Hi David I was wondering about the itinerary for the global jam. I guess what I'm really wondering is if we have to be pros to attend? I'm a newbie and would love to help but am not very good at "bugs or debugging" for example.
Thanks terry On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 11:08 AM, David Wonderly <[email protected]>wrote: > Hey Team! I just wanted to point this out. I will be talking about it more > at > the next Team meeting [1] but I wanted to get some views and ideas in here > before the meeting. > > Cheers! > > Dave > > [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam/Meetings/11March13 > > ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- > > Subject: Invitation to participate in the Ubuntu Global Jam > Date: Friday, March 04, 2011, 03:04:38 pm > From: "Jorge O. Castro" <[email protected]> > > > Hi, > > I just wanted to reach out to you as a leader in the Ubuntu LoCo > Community to see if you would be interested in organizing an Ubuntu > Global Jam (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGlobalJam) event between 1st > - 3rd April 2011. http://loco.ubuntu.com/teams/ > > The Ubuntu Global Jam is a worldwide event in which Ubuntu LoCo Teams > get together at a local venue and work on Ubuntu, get know each other, > and otherwise just have a lot of fun! These events are simple to > organize, a great way of meeting people in your area, and a great way > of learning (at many of these events people share skills, techniques > and more about using and contributing to Ubuntu). > > This Ubuntu Global Jam is also a particularly important one. Ubuntu > 11.04 Natty Narwhal is shaping up to be a stunning release, and we are > all putting a lot of focus in ensuring that Unity gets lots of > testing, and our awesome LoCo community is helping with this. > Organizing an Ubuntu Global Jam event is a great opportunity to do > some of this testing and provide feedback to help make Natty better. I > strongly believe that this Ubuntu release is going to really help > Ubuntu bring Free Software to the masses. :-) > > You can see the list of current events planned at > http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/global/567/detail/ and we would love to > encourage you to organize and event and participate! > > > Organizing An Event < > > It is really simple. Here is how: > > 1. Pick a date (a day between the 1st - 3rd April 2011) and choose a > venue. The venue can simply be a coffee shop or bar that you all meet > at, or something more structured like a college or university. Many > teams just pick a coffee shop (not needing to inform the owners) and > just all agree to all meet up at the same time, date and location. > > 2. Add your event to loco.ubuntu.com. To do this, go to > http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/global/567/detail/, make sure you are > signed in and then use the Add Team Event page to add your event. > Note: you need to be a member of your LoCo Team in Launchpad to add an > event to loco.ubuntu.com. > > 3. Finally, spread the word! Blog about it, post about it on > Twitter/identi.ca (be sure to use the #ugj hashtag!), post about the > event to your team's mailing list, put posters up around your local > area and more. > > ...and then, show up on the day of your event and have a great time! > > Thanks in advance if you do organize an event, and we look forward to > reading more about your event online! > > -- > Jorge Castro > Canonical Ltd. > http://twitter.com/castrojo > Help fix Unity Bitesize Bugs: http://goo.gl/i1WA1 > > > > -- > Jorge Castro > Canonical Ltd. > http://twitter.com/castrojo > Help fix Unity Bitesize Bugs: http://goo.gl/i1WA1 > > ----------------------------------------- > > -- > Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca > -- Terry Hollowell, MA MSN-RN, PHN, CNL Student University of San Francisco Tel-Cell: 415.547.9734 Fax: 718.304.1180 www.giveaRAM.org (presently filing for 501(c)(3) nonprofit status for laptop donations to Africa) "Doesn't anyone giveaRAM? We know you do!"
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