Well coincidentally... Yesterday we got confirmation from BCC Library that we have a room booking for Saturday 7th Jan 2012 for the whole day. It can accomodate 50 people
Here are some pics I took if you are interested. Community Room Brisbane Square.<http://www.evernote.com/shard/s1/sh/b08621ba-5be0-49d2-aa68-4f7c0dfb2fc7/44c94d6103b2bdb005e0aa56e7c13b7c> So yeah, bring on the Install fest! cheers James On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 7:22 PM, Joel Addison <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Chris, > > The logo can be found on the wiki, along with the other options that were > considered at the time. > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AustralianTeam/Archives/Logo > > I am not sure who created it, but we could probably find it by looking > back through the meetings logs. There is an svg of the logo, so you can > scale it nicely if you need to. > > Hope that helps, > Joel > > > On 09/11/2011, at 7:13 PM, Chris Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I agree, the library is sounding good. > > I've now got a multiboot USB set up with a range of releases, LTS 32 bit, > 11.10 Ubuntu and Lubuntu etc. I've done a splash screen for the grub on it > using the Ubuntu AU loco logo with "Ubuntu AU Loco Team" on the bottom > left. I got the logo off the Website and worked it into a 1024x768 > background. > > I think I need to credit the original work and add the license etc for it > to the multiboot USB if it's for general use. I looked on the website but > could find no information about the originator of the Ubuntu AU logo. Can > someone point me in the right direction please? I'll post the background > and the license somewhere accessible when it's ready. > > Chris. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Jessica Bogaart <[email protected]> > *To:* Jared Norris <[email protected]> > *Cc:* Chris Robinson <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" > <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Wednesday, 9 November 2011 10:46 AM > *Subject:* Re: Brisbane Installation Festival > > Hi guys > > I think the library option is probably a good way to go - much more > economical, though they shouldn't charge us anything as it's a community > event and we're not charging anyone anything. > > I called the Brisbane Square library a few days after the release party > and asked them about it - they couldn't confirm available dates in January > then, but I'm sure that they could now. My vote is holding it at Brisbane > Square, if we can't secure funding for The Edge - it's central and close to > public transport (but might not be so convenient for those with cars... > though it is a nice walk over Victoria Bridge!). > > Anyway, I'm happy to chip in with organisation, promotion and cup cakes, > and Vadim will be there to help with the technical stuff on the day. > > We should probably lock something in sooner rather than later, though. I > had the impression that these things fill up quickly, particularly in the > school holidays. A lot of workplaces are closed for the first week of > January (including mine) so holding it on a weekday wouldn't be a problem > for us. Weekends might draw more people, though. > > Jessica > > On 31 October 2011 18:13, Jared Norris <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 31 October 2011 18:04, Chris Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: > > A category 1 meeting room would seem to fit the bill nicely, and the > costs > > are quite reasonable - we could cover that with just a chook raffle (just > > kidding). I note that it says laptop connectivity, but it doesn't > actually > > say internet connection. > > It seems to suggest you can do it for free if you're a community > organisation and not charging money for the event. Unless I'm reading > it wrong. Either way, the whole day costs less than an hour at The > Edge so I'd be willing to stump up the lot if need be. > > > > > Regarding planning and funding: Plan the cart you would like to push out > to > > start with, then see if any horses come along. As far as manpower is > > concerned, there's no problem here - I will be there. > > > > Good to hear! I'm hoping if we can lock in a date and time it will > help others decide if they can be there or not as well. > > > I've got a script that I just wrote to make updating a new installation a > > little more painless. You do the new install from the "try ubuntu" boot > > and with no internet connection (so the install only takes about 15 > minutes) > > and when you run the script it puts all the current .deb files into the > > correct directory on the target. When the system is then logged in and > > updated it only has to download the software lists and update the cache - > > all the updates are already there. If the target directory has not been > > created by ubiquity the script waits until it is. As an extra benefit it > > works with any release, based on the major kernel version, you just need > to > > have the .deb files for any release that you want to update. (and of > course > > I have a creation tool for the archives as well.) > > I've also been working on keeping a full ubuntu repository sitting on > my USB hard drive. It should make needing internet not required for > 99% of the installations. I also have a Telstra home network gateway > (that is essentially a 4 port wireless broadband switch) for any weird > ones that pop up. > > > I'm happy to have some meetings regarding this, is an IRC meeting > suitable? > > IRC, wiki, mailing list. Anything sounds good to me. I would > definitely like a mock run through a week or two prior (even if it's > my place) to reduce technical issues on the day. > > > > > Chris > > > > Lets see if we can't make this happen. > > -- > Regards, > > Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych) > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris > > -- > ubuntu-au mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au > > > > > > > -- > ubuntu-au mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au > > > -- > ubuntu-au mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au > >
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