[NYLoCo] Direction Meeting in Binghamton

[Nathan Eckenrode]

I do like the ideas of encouraging more participation within the IRC chat 
room, and encouraging people in out other circle to become involved in Ubuntu 
and the LoCO, although when I talk about it to the people in my immediate 
circle they get this faraway look in their eyes, and this glassy expression 
covers their face.

I look forward to an event like this not so specifically so that I can be a 
part of a massive agenda preparation settlement of sorts; which I suppose
 is the guise under which these plans are being formulated; but to celebrate 
the fact that we all live in New york State, we all run Ubuntu as our 
preference AND we are all crazy enough to add our names to a mailing list for 
something called a LoCo!!!

Who knows we might get something done, we might not. It is still a great 
opportunity to meet other people, some of which might be your friends on 
Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, etc.....


On Wednesday 17 October 2007 08:29:50 am Exa Byte wrote:
> I may or may not be able to attend. I'm not sure at the moment.
>
> I will however say that I question if an in-person meeting makes the
> content more relevant than doing it over an IRC/VoIP conference where
> we can get much more input because we'd be including those who would
> never come for <whatever> reason(s). We could also easily meet up
> online in segments, over many days (not necessarily contiguous) and
> would greatly enhance the concept of community leveraging the very
> technology we all enjoy using!
>
> It always seemed quirky to me that we'd limit the size of the
> community by forcing an analog gathering which has so many limits and
> expenses! I would leave the analog gatherings to the
> <fill-in-the-blank>Fests being hosted in major locations like Ontario,
> Ohio, etc. That could easily then be extended to LoCo offshoots after
> the <blank>Fest for an extra dat, for example.
>
> From what I have seen thusfar, there's a preoccupation with the
> organization itself and how it should do X or Y or nominating
> Officers, rather than bringing the people we meet every day in our own
> lives (from our own circles) into our world digitally, so we could
> interactively show them the freedom of Linux.
>
> If we were to simply foster connectivity online, in live & interactive
> mediums, we could get a lot more done, and not relegate familiarity
> with an OS to physical meetings, where the REGULAR user who is by
> design less interested in the "fest" and more interested in the
> practicality (and fun) of the OS itself, which we're supposed to help
> bring to them.
>
> I often visit the IRC channel, and never see more than 10-15 names,
> 2/3rds of which are often idle.
>
> I think meeting in person to talk about what to talk about is a lot of
> effort which will offer little in attempting to realize the goals of
> the community.
>
> Of course, if the purpose of the meeting is for those who are excited
> about gutsy to just get together and have fun as an end unto itself,
> that's different, however it's also what I'm NOT talking about.
>
> Bossmanbeta.
>
> On 10/17/07, David Liana <dliana at frontiernet.net> 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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