[Ubuntu Chicago] Should I come to Bug Jam on Sunday?

[Nathan Handler]

On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 3:47 AM, Douglas A. Whitfield
<douglasawh at gmail.com> wrote:
> First, I'll likely be arriving late because of the BarCamp, though
> that's still up in the air.  Is arriving late going to make it such
> that it is hard to get in the groove of the event?

Arriving late will not be a problem. I expect many people to be coming
late and/or leaving early.

> Second, I'm not a programmer and don't have any experience working
> with the doc team.  Is that going to make me useless or will there
> still be things I can do*?

We have a very diverse group of people attending the event. If there
is something that you have an interest in learning or working on, I am
sure that we could find someone who could help you learn. Not knowing
how to program or work with the docs team is definitely not an excuse
to come. You will definitely not be "useless".

> *I should note that I've been using Karmic off-and-on since day zero
> and can bring at least four models of laptops (my employer has 3400
> employees and while we've switched to Fedora, the two of us in charge
> of the Linux desktops are Ubuntu users at heart...I'd be happy to
> share why we made the switch, if that interests anyone).

That would be great. I am sure many people would be interested in
hearing why you made the switch (myself included).

> Also, John Britton (http://www.johndbritton.com/) are pretty serious
> about having an Open Everything event in Chicago next spring, so
> that's one of the major reasons I want to come down.  If people are
> going to be too busy to talk about that AND I'm going to be useless as
> far as helping out, I'll save some carbon and not drive down there.  I
> can find some other time to come down and schmooze.

There is a very big social element to these events. I guarantee that
there will be more than enough time to talk about the Open Everything
event.

I hope to see you at the jam!

Sincerely,
Nathan Handler