Iowa LoCo - What's Next and My Project Ideas

[Afan Pasalic]

I'm web developer, working for Alliance Technolgies.
I suggest Drupal as the best solution for our future web site.

Afan



Paul Tagliamonte 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>. 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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