Re: [Ubuntu-be] Ubuntu life in Belgium

2014-05-06 Thread Alain Baudrez
Hey, It is a no-go for me due to my health condition -- ubuntu-be mailing list / mailto:ubuntu-be@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-be

Re: [Ubuntu-be] Ubuntu life in Belgium

2014-05-02 Thread tom verlinden
Bill's proposal looks mighty fine to me. I'll get my thinking cap on and see what i an come up with. Anybody having a problem with bill's proposal? Op 2 mei 2014 06:36 schreef Jurgen Gaeremyn jurgen.gaere...@pandora.be: I think any of the hackerspaces will be willing to accomodate... people

Re: [Ubuntu-be] Ubuntu life in Belgium

2014-05-02 Thread Luc Rulkin
Goede middag . Een klein vraagje , van iemand die een paar jaar terug al een vraag stelde op t forum , zonder antwoord ..  zeggen jullie nu : wij zijn op stervens na dood ... ga naar Ubuntu.nl of Ubuntu.fr ?.   Is er een franstalige kant van ubuntu.be ?  Anders ga ik daar eens vragen wat ik

Re: [Ubuntu-be] Ubuntu life in Belgium

2014-05-01 Thread Jurgen Gaeremyn
Yeps, I'm one of those goodbye and good luck people. I was on the camp for a more structured Ubuntu-be for a long time, but painfully discovered that we were with too little dedicated people and/or too big plans. I am now in the camp of local groups do great things and Ubuntu-be is actually

Re: [Ubuntu-be] Ubuntu life in Belgium

2014-05-01 Thread tom verlinden
I don't know about organizing a funeral just yet. Maybe ubuntu.be could be a commonplace for those using and or discovering ubuntu but more in a fun sort of way. Don't know if i'm saying this right, but i think you get the picture. There doesn't need to be a central person or spokesman imho. Makes

Re: [Ubuntu-be] Ubuntu life in Belgium

2014-05-01 Thread Jurgen Gaeremyn
Tom, the strongest periods of Ubuntu-be were when one single person actually kept his shoulders under the project. In the past we had a few of these people. Thing is: ubuntu-be.org should set clear expectations: what (not) to expect: a spokesman, the official stance of Ubuntu on whatever

Re: [Ubuntu-be] Ubuntu life in Belgium

2014-05-01 Thread tom verlinden
Thanks for your info on this. I've always thought that this certain somebody should comprise out of more than one person. One person can't take this on his or her shoulders. There's too much, from what i'm reading, for one person to do and be succesfull about it. There should be a team of

Re: [Ubuntu-be] Ubuntu life in Belgium

2014-05-01 Thread Jurgen Gaeremyn
Hey Tom, go ahead - organise it. :) I failed. Better luck to you. I'll be glad to do my part. Grtz, Jurgen. On 01-05-14 12:39, tom verlinden wrote: Thanks for your info on this. I've always thought that this certain somebody should comprise out of more than one person. One person can't

Re: [Ubuntu-be] Ubuntu life in Belgium

2014-05-01 Thread tom verlinden
Jurgen, Thx for your support. I'd like to hear from Bill too, and learn about his vision. We'll see where we will end up. (Hopefully somewhere nice. ;-) Bill, the floor is yours Op 1 mei 2014 13:04 schreef Jurgen Gaeremyn jurgen.gaere...@pandora.be: Hey Tom, go ahead - organise it. :) I

Re: [Ubuntu-be] Ubuntu life in Belgium

2014-05-01 Thread Michel Daggelinckx
veel leven is er inderdaad nimmeer Michel op 05/01/2014 07:49 AM, kawabill schreef: Tom, we're the only two responding this way. It can mean two things, we're both on an island, or indeed all other Ubuntu enthusiasts have said 'goodbye and good luck'. /*Ubuntu*//(///

Re: [Ubuntu-be] Ubuntu life in Belgium

2014-05-01 Thread Alain Baudrez
Sinds het wegvallen van de diprobeurs hier in Brugge heb ik zelf geen contact meer met andere Ubunteros in het Brugse. Vraag is, of een IRL samenkomst nog veel mensen aanspreekt of dat ze liever alles online doen. In dat laatste geval zou er iets moeten gedaan worden om onze website wat

Re: [Ubuntu-be] Ubuntu life in Belgium

2014-05-01 Thread Merlijn Sebrechts
# My thoughts I have never known the better times, since I joined this mailinglist only a few months ago. I do see reports from other loco teams around the world and they seem to be way more active than us. I personally find it very sad that* there isn't an ubuntu-be booth on fosdem*. I think

Re: [Ubuntu-be] Ubuntu life in Belgium

2014-05-01 Thread Jurgen Gaeremyn
Hey Merlijn... I'll be replying in your mail... On 01-05-14 16:57, Merlijn Sebrechts wrote: # My thoughts I have never known the better times, since I joined this mailinglist only a few months ago. I do see reports from other loco teams around the world and they seem to be way more active

Re: [Ubuntu-be] Ubuntu life in Belgium

2014-05-01 Thread tom verlinden
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 # MY *ANSWERS* TO YOU 1) Do you want to help set up a booth at fosdem 2015? I'd like to be a part of that, since i've never done that before. (Always on the lookout for new experiences) Since this year, I stepped into the FOSDEM volunteers

Re: [Ubuntu-be] Ubuntu life in Belgium

2014-05-01 Thread Jurgen Gaeremyn
Hi Jan, come to think of it... maybe the easiest would be to just create a *new* bank account, and start with that one... I think we can get some donations quickly. If Marc then transfers the existing funds to the new account, it might just be easier than doing the transfer. If we do this all

Re: [Ubuntu-be] Ubuntu life in Belgium

2014-05-01 Thread Frank Neirynck
wel mijn steentje bijdragen. rank -Oorspronkelijke bericht- Van: Alain Baudrez a.baud...@gmail.com Reply-to: Ubuntu Belgium ubuntu-be@lists.ubuntu.com Aan: Ubuntu Belgium ubuntu-be@lists.ubuntu.com Onderwerp: Re: [Ubuntu-be] Ubuntu life in Belgium Datum: Thu, 1 May 2014 15:25:45 +0200

Re: [Ubuntu-be] Ubuntu life in Belgium

2014-05-01 Thread kawabill
Hey I'm not alone on the island! :) Tom, you're right I think and I agree. It is not somebody we need, it is us. Also Juergen's proposal for having Ubuntu-be.org and setting clear expectations I agree with, this way we can prevent disappointment from and by others. Carrying Ubuntu-be to

Re: [Ubuntu-be] Ubuntu life in Belgium

2014-05-01 Thread Merlijn Sebrechts
aa) I can help with the website. I now a tiny bit of Drupal. If somebody can give me the right credentials, I could take a look at it next week. Mike Morraye knows more about the website, I think. cc) same as aa) ee) I think Google Hangouts is the best free option. If somebody has a sip server, we

Re: [Ubuntu-be] Ubuntu life in Belgium

2014-05-01 Thread Jan Bongaerts
Real life meeting should still take preference over virtual meeting, if you ask me. It's not all that hard to organise. Jurgen did it, I did it. They were all successful. Just get to somewhere easily accessible by public transport. Brussels is the best. Antwerp or Ghent might be a good option.

Re: [Ubuntu-be] Ubuntu life in Belgium

2014-05-01 Thread Jurgen Gaeremyn
I think any of the hackerspaces will be willing to accomodate... people living near train stations on our group might too... Possibly I can't be available myself (wife is pregnant and due for June 4th) but I'm pretty sure Hackerspace Brussels (hackerspace.be) would be glad to offer you a

Re: [Ubuntu-be] Ubuntu life in Belgium

2014-04-30 Thread tom verlinden
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hey Bill, that's exactly what i'm thinking for quit some time now. It seems to me that there are people who are willing (me, for instance), but that there are other constraints at play. Work, family, reduced interrest, other...holding people back. I

Re: [Ubuntu-be] Ubuntu life in Belgium

2014-04-30 Thread kawabill
Tom, we're the only two responding this way. It can mean two things, we're both on an island, or indeed all other Ubuntu enthusiasts have said 'goodbye and good luck'. /*Ubuntu*//(/// https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_Englishu? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key?

[Ubuntu-be] Ubuntu life in Belgium

2014-04-29 Thread kawabill
What triggered me was a mail I got from someone in the community, stating that he rather spent his time otherwise, declining an invitation I had sent him. No problem of course, but it took me to the following page; https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BelgianTeam/IrcMeetings No activities are visible for