i like the idea of an ubuntu lunch hour, or even a more casual flexible meet up time, like alternating between evening and lunch, perhaps?
maybe synchronizing on twitter is a viable option. Ubuntu hour -> coffee shop -> Rhetorical question: anyone else hear that coffee may reduce the risk of prostate cancer in men? On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 4:13 PM, Mr. Andrzejak <[email protected]>wrote: > Nathan, Have you ever done an Ubuntu Hour at noon or other crowded time? > Has anyone else? Id say experiment and see where it goes. I think Mike is on > the money saying its hard to get people together after hours... especially > those with significant others, or with kids, or have a long drive home. With > other computer related companies in the area up there, a lunch meeting might > just work, whereas where I am... it might be an utter fail. Maybe weekly > crowded lunch meetings could be more effective than a monthly meeting at a > location where no one is around. I really have no idea. My experience is > just with the Ubuntu Hour in Pasadena. I think its brilliant though to try > different Ubuntu Hours and not hold it to a strict set pattern. > > Leading into this... do we have an Ubuntu Hour mailing list or forum or IRC > where ideas can be bounced off of? Maybe we can talk about patterns that > work and find out what doesnt work too. > > Dave > > > > On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 3:51 PM, Nathan Haines <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Tue, 2011-05-24 at 15:33 -0700, Mr. Andrzejak wrote: >> > In my thought, theres no point meeting up if the place is going to be >> > empty. You could just have a conversation online. Ive always been >> > under the impression that an Ubuntu Hour is to sorta be noticed to >> > anyone who might show interest leading in to a conversation. >> >> There's no point in meeting up if the place is packed and you don't have >> time to effectively introduce yourself and Ubuntu either. >> >> I'm not saying it can't or shouldn't be done. I'm just saying it's >> probably not a great idea and bringing up some major restrictions that a >> lunch hour meeting time can bring. >> >> -- >> Nathan Haines <[email protected]> >> Ubuntu - http://www.ubuntu.com/ >> >> >> -- >> Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list >> [email protected] >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca >> > > > > -- > Sent from Ubuntu OS (ubuntu.com) > > -- > Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca > > -- with metta, kevin http://fictionalphilosophy.org
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