<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Urbandale. Afan Mike Moum wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:4B6041C5.3080706@gmail.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">How many of us are in the Des Moines area? I am. Mike Scott Shields wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">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 <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-us-ia"><https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-us-ia></a>. 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! </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> </pre> </blockquote> </body> </html>