def get_people_in_meeting(meeting_txt):
    """
    takes a meetbot summary file that has a section with the following format
    and returns a dict with username<->lines said mapping

    People present (lines said)
    ---------------------------

    * username (117)
    * username2 (50)
    """
    meeting_people = []
    in_people = False
    txt_file = open(meeting_txt)
    for line in txt_file:
        if line == "People present (lines said)\n":
            in_people = True
        elif not in_people:
            next
        elif in_people and '*' not in line:
            next
        elif in_people and 'openstack' not in line:
            ircnic, linessaid = line[2:-2].split('(')
            ircnic = ircnic.strip(" _").lower()
            meeting_people.append((ircnic, linessaid))

    txt_file.close()
    return meeting_people