[Ubuntu Chicago] Chicago Loco IRC Meetings

[Richard JOHNSON]

On Mon, Jan 04, 2010 at 04:49:37PM -0600, Steve Woodruff wrote:
> I hope everybody had a wonderful holiday season, and a happy new year! Thus
> far it seems there has been no opposition to the idea of holding IRC
> meetings, so that's good. Now I think we should iron out how we want to
> focus our meetings.

+1

> Corey brought up an excellent idea for the meetings to be more of an 'event'
> than just a general team meeting, where we would have speakers,
> presentations, and work on certain projects during this meeting time (be it
> working on docs, bugs, etc.). I think this would be a really great way for
> the team to stay active, and always giving back to the Ubuntu community, but
> as he also mentioned, I don't think this would necessarily call for a
> monthly scheduling.

That is actually a good idea, kind of like our own Open Week/Developer
Week/User Week/or whatever the hell they will call the next online event :)

> What I would propose it to have monthly meetings where they would be an
> informal team get-together, where we can bring up issues such as Linux/FOSS
> events in the area, discuss scheduling/locations for future events, and
> otherwise cover topics related to the Loco. So again, these would be more
> 'team administrative' rather than an active event. On top of these short
> monthly meetings, I would propose that we hold 'event days' like Corey has
> suggested. Again, these IRC events wouldn't necessarily have to be a
> monthly occurrence, but we would schedule them fairly frequently so we can
> keep the Chicago Team active in the Ubuntu community. These IRC 'event days'
> could be similar to our jams and parties that we now have in real life where
> we focus on getting work done. I feel these would probably benefit everyone,
> as there would be no issue of travelling to/from the City/suburbs, and
> finding a location that would best suit most of the team.

Informal is good I think to start out, and if we feel we have progressed to
the point of having formal meetings, then we can address it then. Just
shooting the OSS/Linux/Ubuntu breeze will allow us all to:

 * Meet and great
 * Get to know each other better
 * Brainstorm (this is always a good one)

Who knows, while we are shooting the breeze, maybe someone will come up
with the next great idea :)

> Let us know what you guys think! How do you all think we should organize our
> meetings? What would you be in favor of? None of this is set in stone, and
> we're all open to ideas and input, so please feel free to share your
> opinions! This is your Loco after all, without your input it doesn't work :)

I am +1 on informal for the time being. We can pick a day and time to meet
up on IRC and just shoot the breeze. Maybe we could have a list of topics
we can cover. Every now and then maybe throw in a "Chicago Open Week" or
such. We will definitely have to keep it family friendly, as it would be
nice to make the logs available publicly for those who couldn't attend.

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