Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Project: Letters to our Representatives

2013-02-08 Thread Elizabeth Krumbach
On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 11:32 AM, Nathan Haines nhai...@ubuntu.com wrote: UDS is a development sprint; it's not a social gathering. It's set up to get people working world-wide on important parts of the Ubuntu project together in one room so they can discuss and decide the focus for their work

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Project: Letters to our Representatives

2013-01-29 Thread Nathan Haines
On 01/28/2013 02:11 PM, Grant Bowman wrote: We will target our state legislature (assembly and senate), CA congressional representatives (house and senate) and local media with an announcement of what uds.ubuntu.com is and what it might mean to them. We should include how they might be able to

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Project: Letters to our Representatives

2013-01-29 Thread George Mulak
...@lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Nathan Haines Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2013 11:32 AM To: ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Project: Letters to our Representatives On 01/28/2013 02:11 PM, Grant Bowman wrote: We will target our state legislature (assembly and senate), CA congressional

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Project: Letters to our Representatives

2013-01-29 Thread Nathan Haines
On 01/29/2013 11:36 AM, George Mulak wrote: These are true and good ideas Nathan. No one wants to hurt Ubuntu or UDS in any way that I know of. Would you help us develop this or give us direction? Well, as I stated before I think it's a harmful idea, so no, I could not ethically help

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Project: Letters to our Representatives

2013-01-29 Thread Peter Sullivan
Hi All, Although I am new to this group - not new to Linux or Ubuntu - I feel I must chime in at this time. While raising awareness of the benefits of FOSS/Ubuntu is laudable and likely could save the CA gov't boatloads of cash, the UDS is hardly the venue to promote awareness. Talks about

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Project: Letters to our Representatives

2013-01-29 Thread George Mulak
PM To: Ubuntu US California Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Project: Letters to our Representatives Hi All, Although I am new to this group - not new to Linux or Ubuntu - I feel I must chime in at this time. While raising awareness of the benefits of FOSS/Ubuntu is laudable and likely could save

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Project: Letters to our Representatives

2013-01-29 Thread Jason Brooks
, George Mulak From: ubuntu-us-ca-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com [mailto:ubuntu-us-ca-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Peter Sullivan Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2013 12:44 PM To: Ubuntu US California Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Project: Letters to our Representatives Hi All, Although

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Project: Letters to our Representatives

2013-01-29 Thread George Mulak
: Tuesday, January 29, 2013 2:08 PM To: Ubuntu US California Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Project: Letters to our Representatives On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 2:00 PM, George Mulak geo...@americanfinancialtax.com wrote: Thank you Peter for chiming in. What you say makes a lot of sense. Nathan

[Ubuntu-US-CA] Project: Letters to our Representatives

2013-01-28 Thread Grant Bowman
Greetings, Oakland has been chosen once again for uds.ubuntu.com May 6-9, 2013! The s adjective and animal for uds-s have yet to be chosen. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DevelopmentCodeNames I would like to propose a letter writing campaign with ubuntu-us-ca volunteers. We will target our state

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Project: Letters to our Representatives

2013-01-28 Thread Philip Ballew
I like this. I am down to work on it via a sprint, and assuming we have less then 8 people working, we can form a Google hangout maybe. Do we have any leaders names in mind yet? On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 2:11 PM, Grant Bowman grant...@ubuntu.com wrote: Greetings, Oakland has been chosen once