Re: [Ubuntu Oregon] Ubuntu meeting.

2018-05-04 Thread Cody Smith
I'll be there, haven't had time to shoot out the email. --c_smith On Fri, May 4, 2018, 4:53 PM Phil N wrote: > Hi all just a reminder the Salem Ubuntu hour will be taking place at > Broadway Coffeehouse today from 6:00pm to 7:00pm, located at > 1300 Broadway St NE #100, Salem. Come on out and e

[Ubuntu Oregon] Ubuntu meeting.

2018-05-04 Thread Phil N
Hi all just a reminder the Salem Ubuntu hour will be taking place at Broadway Coffeehouse today from 6:00pm to 7:00pm, located at 1300 Broadway St NE #100, Salem. Come on out and enjoy the fine weather, and your favorite cl refreshment. /* * Sent from a syst

Re: [Ubuntu Oregon] Ubuntu meeting.

2015-11-03 Thread Phil N
Yeah, not a big fan of the Meetup spam. Your post on the LoCo looks great! Nicely done. Thanks for supporting Ubuntu. ciao for now Phil.N /* * Sent from a system running Ubuntu * */ On Sun, Nov 1, 2015 at 10:24 PM, Che

Re: [Ubuntu Oregon] Ubuntu meeting.

2015-11-01 Thread Che Dean
Thanks for the advice Phil N, I just put our second meeting up on the Oregon Loco Team site: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-us-or/3247-corvallis-ubuntu-hour/ Yeah, Meetup is cool but if it's going to get very expensive them we'll have to give it a miss. Who knows, we might have our own versio

Re: [Ubuntu Oregon] Ubuntu meeting.

2015-10-26 Thread Phil N
Che, Great to hear your Ubuntu meeting went well, and glad to see your having a LoCo Ubuntu hour in your area. Speaking from past experience (VP of Salem Macintosh Users Group, and co-founder of Microportal - the electronics club) we've had our biggest turnouts during November meetings, I don't k

Re: [Ubuntu Oregon] Ubuntu meeting.

2015-10-25 Thread Che Dean
So we had our first Corvallis meet up, it was quiet as expected being our first one and a last minute thing but it was a lot of fun. Even though most people didn't come up to us I suspect they were googling "Ubuntu" when they got home, they couldn't have missed our display. :-) From here on out we'

Re: [Ubuntu Oregon] Ubuntu meeting.

2015-10-20 Thread Che Dean
Thanks Phil N, glad to help out. The "Ubuntu Blitz Campaign..." is a great idea especially for the LTS release. I'm looking for flyers to print out to save time, we have a few Ubuntu ones in mind but does anyone know where we can find up to date system76 and zareason flyers? On Mon, 19 Oct 2015 a

Re: [Ubuntu Oregon] Ubuntu meeting.

2015-10-19 Thread Phil N
Wow - Che's Ubuntu event is listed on Corvallis's events calendar page, and everything... WTG Che, and nicely written too. Unfortunately some VIPs are flying in from San Jose, so I'll have to miss this Thursday's event, as I'll be out all day. Wishing you all the best, on creating a new LoCo Ubun

Re: [Ubuntu Oregon] Ubuntu meeting.

2015-10-19 Thread Che Dean
We got a mention on Visit Corvallis: http://visitcorvallis.com/event/ubuntu-15-10-corvallis-release-party/?instance_id=7949&utm_content=bufferd0eb3&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer On Sun, 11 Oct 2015 at 18:55 Che Dean wrote: > Thanks for the advice guys. :-) We plan

Re: [Ubuntu Oregon] Ubuntu meeting.

2015-10-11 Thread Che Dean
Thanks for the advice guys. :-) We plan on a once a month get together at the Old World Deli. They have decent wifi and they never get over crowded, normally pretty quiet. The initial meetup for this months launch will be in the afternoon but we'll probably switch it to between 5pm and 7.30pm on a

Re: [Ubuntu Oregon] Ubuntu meeting.

2015-10-11 Thread Phillip N
Che, I concur with what Cody said; Here in Salem we have been staying at around 3 people pre meeting, with a few visitors who temporary attend to get a problem or two solved. Stay vigilant, because people will eventually show up. Some things we found that work here in Salem are: * Small flyer (

Re: [Ubuntu Oregon] Ubuntu meeting.

2015-10-10 Thread Cody Smith
Che, the Salem Ubuntu Hour has been staying steady at about 3 people per meeting, peaked at 4-5, there's a core group (Me, Phil and jvlb) and occasionally we get others, and there's someone else who occasionally visits that Phill will remember the name where I don't. it used to be just me and jvlb,

Re: [Ubuntu Oregon] Ubuntu meeting.

2015-10-09 Thread Che Dean
Weekends would suit us better also, this initial meeting was only to coincide with the release day. Krita is a great idea, I wil be sure to include it. On Fri, 9 Oct 2015 at 23:00 Scarlett Clark wrote: > Please consider Krita https://krita.org/ > > It is our (KDE) sparkling gem. Is is in archive

Re: [Ubuntu Oregon] Ubuntu meeting.

2015-10-09 Thread Scarlett Clark
Please consider Krita https://krita.org/ It is our (KDE) sparkling gem. Is is in archive so any *ubuntu flavor can install it. Cheers, Scarlett Also FWIW I think a weekend meeting of sorts would be awesome, I don't mind a bit of travel but weekdays are hard. On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 10:30 PM, Che

Re: [Ubuntu Oregon] Ubuntu meeting.

2015-10-09 Thread Che Dean
It will be fun. We'll bring the System76 Darter running Ubuntu 14.04.03 LTS, it's a couple of years old but it's still high end, i7, 16GB RAM, 500GB SSD, touch screen and also an ASUS 1011PX 2 GB RAM Netbook to show off how well Ubuntu Mate runs on older hardware. I'll install Darktable and RawTher

Re: [Ubuntu Oregon] Ubuntu meeting.

2015-10-09 Thread Walter Lapchynski
Well, we all have to start somewhere. The best thing you can do is encourage everyone you can find to come. Like, whether or not they care about computers, Linux, or Ubuntu! Perhaps plan on tackling a particular problem that could be applicable to lots of folks, like dealing with common filetypes (

Re: [Ubuntu Oregon] Ubuntu meeting.

2015-10-09 Thread Che Dean
More than likely it will end up as it normally does, just me and Linda but who knows. We'll have fun either way. :-) On Fri, 9 Oct 2015 at 21:14 Walter Lapchynski wrote: > Can't wait to hear the story/see pictures on how this went. Thanks to Che > for his hard work and for having the forethought

Re: [Ubuntu Oregon] Ubuntu meeting.

2015-10-09 Thread Walter Lapchynski
Can't wait to hear the story/see pictures on how this went. Thanks to Che for his hard work and for having the forethought to get it on the [LoCo event pages][1] [1]: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-us-or/3231-ubuntu-1510-corvallis-release-party/ On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 1:28 PM, Phillip N

Re: [Ubuntu Oregon] Ubuntu meeting.

2015-10-08 Thread Phillip N
This week I've got family from out of town over, so can't make it this Saturday (15.10). Wishing you all the best, and happy "compiling" over at Old World Deli. Ciao for now Phil. N /*** * Sent from my Commodore 64 * ***/ On W

Re: [Ubuntu Oregon] Ubuntu meeting.

2015-10-07 Thread Che Dean
I'll arrange a future monthly meet up at a later time, maybe 5pm to 7:30pm or something like that and at the beginning of each month. This was just a last minute throw together to try and get something started. :-) On Wed, 7 Oct 2015 at 21:17 Cody Smith wrote: > sadly, when that starts I'll just

Re: [Ubuntu Oregon] Ubuntu meeting.

2015-10-07 Thread Cody Smith
sadly, when that starts I'll just be getting off work. but enjoy it nonetheless! if there happens to be a meetup on a weekend in the future, I might be able to make it. --c_smith On Wed, Oct 7, 2015 at 4:38 PM, Che Dean wrote: > Hi all, > > Hope you're all enjoying the very pleasant autumn/fall

Re: [Ubuntu Oregon] Ubuntu meeting.

2015-10-07 Thread Che Dean
Hi all, Hope you're all enjoying the very pleasant autumn/fall we're having. I'm putting together a meet up page on groupspaces.com for the Corvallis/Benton county area. S0rceress0 and myself are planning the first get together at the Old World Deli here in Corvallis for the release of Ubuntu 15.1

Re: [Ubuntu Oregon] Ubuntu meeting.

2015-10-02 Thread Cody Smith
Again, I'll definitely be there. Got the bus system down to where I can make it home with at least an hour to spare. (or 2 in today's case). I'll have a couple of neat things to show off (one of them is a project I started yesterday) --c_smith On Fri, Oct 2, 2015 at 2:35 PM, Phillip N wrote: >

[Ubuntu Oregon] Ubuntu meeting.

2015-10-02 Thread Phillip N
This Friday (today), is time to get-out and about while the weather is still good. By attending this evenings Ubuntu hour. Festivities will begin at 6:00pm to 7:00pm located downstairs at Broadway Coffeehouse, 1300 Broadway St NE #100, Salem, OR. JVLB - sends his regards, as he won't be able to a