I think we should try something new on Thursdays nights.  We've previously had this on the calendar as "Informal Discussion Night".  It's basically been a show up and chat type thing.  Well, I think we should make Thursday nights more of an event.  Have actual Discussion Nights.  Each week we should let someone pick a topic for us to discuss.  Maybe you've got a pet peeve about Linux, Ubuntu, or the community, or you have a project idea, or you want to have a philosophical discussion about the merits of open source or ways we can market open source and Ubuntu better.  Well on your night, from 9 to 10, every one who can make it can help you brain storm, come up with ideas, a plan of action, do a little research, or whatever it takes.  We can refine the process and the types of topics we're going to cover as we go.  Obviously they should be related to our ultimate goal of promoting Ubuntu and open source software in some way, but I think we can have a pretty broad range of topics for discussion under that umbrella.  This can be your chance to put the power of the entire LoCo team behind you. I realize this is short notice, but tonight we are going to be discussing our presentation for the HAMfest.  If you would like to help us out and can make it, then we'll see you at 9 in #ubuntu-us-la on <a href="http://irc.freenode.net">irc.freenode.net</a>! Discuss. Wes