[ubuntu-us-ma] greeting

Caroline Meeks caroline at solutiongrove.com
Tue Feb 23 16:55:05 GMT 2010


Great, I should be able to make that meeting. Let me know if there is
interest in a Sugar presentation.  I did one for SeaCoast LUG a few weeks
ago.

http://www.solutiongrove.com/blogger/2010/02/15/presentation-on-sugar-on-a-stick-to-nh-sea-coast-linux-user-group

On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 11:44 AM, James Gray <jamespgray at gmail.com> wrote:

> We'll be having our regular monthly meeting where we discuss various
> projects and things we are working on.  I can't find the agenda but I
> imagine it will include Ubuntu Anime Boston
> http://www.ubuntu-massachusetts.com/events/9/ and perhaps talking
> about holding a testing day for the upcoming lucid lynx release.
>
> On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 11:36 AM, Caroline Meeks
> <caroline at solutiongrove.com> wrote:
> > Thanks!
> > What will be going on on Thursday March 4th at Harvard Democracy Center?
> >
> > On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 11:32 AM, James Gray <jamespgray at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi Caroline - hope this information is helpful:
> >>
> >> Regarding packaging, this might be of interest:
> >>
> >>
> http://ubuntupackaging.wordpress.com/2010/02/22/re-booting-the-packaging-training-sessions/
> >>
> >> You might stop by during one of our meetings or other events on our
> >> calendar or stop by our irc channel.
> >>
> >>
> http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=8fjaig5v8cbm8ohol0tmkf0pvg%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America/New_York
> >>
> >> On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 11:18 AM, Caroline Meeks
> >> <caroline at solutiongrove.com> wrote:
> >> > Hi Martin,
> >> > Thanks for the info on the Learning Team! Are there classes where
> people
> >> > learn to package?
> >> > I have class at Harvard till 7pm on Tuesdays all semester. Is there
> >> > another
> >> > time I can meet people?
> >> > Thanks!
> >> > Caroline
> >> >
> >> > On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 8:46 AM, Martin Owens <doctormo at gmail.com>
> >> > wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> Hello Caroline,
> >> >>
> >> >> There are various people on here and I hope they will introduce
> >> >> themselves. Most of the work we do is advocacy and education so only
> a
> >> >> few of us are programmers, sysadmins etc.
> >> >>
> >> >> We had a wonderful talk from Walter Bender a few years back and I
> fully
> >> >> support the work Sugar labs is doing.
> >> >>
> >> >> I'm a board member for the world wide Ubuntu Learning project, we are
> >> >> attempting to create a community of writers who can produce learning
> >> >> materials which can teach various skills in relation to Ubuntu. I'd
> >> >> appreciate your thoughts on that project.
> >> >> http://wiki.ubuntu.com/Learning
> >> >>
> >> >> We're also doing a session on Tuesday evening and it might be a good
> >> >> opportunity to meet up in person and have a talk afterwards about
> what
> >> >> our groups are up to. This would be near Coply Sq. Boston.
> >> >>
> >> >> Martin,
> >> >>
> >> >> On Mon, 2010-02-22 at 21:43 -0500, Caroline Meeks wrote:
> >> >> > Hello Massachusetts Ubuntuees!
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> > I am Caroline Meeks, I am working on the Sugar project,
> specifically
> >> >> > making Sugar on a Stick useful in Massachusetts Schools.
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Sugar is the kids operating system designed for the One Laptop per
> >> >> > Child project.  www.sugarlabs.org - The video is a great
> >> >> > introduction.
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> > From a teachers point of view its free, has tons of pedagogically
> >> >> > sound, interesting and free activities, supports collaboration and
> >> >> > portfolios.  activities.sugarlabs.org has tons of free activities.
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> > From a kids point of view its colorful, fun, they can play games
> with
> >> >> > classmates and create cool things. Kids love it.
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> > From a Linux Geek point of view its a UI that can be on top of any
> >> >> > flavor of Linux. It was built on Fedora but there is an active
> >> >> > project
> >> >> > to port it to Ubuntu.  We could use help! The url for the project
> >> >> > is: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuSugarRemix
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> > One of our biggest needs right now is help packaging.  Please
> contact
> >> >> > me if you are a packager or even if you want to learn to be a
> >> >> > packager. ;)
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> > We are also running pilots here in Boston, but right now we are on
> >> >> > hold until we complete the move to Ubunutu for better hardware
> >> >> > coverage and also work on reliability issues. Hopefully this summer
> >> >> > and next fall we will need people to work with kids and families in
> >> >> > the Boston area.
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Thanks!
> >> >> > Caroline
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> > On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 10:03 PM, Martin Owens <doctormo at gmail.com
> >
> >> >> > wrote:
> >> >> >         Hello there,
> >> >> >
> >> >> >         Do ask any questions you have about Ubuntu.
> >> >> >
> >> >> >         Martin,
> >> >> >
> >> >> >         On Tue, 2010-02-16 at 21:13 -0500, gaitdoctor at aol.comwrote:
> >> >> >         >
> >> >> >         >
> >> >> >         >
> >> >> >         >
> >> >> >         >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
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> >> >> >
> >> >> > --
> >> >> > Caroline Meeks
> >> >> > Solution Grove
> >> >> > Caroline at SolutionGrove.com
> >> >> >
> >> >> > 617-500-3488 - Office
> >> >> > 505-213-3268 - Fax
> >> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >>
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> >
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Caroline Meeks
Solution Grove
Caroline at SolutionGrove.com

617-500-3488 - Office
505-213-3268 - Fax
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