Hi all, <div>Let me say off the bat that the event was unfortunately not preserved through the amazingness that is digital photography owing to the fact that I forgot to bring it along. (Sorry Jarred, next time I won't forget). The event was held on Friday the 29th of April 2011, we <font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">had four people in </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 15px;">attendance</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">, so it was a small group but good none the less to meet up with fellow Ubuntu-AUers. Unbeknownst to me the royal wedding was scheduled for that night so going to a British pub at that time was an unfortunate oversight. The atmosphere once that event began to air on TV made casual conversation a rather arduous task. Besides this, it was really great to meet both dns_server and Thomas... it is thanks to Thomas that my netbook now runs 11.04 (and that the troubleshooting was so quick). </span></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">dns_server was nice enough to distribute some Ubuntu stickers (thanks!) and a 10.10 CD (which went to a friend of mine who has yet to use Ubuntu properly but now wants to try it out).</span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"> It is clear that everyone in attendance had a passion for free software and particularly, the Ubuntu philosophy. Being relatively new to Linux, the community aspect is most exciting to me and I look forward to the next release party (and further meetups besides) in the future. [If the idea of meeting up on a more regular basis is of interest to anybody do let me know]. </span></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; ">Hopefully next time we can get higher numbers and a day and venue where we won't have to lose our voice trying to drown out William saying "I do".</span></div>
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