Re: [ubuntu-us] US Teams Board (and seeking new mentors)

2009-04-24 Thread dan
On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 8:08 PM, Elizabeth Krumbach wrote: > Due to expected changes in involvement ability, Jon Reagan and Aaron > Toponce have stepped down from the USTeams board. At our last meeting > we went ahead and promoted our Mentors Dan Trevino and John Crawford > to the board. > > Board

[ubuntu-us] Meeting Minutes from Apr 21

2009-04-24 Thread Elizabeth Krumbach
The meeting minutes and log have been posted up on the wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/USTeams/Meetings/Minutes/2009-04-21 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/USTeams/Meetings/IRCLogs/2009-04-21 Our next meeting is on May 5, 2009 @ 8PM Eastern -- Elizabeth Krumbach // Lyz // pleia2 http://www.princessleia.c

[ubuntu-us] US Teams Board (and seeking new mentors)

2009-04-24 Thread Elizabeth Krumbach
Due to expected changes in involvement ability, Jon Reagan and Aaron Toponce have stepped down from the USTeams board. At our last meeting we went ahead and promoted our Mentors Dan Trevino and John Crawford to the board. Board members are responsible for reviewing new potential mentors, working m

Re: [ubuntu-us] New Website for the US LoCo Teams

2009-04-24 Thread Elizabeth Krumbach
Thanks for your input, Joe! On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 7:12 PM, Joe Terranova wrote: > You took away my map :( the purpose of the map was so that it took one > click to get to your state loco. Now you have to find the link to the > state map, then hunt for your state. I set it up that way because th

Re: [ubuntu-us] New Website for the US LoCo Teams

2009-04-24 Thread Grant Bowman
Joe, the map (for one click to get to locos) and analytics sound like useful things to me. -- -- Grant Bowman On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 4:12 PM, Joe Terranova wrote: > You took away my map :( the purpose of the map was so that it took one > click to get to your

Re: [ubuntu-us] New Website for the US LoCo Teams

2009-04-24 Thread Martin Owens
Is the US LoCo an organisation that's been incorporated? Because I'm not sure it's right to call the LoCo an organisation unless it has. Regards, Martin On Fri, 2009-04-24 at 14:42 -0700, John Crawford wrote: > The Ubuntu US LoCo Teams went live with a new website today. The idea > was to presen

Re: [ubuntu-us] New Website for the US LoCo Teams

2009-04-24 Thread Joe Terranova
On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 5:42 PM, John Crawford wrote: > The Ubuntu US LoCo Teams went live with a new website today. The idea > was to present more links and resources in one place for the US LoCo > community to have access to. Please drop by the site and look it over, > and let us know your thoug

[ubuntu-us] New Website for the US LoCo Teams

2009-04-24 Thread John Crawford
The Ubuntu US LoCo Teams went live with a new website today. The idea was to present more links and resources in one place for the US LoCo community to have access to. Please drop by the site and look it over, and let us know your thoughts on it. We hope everyone is as enthusiastic about it as

Re: [ubuntu-us] Ubuntu Gaming Team

2009-04-24 Thread Danny Piccirillo
On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 09:02, Scott Kitterman wrote: > Top posting fixed. Ugh. > > On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 08:40, Scott Kitterman > > wrote: > > > >> First, apologies for the off topic cross-posting to many lists, but it > >> was > >> really hard for me to tell which one to drop. > >> > >> > I

Re: [ubuntu-us] Ubuntu Gaming Team

2009-04-24 Thread Danny Piccirillo
Could a solution be to simply link to Debian/Ubuntu games team for packaging? It may have caused a tiny bit of confusion with the announcement, but i really don't foresee any other confusion. If it becomes a problem then it'll definitely be worth changing, but i don't think it will be. thanks, .da

Re: [ubuntu-us] [ubuntu-marketing] Ubuntu Gaming Team

2009-04-24 Thread Danny Piccirillo
In response to Oli, isn't your first argument like comparing Windows to Ubuntu? Maybe Ubuntu is a little bit ahead compared to FOSS gaming versus proprietary games, but that's what this team was set up to change. We understand the arguments for porting commercial games to Linux, and don't deny that

Re: [ubuntu-us] Ubuntu Gaming Team

2009-04-24 Thread Danny Piccirillo
Instead of thinking of this as working "at a distro level", think of it as simply organizing around the well established ubuntu community. On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 04:41, Caroline Ford < caroline.ford.w...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Improving FOSS games at a distro level? Why not just participate up

[ubuntu-us] Ubuntu Gaming Team

2009-04-24 Thread Danny Piccirillo
In recognition of the value of FOSS gaming, the Ubuntu Gaming Team has been formed of mutual benefit to Ubuntu and FOSS gaming. As of today, the team is now open for anyone to join and participate in. Working towards improving FOSS games and developing its community will turn a significant barrier