[ubuntu-uk] Proposed Manchester Ubuntu 10.04 Jam

[Lucy]

Just to clarify with people, ManLUG have not held a meeting at the
University of Manchester since before the construction works. There
was talk of starting meetings again but at a different location.
Manchester Free Software held a fairly large event there for Software
Freedom Day (same building), but I know they had to jump through many
hoops, which included doing risk assessments. Unfortunately, the
changes at the University extend to policy as well physical updates :/

2010/1/19 Tommy Pyatt <tommy.pyatt at googlemail.com>:
> I've done a bit of looking around myself and found the Manchester Linux
> Users Group. It seems they were holding meetings every month through 2008
> have had none since last January due to construction works at the Kilburn
> building. They had an installfest planned for October but no mention as to
> whether or not that took place. Maybe someone on this list knows of this
> group or has been involved with them? Seems they have contacts at the
> university and experience with Linux meetings, and there will probably be a
> number of them that would be interested in an Ubuntu Jam.
>
> Anyone know anything?
>
> Tommy
>
> 2010/1/19 Simon Wears <munkyjunky at googlemail.com>
>>
>> I agree that a bar/pub wouldn't be an ideal place for this. I did think
>> the universitys would be ideal, I know the computing block in Manchester Met
>> uni is fairly decent. There's plenty of power, internet, and the refectory
>> just downstairs, which sells food & drinks. There's also a lot of computers,
>> which means that people who don't want to bring / don't own a laptop can
>> particiapte too. The only downside is that the Internet requires you to log
>> in, but I can always talk to the relevant people at the university and see
>> if there's a way round this for a day. There's also a projector in every
>> room, which would be useful for demonstrations.
>>
>> It might be worthwhile to do it during the global jam then, instead of on
>> a weekend by ourselves?
>>
>>
>> 2010/1/19 Gordon Allott <gord.allott at canonical.com>
>>>
>>> On Mon, 2010-01-18 at 21:18 +0000, Simon Wears wrote:
>>> > Hello everyone!
>>> >
>>> > This is an announcement of plans for an Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" Jam
>>> > in Manchester.
>>> >
>>> > As the Ubuntu Wiki puts it, "an Ubuntu Jam is a local event, where
>>> > people meet to do something with Ubuntu. The point is to have fun,
>>> > meet great people, learn something new and make Ubuntu better in a way
>>> > that you like and enjoy." Essentially, it will be a group of geeks
>>> > with computers meeting up, socialising, and making Ubuntu better
>>> > through bug fixing, documentation, translation, etc. to help make
>>> > Ubuntu 10.04 be as good as it can be.
>>>
>>> I shall be endeavouring to provide my assistance at every corner! one
>>> thing we need sorted is a venue, good wifi is a must, not especially
>>> fast, but stable. I'm not sure a bar/pub is the best place for something
>>> like this either, its really about getting constructive contributions
>>> done which would be hard to focus on in a noisy bar.
>>>
>>> Just to note the date - the next global jam is listed for the 26th -28th
>>> of march, which is the last weekend in march. Just in time to get those
>>> last minute bugs for lucid :)
>>>
>>> If anyone interested would like to bring up any specific skill-sets they
>>> might have that would be great, if your a great packager for example it
>>> would be wonderful to spend some time teaching others about the
>>> mysteries and conundrums of debian packaging ;)
>>>
>>> What are peoples thoughts on these?
>>> --
>>> Gordon Allott <gord.allott at canonical.com>
>>> Canonical
>>>
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>>
>>
>>
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