Below is a snippet from the opening session [1] of Ubuntu Open Week held earlier today. More details can be found on the wiki page. [2]
-- -- Grant Bowman <[email protected]> [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/openweekJaunty/Intro [2] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOpenWeek ... jono: so, here we are again, and this is our sixth Ubuntu Open Week jono: for the last six cycles Open Week has provided an incredible opportunity for us to reach out to new contributors jono: and to provide an opportunity to welcome these contributors into our rather awesome community jono: the idea behind the very first Ubuntu Open Week was pretty simple jono: Ubuntu has a community depends on a wide variety of contributors jono: we have literally hundreds of teams, a world covered in LoCo teams, many translated languages and a variety of methods of getting involved in a diverse range of skills jono: the problem with diversity is that it can be devilishly difficult to know how to get started jono: Ubuntu Open Week is intended to provide a simple on-ramp for new and curious contributors to dip their feet into the Ubuntu community jono: to do this Ubuntu Open Week provides a wealth of IRC tuition sessions designed to cover this diverse range of contributions that new contributors can indulge in ... On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 12:11 AM, Grant Bowman <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Joe, it was good talking with you today. For those that don't > know, more info on Open Week is at: > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOpenWeek > > It runs from Monday, April 27th to Friday, May 1st. If my > calculations are correct they run from 8 AM Pacific Daylight Time > (15:00 UTC) to 4 PM (23:00 UTC) each day. Sessions are held via IRC > on http://freenode.net in the #ubuntu-classroom channel. > > I've heard some feedback recently from California LUG members about > IRC. The easiest client to use is available from http://pidgin.im > which handles IRC and several other IM protocols. It's worth the > effort, really! > > Cheers, > > -- > -- Grant Bowman <[email protected]> > > > On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 10:53 PM, Joe Smith <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hey guys, >> >> Neal Bussett and I are going to be presenting at Ubuntu Open Week! It'll be >> on Friday, May 1st at 17:00 UTC. Here's the abstract: >> >> Exhibiting Ubuntu at Conferences - As more community-led conferences and >> other events begin to take center stage, there will be more opportunities >> for LoCos to host booths on exhibition floors. Running a booth requires >> careful planning and dedication from the team, but is a great way to work >> together, promote Ubuntu, and have a blast. >> >> I'd really like to hear any opinions, tips, and tricks you guys have, >> because I think sharing this stuff can help make a great show into an epic >> one. >> >> Thanks! >> Joe Smith >> Ubuntu California -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
