Hi LoCo Contacts and LoCo Council: At the LoCo Council meeting this past Tuesday[1] I asked for some advice on improving participation in Ubuntu-ca events like IRC meetings, Ubuntu Hours and even Release Parties. So, it became an Action Item.
The last few IRC meetings have been sparsely attended, to the point where I've essentially been talking to myself[2]. Same for the Ubuntu Hour in Waterloo, where I was the only person coming (unless I dragged along various family members). We didn't even get enough interest to hold a Saucy Salamander Release Party in Kitchener this year! So I've scheduled another IRC meeting anyway[3,4], and sent the message below to all the Ubuntu-ca chapters that still have active mailing lists. The IRC meeting is at 19:00 EST on Thursday, 28 November 2013 in #ubuntu-ca on Freenode (that's 00:00 UTC on 29 November -- sorry for the late/early hour in Europe, Africa and Asia!) I'd like to invite all LoCo contacts and LoCo Council members to attend the meeting -- I'm eagerly looking forward to any ideas on improving participation, and any stories from people who have (or haven't) achieved it in their own LoCo. Thanx, --Bob Jonkman <bjonk...@sobac.com> Co-Contact for Ubuntu-ca (with Darcy Casselman) [1] http://ubottu.com/meetingology/logs/ubuntu-meeting/2013/ubuntu-meeting.2013-11-19-20.07.html [2] http://ubottu.com/meetingology/logs/ubuntu-ca/2013/ubuntu-ca.2013-09-26-23.01.log.html [3] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CanadianTeam/Meetings/2013/2013-11-28 [4] http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-ca/2646/detail/ -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Ubuntu Developer Summit, UCAday, IRC Meeting Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 17:40:27 -0500 From: Bob Jonkman <bjonk...@sobac.com> To: Ubuntu Canada Guelph Chapter <ubuntu-ca-gue...@lists.launchpad.net>, Ubuntu Canada London Chapter <ubuntu-ca-lon...@lists.launchpad.net>, Ubuntu Canada Waterloo Chapter <ubuntu-waterloo-reg...@lists.launchpad.net>, The Canadian Ubuntu Users Community <ubuntu...@lists.ubuntu.com>, monctonlug-gene...@lists.monctonlug.ca, Mississauga LUG <mailing-l...@mississaugalug.ca> Hi Everybodeee! Did you know that UDS, the Ubuntu Developer Summit is taking place right now? It's an online event, so you can join the activities at https://uds.ubuntu.com/ There's a list of the different sessions at http://summit.ubuntu.com/uds-1311/ Did you know that tomorrow, Wednesday, 20 November 2013, is UCAday? That's Ubuntu Community Appreciation Day. Say "Thanx" to someone who's helped out at an event, provided support on the mailing list or in the forums, or just someone who's using Ubuntu for everyday things. Did you know that UCAday takes place every year on 20 November? Thanx to Ahmed Shams for creating it! https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UCADay Did you know we're having another IRC meeting next week, Thursday, 28 November 2013? The Ubuntu Local Community (LoCo) Council has been invited to give us some strategies to increase participation in Ubuntu Canada events. A meeting agenda and instructions for using IRC are at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CanadianTeam/Meetings/2013/2013-11-28 Did you know there's a new online resource for Ubuntu? Check out Discourse at http://discourse.ubuntu.com/ Who wants to set up an Ubuntu Canada local team? http://discourse.ubuntu.com/category/local-teams And that's all for now! --Bob.
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