I agree completely with the last two messages. <div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 4:44 PM, Mike O'Donohue <<a href="mailto:airurando@eircom.net">airurando@eircom.net</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Hi Everyone, I fully agree with Jeffry's comments and suggestions. As a home user of Ubuntu and a non programmer I don't see where I could be of any use to the group at a global jam event (in fact I believe my presence would be detrimental to the ongoing work!). If on the other hand it was structured in such a way that I felt I could be of some use then, providing no conflict existed with my work schedule, I would be happy to attend. regards, Mike O'Donohue On Sun, 24 Jan 2010 12:10:56 +0000 tDR112 <<a href="mailto:tdr112@gmail.com">tdr112@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > Hello all, > I don't think these global jam days do a lot for are loco in there > current format. The numbers of people going to these events seem to be > droping each time we have one. I think the normal person is taken back > from the idea of fixing bugs , its too much for them. I think for > these events to work and everyone to be involved they need more > structure. It needs to be easier for the non programer to come along > and help. > Some ideas for more structure. > > Lighting talks on, > reporting bugs > Fixing bugs > Testing > Documentation > Translations > > After these mini talks give people a chance to work on them. Or work > in small groups with someone already good with bug fixing helping out > other people. > Also we could use these days for people to work on the loco website > and wiki. > > Over all I think stuff like this has to be done if we want to make > these sort of events open to the wider members of our loco and the > general public . > > > Jeffrey Roe, > <a href="http://www.tog.ie" target="_blank">www.tog.ie</a> > > > > On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 6:35 PM, Laura Czajkowski > <<a href="mailto:laura@lczajkowski.com">laura@lczajkowski.com</a>> wrote: > > Aloha! > > > > > > It's me again..... > > > > Ubuntu has a Global Jam, mind way through a release cycle to > > encourage participation in working on bugs, translations, > > documentation, cleaning up of the wikis. In the past Ireland has > > run them. I'd hope this year would be no different. > > <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGlobalJam" target="_blank">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGlobalJam</a> > > > > > > At the 1st Ubuntu Hour we were discussing getting more groups > > involved in a day like this, so it's not just focused on Ubuntu, by > > asking other dev groups to take part. Perhaps making the global > > jam section of the event more structured would be a good idea, so > > that we spent 2 hrs on topics or work in teams. I'd be interested > > in hearing ideas. Ideally we might run this in the trinity capital > > hotel as there is space, but we would definitely need to confirm > > numbers as the room I'd be looking to get sponsored. There is free > > wifi there. > > > > > > Thoughts please.... > > > > > > Laura > > > > > > > > -- > > > > <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/czajkowski" target="_blank">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/czajkowski</a> > > <a href="http://www.lczajkowski.com" target="_blank">http://www.lczajkowski.com</a> > > Skype: lauraczajkowski > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Ubuntu-ie mailing list > > <a href="mailto:Ubuntu-ie@lists.ubuntu.com">Ubuntu-ie@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > > <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-ie" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-ie</a> > > > -- Ubuntu-ie mailing list <a href="mailto:Ubuntu-ie@lists.ubuntu.com">Ubuntu-ie@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-ie" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-ie</a> </blockquote></div>