Geoffrey, How did this go?
Grant On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 8:40 PM, Geoffrey Thomas <ubu...@ldpreload.com> wrote: > I know I'm not going to be the only person in the Bay Area who's going to > take Tuesday and Wednesday mornings off work to pay full attention to this > UDS. Would other people in the area be interested in meeting up in person > for this? It won't be as good as being able to run into everyone at UDS in > person, but it would be fun to chat with some people nonetheless. > > Depending on how many folks get back to me, I'll try to find some place > where we can fit everyone. Let me know what would be convenient to you (I > would default to SF proper, personally) -- and also if you know somewhere > that might host. > > -- > Geoffrey Thomas > http://ldpreload.com > geo...@ldpreload.com > > On Tue, 26 Feb 2013, Elizabeth Krumbach wrote: > >> Hi folks, >> >> This news just came through this morning, they're moving UDS to an >> online format which will take place every 3 months. >> >> Most notably for the team though: "This online event will replace >> future physical UDSs, including the event originally planned in >> Oakland, California in May 2013." >> >> So unfortunately no UDS in Oakland! >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Jono Bacon <j...@ubuntu.com> >> Date: Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 10:29 AM >> Subject: Ubuntu Developer Summits Now Online and Every Three Months >> To: community-annou...@lists.ubuntu.com >> >> >> Hi All, >> >> From the beginning of the Ubuntu project the Ubuntu community has >> discussed, designed, and planned each release of Ubuntu at the <a >> href="http://uds.ubuntu.com/";>Ubuntu Developer Summit</a> (UDS), which >> happens every six months at the beginning of a new release cycle. >> >> The event, organized and funded by Canonical, is designed to get the >> brightest minds in the Ubuntu community together and develop a >> rigorous set of blueprints and work items for the forthcoming release >> of Ubuntu. These blueprints are tracked openly in >> https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/ and work items tracked openly >> at http://status.ubuntu.com. >> >> UDS has had a long culture of openness and transparency, including >> remote participation features, but Canonical wants to continue >> improving and refining the openness and accessibility of the event. >> Furthermore, we also want to open the opportunity for those to >> participate who cannot travel physically to the event, particularly >> those who can bring specialist experience and expertise across the >> convergent goals of Ubuntu across the client and cloud orchestration >> in the server. Finally with the change and evolution of Ubuntu and the >> increasing diversity of experience joining the Ubuntu community, we >> want to be able to have community-wide discussions more often than >> every six months. >> >> With these goals in mind the Ubuntu Developer Summit is transitioning >> over to an online event that takes place for two days every three >> months, and driven by live video discussion sessions, complete with >> integrated discussion, note-taking, and harnessing social media. This >> online event will replace future physical UDSs, including the event >> originally planned in Oakland, California in May 2013. >> >> In the new online format the event will make extensive use of Google+ >> Hangouts On Air split across four channels, Client, Server & Cloud, >> Community, and App Developers, with each channel having two video >> streams totalling 8 potential concurrent UDS topics. UDS sessions will >> be spread across these channels with integrated IRC, Etherpad, Social >> Media sharing, and links to blueprints and specs. >> >> As with the physical UDS, the event will also include keynotes, >> plenary sessions and lightning talks; providing a great online venue >> for planning the future of Ubuntu as well as delivering news, >> education, demos and other related material. As with the physical UDS, >> the new online format is open to all to participate as a contributor >> or viewer, and we are confident that the online format will open up >> UDS to more and more people around the world. >> >> The new format of UDS provides an enhanced level of openness and >> transparency that is optimized for online participants. Unlike the >> physical UDS where a portion of the agenda is recorded in video form, >> *every* session in the new UDS format will be recorded and available >> from the schedule. Likewise, with the format of the event being >> online, the audio and video quality of the online experience should be >> much improved compared to recording a physical room of people with a >> single microphone and camera and variable sound levels. The full set >> of recordings will also make reviewing past sessions easier and make >> it easier for the press, enthusiasts, partners and others to review >> the details of the discussions. >> >> The event will continue to be scheduled at http://summit.ubuntu.com >> and due to the lighter nature of organizing an online event as opposed >> to a physical event, the new UDS format will be scheduled >> approximately every three months (as opposed to every six months). >> This will provide an increased level of participation and discussion >> around how we create and build Ubuntu across the desktop, devices and >> cloud. >> >> With the fantastic level of interest in the recent phone and tablet >> announcements, we decided that we couldn’t wait until May to run this >> new format for UDS, so the first online UDS will be taking place next >> week from 5th - 6th March 2013 from 4pm UTC - 10pm UTC and the next >> event will take place around the same time as the originally scheduled >> physical UDS in Oakland; we will confirm the dates soon. Canonical >> will review the success of the next two online events and then then >> assess whether to continue the online format. We look forward to >> seeing you at the inaugural online UDS next week! >> >> Thanks! >> >> Jono >> >> -- >> Jono Bacon >> Ubuntu Community Manager >> www.ubuntu.com / www.jonobacon.org >> www.identi.ca/jonobacon www.twitter.com/jonobacon >> -- >> Community-announce mailing list >> community-annou...@lists.ubuntu.com >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/community-announce >> >> >> >> -- >> 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 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 mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
