Ubuntu-Chicago Recruitment

RJ Marsan rjmarsan at gmail.com
Tue Nov 7 22:40:02 GMT 2006


yeah.... i get out at 8:30, usually a little earlier, so Ill probably be
online at 9.

On 11/7/06, Freddy Martinez <freddymartinez9 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Well how about a 8.30 Meeting time on IRC. I don't know if Rich J and
> Robert M can make it, i think they have school. We will came up with a
> better time once we get more email responses.
>
> On 11/7/06, Max Luebbe <max.luebbe at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Any chance I could talk people into a later meeting on IRC?
> > I'd like to participate but I'll still be at work in Skokie, and need to
> > commute back to the Northside.
> >
> > I'd also love a downtown meeting, as for me dupage county border is kind
> > of a stretch.
> >
> > I also could do a lot with some cds, I'd paypal you for USPS shipping.
> > If this is cool, send me an email with what youll need and ill respond with
> > my address.
> >
> > I'd like to help with Feisty. I meant to help more on Dapper but just
> > got swamped with moving and work.
> > Maybe we could all pick one project and coordinate our efforts?
> >
> > -Max
> >
> > On 11/7/06, Freddy Martinez < freddymartinez9 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > How to increase our members? Firstly, I think we need to get outside
> > > of our current venues. We get plugs on Ubuntu Planet, because as this does
> > > increase our name in the Ubuntu developers community, it doesn't get to many
> > > what I will call "casual Ubuntu users" who have it installed on their system
> > > and just run it. How many Ubuntu users know about LoCos and where they are
> > > located.  We need to make some bold move that would get major publication
> > > (Chicago Sun Times or something similar.) Maybe even a letter to the editor
> > > would get published or something. We live in a city with major computing in
> > > downtown (IBM comes to mind) and we also have major computer stores in the
> > > same area (Mac Store) but that is just an idea. What can we do to partner up
> > > with IBM? I sat and discussed F/OSS with someone who worked at IBM for 18
> > > years and all he could tell me is that he knew about Red Hat. I don't know
> > > what his department was but we may want to consider reaching out to these
> > > companies
> > >
> > > I listened to Jeffs Waugh's podcast on Community Building and he
> > > discusses having leaders and what this means for OS projects. I am against
> > > having one person leader. Instead, I propose a 7 person LoCo Council that
> > > will have roles. One Representative (talks to Canonical, creates publishing
> > > et. al), one Art director, one Marketing director, one Organizer (oversees
> > > day to day)  and more positions when I they come to me. Oh yea one more, a
> > > Secretary / Clerk that takes notes. Anyways, this LoCo council would be
> > > elected twice a year and make decisions on the behalf of the LoCo however a
> > > simple majority vote by the LoCo would over ride the council. This is a
> > > rough idea but I think we will one day reach a point where we well need this
> > > and I'd like to have it in place before we reach critical mass.
> > >
> > > My proposed venue for the next event would be downtown Chicago (maybe
> > > have the event in the city of the LoCo :P) for a meet and great / idea
> > > session. I am looking toward a place like Portillo's by Hard Rock Cafe. I
> > > think the date would be Saturday December 23rd, 30th or January 6th.
> > > I like this location and dates, let me known
> > >
> > > PROPOSED IRC CHAT
> > > November 14th at 6 PM (Chicago Time) to hammer out these details at
> > > #ubuntu-chicago on irc.freenode.net if anyone is interested, please
> > > tell the team.
> > >
> > > RichJ I want CDs, a gang of them, around 50 edgy, 25-30 Dapper CDs.
> > > I'll PM you on IRC with an address, I can't meet you but if you mail them to
> > > me, I'll reimbhurst you.
> > >
> > > Also, WHO WANTS TO HELP WITH FEISTY FAWN 7.04? Tell Rich J,
> > > Red_Herring and I are trying to get involved in this release a lot more, it
> > > would be good to get representation of the team in this release.
> > >
> > > Talk to you all soon,
> > >
> > > --
> > > -Freddy Martinez-
> > > Kubuntu. [GNU/]Linux for human beings.
> > > </message>
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> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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>
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> -Freddy Martinez-
> Kubuntu. [GNU/]Linux for human beings.
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