Hi Rory

[Mike O'Donohue]

Hello Simon,

If you are Dublin based we do have monthly face to face fun
and informal meetings called Ubuntu Hour.  These are held at the Trinity
Capital Hotel in Dublin on the last Wednesday of every month and start
at 6pm.  To find your feet and get involved in a way that
suits you I'd recommend logging into the IRC channel (details given by
Rory) and/or attending an upcoming Ubuntu Hour and chatting.
There are knowledgeable Ubuntu community people around who will be
happy to steer you in the right direction once they hear about your
interests etc.  If you are not Dublin based keep and eye on the mailing
list and the calendar on ubuntu-ie.org for details of upcoming Ubuntu
Hours around the country and other events.

Good hearing from you and I do hope to chat to you soon either on IRC
or at an Ubuntu Hour.

By the way I'd only rate myself as an average Home computer user.

Kind Regards,

Mike


On Fri, 16 Jul 2010 01:35:01 +0100
Shane Fagan <shanepatrickfagan at ubuntu.com> wrote:

> Hey Simon,
> 
> You could help out with ubuntu documentation[0] or if you can speak
> Irish help out with translations.
> 
> --fagan
> 
> [0]  https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DocumentationTeam
> 
> On Thu, 2010-07-15 at 23:13 +0100, Rory McCann wrote:
> > On 15/07/10 18:07, simon corcoran wrote:
> > > Hi
> > > 
> > > I'm very new to ubuntu but was looking to get more involved with
> > > it, I like the ideas behind it and would like to help and to
> > > learn more, So I was wondering Is there any way I can get
> > > involved, I'm an above average computer user but that's not hard
> > > considering to poor computer literacy around here.
> > > 
> > > So Is there anyway I can get involved,
> > > 
> > > Regards,
> > > 
> > > Simon Corcoran
> > 
> > Hi Simon,
> > 
> > Good to hear from you. There are many people active in Ubuntu in
> > Ireland. We do lots of stuff from social pub meets to bug jamming
> > things. We have a website http://www.ubuntu-ie.org, we have a
> > mailing list (which is CC'ed to this mail), join it to be alert to
> > events. We have an IRC channel where many hang out and chat (chat
> > live in your browser here
> > http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#ubuntu-ie ), and a twitter
> > account http://twitter.com/ubuntuie
> > 
> > Upcoming events is a 'geeknic' (geek picnic) next Sunday, in Dun
> > Laoghaire, Dublin (more info http://ubuntu-ie.org/node/102), it's
> > just a chance to hang out, meet new and old friends. Just look for
> > the people who look like linux geeks, come up and ask if we're
> > ubuntu :)
> > 
> > There's a 'global jam' coming up in the ubuntu world in August IIRC.
> > It's over a weekend we try to contribute back to ubuntu with bug
> > reports, code, etc. We'll be talking about it at our next monthly
> > IRC meeting on 21st July
> > (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IrishTeam/IRCMeetings).
> > 
> > Hope that gives you enough of an intro. Feel free to ask anyway, in
> > the ubuntu world we don't believe in stupid questions, or introduce
> > yourself.
> > 
> > :)
> > 
> > Rory
> > 
> 
> 
> 
>