[Michigan-LoCo] The "what can we do" ideas

[Wolfger]

A jam sounds cool. Hmm. Could a jam work well over IRC? Is there a
good screen-sharing app in Ubunut (I'm thinking of Sametime
collaboration tools we use here at work... chat, whiteboard, and
screen sharing with possible transfer of control).

I could easily see us doing 3 meetings a month: a "business" meeting
(promoting Ubuntu, presentations, taking care of LoCo matters), a
social (find someplace big enough that serves beer), and a jam (for
the technically-inclined). These are 3 distinctly different purposes
that will, I think, attract 3 slightly (or not so slightly) different
groups of members. Not all meetings need to be IRL (well, except the
social really does, I think).

That would leave us with 1-2 weeks a month off, too, to prevent
burnout for those who want to do it all. :-)

On 8/24/07, Greg Grossmeier <greg.grossmeier at gmail.com> wrote:
> Wasn't it you, Jay, who suggested the Jam Session?
>
> Here is a link about what that means for us technical people (scroll down a
> bit):
> http://www.mindviewinc.com/Conferences/FlexAIRJam/Index.php
>
> Just adding ideas to the mix.
>
>
> greg
>
>
> On 8/24/07, Jay R. Wren <jrwren at xmtp.net> wrote:
> >
> > Wolfger wrote:
> > > On 8/24/07, Greg Grossmeier < greg.grossmeier at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >> 4. Other group gatherings like BBQs, whatever.
> > >>
> > >
> > > Always up for a good BBQ. :-)
> > > I think we should plan on a presence at Penguicon.
> > > I'd like to get a bit more involved in supporting the larger Ubuntu
> > > community. One of the things that sparked my interest in the LoCo (as
> > > opposed to "it's just another lug") was the list of proposed
> > > activities on the (now defunct?) Detroit LoCo page. Stepping up and
> > > working on projects, not just installfests and discussions. Not sure
> > > what the technical level of the group is, but I'm feeling motivated to
> > > get my hands dirty. And not just with BBQ sauce. ;-)
> > >
> > Wolfger,
> > I am glad to hear there is someone else out there like me. I'm less
> > interested in the introductory and promote ubuntu topics. I am more
> > interested in the technical and hands dirty topics. I think in terms of
> > ubuntu this usually means packaging. There are a few things that I would
> > love to see packaged for ubuntu (and debian too). A meeting on packaging
> > or a packaging sprint could be cool.
> >
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