Upcoming Ubuntu Hour - Wed, Oct 19 @iHub

[Grant Bowman]

Greetings,

To answer those that emailed me directly and for those that missed the
first meeting, the second Ubuntu Hour is scheduled to meet at
iHub.co.ke today, Wed, Oct 19th from 17:00 - 18:00. I believe there is
no absolute requirement for participation other than to show up. There
is no fee but an RSVP is requested. Just click "I'm Attending" at
http://ihub.co.ke/pages/event_details.php?id=156  These are great ways
to meet other people interested in Ubuntu. The concept is spreading to
other Ubuntu groups all over. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Hour

Please join us! There is no limit so by all means start an additional
Ubuntu Hour in your area if you are willing and able to host one.

Here is my blog post announcing the first event.
https://grantbow.wordpress.com/2011/10/03/kenya-ubuntu-hour/  I will
be writing one after our second even this evening using the pictures I
posted http://www.flickr.com/photos/grantbow/sets/72157627886181590/
and others that people would like to contribute.

In addition to this email list, at our first meeting it was almost
unanimously agreed that twitter would be used for communication. I
recommend someone who is willing to represent Ubuntu in Kenya register
https://twitter.com/ubuntu-ke making it easier to announce events such
as these.

Regards,

Grant Bowman
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Grantbow
http://www.dreamfish.com


On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 9:49 PM, Grant Bowman <grantbow at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> Jambo,
>
> I just wanted to say thank you to all the attendees last week, Thurs,
> Oct 6th @iHub in Nairobi. I look forward to seeing you again and
> newcomers @iHub on Wed, Oct 19th.
>
> Here are the pictures I took.
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/grantbow/sets/72157627886181590/
>
> I have added a summary of some of the links we talked about. I am sure
> there were more during the discussion. Please refresh our memory by
> responding.
>
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KenyanTeam
> http://www.ubuntu.com/community/conduct
> http://ubuntustudio.org/
> http://www.techradar.com/news/software/operating-systems/8-of-the-best-tiny-linux-distros-683552
>     and my favorite for less powerful hardware http://puppylinux.org
>
> I hope the team can get rolling again. Aside from working with great
> people towards promoting Ubuntu as described at
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoTeams a benefit of becoming an approved
> team is a shipment of 350 CDs https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoGettingCds
> after each release to give out. For promoting Ubuntu at events more
> materials can be requested.
>
> As we discussed, informal networks of people can also be established
> to help newcomers with burned copies. In California we use a printed &
> folded sleeve to give out burned copies of CDs.
>
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam/Projects/CDSleeves describes
> the project, http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-california/%2Bjunk/sleeves/files/head%3A/trunk/
> has the SVG and PDF versions listed and the PDF is available to
> download and use here.
> http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-california/+junk/sleeves/download/head:/sleeve.pdf-20100421075336-o5vwx6kex9krve3s-1/sleeve.pdf
>  With the SVG source code a modified version for Kenya could easily
> be forked from the bazaar repository and created for use here.
>
> I look forward to seeing people @iHub again on Wed, Oct 19th.
>
> Regards,
>
> Grant Bowman
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Grantbow
> http://www.dreamfish.com
>