Changes to the LoCo organization. Georgia LoCo Council

[John Von Hollen]

Thanks for the good responses!

In addition to the current changes we can benifit from a better way to track
ideas and projects. That would make it easier for everyone to be able to
help out.

Good work helping out Kevin. You had a lot of good input.

-John



On 10/1/07, Kevin Fishburne <kevinfishburne at eightvirtues.com > wrote:
>
>  That's rough supporting someone remotely with dial-up. There's at CT LoCo
> at:
>
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ConnecticutTeam
>
> They have 18 registered members on LaunchPad. Maybe one of them could
> help? I wonder how dial-up would handle VNC at 800x600 at 4bpp... Might be
> manageable.
>
> Kevin
>
> Paul Cartwright wrote:
>
> On Sunday 30 September 2007 23:24, Nick Ali wrote:
>
>  I think this is valid point. We should promote all the virtues of
> Ubuntu (while showing how it can run Windows apps and games, and how
> to dual-boot), but we don't need to be belligerent towards Microsoft.
>
>
> nick
>
> On 9/30/07, Ryan Solenberg <rsolenberg at gmail.com> <rsolenberg at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  One thing, someone mentioned the "growing resentment twards Microsoft"
>
> My personal opinion is that we should stay away from anything that could
> be percieved as negitive.  Not that it was implied, I just feel its a
>
> direction that could easily be taken.  I don't think that's what Ubuntu
> wants to represent.
>
>  Here is a real-life example.... My Uncle lives in East Hartford,CT, so I can't
> be there to help him. He is 74 years old. His computer is old, it has 128
> megs of ram and runs XP. He looked at the cost of RAM vs. a new PC and opted
>
> for the RAM, but only 256 megs to add to what he has, for 384 total. I sent
> him the Ubuntu DVD from my magazine, a nice official case and DVD.. except
> his PC only has a CD drive.. So I sent him a Kubuntu CD last week. His
>
> comments were that he would LOVE to try a free OS that came with a free
> Office package!!!  He emailed me yesterday that he had run the LiveCD and was
> emailing me from Thunderbird, just like he had done from windows!!
>
> He is on dialup, so I don't think remote support will be possible, and I'm
> sure he will have questions, and I'd like him to have local support. Who can
> I send him to for help?? I'd love to get him a Ubuntu sticker too!!!
>
>
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