Question for current ACM leaders

Wed Mar 10 23:11:56 GMT 2010

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Hi all.

I did some phone work today and found out the following info:

The University of Iowa has a room available in the IMU on Sunday the
28th, available pretty much all day.  The room holds 24 people, and it
has a projector as well as Ethernet connections.  However, I'm not
sure if we are looking at just one Ethernet port, or several, so we
will need to check into that, and look at bringing routers or whatever
we need to do to make that work.

We are not allowed to bring in any outside food or drink.  Anything we
want, we have to buy from the cafeteria (which is in the same
building) or pay to have it catered.

The room is #341 (on the 3rd floor obviously) in the IMU.  It is setup
with tables which measure 6' by 18", and there are two chairs per
table.  We should have outlets for each table, but again, that will
need to be investigated to make sure.

The cost of the room is $150 total (no matter how long or little we
use it), unless the ACM hosts, in which case it is free.  If we do pay
for the room, and we do pay for catering, the room rate is reduced by
the cost of catering times 0.5.  In other words, for each dollar we
spend on catering, we pay 50 cents less on the room.  Probably not
very important info, as I don't see us having a lot of money to spend
on such things, but just wanted to mention it.

Thoughts?

I have placed a tentative reservation on this room, which is valid for
7 business days.

Also, would anyone be interested in exchanging some PGP key sigs while
we're there?

Thanks.

Aaron Cannon
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On 3/7/10, Paul Tagliamonte <paultag at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 12:02 PM, Aaron Cannon
> <cannona at fireantproductions.com> wrote:
>> Do we know how long we want to run for?  4 hours?  6?  8?  Longer?
>>
>
> It's up to the team / ACM guys, that's about it.
>
>> Aaron
>>
>> On 3/7/10, Paul Tagliamonte <paultag at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>>> On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 10:44 AM, Aaron Cannon
>>> <cannona at fireantproductions.com> wrote:
>>>> Hi Austin and all.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for getting back to me.
>>>>
>>>> The event will be free and open to anyone who wants to come, though
>>>> (assuming that the venue allows) I imagine we may setup a pool to buy
>>>> some pizzas or whatever, but it would be voluntary of course.
>>>>
>>>> I'm not sure how long we want to run, but the possible dates for the
>>>> event are March 26, 27 or 28.  I suggest March 27, or 28 as a second
>>>> choice, but I fear that the 26th would be a problem for many folks, so
>>>> I can't recommend it.
>>>>
>>>> To my understanding, we will either be working on documentation,
>>>> installing and testing the new version of Ubuntu, or squishing bugs.
>>>> As I understand it, this event should be great for both those who know
>>>> a lot about Linux and Ubuntu, and those who know nothing but would
>>>> like to learn.
>>>>
>>>> Does someone more experienced with how this event will likely work
>>>> want to better explain what the event will entail and what we will be
>>>> doing exactly?
>>>
>>> Dramatic Reading from https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGlobalJam
>>>
>>> Q1. What is the Global Jam?
>>>     A world-wide online and face-to-face event to get people together
>>> to fix Ubuntu bugs - we want to get as many people online fixing bugs,
>>> having a great time doing so, and putting their brick in the wall for
>>> free software. This is not only a great opportunity to really help
>>> Ubuntu, but to also get together with other Ubuntu fans to make a
>>> difference together, either via your LoCo team, your LUG, other free
>>> software group, or just getting people together in your
>>> house/apartment to fix bugs and have a great time.
>>>
>>> Q2. What exactly things do you do in that period?
>>>     Collect bugs, fix them, testing, documenting and translating. Get
>>> together and make Ubuntu better.
>>>
>>> ....
>>>
>>> Q4. What do we need?
>>>     You need a place to be, with decent internet connection, some
>>> computers, and great people to share the work. Probably you can find a
>>> place in a University, school or even neighbourhood local. Contact
>>> your local translation team.
>>>
>>>
>>> Global jams are a blast.
>>>
>>> I've run it here at my University as a student group, we got some
>>> really cool work done. It also makes a nice gold star on the student
>>> organization's resume. Our ACM group had a blast with this
>>>
>>> -Paul
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> If you do, please CC the mailing list, and forward all replies, so we
>>>> can all keep up
>>>>
>>>> Thanks.
>>>>
>>>> Aaron
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>> From: ACM - University of Iowa <iowa.acm at gmail.com>
>>>> Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2010 08:53:25 -0600
>>>> Subject: Re: Question for current ACM leaders
>>>> To: Aaron Cannon <cannona at fireantproductions.com>
>>>>
>>>> Aaron,
>>>>
>>>> The ACM is interested in supporting/hosting the Global Ubuntu Jam.
>>>> Depending on what the event entails we might be able to help you out.
>>>> Is this event free? What would you like to do during the event? How
>>>> long will the event last?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Austin Laugesen
>>>> ACM President,
>>>> University of Iowa
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