ubuntu-us-ne Happy New Year-2008 Planning

[Dave Thacker]

On Sunday 06 January 2008 17:08:52 you wrote:
> 1. in person meetings might be nice. not very practical however for me
> living 100 miles from Omaha.

Lincoln's closer to you.  Anybody in Lincoln up for a in-person meeting?
>
> 2. Very few members seem to use IRC. I question its worth. Maybe a
> forum would server as a better way to communicate with more members.
> that along with some polls.

I'll see about getting a forum set up.  In the meantime this is my chance to 
plug our new irc channel, #ubuntu-us-ne on freenode.net.
>
> 3. I do not have any pet projects to work on . but that might help if
> we had one.

Any surplus PC's up for grabs in your neighborhood?  We could set up an 
Edubuntu lab.
>
> 4. I would like to learn how to package programs . I have however had
> a hard time focusing my self on trying to learn.

I'd like to have a packaging fest with a mentor available via irc or in 
person. 
>
> I feel that we need to get a true gauge of how many members want to do
> something. depending on that number try to plan out 2-4 things to do
> over the year.  planned out in a timeline  ... working on project 1
> till may... project 2  till October maybe.
>
> idea  like setup a booth at 1 fair ... have a computer swap meet.

Hey, how much does it cost to do a booth at a county fair?  

>
> just thoughts
> Shannon
>
> On 1/6/08, Dave Thacker <dthacker9 at cox.net> wrote:
> > Ok, the holidays are over, the New Year has begun, and this list is
> > entirely too quiet.  I have few ideas for 2008, but I'd like to see what
> > the membership would like to do as well.
> >
> > Should we have regular in-person meetings?
> >
> > Should we continue IRC meetings and/or change the frequency?
> >
> > Any pet projects you want to work on?
> >
> > Anything special in the Ubuntu world you want to learn?
> >
> > I need volunteers for
> > -wiki maintenance
> > -email maintenance
> > -irc maintenance
> > -mentoring students in a high school programming contest (php)
> >
> > Dave Thacker
> > Admin, Ubuntu Nebraska Local Community Team
> >
> >
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