Brisbane Release Party TODAY!

2012-05-05 Thread Chris Robinson
The time has absolutely flown by and the Brisbane Release Party is today. The details are here for anyone who didn't vote in the poll or has been too busy to keep track of their emails: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-au/1618/detail/ Newcomers are welcome of course - it's a social

Re: Brisbane Release Party TODAY!

2012-05-05 Thread Jared Norris
On 6 May 2012 08:20, Chris Robinson fabricat...@yahoo.com wrote: The time has absolutely flown by and the Brisbane Release Party is today. The details are here for anyone who didn't vote in the poll or has been too busy to keep track of their emails: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-au

Re: Brisbane Release Party - Location?

2012-03-16 Thread Chris Robinson
to get together with some fellow Ubuntu enthusiasts.  Besides, the first shout is on me (so be on time!) Chris From: Jared Norris jrnor...@gmail.com To: ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com Sent: Thursday, 15 March 2012 7:55 PM Subject: Re: Brisbane Release Party

Re: Brisbane Release Party - Location?

2012-03-15 Thread Jared Norris
On 9 March 2012 19:37, Jared Norris jrnor...@gmail.com wrote: On 9 March 2012 12:50, Chris Robinson fabricat...@yahoo.com wrote: Adding the dates to the poll seems to have caused it to reset.  I appear to be the first respondent. Chris Apologies all, it would appear this is the case. It did

Re: Brisbane Release Party - Location?

2012-03-09 Thread Jared Norris
On 9 March 2012 12:50, Chris Robinson fabricat...@yahoo.com wrote: Adding the dates to the poll seems to have caused it to reset.  I appear to be the first respondent. Chris Apologies all, it would appear this is the case. It did not ever state it would delete all the data when I updated it

Re: Brisbane Release Party - Location?

2012-03-08 Thread Jared Norris
On 8 March 2012 07:40, Cary Bielenberg c...@bielenberg.id.au wrote: Would love to come but that weekend is the council elections state wide on Sat. As I have to work for that to the wee hours of Sun morning I cant guarantee that I can make it :( Cary Sorry mate, I thought I'd looked up to

Re: Brisbane Release Party - Location?

2012-03-08 Thread Chris Robinson
Subject: Re: Brisbane Release Party - Location? On 8 March 2012 07:40, Cary Bielenberg c...@bielenberg.id.au wrote: Would love to come but that weekend is the council elections state wide on Sat. As I have to work for that to the wee hours of Sun morning I cant guarantee that I can make

Re: Brisbane Release Party - Location?

2012-03-07 Thread Jared Norris
Ok, time to make decisions! I've set up the obligatory doodle poll to determine the best time/day for the Brisbane event at http://www.doodle.com/6z7sw9rbvvgu5rkr Please, anyone and everyone that is thinking of attending should register whatever their preferred times are so we can make sure we

Re: Brisbane Release Party - Location?

2012-03-07 Thread Cary Bielenberg
Would love to come but that weekend is the council elections state wide on Sat. As I have to work for that to the wee hours of Sun morning I cant guarantee that I can make it :( Cary On 08/03/12 06:55, Jared Norris wrote: Ok, time to make decisions! I've set up the obligatory doodle poll

Brisbane Release Party - Location?

2012-02-18 Thread Jared Norris
Good evening, At the meeting last week we decided it was about time to start planning the release parties and the first point of business is the booking of a date, time venue. The main criteria for a successful venue are: * Fairly central * Accessible via public transport * Able to site 10 - 20

Brisbane Release Party

2011-10-15 Thread Chris Robinson
Thanks to Jared for organising the Oneiric release party for Brisbane.  We went to the Breakfast Creek Hotel and partook of some cold beverages and finger food.  Among the many things discussed were the plans for the Ubuntu Install Fest.  Watch this space. Everyone stayed until nearly 5

Re: Brisbane Release Party

2011-10-15 Thread Jared Norris
On 15 October 2011 20:31, Chris Robinson fabricat...@yahoo.com wrote: Thanks to Jared for organising the Oneiric release party for Brisbane.  We went to the Breakfast Creek Hotel and partook of some cold beverages and finger food.  Among the many things discussed were the plans for the Ubuntu

Brisbane Release Party - TOMORROW

2011-10-14 Thread Jared Norris
Good evening, Just a quick reminder tomorrow afternoon is the Brisbane Oneiric Ocelot Release Party at the Breakfast Creek Hotel at 2pm. Full details available here [1]. I also just wanted to see if anyone wanted any discs brought along so those without decent Internet can have a copy sooner

Brisbane Release Party

2011-10-14 Thread Chris Robinson
Appropriately enough, I just managed to get the new release of 11.10 onto my EeePC yesterday afternoon. I shall bring it along in case anyone wants to have a play. Is there a reservation at the BCH or do I mill around looking for Ubuntu shirts?  :-) I should be there at 12.00 or shortly

Re: Brisbane Release Party

2011-10-08 Thread Cary Bielenberg
:) On 09/10/11 07:05, Chris Robinson wrote: Only 6 sleeps to go. Hope to see all the Brisbanites there. Chris. -- When you are blue -- I will try to dislodge

Re: Brisbane release party - Oneiric Ocelot

2011-09-12 Thread Jared Norris
Sounds good.  Make the release part close to public transport maybe?  If parking is freely available I may be travelling from Bribie Is if anyone wants a lift - but I work in Virginia on Saturday mornings.  Chris Ok, I've just put up a quick poll [0] for everyone in Brisbane to quickly

Re: Brisbane release party - Oneiric Ocelot

2011-09-12 Thread Chris Robinson
...@gmail.com To: Chris Robinson fabricat...@yahoo.com Cc: ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com Sent: Monday, 12 September 2011 11:16 PM Subject: Re: Brisbane release party - Oneiric Ocelot Sounds good.  Make the release part close to public transport maybe?  If parking is freely

Re: Brisbane release party - Oneiric Ocelot

2011-09-07 Thread Anthony
Hey everyone, I've hit up Zaraffas Cafe in Toowoomba about holding local Ubuntu meet ups and they were quite happy to supply additional power points and free wifi to have a group of people buying coffee and cake on a sunday arvo, as they are usually pretty quiet at that point in the week. I was

Re: Brisbane release party - Oneiric Ocelot

2011-09-07 Thread Jared Norris
On 8 September 2011 11:42, Anthony i.lurve.li...@gmail.com wrote: Hey everyone, I've hit up Zaraffas Cafe in Toowoomba about holding local Ubuntu meet ups and they were quite happy to supply additional power points and free wifi to have a group of people buying coffee and cake on a sunday

Re: Brisbane release party - Oneiric Ocelot

2011-09-07 Thread Chris Robinson
From: Jared Norris jrnor...@gmail.com To: Anthony i.lurve.li...@gmail.com Cc: ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com Sent: Thursday, 8 September 2011 12:32 PM Subject: Re: Brisbane release party - Oneiric Ocelot Sounds like a good find. Quick, add it to the team's

Brisbane release party - Oneiric Ocelot

2011-09-06 Thread Jared Norris
Good afternoon, I thought it's probably able time we start thinking about where and when we should hold our next release party up here in Brisbane seems how Sydney already has one planned. It is going to be released on October the 13th according to the release schedule so I was thinking something

Re: Brisbane release party - Oneiric Ocelot

2011-09-06 Thread Chris Robinson
Yep count me in.  Presumably it should be somewhere with power and Wifi available? Chris From: Jared Norris jrnor...@gmail.com To: ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com Sent: Tuesday, 6 September 2011 5:32 PM Subject: Brisbane release party - Oneiric Ocelot Good

Re: Brisbane release party - Oneiric Ocelot

2011-09-06 Thread Jared Norris
On 6 September 2011 18:15, Chris Robinson fabricat...@yahoo.com wrote: Yep count me in.  Presumably it should be somewhere with power and Wifi available? Chris Not sure we've ever found a venue that had wifi available freely in Brisbane yet. Willing to hear any suggestions you might have.

Re: Brisbane release party - Oneiric Ocelot

2011-09-06 Thread Cary Bielenberg
Did we ascertain whether we had minors attend? It was good when we met at the Brekky Creek for 10.04? release party. Cary On 07/09/11 06:18, Jared Norris wrote: On 6 September 2011 18:15, Chris Robinsonfabricat...@yahoo.com wrote: Yep count me in. Presumably it should be somewhere with

Re: Brisbane release party - Oneiric Ocelot

2011-09-06 Thread Jared Norris
On 7 September 2011 06:53, Cary Bielenberg c...@bielenberg.id.au wrote: Did we ascertain whether we had minors attend? It was good when we met at the Brekky Creek for 10.04? release party. Cary We didn't even go close from memory so I'm quite open to going back to licensed venues if it will

Re: Brisbane release party - Oneiric Ocelot

2011-09-06 Thread Jared Norris
On 7 September 2011 08:38, Paul Gear p...@libertysys.com.au wrote: On 07/09/11 07:07, Jared Norris wrote: ... We didn't even go close from memory so I'm quite open to going back to licensed venues if it will improve attendance. I was basically thinking anywhere like a pub, cafe, library or

Re: Ubuntu-AU Brisbane Release Party - with photos!

2011-05-03 Thread Jared Norris
On 3 May 2011 15:39, Cary Bielenberg c...@bielenberg.id.au wrote: So are we on for Oct 15th Cary Set the time and date and get promoting! Regards, Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: Ubuntu-AU Brisbane Release Party - with photos!

2011-05-02 Thread Cary Bielenberg
to let you know how the Brisbane release party went on Saturday afternoon. Thanks to everyone who came along and enjoyed the pancakes (or just the company), it was good to see some real people instead of names on emails or IRC nicknames on screens. I'm sure I speak

Ubuntu-AU Brisbane Release Party - with photos!

2011-05-01 Thread Jared Norris
Good morning/afternoon/evening Ubuntu-AU'ers, After pestering everyone else to let us know how their release party went I thought I'd write you all a quick note to let you know how the Brisbane release party went on Saturday afternoon. Thanks to everyone who came along and enjoyed the pancakes

Re: Brisbane Release Party for Natty Narwhal

2011-04-17 Thread Jared Norris
On 13 April 2011 20:54, Jared Norris jrnor...@gmail.com wrote: Good evening, So we decided at the IRC meeting for the Brisbane release party I would knock up a quick doodle poll to see what time/date suited everyone best. I have put the poll at http://www.doodle.com/mgfwuc5u5kydrgi7#table so

RE: Brisbane Release Party for Natty Narwhal

2011-04-13 Thread Jared Norris
Good evening, So we decided at the IRC meeting for the Brisbane release party I would knock up a quick doodle poll to see what time/date suited everyone best. I have put the poll at http://www.doodle.com/mgfwuc5u5kydrgi7#table so please add yourself and tick the options *you would actually attend

Re: Brisbane Release Party for Natty Narwhal

2011-03-30 Thread Jared Norris
On 11 March 2011 10:41, Cary Bielenberg c...@bielenberg.id.au wrote: I agree that a central site is best, the pancake manor is a great venue. I disagree about the pub idea, out of all the release parties I don't recollect any under 18's or anyone who complained about not being able to go.

Re: Brisbane Release Party for Natty Narwhal

2011-03-10 Thread James Beake
On 9 March 2011 17:41, Jared Norris jrnor...@gmail.com wrote: So for Brisbane what I'm thinking is a get together on either Thursday the 28th or Friday the 29th of April in a fairly central location to get together to mainly socialise. Or if there is a preference to hold an install/upgrade

Re: Brisbane Release Party for Natty Narwhal

2011-03-10 Thread Jared Norris
On 10 March 2011 19:23, James Beake jamesbe...@gmail.com wrote: On 9 March 2011 17:41, Jared Norris jrnor...@gmail.com wrote: So for Brisbane what I'm thinking is a get together on either Thursday the 28th or Friday the 29th of April in a fairly central location to get together to mainly

Re: Brisbane Release Party for Natty Narwhal

2011-03-10 Thread Cary Bielenberg
I agree that a central site is best, the pancake manor is a great venue. I disagree about the pub idea, out of all the release parties I don't recollect any under 18's or anyone who complained about not being able to go. Cary On 10/03/11 19:41, Jared

Brisbane Release Party for Natty Narwhal

2011-03-08 Thread Jared Norris
Again as per the meeting last night we should really be starting to lock in dates, times and locations for release parties for Natty Narwhal. As per https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NattyReleaseSchedule Natty is scheduled to be released on Thursday the 28th of April. Please start a new email thread for

Re: Brisbane Release party Reminder

2009-11-03 Thread James Beake
I'll second that. We talked about trying to get together more regularly so Brisbane region Ubuntuers keep an eye out for our next meetup around Feb. On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 9:07 PM, Cary Bielenberg c...@bielenberg.id.auwrote: Well our 1st release party has happened! It was great to meet

Re: Brisbane Release party Reminder

2009-11-01 Thread Cary Bielenberg
On 29/10/09 15:24, Andrew Gaydon wrote: Just a reminder about the Brisbane release party on Sunday. Can you please let me know if you are coming. See www.ubuntu.com.au for more details. Cheers, Andrew. Well our 1st release party has happened! It was great to meet similar minded

Re: Brisbane Release party Reminder

2009-10-29 Thread James Beake
I'll be there unless there's a bus strike. Not driving...plan on having a beer or three. James. On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 3:24 PM, Andrew Gaydon a...@gandella.com wrote: Just a reminder about the Brisbane release party on Sunday. Can you please let me know if you are coming. See

Re: Brisbane Release party Reminder

2009-10-29 Thread George Patterson
To those that are attending the Brisbane Release party, please email Andrew direct as these I'll be there is starting to annoy those that are not attending. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au

Re: Brisbane Release party Reminder

2009-10-29 Thread Cary Bielenberg
Maybe someone who wasn't coming might change there mind if the could get a lift? Cary BTW I replied the arvo off list On 29/10/09 20:17, George Patterson wrote: To those that are attending the Brisbane Release party, please email Andrew direct as these I'll be there is starting to annoy

Re: Brisbane Release party Reminder

2009-10-28 Thread Scott Evans
Hey Andrew, are plane tickets included? (just kidding!) I hope that your event goes well, there has not been any interest here in South Tas so maybe next time! -- Scott Evans VK7HSE Phone: +61362291658 Mobile: +61417586157 Skype: vk7hse sc...@vk7hse.hobby-site.org http://www.vk7hse.hobby-site.org

Brisbane Release party / beers?

2009-10-08 Thread Jezza
Hi Guys, Im new to the group, but wondering how many people are in Brisbane? Anyone keen to meet up for releases, for beers or something more glam? -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au

Re: Brisbane Release party / beers?

2009-10-08 Thread Daniel Moore
Heyhey Brisbane here, northside and Yep I'd be keen for doing something to celebrate 9.10. :) On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 11:45 PM, Jezza balingup...@yahoo.com wrote: Hi Guys, Im new to the group, but wondering how many people are in Brisbane? Anyone keen to meet up for releases, for beers or

Re: Brisbane Release party / beers?

2009-10-08 Thread Cary Bielenberg
On 09/10/09 09:01, Daniel Moore wrote: Heyhey Brisbane here, northside and Yep I'd be keen for doing something to celebrate 9.10. :) On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 11:45 PM, Jezzabalingup...@yahoo.com wrote: Hi Guys, Im new to the group, but wondering how many people are in Brisbane?