[Ubuntu Oregon] Release party?

Mon Apr 13 22:20:07 UTC 2015

That would be awesome Ben and gives us plenty of time to plan, looking
forward to it already. :-)

On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 3:01 PM, Benjamin Kerensa <bkerensa at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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