US LoCo Teams Fwd: Re: Ubuntu in the United States (Final tally for 8/2/07)

[David Overcash]

Considering the fact that Alaska would have probably been our hardest state
to get (besides Hawaii) based on Population and all... that's awesome!

Thanks Jim!

On 8/2/07, Jimmy <harris.jimmy at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> There was very little activity with regards to interest in creating a
> needed state LoCo team in the channel today, except for interest by Jim
> MacDonald (jimmacdonald) to start a needed state LoCo for Alaska.  Hooray
> to Jim for stepping up!
>
> Every little bit counts.
>
> pak33m
>
> ------- Forwarded message -------
> From: Jimmy <harris.jimmy at gmail.com>
> To: "US LoCo Teams" <ubuntu-us at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Cc:
> Subject: Re: US LoCo Teams Ubuntu in the United States (Final tally for
> 8/1/07)
> Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2007 19:33:59 -0400
>
> Not as much traffic as yesterday but there was some interest generated and
> a good amount of ideas shared.
>
> There was some interest in creating needed state LoCo teams but no real
> takers for the following:
>
> Idaho
> Iowa
>
> There was some interest in creating a needed state LoCo team for Wyoming
> by jones20992 but found that somebody else had started it up.  At least
> jones20992 went to #ubuntu-wyoming and it was already a go.
>
> There was also some interest in US Virgin Island, Guam and other US
> territories but I think that it would be up to discussion.
>
> There was also a post by Vorian
> http://digg.com/linux_unix/Catch_the_spirit_of_Community_Ubuntu_in_the_US.
>
> pak33m
>
>
> On Wed, 01 Aug 2007 11:30:35 -0400, Aaron Toponce <atoponce at ubuntu.com>
> wrote:
>
> > It was great to see the momentum yesterday!  For sure, we can keep it up
> > today, and get more interested in their state team.  We're so close, I
> > can almost taste it.  Keep up the great work!
> >
> > Thanks,
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> > Jimmy Harris wrote:
> >> We (US Teams) are that much closer today in reaching our goal of having
> >> an
> >> official Ubuntu LoCo team in each state by 2008.
> >>
> >> The final tally (after a very loooooong day in ubuntu-us) of people
> >> interested in creating a needed state LoCo team follows:
> >>
> >> Alaska
> >> Idaho
> >> Louisiana
> >> Minnesota
> >> Mississippi
> >> New Hampshire
> >> North Carolina
> >> Texas
> >> Vermont
> >> West Virgina
> >> Wisconsin
> >>
> >> For more detailed info check out the Needed Teams Startup List
> >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/USTeams/TeamList
> >>
> >> Whew! However, that is not the only interest that we received. We had
> >> people asking about how to join a team and/or registering as members.
> >> That alone is significant considering that we need those people on
> >> existing and/or needed teams to get them approved.
> >>
> >> This is just what happened today as a result of the motivation within
> >> the
> >> US Teams and of course the biggie
> >> http://digg.com/linux_unix/Ubuntu_In_The_United_States.
> >>
> >> Recruiting for needed state LoCo teams is what this is all about! And
> if
> >> you missed the meeting on July 28 check the Minutes/Summary
> >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/USTeams/IRC to see what other methods of
> >> recruitment were discussed.
> >>
> >> More to come...
> >>
> >> pak33m
> >>
> >> Big thanks to ianm for helping to comb the ubuntu-us logs.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
>
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