From: Rob Beard [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2007/11/01 Thu PM 06:38:20 GMT
To: British Ubuntu Talk ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] UbuCon UK Ideas
Tony Arnold wrote:
On the location, my feeling is that if you run it in London people in
the far north of the country
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Sent: 01 November 2007 18:38
To: British Ubuntu Talk
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] UbuCon UK Ideas
Tony Arnold wrote:
On the location, my feeling is that if you run it in London people in
the far north of the country may miss out because
I think one of the problems here is that we seem to have a
disproportionate number of Southerners/Londoners to everywhere else in
the country. Thus people are always going to be biased and say -
London is the best place to do this ;-)
One of the major problems with London however, is the expense
whoa whoa whoa everyone cool it! Deciding on location is waaay too
ahead of the game here!
We need to figure out a few things first:
1) Is it *actually* pheasable?
2) How many people do we expect to turn up?
3) Where are the people likely to turn up coming from?
4) How are we going to finance
Or we could have a better one just for scots!!! Lol.
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Sent: 30 October 2007 01:36
To: British Ubuntu Talk
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] UbuCon UK Ideas
On 29/10/2007, John Levin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote
On 30/10/2007, Matthew Larsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
We need to figure out a few things first:
1) Is it *actually* pheasable?
This requires a location? Will we be getting a free hosting place, will the
closest ammeanities provide us with cheep sponsorship (if we are doing
that).
2) How
On 30/10/2007, Andrew Barber [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 30/10/2007, Matthew Larsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
We need to figure out a few things first:
1) Is it *actually* pheasable?
This requires a location? Will we be getting a free hosting place, will
the closest ammeanities
As you can see, location is quite crucial.
When did I say it wasnt? What I said is that there are more important
things to sort out first that will then influence the location
decision. Are we expecting 1000 people or 20? Members of the press /
public / just us / lugs? Are we expecting
I have *major* connections in Manchester, and may be able to sort out
something with the City Council IT people if this gets a bit firmer
(I'm not the Government liason with the Digital Challenge 10 group of
local authorities for nothing...)
I could also move some levers with Brum, but the
Pete Stean wrote:
I have *major* connections in Manchester, and may be able to sort out
something with the City Council IT people if this gets a bit firmer
(I'm not the Government liason with the Digital Challenge 10 group of
local authorities for nothing...)
I could also move some levers
Hi John,
On Mon, 2007-10-29 at 19:54 +, John Levin wrote:
As we've hit 12 people expressing interest in making an UbuCon UK
happen, I want to take the discussion of an UbuCon in the UK onward.
Yay. Thanks for taking the initiative on this John, it's a great idea
and I think we can come
If its Ubuntu UK, we shouldnt have it in the south of England, we should put
it in the north, Newcastle, or Edinburgh, Maybe Manchester at a push.
(Is it that subtle that im a northerner lol XD)
On 10/29/07, John Levin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi all,
As we've hit 12 people expressing
John,
John Levin wrote:
Tony Arnold wrote:
John,
John Levin wrote:
As we've hit 12 people expressing interest in making an UbuCon UK
happen, I want to take the discussion of an UbuCon in the UK onward.
The fundamentals: When? Where? Who? What?
And also how much? How do you see this
James,
James Grabham wrote:
If its Ubuntu UK, we shouldnt have it in the south of England, we should
put it in the north, Newcastle, or Edinburgh, Maybe Manchester at a push.
Us folks in Manchester think we are in the north too! Seriously it needs
to be somewhere in the middle really.
(Is it
On the location, my feeling is that if you run it in London people in
the far north of the country may miss out because of the travelling
time, so somewhere in the middle, I think would be better.
Regards,
Tony.
--
Agreed, Somewhere nice and central would be good. Birmingham seems
John,
John Levin wrote:
As we've hit 12 people expressing interest in making an UbuCon UK
happen, I want to take the discussion of an UbuCon in the UK onward.
The fundamentals: When? Where? Who? What?
And also how much? How do you see this working financially? With the
ideas below we will
Chris Rowson said the following on 29/10/07 23:13:
On the location, my feeling is that if you run it in London people in
the far north of the country may miss out because of the travelling
time, so somewhere in the middle, I think would be better.
Regards,
Tony.
--
Agreed, Somewhere
Tony Arnold wrote:
John,
John Levin wrote:
As we've hit 12 people expressing interest in making an UbuCon UK
happen, I want to take the discussion of an UbuCon in the UK onward.
The fundamentals: When? Where? Who? What?
And also how much? How do you see this working financially? With
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John,
John Levin wrote:
As we've hit 12 people expressing interest in making an UbuCon UK
happen, I want to take the discussion
** Tony Arnold [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2007-10-29 23:32]:
Chris Rowson wrote:
On the location, my feeling is that if you run it in London people in
the far north of the country may miss out because of the travelling
time, so somewhere in the middle, I think would be better.
Agreed,
Chris Rowson wrote:
On the location, my feeling is that if you run it in London people in
the far north of the country may miss out because of the travelling
time, so somewhere in the middle, I think would be better.
Regards,
Tony.
--
Agreed, Somewhere nice and central would be good.
Chris,
Chris Rowson wrote:
On the location, my feeling is that if you run it in London people in
the far north of the country may miss out because of the travelling
time, so somewhere in the middle, I think would be better.
Regards,
Tony.
--
Agreed, Somewhere nice and central would be
Chris Rowson said the following on 29/10/07 23:13:
On the location, my feeling is that if you run it in London people in
the far north of the country may miss out because of the travelling
time, so somewhere in the middle, I think would be better.
Regards,
Tony.
--
Agreed,
** Chris Rowson [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2007-10-29 23:18]:
On the location, my feeling is that if you run it in London people in
the far north of the country may miss out because of the travelling
time, so somewhere in the middle, I think would be better.
Agreed, Somewhere nice and central
On 29/10/2007, John Levin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi all,
As we've hit 12 people expressing interest in making an UbuCon UK
happen, I want to take the discussion of an UbuCon in the UK onward.
The fundamentals: When? Where? Who? What?
When? Sometime in Spring 2008, meaning March to May.
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