[ubuntu-florida] wow! 4000 at the french ubuntu release party

[chris_c]

ElementC,



We had about 4 guys in Orlando, some with families... and we all drove

separately, with a little coordination you can head over with us next time

if you'd like!



Chris



a.k.a. ITnet7 #ubuntu-us-fl



On Fri, 12 Dec 2008 21:48:42 -0500, ElementC <wer4geeks at gmail.com> wrote:

> Wow, this is nice having a sudden flourish of activity.

> 

> Keeps me on my toes. Out of curiosity, anyone from brevard are still

> watching the list?

> 

> On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 6:49 PM, dan <dantrevino at gmail.com> wrote:

> 

>> Thanks Umer.  Please go add yourself for Jacksonville in the wiki [1].

>> Ideally we'd like to coordinate with the local LUGs so we may want to

>> start

>> gauging interest in JaxLUG in February some time.

>>

>> Dan

>>

>> [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FloridaTeam/Projects/JauntyReleaseParties

>>

>>

>> On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 3:14 PM, Umer Farooq

>> <umer.m.farooq at gmail.com>wrote:

>>

>>> Hey Guys,

>>> First, let me introduce myself. I am Umer Farooq, I am a 21 year old

>>> Computer Science student living in Jacksonville. I've been monitoring

>>> the

>>> mailing list, and have wanted to get online for a meeting, however I've

>>> always managed to have a class during that time. Hopefully next

semester

>>> will be better.

>>> If there is a party being planned for Jacksonville, I will try to help

>>> out

>>> as much as I can!

>>> Umer

>>>

>>>

>>> On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 5:44 PM, dan <dantrevino at gmail.com> wrote:

>>>

>>>>  I agree.  As soon as we can secure a place and date (places and

>>>>  dates),

>>>> we need to start moving fwd.  I'd like to see release parties in

Miami,

>>>> Orlando, Tampa, Jacksonville, and maybe Tallahassee or Pensacola.

>>>>

>>>> Dan

>>>>

>>>>

>>>> On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 10:00 AM, Jimmy Harris

>>>> <harris.jimmy at gmail.com>wrote:

>>>>

>>>>> We should talk about this well in advance of the Jaunty release

>>>>> especially since you guys (Dan and Chris) are going to bring back

from

>>>>> UDS

>>>>> some great ideas about how to get Ubuntu to new users.  From what

I've

>>>>> been

>>>>> reading Jaunty really should appeal to the everday user a tonne more!

>>>>>

>>>>> I am ready to help with the planning already both for the parties and

>>>>> the getting the word out.

>>>>>

>>>>> On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 12:48 PM, dan <dantrevino at gmail.com> wrote:

>>>>>

>>>>>> Our number was slightly less than 500.  However for the Jaunty

cycle,

>>>>>> we're gonna have multiple parties and we can aim for 500.

>>>>>>

>>>>>> On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 8:09 AM, Jimmy Harris

>>>>>> <harris.jimmy at gmail.com>wrote:

>>>>>>

>>>>>>> That would be a bit hard for me to orgranize.  However, I think we

>>>>>>> could get at least 20 next release :)

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>> On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 10:53 AM, Miano, Steven M. <

>>>>>>> Steven.Miano at mybrighthouse.com> wrote:

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>  Pretty impressive, 65 million people live in France, and Florida

>>>>>>>> had an estimated 18 million people as of 2006.

>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>> That would be pretty impressive if there were 500+ people at a

>>>>>>>> Florida release party, what was the last number for this state?

>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>> *From:* ubuntu-us-fl-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com [mailto:

>>>>>>>> ubuntu-us-fl-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] *On Behalf Of *dan

>>>>>>>> *Sent:* Friday, December 12, 2008 12:53 AM

>>>>>>>> *To:* Ubuntu-FL List; Ubuntu-FL List

>>>>>>>> *Subject:* [ubuntu-florida] wow! 4000 at the french ubuntu release

>>>>>>>> party

>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>> http://fridge.ubuntu.com/node/1759

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