Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] User Group Link

2009-07-14 Thread Bill Kendrick
On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 09:34:09PM -0700, Nathan Haines wrote: > I agree with Neal that the LoCo page is a tool for the LoCo to focus our > efforts. I've said it before: there needs to be a far better answer to > finding LUGs than currently exists, and I really wish the energy that is > being f

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] OSCON Conference Pack

2009-07-13 Thread Bill Kendrick
FYI, the blog post on O'Reilly: http://broadcast.oreilly.com/2009/07/find-your-bay-area-linux-user-group.html -bill! -- 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] OSCON Conference Pack

2009-07-13 Thread Bill Kendrick
On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 03:21:36PM -0700, Grant Bowman wrote: > I just got the Conference Pack delivery. Here are the "Loco Team > Approved Pack A" items from the packing slip: I just heard back from Marsee Henon at O'Reilly. They have offered to put some of the multi-LUG flyers out at their boo

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] A Talking Point - Linus uses Ubuntu

2009-06-29 Thread Bill Kendrick
Hi all. Taking a moment to ramble ;) On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 09:06:30AM -0700, Larry Cafiero wrote: >Hey, Grant -- > >Just throwing in a couple of cents: Framing the talking point around >Linus' talking about ease of use -- where Ubuntu excels -- might be a >better than simply sa

[Ubuntu-US-CA] LUGs at OSCON (Was re: User Group Link)

2009-06-25 Thread Bill Kendrick
On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 04:50:39PM -0700, Jack Deslippe wrote: > Did the LUGs definitely not get a booth in the other tent?? > "Tent" being ...? To quickly summarize: "Multi-LUG booth" is on a waiting list for an .ORG Pavillion spot at OSCON, since that pavillion is currently full. Ubuntu Cali

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] User Group Link

2009-06-25 Thread Bill Kendrick
On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 07:09:36PM -0700, Nathan Haines wrote: > I am, however, very happy and proud that we have a couple Bay Area LUGs > who are providing fliers for our OSCON booth, and I'm sorry that our > booth wasn't big enough to accommodate them. I'm hoping we can do more > promotion in

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Meeting Tonight (6/14)

2009-06-14 Thread Bill Kendrick
On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 01:05:20AM -0700, Neal Bussett wrote: > We've got a LoCo meeting tonight at 7pm (1900 PDT) in #ubuntu-california ... > Our agenda for tonight's meeting currently is: > 1. OSCON Planning ... > c. Discussion on sharing space with LUGs May I share this event with the other L

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Possiblity of sharing space with Ubuntu-CA

2009-06-11 Thread Bill Kendrick
On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 01:06:14PM -0700, Robert Wall wrote: > Re: http://lugod.org/projects/oscon/ , I note that Grant isn't "running" > the Ubuntu California table. Joe Smith has been liaising with O'Reilly > and doing the organizing, and as for the rest of us... "I thought we > were an autonomou

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Possiblity of sharing space with Ubuntu-CA

2009-06-11 Thread Bill Kendrick
On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 08:21:40AM -0700, Jack Deslippe wrote: > Grant/Bill, > > How big (in physical size) is the Ubuntu-CA booth? I guess Bill was > hoping to use ~half of the space to be manned by local LUGs? That's what we were hoping for. Not necessarily half, but enough space for one or

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Possiblity of sharing space with Ubuntu-CA

2009-06-11 Thread Bill Kendrick
On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 02:48:11AM -0700, Grant Bowman wrote: > I saw your postings to the many LUG mail lists I am subscribed to. I > am sorry I have not been able to respond to each one on each list, but > having one discussion here makes sense. We talked about this briefly > a couple times whe

[Ubuntu-US-CA] Possiblity of sharing space with Ubuntu-CA

2009-06-10 Thread Bill Kendrick
Hi there, this is Bill Kendrick, co-founder and president of the Linux Users' Group of Davis [1][2]. ( http://www.lugod.org/ ) I took it upon myself (since I always seem to be the one who does this kind of stuff ;^) ) to query the local Linux User Groups and find out if they'd be int