[NYLoCo] Direction Meeting in Binghamton

[hendrixski]

Brian, Dave, etc. 
The Ontario linuxfest was totally awesome.  I agree, meeting up with the 
rest of the team to pass on the excitement is a good idea.

Zach,
Like Dave said, the idea is to be able to do this in one day, so no need 
for a hotel.

Also, no need for a car-rental.  There's going to be what, 8 guys from 
the city coming up? 2 of them must have cars, everyone else can chip in 
on gas and you save a BUNDLE.  We were thinking about renting a car to 
go to Toronto, and it more than doubled the cost, so we ended up 
car-pooling with people's existing cars.

yharrow,
Maybe we can hold it on a Sunday, since it can be a one day excursion; 
everyone would be home in time to not be groggy for work on Monday. 
Binghamton is 161 miles from Rochester, and 176 from NYC, so less than a 
3 hours drive (seeing as you can go 80 most of the way).  If we all 
leave at 9:00 in the morning, get there by 1:00, have a meeting until 6 
or so, and drive back, we will be home by 9:00, and we will have spent 6 
hours doing totally awesome stuff.

Everyone,
I've met a bunch of the crew from NYC, you're a fun bunch of guys and I 
look forward to seeing you again.  If I haven't met you yet, then you 
TOTALLY need to attend!  If you're from elsewhere in the state like 
Syracuse or Albany, then you're probably closer to Binghampton than we 
are... you have no excuse.  :-p

 - Hendrixski


David Liana wrote:
> Our general plan was to meet for a few hours on either a Saturday or
> Sunday, about halfway between upstate and downstate - so that we could
> maximize people coming out.
>
> Zach Stern wrote:
>   
>> I'd love to go, but being a 20 year old college student, a hotel is
>> out of the question. Anybody know a place I could stay? I guess I
>> could always take an early bus up in the morning and a late bus back
>> down at night.
>>
>> On 10/17/07, *Brian* <bneil at rochester.rr.com
>> <mailto:bneil at rochester.rr.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     Hi All,
>>
>>     First off let me apologize for top posting.I've got a lot to say
>>     on the
>>     subject of direction for the Ubuntu-NY LoCo.This past weekend I
>>     attended
>>     the Ontario Linux Festival held in Toronto Canada.I left with a
>>     renewed
>>     sense of purpose,a feeling of community, and a whole bunch of crazy
>>     ideas I hope might be useful.
>>
>>     Ubuntu is all about community and we have one of the largest community
>>     resources on the planet.Our state is home to the most famous city in
>>     the world so we already have a great start.We can surely make
>>     something
>>     happen if we all get together and talk.
>>
>>     So here is the invitation, if you have an interest in linux/FOSS and
>>     Ubuntu then please attend and help us all get this movement to
>>     critical
>>     mass.We're gonna be riding high on the release of Gutsy and how much
>>     easier it is to switch people to Ubuntu or linux period.
>>
>>     We have much to discuss such as the conference planned for next
>>     year.We
>>     have already bounced around a few great ideas about where to hold
>>     it and
>>     who we could get to speak.Projects abound, computer recycling, Ubuntu
>>     cd handouts etc. Please feel free to attend and RSVP to the list
>>     if you
>>     plan to do so.We hope to see you all there. ;-)
>>
>>     Sincerely,
>>
>>     Brian
>>
>>     On Tue, 16 Oct 2007 21:59:48 -0400
>>     jeremy austin-bardo <ausimage at newyork-ubuntu.com
>>     <mailto:ausimage at newyork-ubuntu.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     > Hello...
>>     > We are looking for a response from the list about members and their
>>     > interest in attending a Directions Meeting in Binghamton. This
>>     meeting
>>     > will be mostly about networking and goal setting. Everyone has been
>>     > invited to attend. So far there has been little response, except
>>     from
>>     > the Rochester Region.
>>     >
>>     > I see this as an excellent opportunity for members to come share
>>     their
>>     > enthusiasm for Ubuntu and put faces to the on-line nicknames. While
>>     > the focus will be on setting goals and planning future events, adhoc
>>     > discussion groups will not be discouraged.
>>     >
>>     > We have two dates on the table at this time for the event: Sunday,
>>     > November 11th and Saturday, November 17th both times at 2:00pm near
>>     > Binghamton. The event is on the wiki at
>>     > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NewYorkTeam/Meetings/20071117 .
>>     >
>>     > Lets get some enthusiasm going for the team and it projects! Your
>>     > views and opinions matter and together, we can all solve Bug #1 in
>>     > New York State.
>>     >
>>     > Let Discussion Commence...
>>
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