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

[Jim MacDonald]

I beg to differ... I think during most of the year we probably have more 
time on our hands to work on this stuff than those of you in sunnier 
climes....

and you wonder why I like the Kubuntu blue and white better than the 
Ubuntu brown and yellow.

Jim

David Overcash wrote:
> 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 
> <mailto: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 <mailto:harris.jimmy at gmail.com>>
>     To: "US LoCo Teams" < ubuntu-us at lists.ubuntu.com
>     <mailto: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 <mailto: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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