Iowa LoCo - What's Next and My Project Ideas

[Paul Tagliamonte]

On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 8:56 AM, Jeremy Karns <jkarns at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm in Waterloo. Web development firm...
>
> On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 7:48 AM, Rempresent <rempresent at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I am also in the DSM area (Newton).  I don't mind helping any way I can, I
>> am a graphic designer by trade.
>> -Nick Rempe
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 7:38 AM, Mike Moum <mike.moum at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> How many of us are in the Des Moines area? I am.
>>>
>>> Mike
>>>
>>> Scott Shields wrote:
>>> > I figured I'd break the silence and address the mailing list directly
>>> > (since most of you don't seem to like lurking in our IRC channel).
>>> >
>>> > Currently we're looking for people near the Eastern Iowa Corridor
>>> > (that would be the area between Iowa City and Cedar Rapids). Others
>>> > may join us online via IRC and the like, but in-person activities such
>>> > as meetings and projects will really help get this LoCo team moving.
>>> > If you haven't done so already and you're interested in being an
>>> > active LoCo member, please register here
>>> > <https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-us-ia>. Right now we're more of a
>>> > social group. In the future, we'll have member requirements and all of
>>> > that fancy stuff.
>>> >
>>> > You've already met our new, more vocal member Iowan (be forewarned,
>>> > we'll be using real names soon), but I'd like to put my ideas out
>>> > there too. First we need to get as many people together sometime and
>>> > figure out what everyone's strengths are. From there we can decide the
>>> > goals and future projects of our LoCo team. Listed below you'll find
>>> > my current ideas that I've been thinking of. Let me know what you
>>> > think and/or what suggestions you may have.
>>> > *
>>> > My Project Ideas
>>> > *
>>> >
>>> >     * *In Our Local Community* - How can we help educate our friends
>>> >       and family members about FOSS (and especially Ubuntu)
>>> >       alternatives? In the past, the "computer club" at Kirkwood has
>>> >       taken older computers from U of I Surplus, fixed them up, and
>>> >       resold them at cost to people. I believe it was somewhere around
>>> >       $100 and you could either get a Linux distro on it or payed a
>>> >       little extra for Windows XP.
>>> >     * *Kirkwood Community College* - I'd like to get a Linux User
>>> >       Group (LUG) up and running at the main campus (of course we
>>> >       won't ignore the Iowa City campus either). Then I'd like to
>>> >       promote the use of Open Source software in the labs and maybe
>>> >       classes. At least educate the students of the choices out there.
>>> >     * *KRUUFM* - I'd like to find out the status of this "subteam".
>>> >       Are they still active? What are they working on? How can we
>>> >       incorporate them into our LoCo?
>>> >     * *Ubuntu Global Jam (March 26th - 28th)* - This would be a great
>>> >       way to get inserted into the community. Basically a bunch of
>>> >       people, not matter what the skill level, to get together and
>>> >       help make Ubuntu better. I've talked to the Chicago LoCo Team
>>> >       about the possibility of joining them for this. Mark your
>>> > calender!
>>> >
>>>
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>>> Des Moines, Iowa
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Hey Iowa!

This looks like a solid plan of action. I'm loving the energy so far,
let's keep this up.

Nick --

You mentioned you are graphic designer.

Do we have any web programmers? Jeremy, you mentioned you are a
web-dev firm, let's see if we can't get an Iowa page up to start
getting everyone on the same page.

Let's plan for the long haul. Let's set up a Global Jam [1], and
eventually a Release Party [2] for you guys.

Central, populated ( at least by the LoCo ) area is key here.

Your friendly mentor,
Paul

[1]: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGlobalJam  ( 26th - 28th March 2010 )
[2]: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LucidReleaseParties ( 29th April - 2nd May. )

P.S. --

It's usually Mailing List "good practice" to post at the bottom of an
email. I know it sucks to do, just just say'n

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