[Ubuntu Chicago] Revival Attempt

[W. Scott Lockwood III]

I'd like to meet with you to discuss how I can help.

On Thu, 2008-10-23 at 09:39 -0500, Richard Johnson wrote:
> Hey Everyone!
> 
> I wanted to send this email to the list to inform everyone that I am
> going to be working on an attempt to revive Ubuntu Chicago and will be
> hijacking the team and taking back over since Eddie is super busy with
> school.
> 
> With that said what I will need in the near future is some assistance on
> getting the LoCo team back on its feet. If you have any ideas that you
> think will help this team succeed as it once did in the past, please do
> not hesitate to add them in response to this email. People of all
> different backgrounds are needed in order to make this attempt
> successful. If you are brand new to Ubuntu you can definitely help us
> mold the team by offering your pros and cons about what you have
> witnessed thus far.
> 
> I will work on getting the wiki pages updated, redesigning the website,
> and creating a "plan of attack."
> 
> If everything goes as planned, I would like to schedule a meeting
> sometime in the near future. As I work downtown I am available to hold a
> meeting in the city and since I live in the burbs I am available for a
> meeting there as well. A neutral ground will be best, but unfortunately
> that has never worked out in the past. If need be, we can hold a meeting
> in the city followed up by a meeting in the burbs or vice-versa, this
> way I can take everything discussed in one meeting out to the other.
> 
> If you have a venue we could borrow for a few hours, or know of a
> location (Starbucks, or some other place where we can gather) let us
> know and we will work on getting that setup.
> 
> I appologize for the lack of organization around here of late and will
> work to get this back in motion. For this I will need Eddie and Jim to
> provide a hand if possible since they are both originators and leaders
> of this team. Also Kevin Harris from Foresight is even interested in
> helping out get the team back on its feet.
> 
> Thanks to everyone who has helped out in the past and hopefully you will
> continue to help out as I attempt to take this team forward, and I
> definitely look forward to meeting with new members of our community in
> the coming weeks.
> 
> --
> Rich Johnson
> nixternal at kubuntu.org
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