<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Congratulations Matt, and welcome.  I too am very new to the Ubuntu Chicago group (not quite new to Linux, but there is always a lot more one can learn so I still consider myself a novice).  In the short time I've been tuned into the group I've seen some exciting ideas come across, including an upcoming meeting and some talk about a project for new Linux user documentation (some kind of "kit" I believe wasn't it?).   Just thought I'd give a holler, I know it can be nice to have fellow "newbies" whenever joining a new group. BTW, Minnesota is a great state.  I grew up on the MN ND border.  (And good luck to the Twins) Mike Matthew Johnson wrote: <blockquote cite="mid7d3948c70610041552m500f6477o7d7555d6e043914b@mail.gmail.com" type="cite">Hello List! Thanks for the welcome, Rich.  I'm now typing this message from Ubuntu!  I know, no big deal for those here, but my install attempts failed yesterday and today I got one to work!  I took a look at your mail archives and found your page of flickr.  Looks like you guys were having fun at buffalo wild wings!  We have one close to my  house here, so I think that is an excellent idea for a meeting place. Stay Dry,  -Matt Johnson <div>On 10/4/06, Richard Johnson <<a href="mailto:nixternal@ubuntu.com">nixternal@ubuntu.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Welcome! You are more than welcome to hang out here and talk Ubuntu with the rest of us. Maybe some day we can build you up and you can start Ubuntu Minneapolis, or MInnesota for that matter! The more LoCos the better ;) </blockquote> </div> [snip] </blockquote> </body> </html>