Anyone in Cambridge or area, please make yourself known.

Thu Jul 19 19:07:25 UTC 2012

Ok, Bob.... 

Thanks for giving me ideas to think about or planting the seed.

I will work on that.

Any body in Cambridge or surrounding area on this list please make yourself known.

I plan to  plan a meeting in the near future.

David

> Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2012 14:58:04 -0400
> From: bjonkman at sobac.com
> To: ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Re: Ubuntu Hour tonight, SysAdminDay Dinner next week
> 
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> On 12-07-19 09:58 AM, David M. Pelly wrote:
> 
> > Bob wrote:
> >> Why not set up an UbuntuHour Cambridge at a time and location
> >> that is convenient for you? All you have to do is announce it on
> >> the mailing list, and some of us will travel long distances to
> >> come.
> > 
> > For one thing: Are there Ubuntu users in Cambridge,
> 
> Determining any kind of user count is really difficult.
> http://linuxcounter.net/ estimates there are over 60,000,000 Linux users
> world-wide.  There's bound to be a couple in Cambridge.  Perhaps we
> haven't seen them at other KW Ubuntu Hours because KW is too far to
> travel from Cambridge. Or perhaps they simply don't know about the
> Ubuntu community that exists.
> 
> > and if there  are, are they  on the mailing list?
> 
> Hello Cambridge Ubuntoids!  Olly Olly Oxen Free! Come out, come out,
> where-ever you are!
> 
> *ahem*
> 
> > Another thing;  why  would anyone come to a meeting I put on?
> > 
> > I do not know anything much about Ubuntu, all I have is questions 
> > and no answers.
> > 
> 
> That's a great reason to put on an Ubuntu Hour! You may get your
> questions answered.  If others show up with questions then you have a
> great answer for them: show them how to join this mailing list, and
> point them to other great Ubuntu and GNU/Linux resources[1].
> 
> 
> > I need someone that has experience with Ubuntu experience as a key 
> > note speaker.
> 
> That's not necessary for an Ubuntu Hour, they're intended to be
> informal gatherings of Ubuntu enthusiasts.  KWLUG has formal speaker
> presentations, but Ubuntu Hours don't have to be like that.  At the
> Kitchener Ubuntu Hour there's a developer who shows off Playbook apps
> he's written, just because he wants to (and that has nothing to do
> with Ubuntu).  At the Waterloo Ubuntu Hour we talked about the local
> festivals (Non-Violence, AfroFest, LatinFest, Jazz Festival, RibFest).
>  If the discussion turns to one of the three taboo subjects (religion,
> politics, sports) then that's OK too.
> 
> 
> > Which I suppose I could ask you or Stephan to be fill the hat of 
> > expert, if you or him will come this far,
> 
> If you organize an Ubuntu Hour Cambridge then I'll come and bring
> Ubuntu CDs.  So you have at least one guaranteed participant.  Note
> that of the three taboo subjects I only talk about politics :-)
> 
> 
> > and then the main point becomes are there Ubuntu users  in 
> > Cambridge, and if there are, are they on the list ?
> > 
> > then if not on the list,  how do I find them?
> 
> Go to your favourite cafe, restaurant, library, and community centre and
> put up a one page poster:
> 
>      Ubuntu Hour Cambridge
>     Someday, XX August 2012
>        7:30pm - 8:30pm
>   David's Favourite Coffee Shop
>   Come chat about Ubuntu, Linux,
>    Free Software, or Computers
>      No experience required.
>   Ubuntu CDs will be given away!
> 
> Let me know when you've picked a date, time and place.  You can post
> it on the Ubuntu-ca LoCo calendar[2], or I can do that for you.
> 
> - --Bob.
> 
> [1] GNU/Linux resources in Kitchener-Waterloo:
> http://bob.jonkman.ca/blogs/2012/06/04/gnulinux-resources-in-kitchener-waterloo/
> 
> [2] Ubuntu-ca LoCo calendar: http://loco.ubuntu.com/teams/ubuntu-ca
> 
> 
> > 
> > 
> > David
> > 
> > 
> > Check the
> >> WatCamp calendar to find a time that doesn't conflict with other
> >>  Ubuntu or Linux activities to maximize the number of people that
> >>  come out.  The UbuntuHour Waterloo is held at a bad time since
> >> is conflicts with the KW Unix meetings and KW Android
> >> meetings....
> >> 
> >> - --Bob.
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