Iowa LoCo - What's Next and My Project Ideas

Jacob Owens owens.jacob at gmail.com
Wed Jan 27 15:41:28 GMT 2010 

im in pella but work in Des Moines and the surrounding areas, and Scott you
make an excellent point we need more peeps lurking in the irc channel

On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 9:31 AM, Jeremy Karns <jkarns at gmail.com> wrote:

> I can do some design. Have done a few side projects over the years. Nothing
> extremely fancy...
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 9:28 AM, Mike Moum <mike.moum at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I can do PHP, Javascript, CSS, HTML, and Python. I recently developed a
>> website using Joomla. I'm not a web designer, however.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> Aaron Cannon wrote:
>> > I do some PHP, Python, and if I must Perl, if that helps.  I don't do
>> > web design, however.
>> >
>> > On 1/27/10, Paul Tagliamonte <paultag at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 9:49 AM, Jeremy Karns <jkarns at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> I'm more on the support and training side with our custom software.
>> >>>
>> >>> On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 8:32 AM, Aaron Cannon
>> >>> <cannona at fireantproductions.com> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>> In Iowa City here, but willing to travel a little, when possible.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Aaron Cannon
>> >>>>
>> >>>> On 1/27/10, Paul Tagliamonte <paultag at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>>> 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<https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-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!
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> --
>> >>>>>>>> ------------
>> >>>>>>>> Mike and Dede Moum
>> >>>>>>>> Des Moines, Iowa
>> >>>>>>>> Visit the Baha'i World at www.bahai.org
>> >>>>>>>> Visit the US Baha'i website at www.us.bahai.org
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>
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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
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> --
>> >>>>> #define sizeof(x) rand()
>> >>>>> :wq
>> >>>>>
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>> >>>
>> >> Hey Jeremy,
>> >>
>> >> Ah, sorry for the misunderstanding.
>> >>
>> >> I'd be happy to lend a hand if there are no other devs around
>> >>
>> >> Tag
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> #define sizeof(x) rand()
>> >> :wq
>> >>
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>> >
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>> ------------
>> Mike and Dede Moum
>> Des Moines, Iowa
>> Visit the Baha'i World at www.bahai.org
>> Visit the US Baha'i website at www.us.bahai.org
>>
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