Any appetite for an Ubuntu Ireland Team Reboot?

[Andries vanTonder]

I am on disability pension - and would like to get better involved. My
disability is physical not intellectual, although my brains is rusting
up a bit.

My first problem is that I do not have money to pay for an officially
recognised course.

I was an expert, many years ago when operating systems like NOS, CP/M,
PCDOS, DRDOS and MSDOS were the in thing. With Windows I progressed up
to Windows 98. That will explain how far I am behind. Programming wise I
used to be conversant in BASIC, COBOL, dBASE (up to III), Pascal,
Assembly. 

About UBUNTU, I cannot even get my scanner working but I am keen to
learn and have another 20 or so years where I can be of help provided
that I get learning again. (I am only 60).

To get me really involved I need someone to "manage my learning". Any
suggestion will be welcomed. 

Firstly, I need to learn and understand the basics - disk maps, basic
I/O, - the equivalent of io.sys, msdos.sys and command.com (using dos as
an example).

Who is there to help me? As a retired college lecturer I am willing to
reformat the knowledge I gain into lectures to help others (where
needed).

BTW - my 11 year old son is also a big UBUNTU fan and has bought several
scrapped PC's to life, saving their owners lots of money.

-- 
Andries vanTonder
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37 Delmere, Enfield, Co. Meath
Home: (046) 954 9748
Mobile: 087 977 4515



-----Original Message-----
From: Mike O'Donohue <airurando at eircom.net>
To: ubuntu-ie at lists.ubuntu.com
Subject: Re: Any appetite for an Ubuntu Ireland Team Reboot?
Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2012 00:40:18 +0000
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On 16/11/12 19:25, Patrick Magill wrote:

> On 16/11/12 17:03, Mike O'Donohue wrote:
> 
> > Hi Everyone,
> > 
> > Back in August and September we had a mailing list discussion
> > regarding the state of the Irish LoCo.  The details of what was said
> > can be found in our mailing list archive at: 
> > 
> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-ie/
> > 
> > There appeared to be a general desire to keep the LoCo going.
> > However, it is clear that activity has dramatically decreased from
> > late 2011 and throughout 2012.
> > 
> > Personally, I was re-energised by attending Skycon back in October
> > and I have been pondering what could we do next.
> > 
> > I'd like to put forward a few ideas in this mail that were suggested
> > earlier, both on the mailing list and during face to face
> > discussions.
> > 
> > 1) Quarterly meetings to get us started again.  Timing is important
> > here to fit in nicely with the release cycle.  I'd suggest meetings
> > in February,  May,  August and November.  The February and August
> > meetings should discuss LoCo activities concerning the next
> > release. 
> > 
> > 2) I think we should keep the release parties going.  Try different
> > things.  Even if it is just the few regulars the release is a great
> > excuse for a social meetup.
> > 
> > 3) What do we do with Global Jams?  Not being in any way geeky I
> > don't know about this one, I certainly can't drive it.  I would like
> > to see them continuing but only if we are participating in a real
> > way.  At a minimum I think we should participate in every Jam before
> > an LTS release.  I would like us to plan much  better for the Global
> > Jams and have more structure to the days.
> > 
> > 4) Other social activities.  As people see opportunities just make
> > suggestions on the mailing list.
> > 
> > 5) Getting the word out.  By in large we have lost contact with many
> > of the colleges around the country. Are there people active in
> > College life subscribed to this mailing list?
> > 
> > 6) Reapproval (due by 30 Jun 13). This one is purely my personal
> > opinion. Let it lapse.  I don't think we have done enough to justify
> > it.  Lets just see if we can build momentum again and consider going
> > for reapproval at a later stage.
> > 
> > There are likely many other items and ideas to consider but I think
> > the above 6 are high on the priority list.
> > 
> > So what do you think? Is there any appetite for an Ubuntu Ireland
> > Team Reboot?  What other ideas/concerns do you have?
> > 
> > Kind Regards,
> > 
> > Mike O'Donohue
> > 
> > 
> > 
> Would this be inclusive of those in the North? If so then I'm in :-)
> 
> 
Hi Patrick,

Thanks for joining the discussion and supporting to the idea of the
Irish LoCo Team reboot.  Regarding your question, unfortunately I have
no idea.  Would those from Northern Ireland, interested in Ubuntu, be
part of the very active Ubuntu UK LoCo or the far less active Irish LoCo
or indeed would they have the choice?  I would hope the third option
would be the correct one. Can anyone throw any light on this?

Mike

Mike