citizen of the U. S. , President Kennedy was assassinated, Jack Nicklaus won his first Masters, Dr. DeBakey first used an artificial heart to take over circulation during heart surgery, the Dodgers beat New York 4-0.
January 9: – An article in the Desert Post, reported the first worship services held by St. Margaret's Episcopal Church "when an overflow of more than 70 persons" attended "the 11 A. M. services in the improvised facilities of the Fairway Cafe were conducted by Father Peter J. Brownlee."
Mrs. Cass Smith was retained as Organist on an instrument donated by the church at Corona del Mar.
The first Directress of the Altar Guild was Mrs. Gertrude Davis.
The first baptisms were Dana Marie Ricciardi and Christopher Gale Lowe.
February 18: – Adrian Schwilck, President of Silver Spur Properties offered the Recreation Hall for Sunday services at $50.00 per month. The Vicar reported the cost of mailing as 4 cents per piece. A decision was made to continue at that rate.
April 11: – It was announced that Leonard Firestone and W. A. Montcrief intended to donate $21,000 to the Building Fund.
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A Moller organ was installed in September.
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- Treasurer – Mrs. Howard Cuyler
- Secretary – Mrs. Robert Ricciardi
October: – A special meeting in October with The Rev. Brownlee and Canon Hause who began his assistance in April and 118 members present a petition was voted to ask the Bishop to allow St. Margaret's to become a parish.
November: – T. G. A. Cook was elected Treasurer and Floyd Olsen Assistant.
T. G. A. Cook was a Scotsman born near Edinburgh. His father was Gardener on a Duke's estate and was later employed as Head Gardener at Sandringham in Norfolk. At the same time Tom's uncle was Head Gardener at WindsorCastle. Incidentally, the position at Sandringham is more important than that at Windsor because Sandringham grew all the table vegetables for the Royal table as well as caring for the grounds. Tom grew up and played with the children of George V and Queen Mary. He was an Officer in the British Army and a graduate chemist, and managed a refinery in Colombia for Texaco. Mary, his wife, was Librarian in PalmDesert when the library was a mere fledgling. Tom and Mary were always very active in St. Margaret's. Both had a delicious sense of humor that matched the twinkle in their eyes. There was no one but those who loved them.
February 13: The new sanctuary was completed, the congregation moved from Mission to Parish status and the Rectory, now the Karns Administration Building, was completed.
March: – Articles of Incorporation were filed with the State of California.
Madge Cuyler donated 100 shares of Standard Oil of California stock with the dividends to go to her and the stock eventually to the Endowment Fund.
A final estimate for the building of a new Rectory for $69,432 was accepted with no drapes, landscaping or appliances included.
March 11: – the new Rectory was completed according to schedule and moved into.
May 5: – A Special Meeting considered a proposal by Mr. Rawitzer that a Rector's Retirement Fund be considered.
June 3: – Discussion took place as to possible ways to help the Mission at Needles, AZ.
July 7: – The Assistant Rector, in Upland, CA, The Rev. John D. Harrison, was called to serve as Associate Rector starting October 1 and to succeed Father Brownlee in October 1970. Father Harrison was born in Davenport, IAMay 19,1912, the son of Will H. Harrison and Mary Elizabeth Given. He was graduated from NorthwesternUniversity and CaliforniaDivinitySchool of the Pacific. He married April 18,1942 Elisabeth Cummings Richardson.
He now lives in San Diego where he works calling on the sick. They have two sons and grandchildren.
From Father Harrison's report to the Parish at St. Margaret's tenth Annual Meeting "The present Rector of St. Margaret's was called as assistant in the parish to help establish some new church congregations along the Colorado River across from Needles, California in Arizona. Six months was spent with full time coverage of this area by either Father Harrison or Father Brownlee. As a result of the work, three new congregations were established at Bullhead City, Arizona; Lake Havasu City, Arizona and Parker, Arizona."
August 10: – Details were announced for the Rector's Retirement Fund and the plan put into operation. Several months later some $35,000 was raised and set aside with the income to go to Father Brownlee and Mrs. Brownlee for their lifetime.
Father Brownlee submitted his resignation to be effective October 16 and in July was elected Rector Emeritus.
The statue which stood for years in front of the church and now is in the Court Yard is the sculpture of parishioner Miss Frances Rich. From a column in the local newspaper May 12,1970 by Dorothy Watson "The Firestones saw the statue in Miss Rich's retrospective exhibit in Palm Springs last fall.
They wanted to buy it and place it where many people could enjoy it.
'Not for sale', said miss Rich. 'I keep it near my studio in the mountains. '
'Do many people see it there?' asked Mr. Firestone. 'No, not many. '
'Then isn't it rather selfish of you?' asked Mr. Firestone.
Miss Rich laughed and the deal was made.
The sculptor did the bronze in 1951 in Rome. "
It was dedicated December 5,1970 by Bishop Bloy.
August: – Plans were presented for possible additions to the Parish Hall.
Additions to the church building and erection of the Parish Hall were completed. The sanctuary area was improved by the addition of two sacristies, one for clergy and one for Altar Guild. Choir stalls at the rear of the church were enclosed and the seating capacity of the nave increased. New organ developed by Frank Own (formerly at St. Paul's Cathedral, Los Angeles) were added at this time. Connell Hall was dedicated in late 1971.
A Needle Work Guild was started with Mrs. Moulton Moise serving as Directress and members Mesdames Irving Smith, William W. Cook, Henry B. Clark, A. J. M. Gardner, George Berkey and Allan Rogers. The later was 86 when she retired and had been a member of some Episcopal Altar Guild for a continuous 68 years.
The budget for the coming year was announced as $449,660.
After years of service Bev Sfingi resigned as Church School Superintendent.
November 18: – Mr. and Mrs. Tinklepaugh gave a rare altar hanging of lace made in a French Convent.
Statistics for the year:
- Attendance 11,387
- Sunday Services 109
- Weekday Services 175
- Communions 6,594
- Private Communions 104
- Baptisms 10
- Confirmations 10
- Marriages 4
- Burials 10
The bell which rings before each Sunday service was given as memorial to her husband, Malcolm Davis, by Mrs. Davis. The bell, known as a C bell, was cast in 1908 by the Buckeye Bell Foundry Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. Evie Davis found the "right bell" abandoned on a farm in Wisconsin. She had it shipped to PalmDesert
The garden was replanted and improved as a memorial to Ray Hirschi (Jean Anne's father).
From October 1974 until May 1976 many meetings and discussions occurred considering the possible use of the 2 1/2 acres at the north end of the property for the construction of a retirement home. The many complications and lack of semi-promised government financial support caused the cessation of the proposal.
A swimming pool was installed in the court of the Rectory.
February 9: Mr. Le Kim An arrived in Palm Desert with his wife. Later three sons joined them. They were refugees from Vietnam having barely escaped by small boat. He had been a Police Inspector in South Vietnam for some 25 years and Police Chief in Da Nang. Parishioners privately subsidized the family with only several hundred dollars. It was amazing to see how thankful they were for so little and how they asked for so little. The three teen aged boys defeated anyone who would play table tennis. The boys attended school here and later UCSD when they moved to San Diego. At least two of the boys have graduated, one in Engineering. Many parishioners learned from them.
April 14: – President Ford attended 10:00 A. M. service.
The Annual Rummage Sale was discontinued and the Cellar Door opened.
Father Rodda assisted Father Harrison with preaching and hospital calls before returning to his home in Texas with his ill wife.
October 18: – The end of the hurricane in late summer which submerged parts of Palm Desert in mud missed damaging the church and its buildings.
February: – Organist, Frank Owen, traveled to England to an international meeting of the Royal Society of Church Music for which he played and of which he was member.
Mr. Owen wrote the music for Hymn #207, Second Tune, "Come, Risen Lord" in the 1940 Hymnal. He was born in Manchester, England in 1902 and wrote "A Choirboy's Handbook. "
May 9: – The Society of St. Paul moved into their new monastery on San Pablo in Palm Desert.
December 12: – Father Harrison announced his retirement as of June 30,1978.
The Rev. Geddis MacGregor conducted Lenten studies.
July 14: – The Rev. Robert Burton was offered the position as Rector which he accepted and assumed the position in January.
July 25: – A farewell dinner in honor of the Harrisons was well attended at the Shadow Mountain Club.
The Rev. Robert Burton was born April 17,1949 in Eugene, OR: the son of The Rev. H. R. Burton and Phyllis A. Iseman. He attended Albion College and CDSP and married Nancy. They have one son and one daughter. He resigned in 1984 and became Rector in Fort Smith, AR.
February 10: – Susan Ford, daughter of the President, and Charles Vance were married by Father Burton.
The Rev. David Clemons served as Assistant Rector for nearly a year.
January 15: – An offer by the Armenian Apostolic Church to buy the north 70 ft. of land was rejected.
April 22: – A farewell dinner was given for Julie Rogers who was moving to her original home in Ohio.
March: – Courtney Shucker became Organist at St. Margaret's Mr. Shucker is a graduate in Music of University of Redlands in 1964.
June 15: – The Community Church made an offer to purchase . 62 acres of land at the north end of the church property for $50,000. After a number of conferences over several months an agreement was reached where the area was leased for their use as a parking lot for $1.00 per year. They agreed to pave the area and return it to St. Margaret's after ten years or at a pro rata cost if we needed it before. At the beginning of our Building Program in 1986 the Community Church returned the area at no charge and made a substantial contribution.
September: – Tillie Muto, Church Secretary for many years resigned and a month later Emily Bonette replaced her.
October 10: – Tom and Mary Cook were bid farewell at a dinner for their retirement.
Vernon Barton unveiled his portrait of Father Harrison which now hangs in the hallway next to Firestone Chapel.
The cross on the hill first appeared at Christmas time. It was so well received by the community that a group was formed to help keep it there. Mark Stembler a COD student and friends put the cross up. It blew down several times, lights were shot out, and so on. Finally, Ralston "Cal" Calvert came to Fr. Burton (1987) and asked if we could take it over — and we did.
May 29: – The fountain in the courtyard was dedicated as a memorial to Evalyn Davis.
October 5: – Father Burton tended his resignation as of December 31. A Search Committee was formed consisting of Willett Magruder, Chairman, Vernon Barton, Evelyn Coon, Duke Muto, Hovak Najarian, Jean Smith and Bonnie Wade.
Fr. Vern Suter served as interim priest in charge while a search was made for a new Rector
September 10: – The Rev. G. Bradford Hall assumed the responsibilities of Rector after a call by the Vestry and approval of Bishop Morton.
The Rev. G. Bradford Hall, Jr. was born in Somerville, Mass., March 1,1934, son of Gordon B. Hall and Mary Agnes Dodge. He graduated from University of North Carolina with a BA in Mathematics in 1957, Naval Post Graduate School in 1969 with a MS and Cranfield Institute of Technology in 1965 with DCAe. He and Carol Jean Suther were married October 18,1958. He served in the Navy as Aviator from 1957 until 1977, retiring as Commander. He served on the Board of CDSP from 1980 to 1991 and as Chairman the last seven of those years. He is a widely heard lecturer and particularly on business ethics.
July 29: – A demographic study of the area and St. Margaret's "Sphere of Influence" almost demanded that a larger church building be provided.
April 29: – A Building Committee was organized with Mr. Leonard Firestone Chairman.
June: – Father Brad was in Jerusalem as Visiting Professor at St. George's College.
Approximately 1. 8 acres to the south of the Rectory were purchased for $106,500.
A design contest was held with 5 architectural firms submitting drawings. Mr. Milt Chambers was chosen as architect.
November: – Evening Services at 5 P. M. were started.
May 10: – Mothers' Day was also Ground Breaking Day for the new sanctuary with many local dignitaries present along with one-time President and Mrs. Ford, Ambassador and Mrs. Leonard Firestone. Dean Miller, minister of the Community Church directly to St. Margaret's north noted that there were probably no two churches in America adjacent to each other at which each had ground broken by Presidents of the U. S. i.e. Eisenhower and Ford.
The swimming pool to the west of the former Rectory was filled in as a safety precaution. The Halls had purchased a home several blocks from the church and the old Rectory was being used as offices.
November: – George P. Berkey resigned as Chairman of the Architectural Committee and was replaced by Alan Williams.
December: – The electrically illuminated cross on the mountain west of the church which had been under supervision of a local citizens' group was given $10,000 and its supervision turned over to St. Margaret's .
February 16: – (Ash Wednesday) – Construction started on the new building.
March: – "Fishes and Loaves," a cookbook containing recipes by members was published with proceeds scheduled for the Building Fund.
January 19: – Duane Peterson was wished well on his entry into seminary and promised financial aid from St. Margaret's and the ECW.
March 26: – Easter Day-Over 1400 attended the Saturday and Sunday services.
April 25: – Alfred Hastings was appointed chairman of a committee to study long range planning.
November 19: – Dedication and Consecration of the new Sanctuary by the Right Reverend Bishop C. Brinkley Morton with pipers, music written for Psalm 84 by Norman Cory, parishioner and choir member, blessing of the Altar donated by the Hastings.
Attending among many, many others were:
- The Honorable and Mrs. Leonard K. Firestone
- Mr. and Mrs. Elmer J. Nordstrom
- David Cunningham, CDSP
- The Rev, and Mrs. Douglas Trout
- Milton Chambers, Architect
- Michael Fincher and T. W. Dayton, Contractors
- Roy Wilson, Mayor of PalmDesert and Richard Oliphant, Mayor of Indian Wells
- The Rev. Brian Thom, Master of Ceremonies
- The Rev. Brian Thom had been Associate Rector since the previous September and resigned the following September to became Rector of a parish.
The two church buildings so-called "old" and "new" contrast in styles and atmosphere, both correct. The "old" one was of dark wood interior and seemed to provide a shaded spot for rest from the desert heat. The "new" one is light and airy and echoes inside the outside desert.
May: – CDSP conferred a Doctorate on Leonard Firestone.
November 18: – The Firestone Chapel modeled after the St. Margaret's Chapel at the Castle in Edinburgh, Scotland and the Nordstrom Library were dedicated. The Rev. Charlie Robertson, Chaplain of the Queen's Chapel in Edinburgh preached and presented St. Margaret's with a copy of very limited edition of St. Margaret's Gospel. It is a beautifully illuminated copy of the original which Queen Margaret held in her lap while interviewing and helping her subjects with their problems. It is on display in the Chapel.
Also in the Chapel is a sculpture of Queen Margaret seated with the Gospel in her lap. It was done by Frances Rich.
On display outside the Chapel is a basalt rock given to St. Margaret's by the officials of the Castle and taken from the rock on which the Chapel stands. At the entrance to the Sanctuary just inside the entrance doors and embedded in the floor are two smaller pieces of the same basalt. There is a St. Margaret's Guild composed of women with the name of Margaret which cares for the Chapel and in comparable to that in Edinburgh.
June: – President and Mrs. Bush attended services here. The "old" church building was converted into a Parish Hall with stage, kitchen and large hall through the generosity of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Karns and named "Karns Hall".
November: – Former Connell Hall which had been the Parish Hall was subdivided into class rooms and renamed John O. Lee Education Building by Mr. and Mrs. Lee.
Two bathrooms were added at the northwest corner of Lee Education Building.
Feb. 1992 – Line Dancing starts – sponsored by the Outreach Commission. Meets every Monday evening.
F. I. N. D. (Food In Need of Distribution) was started.
January: Fr. Dan Rondeau joined the staff of St. Margaret's.
Outreach plans to buy three additional vans for F.I.N.D.
Joan Linn gives the choir "choir bells" she has been a member of the choir since it began in 1969
ParishSchool Planned
by Al Hastings, Senior Warden
A feasibility committee of interested parishioners has met this spring to check out the possibility of opening a parish day school. The committee (consisting of Al Hastings, Chair, Betty Lee, Louisa Martin, Joan McKay and Ken Edwards) submitted a recommendation to Vestry for a formal decision on June 7. With vestry approval, a new Parish Day School Committee has been formed with Peggy Nelson as Chair. Our hope is to open the school in September 1994.
February: – Advanced Country and Western Dancing (Line Dancing) added to Monday agenda.
April 25: – The Very Reverend John Peterson, dean of St. George's College in Jerusalem paid a visit. He will teach a two-week course for St. Margaret's parishioners next Feb. 1994.
April: – Lovelace McNelly of St. Margaret's is forming a Breast Cancer Support Group of women
May 1: – St. Margaret's Sexton Ramiro Jauregui and Nica Chavez were married
May: – Nellie Hennigan was honored at "Senior Citizen Interfaith" luncheon. Nellie was the originator of St. Margaret's Cellar Door Thrift and Gift Shop.
Courtney Shucker – Music director leaves after 14 years at St. Margaret's to become a student at The Church Divinity School of the Pacific in Berkeley
May Letter from Frances Smith St. Margaret's first organist:
Aug. – Sept. – Fr. Brad leads a group with a focus on "The Children of Abraham"
Aug.: – St. Margaret's Mourns Our First Rector .
St. Margaret's first Rector, The Rev Peter Brownlee, died in August. Fr. Brownlee, along with many of our Palm Desert families, founded St. Margaret's as an outreach mission from St. Paul's in Palm Springs during the summer of 1964. Worship services were held in Young's Cafeteria on Highway 111 and later at the Silver Spur Ranch (at the end of Haystack Road). The original church and parish hall were constructed in 1965. Fr. Brownlee continued to minister at St. Margaret's until his retirement in 1970.
Our Diocesan Bishop, Gethin Hughes, presided at the Memorial Eucharist. Vernon Barton and Lee Barrett, who were also in attendance at the original groundbreaking with Fr. Brownlee in 1965, served as layreader and crucifer (respectively). Fr. Brownlee is survived by his wife, Kay, and children, Donald and Carole (Mrs. Charles Johnson).
Sept.: – Alan and Carol Williams moved to Phoenix, Ariz. Alan was former Junior Warden, Vice-Chair of the Building Committee, lay reader, and substitute organist.
Oct.: –
Michael Brittenback is new Minister of Music
Thursday evening choir rehearsal resumes.
Nov.: – Line Dancing has become so popular that it is being split into two classes again.
Peter Brennan accepted the challenge to lead the Stewardship Campaign
Dec.: – Angel Tree project chaired by Barbara and John Brandt, delivered presents to 100 CoachellaValley children at Christmas
Jan. 30. 1994 Parish Annual Meeting: The budget was balanced for 1993 and will be so in 1994 as well.
Approximately 75 percent of the people attending the meeting were recognized as active volunteers.
Among the statistics released at the annual meeting:
Church membership includes 962 households, with a total of 1,735 individuals.
Church attendance on Jan. 30 was 817.
250 new members were welcomed in 1993.
50 persons were baptized. St. Margaret's held 30 weddings and performed 19 burial services.
From the different reports, it was evident that St. Margaret's community activity is growing. The ECW reported that fund raising activities and the income from the Cellar Door Gift & Thrift Shop reached $42,500. The Outreach Commission reported on its staffing and operation of a food distribution site on behalf of F.I.N.D. for needy families of Rancho Mirage. The project serves about 200 people a week In addition, 300 Mecca families received 600 pounds each of beans and rice as well as clothing, toys, canned goods and blankets. Last year, St. Margaret's raised $10,000 to purchase three vans for F.I.N.D.
Parishioners have also been involved in preparing and serving lunches at Martha's Kitchen in Indio. Newly organized programs included country line dancing and a cancer support group for women.
Feb. 4-5, 1994
Diocesan Convention was held at St. Margaret's for the first time.
St. Margaret's hosted delegates of the Diocesan Convention Committee. Many thanks to those who helped by volunteering their time, energies and talents. Especially noted for their efforts are the members of the Diocesan Convention Committee. Beverly Armstrong, Ann & Grant Bakewell, Ellie Bingham (who got the tangelos donated), Nancy Bliss, Gloria Burch, Jean & Art Daman, Suzanne & Nixon Elliott, Joanna Hayes, Doris Henryson, Betty Howard (who made the "Welcome Delegates" sign), Randi Hunter (who made the floral arrangements), Jackie & Steve Jones, Barbara Knutson, Chairman Betty Lee & John Lee, Shirley & Lei Moore, Jean O'Brien, Maureen Pollock, Jane Reinhold, June Rose Rolens, Linda Thibault, Margie & Russ Thorp, and Edit & Warren Thoreson.
Following the event, St. Margaret's received the following letter from Cindy Shamel, Laurie Oakland, Alex Crosby, Joan Gunderson and The Rev. Robert Richard, who summed up the thanks that flowed for St. Margaret's hospitality:
"The delegation from Trinity Church, Escondido, sends a thousand thank-yous for hosting such a wonderful meeting. We felt welcome from the moment we arrived and appreciated the hosts, tour guides and refreshments that greeted us. You clearly outdid your-selves in preparing the church and meeting rooms, and we all enjoyed the food provided at lunch and breaks.
"We appreciated your hospitality, and thank God for His people at St. Margaret's ."
Through mid-February, over 300 families had pledged more than $450,000 to support St. Margaret's 1994 ministry. This compares with $424,000 for all of 1993.
A record 67,102 meals were served to the Valley's homeless and hungry folks in 1993. (That includes 31,869 families who were able to eat at the free noon meal served Monday through Friday.) 1,435 people received eyeglasses and 73 children were given medical appointments.
Significantly, the average 1994 pledge of $1,498 is $265 above last year's.
In his Jan. 30 "State of the Church Report" Father Brad Hall announced that the church is now debt free. He then said, "Now is the time to take a deep breath and move on."
His exciting vision of a broader and deeper ministry for St. Margaret's can become a reality with your gifts of time, talent and treasure.
If you haven't yet made your financial pledge for 1994, please do so soon. Pledge cards are on the Narthex table or can be mailed to you from the church office. Well even arrange home delivery!
March 13, 1994
St. Margaret's hosted its second Desert Sunset Concert. The music was presented by the Choir and Orchestra of St. Margaret's under the direction of Minister of Music W. Michael Brittenback.
March 20, 1994
Bishop Gethin Hughes confirmed 33 adults and youth into the Episcopal Church. This was the largest class ever here at St. Margaret's.
– In Memoriam
The Rev. John Harrison, rector of this parish from 1970-1978, died on May 15 after a long illness. A memorial service was held May 18 in the St. Margaret's Chapel. Fr. Harrison and his wife, Betty, were key figures in the growth of this parish. He is also remembered as a wonderful pastor and prieSt. After his retirement, the Harrisons returned to the San Diego area where Fr. John continued to serve by visiting those in the hospitals and nursing homes. His dedication is a wonderful example of truly living the Love of God.
July 15, The Rev. Julia W. Christian joined St. Margaret's as Curate.
Sep 6, 1994 – First St. Margaret's School Parent Orientation
Sep 8, 1994 – Doors open at St. Margaret's Episcopal School
On Thursday, Sept. 8, 16 happy kindergartners and 10 excited first graders arrived for their first day of school — also the first day for St. Margaret's Episcopal School, a long-held dream of this parish.
The opening was highlighted by a ribbon cutting ceremony. The Chamber of Commerce presented a plaque; Administrator Jane Lundeen cut the ribbon.
Church vestry member Don McNelley and school board member Al Hastings gave brief remarks. Fr. Dan Rondeau led a prayer of dedication and the school children cheered. Excitement filled the air!
Thanks to all those church members and friends who gave financial and prayerful. support, St. Margaret's has prepared a beautiful school environment coupled with a creative curriculum where all students can become successful learners.
The job of combining a strong academic education with Christian teaching is the goal of St. Margaret's new staff. Along with Jane Lundeen, teachers Louisa Martin and Elizabeth Borson are credentialed teachers who possess natural abilities of relating to the various levels at which children learn. The school also offers an after-school program for working parents.
The laughter of happy children now fills our court yard. Fr. Brad has been a powerful force in the establishment of St. Margaret's School. His guiding spirit and caring direction have enabled both church members and school families to come together with mutual Christian love and respect. With the ribbon cutting at St. Margaret's Episcopal School, a long-held dream of Fr. Brad's has begun.
Oct 7 1994
Taizé Services Begin This Month at St. Margaret's
Beginning Friday, Oct. 7 at 7 PM, St. Margaret's will offer a prayer and song service in the Sanctuary. This will continue on the first Friday of every month.
Taizé is a beautiful meditative service that began more than 20 years ago in the monastery of Taizé in France. It combines prayer and simple repetitive hymns to create a serene and worshipful meditation. This moving and powerful service will become a very important part of your worship. Mark this date on your calendar and join us for Taizé services at St. Margaret's.
Dec. F.I.N.D. Hunger cannot be adequately described by numbers. But "numbers" tell the story of F.I.N.D.s 1994 services to the needy families of eastern RiversideCounty:
Families served weekly: 7,200 (75 percent of the families have monthly incomes of less than $800) Volunteers: 465
Annual Volunteer hours: 85,000
Value of volunteer hours at minimum wage: $404,009 St. Margaret's contribution
of $10,000 (and hundreds of
volunteer hours) purchased
$161,500 worth of food.
Jan 14, 1995 – The Ordination of a Priest
There was hardly a dry eye when Julia Wadsworth Christian took her vows to be an ordained priest on Saturday, Jan. 14 at St. Margaret's. The beautiful service was presided over by the Right Rev. Gethin B. Hughes.
Her presenters were:
The Rev. Brad Hall,
The Rev. Dan Rondeau,
Alvern D. Christian, James W. Christian, Nancy Brennan, Peter Brennan, Mel Carr, Jane Curtis, John Curtis, Bruce Norman, Debbie Reber, Alice Sleight, Jean Smith and Nancy Watson.
The Rev. Julie will continue as curate at St. Margaret's with ongoing work in outreach, pastoral care, hospital and home calling.
January 17, 1995: – The new School Board met. Members appointed were:
Al Hastings, Chair Doug Garrett, Linda Thibault, Carolyn Izu/Bermann, Tom Emmett, Nancy Watson, and Brbara Corey. Ex officio members are Rev. Brad Hall, Warren Thoreson and June Lundeen.
A regular part time teacher, Mrs LaDaun Ryan, has been hired to teach first grade in the mornings. This will allow Jane Lundeen to become a full time administrator and attend to the pressing needs involving the building of the new school.
January 29, 1995: – St. Margaret's Breaks Ground for Katharine J. Nordstrom Campus
It was a beautiful, sunny morning as the congregation followed the choir to the site of the new Nordstrom Campus, St. Margaret's Episcopal School. Present with shovels and hard hats for the groundbreaking were
Katharine J. Nordstrom, Building Committee honorary chair;
James Nordstrom;
The Hon. Leonard K Firestone, Building Committee chair emeritus;
Lee Karns, Building Committee chair;
Alfred Hastings, School Board chair;
Nancy Watson, Vestry senior warden;
Father Brad Hall; Rector
Jane Lundeen, School Administrator;
Stephen Jones, Vestryman/Builder;
Palm Desert Mayor Buford Crites.
Feb.: – Seminarian Visits –
Feb View 1995 – Parishioner Profile:
March 12, – Several years ago, (April 1990) two women, Gloria Gomez & Claudia Torres, saw a need and acted. Faced with growing numbers of hungry people, they began Martha's Kitchen in Indio. Their ministry grew & expanded to provide clothing (Martha's Closet) and emergency shelter in local motels. Community leaders, business people, and doctors have joined to assist by offering services to help those who are down on their luck.
Hazel Wells, a member of both St. Margaret's Outreach Commission & Martha's Ministries Board of Directors, presented a "previously owned" van to Gloria & Claudia during the 10am service on Sunday, March 12th. This new van will assist in collecting donations of food and supplies that enable this ministry to serve over 80,000 meals to hungry families each year. Martha's Ministries is one of several organizations that your Outreach Commission supports. For more information or to volunteer your time at the Kitchen, contact Hazel Wells. For other Outreach activities, contact Alice Sleight
March 23, – Lovelace McNelley reported a van was presented to Martha's Ministries at a cost of $3,900. FIND is continuing to feed about 50 fasmilies a week.
Our Sexton, Ramiro's house is built by Habitat for Humanity.
Fr. Brad announced a gift of $10.000 received for WednesdaySchool
A gift of a mobile home, from Phyllis Wilson, was received designated for the Music Program.
May 19, 1995 – President and Mrs. Ford Visit Our Students
The students of St. Margaret's Episcopal School welcomed President and Mrs. Gerald Ford during their lunchtime. Warm greetings were extended and mementos of the day were presented to the Fords This was very exciting event for the children and perfect opportunity for President and Mrs. Ford to visit the current classrooms and take a quick tour of the new Nordstrom Campus of St. Margaret's Episcopal School. Staff, parents and students were all extremely proud to welcome the Fords to their new campus due for completion this September.
Nov.16, 1995 – Men of St. Margaret's Launch New Fellowship Program
Dedicated to fellowship, service, study, and prayer, a new men's; group will hold its first meeting on Thursday Nov. 6, in Karns Hall at 7:30 A.M. Eye-openers (juice, rolls, and coffee) will be provided. According to the group's organlzer Bob Leo, the meeting will feature motivational speaker Gary Lockwood. Stick a reminder on your refrigerator door; come hear what we're about — and how we can serve you.
Nov. 19 – Grand Opening Nordstrom Campus of St. Margaret's Episcopal School
Fall is truly here when the children have returned to school. The same old routine has been made sharply NEW at. St. Margaret's Episcopal School this year.
The beautiful new Nordstrom Campus opened its doors for the first time on Wednesday, Sept; 13, welcoming 105 excited and (for the most part) smiling youngsters. The staff of 11 talented teachers and Mrs. Lundeen, head of the school, spent many hours creating a cheerful and inviting atmosphere
Each weekday from now until June 13, St. Margaret's students will find busy activities designed to their lives.
On St. Margaret's Day the Nordstrom Campus of St. Margaret's Episcopal School was dedicated with great ceremony and celebration. Among the dignitaries were Mrs. Kitty Nordstrom whose generous gift made the building possible, President and Mrs. Ford, and Mr. Leonard Firestone. The Nordstrom Campus of St. Margaret's Episcopal School opened in September 1995 with over 100 students in grades Kindergarten through Five.
Dec 1995 – St. Margaret's goes on-line. Information, sermons and more are available by computer modem and "Web Browser" at http://users. aol. com/StMargretEC/ourchurch/therock. htm (Replaced by our present Web Site)
Dec. – Letter from Courtney Shucker, he moves on to Nevada
Summer 1995: – FAREWELL TO. . . Willett and Kathy Magruder
Fr. Brad asked Frank Trane if he would design and build a cross 30 feet high, 16 feet across, with 6 inch square aluminum that would withstand 100 knot winds. The cross also had to have 39 fluorescent lights, the number of lashes Jesus received on the cross! Frank had a mast builder in Newport Beach make the cross preassembled.
Nov. 1996 – St. Margaret's welcomed Robert Allen Spencer to the staff. Bob will fill the new position in our church as parish administrator. Bob comes with 20-plus years experience in management, administration, education, training, and development.
Prior to arriving at St. Margaret's Bob served as assistant professor of Business Administration at CaliforniaBaptistCollege in Riverside. He also served for 20 years in the U.S. Air Force traveling world-wide and specializing in education and inventory management.
Bobs background in religion dates hack to May 1975 when he was licensed to the ministry. He was ordained to Deacon in August 1977, served on the California Baptist College Speaker Bureau from 1987-1992, and most recently served 18 months as interim pastor for the EleventhStreetBaptistChurch in Upland.
Bob and his wife, Diane, have been married 28 years, and have two married children; Michele 26; and Jay 23. They are also blessed with three grandchildren.
St. Margaret's is truly fortunate to have a person with such extensive and diverse back ground in our new position of parish administrator.
Major Gift: Don & Madge Hedlund's home given to St. Margaret's; the Hedlunds express their appreciation "for the caring ministry of St. Margaret's and for Fr. Brad who makes a difference in all our lives. They support and encourage the growing Music Ministry and hope that this gift "will start the fund for a new pipe Organ.
St. Margaret's Day, November 17 was a special day. Beside the bagpipes and all of the traditional music, it was a day that Maggie's Corner opened.
The concept for this unique and very chic new gift shop was an idea that Fr. Brad had envisioned for several years. The birth of Maggie's Corner would require a "mother" with lots of talent, foresight and experience. Fortunately, Brad and Rev. Julie Christian were able to enlist parishioner and artist Jennifer Price for this exciting venture.
After being officially opened with a warm blessing by Fr. Brad, Maggie's Corner was host to hundreds of St. Margaret's parishioners after the 10 am. service on Nov 17. The fine selection of gifts, book, and art was received with rave reviews and much enthusiasm.
Please stop by to browse or do a bit of Christmas shopping! Maggie's Corner is located in the old Karns Hall sacristy (near the bell tower and open to the patio). Store hours are Sunday 9 – 10 AM. and 11 AM – noon; Wednesday 10:30 AM – 1 PM.; Saturday 9 AM.
Dec. 1996: Rev. Julie is leaving St. Margaret's, "we are very excited about our new congregation: St. Francis of Assisi in Simi Valley. They are a wonderful community of bright, energetic and enthusiastic people. The church is new (just two years old), and Simi Valley is a lovely area. We are looking forward to making new friends and settling into a new home. Since it is not very far away (about three hours by car)."
"A Girl Scout song I learned many years ago says. "Make new friends, but keep the old: one is silver and the other gold. "We will treasure our St. Margaret's friends even more than silver or gold – for you are far more precious. Merry Christmas!"
Buy-A-Pipe and Buy-A-Stop Program started to finance the purchase of the Quimby organ.
July: – Fr. Brad Hall died, and Fr. Dan Rondeau began to serve as the Interim Priest in Charge. The Rev. Lois Hart joined the staff.
November: – The Rectory, which had served as Office for the Church, was remodeled completely. The new KarnsAdministrationCenter was dedicated.
Early in 1998, the Rev. Lois Hart was ordained a priest at St. Margaret's .
April 5, 1998: 'The Journey Home. Make It a Good One' began distribution, it is a mini-best seller as over 600 copies were on reserve by March 25. By June the sales had topped 1,200. The book contains 81 of Fr. Brad Hall's sparkling and thoughtful sermon.
May 31: – The Rev. Dr. Robert G. Certain was called to be Rector of St. Margaret's . He celebrated his first Service of Holy Communion on Pentecost Day.
Also joining the staff in 1998 was The Rev. Sean Cox.
November: – Bishop Hughes welcomed Father Certain officially.
November 15, St. Margaret's Day: The new Quimby Pipe Organ was completed, dedicated and blessed. The Rev. Courtney Shucker played the first hymn on the new organ.
In addition, the Brad Hall Memorial Chancel was blessed and celebrated at both the 8 & 10 o'clock services.
Jane Lundeen retires as head of school. Dr. Marcia Slater became Head of School.
Mr. Michael Brittenback, our Organist and Choirmaster, left our staff in 1999 as his partner accepted an endowed chair in Social Work at the University of Michigan.
Mr. John Wright was hired and began work as our Organist and Choirmaster in April 1999.
St. Margaret's Episcopal School expanded, adding a Sixth Grade. Subsequently a grade a year was added until in the 2002-2003 School Year St. Margaret's School provided education for Kindergarten through Grade 8.
The parish purchased land in the eastern end of the CoachellaValley as part of a Capital Fund Campaign.
Kate Reeves RNC, MA, CHPN, became the volunteer Parish Nurse and instituted the Parish Nurse program with help from Joan Minnick RN and Rose Rhodes RN.
January: International concert organist TODD WILSON was here for several days recording a new CD of the Quimby pipe organ and to play a recital here. The CD will be available this fall and can be had through the music department of St. Margaret's Church. The CD features the complete works of FrankBridge with several pieces by other composers and will be given for a donation of seventeen dollars to the music department. Call ext. 109 for information.
April View: First appearance of a monthly article entitled "Nurse's Notes"
May: St. Margaret's announced the gift of large bronze "Stations of the Cross". A memorial to Collis Chandler made by Patti Chandler and others who contributed to the memorial fund.
June 16: The Lee building remodel commenced and is on schedule to be. completed for our 6th grade classrooms this fall. All of St. Margaret's staff and parents are thrilled that the long-awaited dream to include a middle school is moving quickly toward realization. St. Margaret's Episcopal School will expand into capacity to include sixth grade this year, adding 7th and 8th in the subsequent years.
The Lee building is being re-designed to include two classrooms and a Library which will also serve as an administration office for the first year. Mike Kirk is our contractor, working from the design of John Vuksic of Prest-Vuksic Architects. The classrooms will feature state-of-the-art computer stations which will be networked into the system at the Nordstrom campus.
Much excitement and anticipation accompanies this construction and realization of a middle school expansion. The project is being completed with a most generous donation from John and Betty Lee and The Fulfill the Vision Campaign.
July: Bill Harris is our new Parish Administrator.
Summer: Boy Scout Troop 131 helps out this summer by constructing and painting a fence at St Margaret's school.
Brian Bishop gave a votive candle stand to the chapel.
Through the generosity of Bill Griffin the chapel has a beautiful Della Robbia Madonna.
Marty Thompson, who was Altar Guild directress last year, donated a hand-some and most useful cart for use in the Sacristy.
August: Ben Phillips joined the staff and parish as Minister for Children and Youth.
November: ST. MARGARET'S PURCHASES LAND FOR NEW PARISH
January: Construction begins on the Labyrinth.
Dr. Betty Baxter became Head of School. The Rev. Al Murray joined our Staff as Fr. Sean Cox moved to Temecula to become Vicar of St. Thomas.
April: The Labyrinth was blessed and consecrated for use here.
Mr. Fred Swann became our Organ Artist-in-Residence in the Fall of 2001.
Early in the year Fr. Al was called to be Rector of St. Andrew's Church in Cleveland, OH. During the summer of 2002, Barbara Gibson became Head of School.
The Rev. Roger Bower and Margaret Watson joined the staff. Margaret was ordained a deacon in her home parish in Oregon in June.
September: – St. Margaret's Episcopal School added Pre-K classes, expanding our service to families and their children.
Ben Phillips left for seminary, our Youth Minister, became an aspirant for Holy Orders sponsored by this parish in March 2003.
George Reeves took over the St. Margaret's web site as Webmaster.
October: – Bishop Hughes asked Fr. Roger to help begin a new congregation in the eastern end of the CoachellaValley using the land (purchased in 2000) and a generous gift for the building of a new church. In December 2003 Fr. Roger accepted a call to become Rector of a church in Denver, CO.
November 15: – Margaret Watson was ordained a priest at St. Margaret's on St. Margaret's Day along with The Rev. Mary Vano, daughter of Robert and Robbie Certain, and a seminarian for the Diocese of San Diego sponsored by this parish.
Mary is currently serving St. David's Parish in Austin, TX.
January: – Mr. Chet Hecht joined our Staff to coordinate family events and activities.
In the spring, Cherry Remboldt, our parishioner was approved to begin studies leading to her ordination as a deacon in the Episcopal Church.
March: Nancy Watson died.
Spring: – St. Margaret's Episcopal School became fully accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.
As gifts became available "finishing touches" and "flourishes" were added to the Quimby Organ.
Fall: – St. Margaret's Church received a plaque of Thanks from the Cub Scouts of America, naming us as the "Charter Organization of the Year. "
March: – Mr. Patrick Blythe joined our Staff as Stewardship and Development Officer.
April: – City of Palm Desert recognizes Cub Scout Pack 131 chartered at St. Margaret's Church. This was in celebration of the 75th Anniversary of Cub Scouting. The city also planted a tree in the north parking lot. Proclamation signed by Buford A. Crites, Mayor of PalmDesert.
June: – Ms. Shivaun Nelson joined our Staff as Youth Minister after her graduation from UC Berkley.
November: – The Rev. Margaret Watson accepted a call to be Rector of St. Margaret's ark's Parish in Richmond, VA and left St. Margaret's .
Mrs. Barbara Gibson, Head of School, announced her retirement.
March: – Dr. Kim Marshall, a retired school administrator, accepted the invitation of the Rector and School Board to become Head of School beginning in June, 2006.
December: – After 30 years in parish ministry, The Rev. Dr. Robert G. Certain announces his retirement. Ceremonies are planned for January 2007. Beloved parishioner and former President of the United States, Gerald R. Ford, dies. National mourning and ceremonies of state begin at St. Margaret's (moving to the National Cathedral, and ultimately to Grand Rapids, MI).
January: – The Rev. Dr. Robert G. Certain retires as rector of St. Margaret's . Fr. Dan Rondeau appointed "Priest In Charge".
May: – The Rev. Dr. Roger Douglas appointed "Interim Rector" until a permanent rector accepts the call.