Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Bay Area: Ubuntu Tables at Picn*x 19 - The Linux 19th Anniversary Picnic August 21, 2010
On Sun, Aug 1, 2010 at 1:22 PM, Elizabeth Krumbach l...@ubuntu.com wrote: It's August already! And for folks in the Bay Area that means it's time to get ready for the annual Linux Picnic! In it's 19th year, it'll be held on Saturday, August 21st at Sunnyvale Baylands Park, details can be found here: http://www.linuxpicnic.org/twiki/bin/view/Picnix19/ Grant Bowman has been working with the organizational volunteers and has secured two tables at the picnic for us hang out at and show off Ubuntu, we'll be at tables 3H 3I, as seen on the layout map: http://www.linuxpicnic.org/twiki/bin/view/Picnix19/Picnx19TableLayout I've gone ahead and created a wiki page for our planning so feel free to update it and if you're interested in volunteering to help please let me know or sign up there: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam/Projects/Picnix19 Only one week away! I've gone ahead and updated the wiki page for other things that folks are bringing for our Ubuntu California table. If you're interested in bringing anything, please update the wiki page soon or let me know. I've also created a loco directory event where you can sign up to volunteer for our table: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/team/273/detail/ Note: You must also sign up for the picnic itself, so the Linux Picnic folks can print you a name tag... and more importantly give you food! Sign up here if you're attending: http://www.linuxpicnic.org/guests/rsvp.pl -- Elizabeth Krumbach // Lyz // pleia2 http://www.princessleia.com -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
[Ubuntu-US-CA] San Diego Ubuntu Hour! All Interested San Diegans Ping Me Back!
Hey all, I'm looking into get a San Diego Ubuntu Hour going around the greater San Diego area! I'm thinking that we do this 'coffee house coder' style. We had similar events back in Michigan that seemed to always work out well. If you are in San Diego, and would be willing to meet once a month for an Ubuntu Hour, PLEASE EMAIL ME BACK! :) We need to get about half a 3-6 'core' people that would come every month. Why? 1. Getting a new open source pet project going 2. Getting involved in an existing OSS project 3. Getting started doing technical/translation/bug/community/documentation work for Ubuntu 4. Technical networking in meatspace! 5. Answering technical questions for people who are having trouble installing/configuring Ubuntu Where? I'm new to the area, so I'm scouting out decent coffee shops where the management would be open to this type of deal. I'm thinking a good place to meet would be the downtown area. When? I'm thinking once a month would probably be a good frequency at which to meet. Probably a Mon/Tues/Wed night after the workday would be a decent day to meet. (Doesn't interfere with social schedules as much) How? I have a few ideas to drum up interest, including fliers around downtown and the college campuses This plan is still in its infancy, suggestions/advice is always welcome. Cheers, Kevin DuBois kdub...@gmail.com -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] San Diego Ubuntu Hour! All Interested San Diegans Ping Me Back!
Kevin, I'm interested. My only constraints are that I live in north Escondido and am very busy. But I'd love to see something for Ubuntu start up. You might consider contacting the local San Diego Barcamp site ( http://www.barcampsd.org/) as well and seeing if there are interested people there. Barcamp has weekends twice a year and several of them tend to be Linux oriented... Bruce On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 6:34 PM, Kevin DuBois kdub...@gmail.com wrote: Hey all, I'm looking into get a San Diego Ubuntu Hour going around the greater San Diego area! I'm thinking that we do this 'coffee house coder' style. We had similar events back in Michigan that seemed to always work out well. If you are in San Diego, and would be willing to meet once a month for an Ubuntu Hour, PLEASE EMAIL ME BACK! :) We need to get about half a 3-6 'core' people that would come every month. Why? 1. Getting a new open source pet project going 2. Getting involved in an existing OSS project 3. Getting started doing technical/translation/bug/community/documentation work for Ubuntu 4. Technical networking in meatspace! 5. Answering technical questions for people who are having trouble installing/configuring Ubuntu Where? I'm new to the area, so I'm scouting out decent coffee shops where the management would be open to this type of deal. I'm thinking a good place to meet would be the downtown area. When? I'm thinking once a month would probably be a good frequency at which to meet. Probably a Mon/Tues/Wed night after the workday would be a decent day to meet. (Doesn't interfere with social schedules as much) How? I have a few ideas to drum up interest, including fliers around downtown and the college campuses This plan is still in its infancy, suggestions/advice is always welcome. Cheers, Kevin DuBois kdub...@gmail.com -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca -- Bruce Mohler - Software guy... Of course my password is the same as my pet's name. My dog's name is ull7cks, but I change it every 90 days. -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] San Diego Ubuntu Hour! All Interested San Diegans Ping Me Back!
Kevin, this is a great idea - San Diego is a great area to do this. I hope you find a good suitable location, this is always the challenge for organizing Linux events. I live too far North to consider driving out for weeknight-type schedules (two hours drive, one-way, for a two-hour meet is hard to figure ) For the same reason I haven't been able to make the Ubuntu night in O.C, and also the reason why we might have to make one for the Inland Empire :) Regarding Bruce's comments on Barcamp, I'd really make the opposite recommendation. Barcamp is not Linux, it's not Ubuntu Linux, it's not open-source, it's not even actually about computing... barcamp is only about whatever barcamp is about. It's an un-conference. Here's the general impression (my OPINION only, your mileage may vary...) You go, you network, meet other individuals, look to generate some common interest for a meeting time slot (you'll see sticky notes on a wall next to time slots) so let's say you go and want to talk about Ubuntu Linux for 1 hour and you've found 4 or 5 other people who will do this too. So you write your name down on the sticky note for that time. Lets say then that there are 15 more people that want to talk about some ASP.Net program they want to sell for tracking your SEO stats. They can just walk over and put their sticky note on your time slot. Nobody cares. Nobody is in charge. It's an unconference. Additional concerns: - barcamp is loud, random, hectic... not the kind of place you could accomplish items #3 or #5 in your list below - as they need a quiet/dedicated environment where people can work on their laptops, etc. - Barcamp is supposedly by definition, a free event for everyone, but you end up seeing all the requests for (and prominently placed webbanners for) corporate sponsorship. Do you want to hold an Ubuntu event at a camp that is sponsored by Microsoft. I don't. (I don't believe the Ubuntu policies, in general, are open to corporate sponsorship/logos of even burning CD's, etc.) - A barcamp event may be lacking in proper network security. While you also don't know much about the setup (DSL connection, firewall settings or lack thereof, or Wi-Fi security settings) you find at a coffee house... at least the network was installed/paid/maintained through the efforts of the proprietor that you are supporting (and you should ask them basic questions about use of the wireless network if they allow your meeting there.) With any barcamp event, the network has to be established by someone who is an organizer or volunteer of the barcamp. I personally find this to be a security problem. At an event like Defcon I expect people to be probing laptops, capturing packets, etc. at a Linux-focused event where you are wanting to help people new to Ubuntu Linux, you want to know that nothing malicious is going on when you're helping them setup their PPA or something. Where is a barcamp network security on the scale between the friendly meetup you proposed and something like Defcon. Well, you don't know - and you won't. It's a relevant question to ask. OK - i've made my points. :) take them with a grain of salt, use as you wish. Best of luck with organizing an event. I hope you find San Diego a great place to start a Ubuntu Hour. I may try to make it to the OC one, or this one someday, (if it's not at a Barcamp of course) Thanks, David On 8/15/2010, Bruce Mohler brucemoh...@gmail.com wrote: Kevin, I'm interested. My only constraints are that I live in north Escondido and am very busy. But I'd love to see something for Ubuntu start up. You might consider contacting the local San Diego Barcamp site ( http://www.barcampsd.org/) as well and seeing if there are interested people there. Barcamp has weekends twice a year and several of them tend to be Linux oriented... Bruce On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 6:34 PM, Kevin DuBois kdub...@gmail.com wrote: Hey all, I'm looking into get a San Diego Ubuntu Hour going around the greater San Diego area! I'm thinking that we do this 'coffee house coder' style. We had similar events back in Michigan that seemed to always work out well. If you are in San Diego, and would be willing to meet once a month for an Ubuntu Hour, PLEASE EMAIL ME BACK! :) We need to get about half a 3-6 'core' people that would come every month. Why? 1. Getting a new open source pet project going 2. Getting involved in an existing OSS project 3. Getting started doing technical/translation/bug/community/documentation work for Ubuntu 4. Technical networking in meatspace! 5. Answering technical questions for people who are having trouble installing/configuring Ubuntu Where? I'm new to the area, so I'm scouting out decent coffee shops where the management would be open to this type of deal. I'm thinking a good place to meet would be the downtown area. When? I'm thinking once a month would probably be a good frequency at which to meet. Probably a Mon/Tues/Wed
Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] San Diego Ubuntu Hour! All Interested San Diegans Ping Me Back!
On 08/14/2010 09:23 PM, David Kaiser wrote: Regarding Bruce's comments on Barcamp, I'd really make the opposite recommendation. Well, good suggestions but Bruce's suggestion about BarCamp was that it might be a good way to get in touch with people who had experience with get-togethers or interest in Ubuntu and in that limited scope I don't think it's bad advice. :) I think it'll be good to have another Ubuntu Hour in San Diego and I hope others will put some together as well. I know I'll definitely try to make it to a San Diego UH if it's at all possible with the commute. -- Nathan Haines Ubuntu California Local Community Team -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] San Diego Ubuntu Hour! All Interested San Diegans Ping Me Back!
Hi Nathan, I actually do agree with that premise too - advocacy of Ubuntu Linux in a larger forum, so to speak. There could be many forums (Barcamp included) which could be considered candidates for that, and some good potential places for personal networking with techie types. I know my last e-mail was getting long and I wasn't trying to start debate - but I do think your comments are correct and I definitely should have stated that premise in my original response. I should have also added one other negative point to my last e-mail- a member of our LUG registered for the last Barcamp in San Diego, drove down there, only to be refused admittance because one of the organizers has a personal grievance with him. It just reinforced, to me at least, about what is wrong about Barcamp and it's lacking of structure and organization. I still recommend to Kevin to startup a real Ubuntu Hour... :) Thanks, David By the way Nathan, I may be able to make it to the August 26th Ubuntu Hour in Lake Forest - just curious - do you ever go over the (1) hour ? I'm going to be headed somewhere near there around 8pm so I might stay longer (2 hrs) as Panera Bread is open. On 08/14/2010 09:45 PM, Nathan Haines wrote: On 08/14/2010 09:23 PM, David Kaiser wrote: Regarding Bruce's comments on Barcamp, I'd really make the opposite recommendation. Well, good suggestions but Bruce's suggestion about BarCamp was that it might be a good way to get in touch with people who had experience with get-togethers or interest in Ubuntu and in that limited scope I don't think it's bad advice. :) I think it'll be good to have another Ubuntu Hour in San Diego and I hope others will put some together as well. I know I'll definitely try to make it to a San Diego UH if it's at all possible with the commute. -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
