Invitation to participate in the Ubuntu Global Jam

[Robbie Williamson]

On 03/14/2011 01:59 PM, Brandon Tomlinson wrote:
> Hey guys, passing this along. Anyone want to organize this?

I unfortunately cannot, but given the Texas Linux Fest is the same
weekend...seems like a perfect opportunity.

-Robbie

> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Jorge O. Castro" <jorge at ubuntu.com <mailto:jorge at ubuntu.com>>
> Date: Mar 4, 2011 5:05 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 <http://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 <http://loco.ubuntu.com>.
> 
>  3. Finally, spread the word! Blog about it, post about it on
> Twitter/identi.ca <http://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
> 


-- 
Robbie Williamson <robbie.williamson at canonical.com>
Canonical USA

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