[Ubuntu Oregon] Ubuntu meeting.

[Che Dean]

We got a mention on Visit Corvallis:
http://visitcorvallis.com/event/ubuntu-15-10-corvallis-release-party/?instance_id=7949&utm_content=bufferd0eb3&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

On Sun, 11 Oct 2015 at 18:55 Che Dean <dean.che at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks for the advice guys. :-) We plan on a once a month get together at
> the Old World Deli. They have decent wifi and they never get over crowded,
> normally pretty quiet. The initial meetup for this months launch will be in
> the afternoon but we'll probably switch it to between 5pm and 7.30pm on a
> weekday after that. I'm also thinking the beginning of the month might be
> better because people tend to have money then. Old World Deli is within
> walking distance of our house so we won't have to worry about cycling in
> the dark (not a pleasant experience around here even with great bike
> lanes).
> On Oct 11, 2015 6:41 PM, "Phillip N" <philn at deltatriad.net> wrote:
>
>> Che,
>>
>> I concur with what Cody said; Here in Salem we have been staying at
>> around 3 people pre meeting, with a few visitors who temporary attend to
>> get a problem or two solved.  Stay vigilant, because people will eventually
>> show up.  Some things we found that work here in Salem are:
>>
>> * Small flyer (poster) half page, the larger ones seem to get taken down
>> more often to make room.
>> * Meet at least once pre month at the same place and time.
>> * Meet on a weekday, (Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday evenings work
>> best, because many people leave town on a Friday for the weekend, and most
>> holidays fall on a Monday, so those days near the weekend may not be as
>> good a turnout.)  However you may find in your area, that people may be
>> willing leave their own town to travel to yours on the weekend ;-)
>>
>> Just a few ideas though - great work on LoCo evens page.
>>
>> Ciao for now
>> Phil. N
>>
>>
>>
>> /***********************************
>> *  Sent from my Commodore 64  *
>> ***********************************/
>>
>> On Sat, Oct 10, 2015 at 4:02 PM, Cody Smith <cody.smith at ubuntu.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Che, the Salem Ubuntu Hour has been staying steady at about 3 people per
>>> meeting, peaked at 4-5, there's a core group (Me, Phil and jvlb) and
>>> occasionally we get others, and there's someone else who occasionally
>>> visits that Phill will remember the name where I don't. it used to be just
>>> me and jvlb, it's started picking up more people over the past year and a
>>> half (albeit slowly). So my point is don't be discouraged if it's not many
>>> people at first and it picks up slowly, it'll happen, and your doing what
>>> you can to get Ubuntu more well known!
>>>
>>> --c_smith
>>>
>>> On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 11:09 PM, Che Dean <dean.che at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Weekends would suit us better also, this initial meeting was only to
>>>> coincide with the release day. Krita is a great idea, I wil be sure to
>>>> include it.
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, 9 Oct 2015 at 23:00 Scarlett Clark <
>>>> scarlett.gately.clark at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Please consider Krita https://krita.org/
>>>>>
>>>>> It is our (KDE) sparkling gem. Is is in archive so any *ubuntu flavor
>>>>> can install it.
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> Scarlett
>>>>>
>>>>> Also FWIW I think a weekend meeting of sorts would be awesome, I don't
>>>>> mind a bit of travel but weekdays are hard.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 10:30 PM, Che Dean <dean.che at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> It will be fun. We'll bring the System76 Darter running Ubuntu
>>>>>> 14.04.03 LTS, it's a couple of years old but it's still high end, i7, 16GB
>>>>>> RAM, 500GB SSD, touch screen and also an ASUS 1011PX 2 GB RAM Netbook to
>>>>>> show off how well Ubuntu Mate runs on older hardware. I'll install
>>>>>> Darktable and RawTherapee to show the photography potential on the System76
>>>>>> (it's big around here) as well as other favourites, any other software you
>>>>>> can think of feel free to let us know, we want to show off the best FOSS
>>>>>> has to offer. :-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, 9 Oct 2015 at 21:30 Walter Lapchynski <wxl at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Well, we all have to start somewhere. The best thing you can do is
>>>>>>> encourage everyone you can find to come. Like, whether or not they care
>>>>>>> about computers, Linux, or Ubuntu! Perhaps plan on tackling a particular
>>>>>>> problem that could be applicable to lots of folks, like dealing with common
>>>>>>> filetypes (.doc, .pdf, etc.) in Ubuntu.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have to make sure all our flyers are fixed up so you can have some
>>>>>>> of them to show off. Still don't have our website yet, though, and that
>>>>>>> would be so much better than using the wiki or the LoCo page as a URL, bah.
>>>>>>> Our old URL expires on the 23rd, so maybe I can get that and redirect to
>>>>>>> the LoCo page while I wait for Canonical to get their act together.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 9:17 PM, Che Dean <dean.che at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> More than likely it will end up as it normally does, just me and
>>>>>>>> Linda but who knows. We'll have fun either way. :-)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Fri, 9 Oct 2015 at 21:14 Walter Lapchynski <wxl at ubuntu.com>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Can't wait to hear the story/see pictures on how this went. Thanks
>>>>>>>>> to Che for his hard work and for having the forethought to get it on the
>>>>>>>>> [LoCo event pages][1]!!!!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> [1]:
>>>>>>>>> http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-us-or/3231-ubuntu-1510-corvallis-release-party/
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 1:28 PM, Phillip N <philn at deltatriad.net>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> This week I've got family from out of town over, so can't make it
>>>>>>>>>> this Saturday (15.10).
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Wishing you all the best, and happy "compiling" over at Old World
>>>>>>>>>> Deli.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Ciao for now
>>>>>>>>>> Phil. N
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> /***********************************
>>>>>>>>>> *  Sent from my Commodore 64  *
>>>>>>>>>> ***********************************/
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Oct 7, 2015 at 9:53 PM, Che Dean <dean.che at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I'll arrange a future monthly meet up at a later time, maybe 5pm
>>>>>>>>>>> to 7:30pm or something like that and at the beginning of each month. This
>>>>>>>>>>> was just a last minute throw together to try and get something started. :-)
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, 7 Oct 2015 at 21:17 Cody Smith <cody.smith9202 at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> sadly, when that starts I'll just be getting off work. but
>>>>>>>>>>>> enjoy it nonetheless! if there happens to be a meetup on a weekend in the
>>>>>>>>>>>> future, I might be able to make it.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> --c_smith
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Oct 7, 2015 at 4:38 PM, Che Dean <dean.che at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hope you're all enjoying the very pleasant autumn/fall we're
>>>>>>>>>>>>> having. I'm putting together a meet up page on groupspaces.com
>>>>>>>>>>>>> for the Corvallis/Benton county area. S0rceress0 and myself are planning
>>>>>>>>>>>>> the first get together at the Old World Deli here in Corvallis for the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> release of Ubuntu 15.10. It's a good venue with plenty of space, seating,
>>>>>>>>>>>>> wifi and great food at a low price. I originally looked at using meetup but
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm not paying $9.99 a month until we have a few people coming to regular
>>>>>>>>>>>>> meet ups. You can find the page here for those interested:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://groupspaces.com/UbuntuCorvallisMeetUp/
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, 2 Oct 2015 at 14:37 Cody Smith <
>>>>>>>>>>>>> cody.smith9202 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Again, I'll definitely be there. Got the bus system down to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> where I can make it home with at least an hour to spare. (or 2 in today's
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> case). I'll have a couple of neat things to show off (one of them is a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> project I started yesterday)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> --c_smith
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Oct 2, 2015 at 2:35 PM, Phillip N <
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> philn at deltatriad.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> This Friday (today), is time to get-out and about while the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> weather is still good.  By attending this evenings Ubuntu hour.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Festivities will begin at 6:00pm to 7:00pm located
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> downstairs at Broadway Coffeehouse, 1300 Broadway St NE #100, Salem, OR.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> JVLB - sends his regards, as he won't be able to attend. And
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> asks that we try to maintain a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> festive spirit, without him.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jim's absence will be missed, we hope to see him during our
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> next meeting, coming up on Friday, October, 16th. Same place, same Ubuntu
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> time, same Ubuntu channel.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Have a great! weekend all,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Best regards
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Phil. N
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> /***********************************
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ***********************************/
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