[ubuntu-us-mi] Hello World

[Josh]

I feel pretty guilty about the whole inactive member thing, since I was
one of the first (I think the third) official members of this loco, and
the first to find it after greg established it....and I don't even have
the friendliness required to idle in irc. I suppose I should be the
poster boy for inactive members, eh :) 


Name: Josh Panter (alienseer23 on irc)

Place: Ann Arbor, MI

Distro: Got Hardy on my desktop, which also acts as my home's server,
hardy on my "big" laptop, my kid's desktop, and my wife's old dell still
runs gutsy. I have Knoppix on my EEE Pc.

Ubuntu interests: Right now it's mainly advocacy. I am pretty much a
fiend for promoting Ubuntu/Linux/FOSS whenever I can. I'm big on free
culture, and free (as in beer and speech) software. It's borderline
political for me, I suppose. I also keep busy keeping all the comps in
my home running smooth. My last "project" was to get a Drupal install,
host it myself, and maintain it. I did this, and put in an Ampache music
server, and a few other nifty things that keep me happily tinkering
lately. I am pretty happy about being able to integrate a desktop
environment and a web/server experience with Ubuntu and Drupal (or
whatever). I have been using ubuntu for a few years, killed all the
windows in the home about 6 months after testing it out, and am pretty
darn happy I did. I would like to get more linux-knowledge. 

non-Ubuntu interests: my family, getting back in school (ie academics is
pretty high on the list), political junkie, media junkie, fitness in
general, and call it philosophical adventuring (the latest in this
section was to go see the Dalai Lama speak at Chrysler
Arena)...um...this feels weird, like some sort of internet personals
thing...so 

plans for world domination: H'm, I am actually busy positioning myself
to help people wake up from the nightmare of having their world
dominated, so...if I did have a plan for world domination, it would
involve giving the world back to the people that it belongs to, and that
would be everyone...so, I suppose this one doesn't apply.

http://clearvision.homelinux.com/awesome/ (a simple blog for now)



On Fri, 2008-05-23 at 06:15 -0400, Wolfger wrote:
> Chatting on IRC the other day, somebody reminded me that our fine LoCo
> hit over 100 people right after Penguicon. That, of course, is 100
> memebers *on paper*. We've certainly not seen that many posting on
> this list or hanging out is #ubuntu-us-mi which is what we'd really
> like to see. Heck, I'd rather see 25 active members than 250 inactive
> ones... So who's actually out there? Please introduce yourselves, and
> give us an idea what your interests are (in or out of Ubuntu), where
> in this large-ish state you live, and what activities you'd like to
> see the LoCo (and yourself) engage in.
> 
> Name: Wolfger (or Mike Foster, if you insist)
> 
> Place: New Baltimore (NE Macomb County)
> 
> Distro: Kubuntu Hardy (soon to be dual-booting with Kubuntu Intrepid)
> 
> Ubuntu interests: I like helping out with bugs, and I'm interested in
> learning how to package debs for Ubuntu/Debian. I'm also starting work
> on a full-featured Twitter client called Tweek that I hope the world
> will love. I run "bug jams" periodically, in which I explain to people
> the very basics of doing bug triage. As I get more experienced myself,
> I'll be passing that along to others as well.
> 
> non-Ubuntu interests: I love watching or playing hockey (anybody need
> a rusty goalie?), brewing beer, playing in the SCA
> <http://scademo.com>
> 
> Plans for world domination: Our LoCo is already one of the top-ranked
> groups in 5-a-day <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/5-A-Day> but I'd like to
> see that grow. Recently an inspired kubuntu-de.org group flew past us
> in the rankings. I want to reclaim first place in convincing fashion,
> but I also want to encourage other groups to participate too. Being
> king of the hill just isn't much fun when nobody is trying to knock
> you down. :-)
> 
> -- 
> Wolfger
> http://wolfger.wordpress.com/
> 
> My 5 today: #90080 (macchanger), #150557 (linux-source-2.6.20), #75818
> (linux-source-2.6.15), #68329 (pbuilder), #185480 (octave3.0)
> Do 5 a day - every day! https://wiki.ubuntu.com/5-A-Day
>