ubuntu-us-tn Fwd: Invitation to participate in the Ubuntu Global Jam

[Elijah Wright]

I'd love to participate (Cookeville or somewhere on the way from there
to Nashville are good for me; some place like Dickson is probably the
maximum westward range for me; Crossville or Oak Ridge in the other
direction...) but don't have a lot of time to do organizational stuff.

Hoping that someone else can come up with a venue, even a very very
informal one.

I'll participate virtually if all else fails.  :)

--e


On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 5:28 PM, Zach Gibbens <infocop411 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I know we just had our meeting last night, I overlooked the Global
> Jam, just received this today, if we could get something together for
> this, is there any interest?
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Jorge O. Castro <jorge at ubuntu.com>
> Date: Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 5:51 PM
> Subject: Invitation to participate in the Ubuntu Global Jam
> To:
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I just wanted to reach out to you as a leader in the Ubuntu LoCo
> Community to see if you would be interested in organizing an Ubuntu
> Global Jam (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGlobalJam) event between 1st
> - 3rd April 2011. http://loco.ubuntu.com/teams/
>
> The Ubuntu Global Jam is a worldwide event in which Ubuntu LoCo Teams
> get together at a local venue and work on Ubuntu, get know each other,
> and otherwise just have a lot of fun! These events are simple to
> organize, a great way of meeting people in your area, and a great way
> of learning (at many of these events people share skills, techniques
> and more about using and contributing to Ubuntu).
>
> This Ubuntu Global Jam is also a particularly important one. Ubuntu
> 11.04 Natty Narwhal is shaping up to be a stunning release, and we are
> all putting a lot of focus in ensuring that Unity gets lots of
> testing, and our awesome LoCo community is helping with this.
> Organizing an Ubuntu Global Jam event is a great opportunity to do
> some of this testing and provide feedback to help make Natty better. I
> strongly believe that this Ubuntu release is going to really help
> Ubuntu bring Free Software to the masses. :-)
>
> You can see the list of current events planned at
> http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/global/567/detail/ and we would love to
> encourage you to organize and event and participate!
>
>> Organizing An Event <
>
> It is really simple. Here is how:
>
>  1. Pick a date (a day between the 1st - 3rd April 2011) and choose a
> venue. The venue can simply be a coffee shop or bar that you all meet
> at, or something more structured like a college or university. Many
> teams just pick a coffee shop (not needing to inform the owners) and
> just all agree to all meet up at the same time, date and location.
>
>  2. Add your event to loco.ubuntu.com. To do this, go to
> http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/global/567/detail/, make sure you are
> signed in and then use the Add Team Event page to add your event.
> Note: you need to be a member of your LoCo Team in Launchpad to add an
> event to loco.ubuntu.com.
>
>  3. Finally, spread the word! Blog about it, post about it on
> Twitter/identi.ca (be sure to use the #ugj hashtag!), post about the
> event to your team's mailing list, put posters up around your local
> area and more.
>
> ...and then, show up on the day of your event and have a great time!
>
> Thanks in advance if you do organize an event, and we look forward to
> reading more about your event online!
>
> --
> Jorge Castro
> Canonical Ltd.
> http://twitter.com/castrojo
> Help fix Unity Bitesize Bugs: http://goo.gl/i1WA1
>
>
>
> --
> Jorge Castro
> Canonical Ltd.
> http://twitter.com/castrojo
> Help fix Unity Bitesize Bugs: http://goo.gl/i1WA1
>
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