<div class="gmail_quote">Hi!<br><br><div>I host a release party in Hollywood -</div><a href="http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/team/441/detail/" target="_blank">http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/team/441/detail/</a><div><br></div>
<div>I plan to mention it anywhere I can think of: </div><div>
<ul><li>our company's blog/twitter/facebook</li><li>technical meetups (<a href="http://meetup.com" target="_blank">meetup.com</a>) in LA</li><li>campus websites?</li><li><a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam/Projects/MaverickRelease" target="_blank">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam/Projects/MaverickRelease</a></li><li><a href="http://planet.ubuntu.com/" target="_blank">http://planet.ubuntu.com/</a></li>
<li><a href="http://linux.ucla.edu/lugwiki/start" target="_blank">http://linux.ucla.edu/lugwiki/start</a></li><li><a href="http://fossevents.org/" target="_blank">http://fossevents.org/</a></li><li><a href="http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/Crash_Space" target="_blank">http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/Crash_Space</a></li>
<li><a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts</a></li><li><a href="http://www.machineproject.com/" target="_blank">http://www.machineproject.com/</a></li>
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<a href="http://032.la/" target="_blank">http://032.la/</a></li><li><a href="http://twitter.com/sugarshack" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/sugarshack</a></li></ul></div><div>spam #ubuntu, #ubuntu-release-party, #ubuntu-locoteams</div>
<div>fliers on my way to work (1 hour commute on train+bike will provide plenty of time to pitch it)</div>
<div><br></div><div>Please help me spread the rumor by telling your friends, writing a blog post/identica/twitter or anything else that you can think of!</div><div><br></div>
<div>Thanks!</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Here is the event's details (English is my second language so please correct anything you want) -</div><div><div>Hollywood 10.10.10 Release Party</div>
<div>Let's celebrate Ubuntu's new release and meet new friends! </div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Who can come? </div><div>------------- </div><div>Anyone how is interested in free and open source software. </div><div><br></div><div>What are we gonna do? </div><div>------------- </div>
<div>- eat </div><div>- play ping-pong </div><div>- play x-box on a giant screen </div><div>- help people replace their Windows/Mac - with Ubuntu or other open source alternatives </div><div>- Free Ubuntu CD give-aways </div>
<div><br></div><div>When? </div><div>------------- </div><div>Mon, 11 Oct. 2010 6:30 - 10:00pm </div><div><br></div><div>Where? </div><div>------------- </div><div>Borderstylo Offices </div><div>729 Seward St Melrose Ave Los Angeles, CA 90038 </div>
<div>(Free parking) </div><div><br></div><div>a few pics of the office: </div><div><a href="http://borderstylo.com/posts/205-company-culture-at-border-stylo" target="_blank">http://borderstylo.com/posts/205-company-culture-at-border-stylo</a> </div>
<div><a href="http://borderstylo.com/posts/138-take-a-peek-inside-border-stylo" target="_blank">http://borderstylo.com/posts/138-take-a-peek-inside-border-stylo</a> </div><div><br></div><div>What we might talk about? </div>
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<div>- Introduction to Ubuntu Desktop </div><div>- How to install Ubuntu on a typical laptop, PC or netbook </div><div>- Guided tour of the Desktop and basic admin </div><div>- contributing to open source projects (as developers and as non-developers) </div>
<div>- crash courses in Python/Ruby/Unicycling (or any other topic people can talk about) </div><div><br></div><div>Tech？ </div><div>------------- </div><div>Free wifi </div><div><br></div><div>Should I bring anything? </div>
<div>------------- </div><div>Please bring your own food / drinks.</div></div></div>