Ubuntu Global Jam - 26 March - 28 March 2010

[Brandon Tomlinson]

On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 1:08 PM, Brandon Tomlinson <thebwt at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 10:13 AM, Brandon Tomlinson <thebwt at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 10:12 AM, Brandon Tomlinson <thebwt at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: Chris Johnston <chrisjohnston at ubuntu.com>
>>> Date: Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 10:00 AM
>>> Subject: Ubuntu Global Jam - 26 March - 28 March 2010
>>> To: loco-contacts at lists.ubuntu.com, ubuntu-news-team at lists.ubuntu.com
>>>
>>>
>>> Good day!
>>>
>>> Hopefully by now you have heard of the Ubuntu Global Jam [1] coming up
>>> in March. The dates for the Global Jam this cycle are the 26th through
>>> the 28th of March 2010. We are hoping to make this Global Jam
>>> extremely successful, and we need your help in doing it. We are
>>> wanting to have events in as many places as possible not only to help
>>> to improve Ubuntu, but also to help promote Ubuntu.
>>>
>>> What is the Global Jam?
>>>
>>> The Ubuntu Global Jam is an online and in person event that takes
>>> place all across the world. People get together with the interest of
>>> making Ubuntu better, while having a good time socializing with other
>>> people near you who have the same interest and passion about Ubuntu as
>>> you do.
>>>
>>> What can your LoCo do?
>>>
>>> The Ubuntu Global Jam has many different events that for users to
>>> participate in, just pick what you and your members like, and make it
>>> happen. You can pick from one or more of the following events:
>>>
>>> Bug Jam - During a bug jam users would work on finding, triaging and
>>> fixing bugs.
>>> Testing Jam - Lucid is due out the end of April and we need help
>>> testing it out prior to its release.
>>> Upgrade Jam - Upgrade systems that are currently running older
>>> versions of Ubuntu and report your experience.
>>> Documentation Jam - Write documentation about using Ubuntu, or joining
>>> the Ubuntu community, or work on making the existing documentation
>>> better.
>>> Translations Jam - Help to make Ubuntu available to everyone. Help
>>> translate Ubuntu into your language.
>>> Packaging Jam - Help out with improving packages in Ubuntu.
>>> Other - If your team has some other aspect of helping out the Ubuntu
>>> Community, feel free to participate in that for the Global Jam.
>>>
>>> You can find out more information about the different types of Jams on
>>> the Ubuntu Global Jams wiki page [1].
>>>
>>> How do we run a Jam?
>>>
>>> If you have never run a Global Jam event before, or if you have, but
>>> would like some fresh ideas, we have three training sessions scheduled
>>> between now and the Global Jam event. The training sessions will be
>>> held by JorgeCastro and will be held in #ubuntu-locoteams on freenode.
>>> The training sessions will take place on:
>>>
>>> 17 February 2010 at 18:00 UTC
>>> 26 February 2010 at 2100 UTC
>>> 10 March 2010 at 2100 UTC
>>>
>>> All three training sessions will contain tips, tricks, pointers and
>>> advice on how to run a Jam. You can also find out more information at
>>> the Running An Event page [2] on the Ubuntu Wiki.
>>>
>>> What is needed to run a Jam?
>>>
>>> In order to effectively run a Jam, each event will need a place to
>>> meet that has a decent internet connection, as well as some computers,
>>> and an area that users can work in. Suggested places are Universities,
>>> schools, and neighborhood centers.
>>>
>>> Don't forget after you find a place to run your Jam and have decided
>>> what your LoCo wants to do during the Jam, you need to get the word
>>> out about your Jam! Blog about it, post it on Twitter and Identi.ca,
>>> place it on the Ubuntu Global Jam Events page [2], send emails to your
>>> LoCo's mailing lists, and anything else that you can think of. The
>>> more people that participate, the more fun that you will have, and the
>>> more help that can be provided to improve Ubuntu.
>>>
>>> Need more help?
>>>
>>> Read about what other LoCo's have done at their Global Jam events for
>>> more thoughts and ideas [3] and if you are still in need of more help,
>>> or have questions that aren't covered anywhere, feel free to contact
>>> myself via email or on IRC, or attend one of the training sessions
>>> listed above.
>>>
>>> [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGlobalJam
>>> [2] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Jams
>>> [3] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGlobalJam/Events
>>> [4] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGlobalJam/Stories
>>>
>>> Respectfully,
>>>
>>> Chris Johnston - cjohnston
>>> Ubuntu Member
>>> chrisjohnston at ubuntu.com
>>> www.chrisjohnston.org
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>>>
>>
>> Do we have anyone interested in participating?
>>
>
> I'm thinking, as a state, we can get together with people nearby, then
> have all the separate groups co-ordinate via irc or other means. So
> what we need are places to "host" these gatherings.
>

And if we cannot find a place to gather, we can still coordinate from
our own locations and work together.