Iowa LoCo - What's Next and My Project Ideas

[Nick Fox]

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I am in Des Moines and have been lurking in IRC though my time has
limited my interaction. Glad to see some activity here.

- -Nick (foxbuntu)

Jeremy Karns wrote:
> I'm in Waterloo. Web development firm...
> 
> On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 7:48 AM, Rempresent <rempresent at gmail.com
> <mailto: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
>     <mailto: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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>         Mike and Dede Moum
>         Des Moines, Iowa
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