I would be willing to help setup a release party again in the furture in Portland. Our release party with the biggest turnout was about 30 people and yeah IRC meetings died off because honestly not a lot of people wanted to own action items :)
On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 11:48 AM, Thomas Mashos <tho...@mashos.com> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 11:13 AM, Pat <paddy.ha...@comcast.net> wrote: >> In case this does not make it through moderation fro my work email... >> >> >> Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S®4. >> >> >> -------- Original message -------- >> From: Pat Hayes >> Date:09/09/2014 11:00 AM (GMT-08:00) >> To: paddy.ha...@comcast.net >> Subject: FW: LoCo, Canonical recognition, meetings, recruitment, et al ... >> >> >> >> >> >> From: Pat Hayes >> Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2014 10:39 AM >> To: 'ubuntu-us-or@lists.ubuntu.com' >> Subject: LoCo, Canonical recognition, meetings, recruitment, et al ... >> >> >> >> Hi, folks. >> >> >> >> I've never been able to attend an actual meeting because as a working stiff >> in Portland I simply cannot get down to Salem in time for the meetings. >> >> >> >> I suggest we let technology come to the rescue. >> >> >> >> Currently, the meeting schedule and venue are best suited to college >> students and/or residents of the Salem area. The Portland metro area >> accounts for half the population of Oregon -- and many of us simply cannot >> make it to Salem by 6:00 >> >> >> >> I am NOT saying the venue should be moved to Portland. That is completely >> unnecessary. I AM saying that technology provides an answer to the problem >> of physical location. C'mon folks -- I'm an old, grey fart and even I don't >> think 20th Century. >> >> >> >> If the venue were changed to some location with high enough bandwidth to >> handle at least 10 - 15 open and standards compliant VoIP connections (NOT >> Skype -- and video would be nice!) and the time were moved to 7:00 pm, those >> of us who spent our 8 years of college decades ago and now work long hours >> could have time to get home from work, eat supper and log in to attend. >> >> >> >> I suspect you would find that more people would attend if physical locality >> were not an issue. You might be able to recruit more members. Those in >> Bend or Harney County wouldn't have to leave their living rooms. This is >> the 21st Century after all -- and I think Canonical would see the use of >> technology as a feather in your cap rather than a mark against you. >> >> >> >> I don't have to be present in all time zones around the world to moderate on >> the Ubuntu Forums -- technology allows me to be there to help someone in >> India if we are both awake at the same time. >> >> >> >> For what it's worth. >> >> ****************************************************************** >> This communication is intended solely for the addressee and is confidential. >> If you >> are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any >> action taken >> or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. >> Unless >> indicated to the contrary: it does not constitute professional advice or >> opinions upon >> which reliance may be made by the addressee or any other party, and it >> should be >> considered to be a work in progress. >> ****************************************************************** >> >> >> -- >> Ubuntu-us-or mailing list >> Ubuntu-us-or@lists.ubuntu.com >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-or >> > > Your email didn't make it through, and I don't know the credentials > for the list (apparently it's still owned by Ben). I'll answer you > here. > > The Ubuntu Hour in Salem is not a Ubuntu Oregon team meeting, it is a > Community Outreach event. Thus, you are correct in that it will not be > moving location, date, nor time (unless the people running that event > deem it necessary to move for the community and/or Broadway coffee > house says we can no longer use the location). > > As for regular team meetings, while those haven't been scheduled in a > long time (probably due to a single person doing most of the work), > traditionally those were held on IRC in the team chat room. > > I don't recall when the last release party was (13.10?), but IIRC we > had good turn out for all of them. Not sure if Ben kept numbers, but > he was always working hard to get pizza and shirt sponsors, talks, and > a venue (puppet labs in Portland) for the release parties. > > > Thanks, > > Thomas Mashos > > -- > Ubuntu-us-or mailing list > Ubuntu-us-or@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-or -- Benjamin Kerensa http://benjaminkerensa.com "I am what I am because of who we all are" - Ubuntu -- Ubuntu-us-or mailing list Ubuntu-us-or@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-or