[Ubuntu Chicago] It's official! Doc Jam - Sunday, January 17th

[Montel Edwards]

Right.
Well my dad instantly said "NO" when I asked him if I could go, but
that could change later on in the week...

On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 5:38 PM, Steve Woodruff <swoody at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> Of course, bring your netbook along! It'll help the boredom on the
> train, and it'll be great to have at the jam.
>
> We're focusing this Jam around documentation, so I feel there's
> probably going to be a quick intro into doc/wiki work for those of us
> who aren't familiar with everything it entails, and then we're going
> to dive into tackling some work (I'm thinking Jim and Richard are
> probably going to be directing this more towards X/Kubuntu?) So this
> should be a good chance to get some work done, and learn a thing or
> two from some great doc guys :)
>
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> On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 5:15 PM, Montel Edwards <montel at member.fsf.org> wrote:
>> Yeah, I think that i'll walk. Google Maps is showing 2.2 miles, 41 mins walking.
>> I think that ill take the 5:15 departure train so i'll probably leave
>> around 4:15.
>> ( If i can convince my parents to let me go :X)
>>
>> So what will be doing exactly?
>> Should I bring my netbook?
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 5:09 PM, Mike McCune <mjmccune at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> You can walk south from Union Station, get on the Blue Line towards O'hare
>>> at Clinton Station. Take that to Chicago, then walk or take the 66 bus west
>>> to 1407 W. Chicago Ave. Should take about 30 minutes.
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 4:55 PM, Montel Edwards <montel at member.fsf.org>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hmm,
>>>> I'm not sure if I can go or not.
>>>> Would there be any way I could take public transportation from Union
>>>> Station to there?
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 5:54 PM,  <freddymartinez9 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> > Metra riders please consider the weekend pass. Its 5 bucks and you can
>>>> > use it all weekend. When I travel I use it and its saved me close to 50
>>>> > bucks in the last year.
>>>> > ------Original Message------
>>>> > From: Steve Woodruff
>>>> > Sender: ubuntu-us-chicago-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com
>>>> > To: r_a_smith3530 at sbcglobal.net
>>>> > To: Ubuntu Chicago Local Community Team Mailing List
>>>> > ReplyTo: Ubuntu Chicago Local Community Team Mailing List
>>>> > Subject: Re: [Ubuntu Chicago] It's official! Doc Jam - Sunday, January
>>>> > 17th
>>>> > Sent: Jan 10, 2010 17:52
>>>> >
>>>> > On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 5:27 PM, Steve Woodruff <swoody at ubuntu.com>
>>>> > wrote:
>>>> >> On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 5:22 PM,  <r_a_smith3530 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>>> >>> Which Metra line is that?
>>>> >>
>>>> >> I may be mistaken, but I believe that's the Milwaukee District/West
>>>> >> Line. From what I can see, the OTC and Union Station are *roughly* the
>>>> >> same distance from the Jam as the Western stop, so you would probably
>>>> >> be fine with any of the lines that go to those stops.
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > For anyone who's going to be riding the rails to the Jam, I took a
>>>> > quick look, and came up with all the nearby stops/stations I could
>>>> > find. For Metra stations, there seems to be a few options to pick from
>>>> > [1]. For CTA riders, it looks like the two closest stops would be
>>>> > Chicago Ave or Division St on the Blue Line [2].
>>>> >
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>>>> > [1] http://tinyurl.com/ydp56e6
>>>> > [2] http://www.transitchicago.com/travel_information/maps/default.aspx
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