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<div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Pat Hayes
<[email protected]> </div><div>Date:09/09/2014 11:00 AM (GMT-08:00)
</div><div>To: [email protected] </div><div>Subject: FW: LoCo, Canonical
recognition, meetings, recruitment, et al ... </div><div>
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From: Pat Hayes
Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2014 10:39 AM
To: '[email protected]'
Subject: LoCo, Canonical recognition, meetings, recruitment, et al ...
Hi, folks.
I've never been able to attend an actual meeting because as a working stiff in
Portland I simply cannot get down to Salem in time for the meetings.
I suggest we let technology come to the rescue.
Currently, the meeting schedule and venue are best suited to college students
and/or residents of the Salem area. The Portland metro area accounts for half
the population of Oregon -- and many of us simply cannot make it to Salem by
6:00
I am NOT saying the venue should be moved to Portland. That is completely
unnecessary. I AM saying that technology provides an answer to the problem of
physical location. C'mon folks -- I'm an old, grey fart and even I don't think
20th Century.
If the venue were changed to some location with high enough bandwidth to handle
at least 10 - 15 open and standards compliant VoIP connections (NOT Skype --
and video would be nice!) and the time were moved to 7:00 pm, those of us who
spent our 8 years of college decades ago and now work long hours could have
time to get home from work, eat supper and log in to attend.
I suspect you would find that more people would attend if physical locality
were not an issue. You might be able to recruit more members. Those in Bend
or Harney County wouldn't have to leave their living rooms. This is the 21st
Century after all -- and I think Canonical would see the use of technology as a
feather in your cap rather than a mark against you.
I don't have to be present in all time zones around the world to moderate on
the Ubuntu Forums -- technology allows me to be there to help someone in India
if we are both awake at the same time.
For what it's worth.
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