[Ubuntu Oregon] Release party?

Mon Apr 13 22:01:54 UTC 2015

Good to hear Che! :) We will have to have a big release party next for
15.10 I will plan something
big.

On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 11:22 AM, Che Dean <dean.che at gmail.com> wrote:

> We'll probably end up going out for lunch here in Corvallis or having our
> traditional Ubuntu release day BBQ. And by traditional I mean second year
> running, before that it was lunch out. :-)
>
> On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 11:15 AM, Walter Lapchynski <wxl at ubuntu.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Well, they've been adding more money every year to the surplus,
>> despite spending it on different things. There have been posts
>> encouraging people to make use out of it. It never hurts to ask.
>>
>> It is not the quickest possible process, but I can give you the names
>> of key people if you want to sort of expedite the process.
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 10:50 AM, Benjamin Kerensa <bkerensa at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Ideally as I understand it community funds are there to help but not
>> every
>> > time or for every event. There is only a small amount and not enough to
>> fund
>> > even one event for every loco.
>> >
>> > :) plus its not a short process it took me over a month to get funding
>> for
>> > an upcoming event in June here in Portland.
>> >
>> > On Apr 13, 2015 10:29 AM, "Walter Lapchynski" <wxl at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Don't be pedantic when you knew what I meant XD Canonical collects the
>> >> money and is in charge of approving or denying community requests for
>> >> that money. As a general rule, you should have no problem when it
>> >> comes to funding an event, as long as you're clear on the costs. The
>> >> other thing that I would say is that you can ABSOLUTELY get a jam pack
>> >> full of goodies. Make sure to ask for that separate from the request
>> >> for the money. If you need help with this, let me know.
>> >>
>> >> On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 10:13 AM, Benjamin Kerensa <bkerensa at gmail.com
>> >
>> >> wrote:
>> >> > Ubuntu Community Donations... The money is donated to the Community
>> not
>> >> > Canonical. :)
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > On Apr 13, 2015 8:26 AM, "Walter Lapchynski" <wxl at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Again, Canonical community donations:
>> >> >> https://forms.canonical.com/cda/
>> >> >>
>> >> >> @wxl
>> >> >> Lubuntu Release Manager, Head of QA
>> >> >> Ubuntu PPC Point of Contact
>> >> >> Ubuntu Oregon Team Leader
>> >> >> Eugene Unix & GNU/Linux User Group Co-organizer
>> >> >>
>> >> >> On Apr 12, 2015 7:44 PM, "Cody Smith" <cody.smith9202 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Also, food is gonna be another story, being as I have less money
>> than
>> >> >>> I
>> >> >>> thought, I might have to get people to chip in for food and drink
>> or
>> >> >>> something. I'll for sure cover the venue if that ends up costing
>> >> >>> anything.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> --c_smith
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> On Sun, Apr 12, 2015 at 7:11 PM, Walter Lapchynski <wxl at ubuntu.com
>> >
>> >> >>> wrote:
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>> I'm sure we could get Canonical to send stuff. You know about the
>> >> >>>> community donations, no?
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>> On Apr 12, 2015 2:42 PM, "Cody Smith" <cody.smith9202 at gmail.com>
>> >> >>>> wrote:
>> >> >>>>>
>> >> >>>>> Also, being as I didn't have a huge amount to begin with, there
>> >> >>>>> likely
>> >> >>>>> won't be a giveaway, but what Ubuntu 14.04 disks I have left are
>> >> >>>>> still up
>> >> >>>>> for grabs, and I have a craptonne of Firefox buttons and a bunch
>> of
>> >> >>>>> pens
>> >> >>>>> that will also be up for grabs.
>> >> >>>>>
>> >> >>>>> On Sun, Apr 12, 2015 at 2:33 PM, Cody Smith
>> >> >>>>> <cody.smith9202 at gmail.com>
>> >> >>>>> wrote:
>> >> >>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>> That's still up in the air (trying to find a venue, Broadway
>> >> >>>>>> Commons
>> >> >>>>>> is looking to be the most probable), plus I'm having to deal
>> with
>> >> >>>>>> BOTH of my
>> >> >>>>>> main PCs breaking, leaving me with a chromebook with no operable
>> >> >>>>>> ctrl keys.
>> >> >>>>>> So I may not have much money to work with.
>> >> >>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>> --c_smith
>> >> >>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>> On Sun, Apr 12, 2015 at 12:54 PM, Linda Dean <
>> s0rceress0 at gmail.com>
>> >> >>>>>> wrote:
>> >> >>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>> Oh, and ON release day right? the 23rd? I was going to reserve
>> a
>> >> >>>>>>> car
>> >> >>>>>>> but I need to make sure I'm on the right page :)
>> >> >>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>> On Sun, Apr 12, 2015 at 12:35 PM, Scarlett Clark
>> >> >>>>>>> <sgclark at kubuntu.org> wrote:
>> >> >>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>> turns out I will be at LFNW as well. oops.
>> >> >>>>>>>> Scarlett
>> >> >>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>> On 04/12/2015 12:30 PM, Ryein Goddard wrote:
>> >> >>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>> Salem sounds good to me.
>> >> >>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>> On Apr 12, 2015, at 12:22 PM, Linda Dean <
>> s0rceress0 at gmail.com>
>> >> >>>>>>>>> wrote:
>> >> >>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>> Hey guys, just wondering what's going on with the release
>> party
>> >> >>>>>>>>>> since I'd have to rent a car. Did we settle on a place? :)
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>> On Sat, Apr 4, 2015 at 12:05 PM, Cody Smith
>> >> >>>>>>>>>> <cody.smith at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> So just heard back from Walter, he has no plans for this
>> since
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> he'll be at LFNW, so I have a few possible places I can
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> contact for a venue,
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> one of them being Broadway Commons' meeting rooms. I'll be
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> getting to work
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> on that, Ben, if it works out better and is feasible, do
>> you
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> think Mozilla
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> would be able to do the venue? I'd rather have something
>> here
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> in Salem for
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> once, but if I find nothing in the next week, we may have
>> to
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> fall back on
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> that.
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> --c_smith
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Apr 3, 2015 at 8:35 PM Cody Smith
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> <cody.smith at ubuntu.com>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>> Plus for me here in Salem would be nice for a change,
>> since
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>> portland and Eugene are both 45 minutes and an hour and 15
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>> minutes
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>> respectively worth of driving.
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Apr 3, 2015 at 8:34 PM Cody Smith
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>> <cody.smith at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Alright, Phil, James (jvlb) and I were discussing this
>> which
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> is
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> the main reason I sent the original email, and Broadway
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Commons' meeting
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> rooms would be viable, but I'd only do this IF nobody
>> else
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> was doing a
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> release party elsewhere, don't want to have too many
>> things
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> going on at
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> once. There's a set of meeting rooms that COULD do
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> perfectly, the venue has
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> decent wifi (albeit unprotected, which is something I am
>> not
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> too keen on),
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> I'd probably have to see about the food and drink. and
>> the
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> venue is
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> something that has to be booked beforehand and isn't
>> free.
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> So, I guess we'll
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> see what Walter says, I'll see if I can ping him tonight
>> or
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> tomorrow.
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> --c_smith
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Apr 3, 2015 at 8:20 PM Che Dean <
>> dean.che at gmail.com>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Don't think we'll make it to Portland (we were just up
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> there)
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> but Salem or here in Corvallis sounds good. I'll have to
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> clear it S0rceress0
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> but it should be fine. Would be great to have a meet up
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> instead of just the
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> two of us and the BBQ.
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Apr 3, 2015 19:49, "Benjamin Kerensa"
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> <bkerensa at gmail.com>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Mozilla can also very likely host in Portland but I
>> would
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> need to know sooner than later to book. We have WiFi,
>> AV,
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> beverages and
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> snacks.
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Apr 3, 2015 6:42 PM, "Cody Smith"
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <cody.smith at ubuntu.com>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > Okay, so I've heard nothing on this. I can get some
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > wheel
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > in motion to find a place here in Salem to have a
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > release party, what do you
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > all say about this? should I put some wheels in
>> motion
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > for this, or do you
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > have something in the works, Walter?
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > --c_smith
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >
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