Be cure to reply to or copy the list in your replies so everyone can see the conversation. I'm all for skype as my wife and I use it already.  Maybe we could add skype/im contact info to our member pages.  Having a sort of virtual meeting is definitely a good option for a state as spread out as ours. Sadly, I don't have any ubuntu business cases to contribute (yet), but anyone and everyone is free to contribute to the wiki and comment any changes made.  It'd be a great addition. <div class="gmail_quote"> On Jan 28, 2008 8:39 PM, <<a href="mailto:rodd@ahrenstorff.us">rodd@ahrenstorff.us</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Another thought might be a video conference every once in a while between our groups...for special events?  Skype or Ekiga work well. I would also like to see some 'business case' stories put up on our SD Ubuntu wiki to promote the business use of Ubuntu. We currently have our company Intranet portal hosted on Ubuntu in addition to a VMWare server (hosting several company virtual machines).  I know we'll continue to use Ubuntu in conjunction with Red Hat Enterprise.  I plan to purchase two Ubuntu support licenses later this year (after the next LTS release). As to the Google map...I've not set one up before, but I can't imagine it would be too difficult. <div><div></div> <div class="Wj3C7c"> Quoting Doug Jennewein <<a href="mailto:doug@prairiegeeks.com">doug@prairiegeeks.com</a>>: > That's not a bad idea, Rodd.  Chamberlain is a good half-way point -- it'd > equalize the distance for most everyone.  I've driven through it many times, > but I'm not familiar with any facilities there.  Anybody have any ideas? > > On a relate note, it'd be nice to set up a google map or something to show > where all the different members are located -- I had no idea there were so > many west river members.  Anyone had any experience setting something like > that up or want to volunteer to figure it out? > > -Doug > > > On Jan 28, 2008 8:09 PM, <<a href="mailto:rodd@ahrenstorff.us">rodd@ahrenstorff.us</a>> wrote: > >> Sorry for slow reply, but I 'could' meet in SF if I had other >> business.  Otherwise it's bit expensive since gas prices are so high. >> Maybe the west river folks could share the cost and ride together.  I >> also have family in SF and we could possibly stay there (room for 4-6). >> >> Otherwise, a meeting in Chamberlain would be cool...let's discuss more. >> >> Quoting Doug Jennewein <<a href="mailto:doug@prairiegeeks.com">doug@prairiegeeks.com</a>>: >> >> > Hey, Everyone: >> > >> > A couple of us in Vermillion have talked about having a meetup for all >> of us >> > SD Ubuntu users.  What do you all think?  Where should it be, and what >> would >> > you want to do (bbq sounds good to me!) ?  Maybe we could piggyback on >> > another event like a tech conference in Sioux Falls or Rapid.  Any votes >> for >> > or against?  If people are interested, we can hammer out the details >> here on >> > the list or on the forums. >> > >> > Let me know what your ideas are. >> > >> > -Doug Jennewein >> > >> >> >> > </div></div></blockquote></div>