[UbuntuWomen] UbuntuWomen IRC Meetup Day, Thursday, January 11, 2007

[Amy Hussey]

That is a brilliant idea.  I haven't been on IRC in a while.

Amy

On 12/17/06, B.A. Lopez <dinda at mac.com> wrote:
>
> Okay, how about this to get us started, two scheduled sessions to try to
> cover various timezones and then we just generally try to keep the
> ubuntu-women channel as "open day" for Thursday, January 11, 2007.
> 1.)  Group 1 starting at 15:00 UTC (3 PM London), Thursday, Jan 11, 2007
> *
> *
> New York <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=179> (U.S.A. -
> New York) Thursday, January 11, 2007 at 10:00:00 AM UTC-5 hours EST<http://www.timeanddate.com/library/abbreviations/timezones/na/est.html>
> Houston <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=104> (U.S.A. -
> Texas) Thursday, January 11, 2007 at 9:00:00 AM UTC-6 hours CST<http://www.timeanddate.com/library/abbreviations/timezones/na/cst.html>
> San Francisco <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=224> (
> U.S.A. - California) Thursday, January 11, 2007 at 7:00:00 AM UTC-8 hours
> PST<http://www.timeanddate.com/library/abbreviations/timezones/na/pst.html>
> Sydney <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=240> (Australia
> - New South Wales) Friday, January 12, 2007 at 2:00:00 AM UTC+11 hours EST<http://www.timeanddate.com/library/abbreviations/timezones/au/edt.html>
> Manila <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=145>
> (Philippines) Thursday, January 11, 2007 at 11:00:00 PM UTC+8 hours
>
>
> 2.) Group 2 starting 12 hours later at
> <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=179>Friday, January 12,
> 2007 at 03:00:00<http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?year=2007&month=1&day=12&hour=3&min=0&sec=0>
>  UTC (3 AM London)
>
> New York <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=179> (U.S.A. -
> New York) Thursday, January 11, 2007 at 10:00:00 PM UTC-5 hours EST<http://www.timeanddate.com/library/abbreviations/timezones/na/est.html>
> Houston <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=104> (U.S.A. -
> Texas) Thursday, January 11, 2007 at 9:00:00 PM UTC-6 hours CST<http://www.timeanddate.com/library/abbreviations/timezones/na/cst.html>
> San Francisco <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=224> (
> U.S.A. - California) Thursday, January 11, 2007 at 7:00:00 PM UTC-8 hours
> PST<http://www.timeanddate.com/library/abbreviations/timezones/na/pst.html>
> Sydney <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=240> (Australia
> - New South Wales) Friday, January 12, 2007 at 2:00:00 PM UTC+11 hours EST<http://www.timeanddate.com/library/abbreviations/timezones/au/edt.html>
> Manila <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=145>
> (Philippines) Friday, January 12, 2007 at 11:00:00 AM UTC+8 hours Corresponding
> UTC (GMT)
>
> Sorry, if the formatting comes out strange, I cut and pasted from
> http://www.timeanddate.com/  and more apologizes if you're still not able
> to make either time but if we just target that day to keep the channel open
> and make an effort to be available as new folks stop by then I think we'll
> accomplish something positive for the day.
>
> Does anyone know how to get on the Ubuntu Fridge calendar?  other places
> we want to send the word out to?
>
>  In the interim, please let's keep brainstorming on specific ideas.  I'm
> loving the activity on this list and want to keep our momentum moving
> forward.  And keep dropping into the ubuntu-women IRC channel any time and
> I'll try remember to keep it open as well.
>
> cheers,
>
> Belinda (in Houston)
>
>
> On Dec 17, 2006, at 3:16 AM, Leslie Hawthorn wrote:
>
>
>
> On 12/15/06, Romana Branden <timelady at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Yolynne Medina wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > On 12/14/06, *Meg Kurdziolek* <meg.kurdziolek at gmail.com
> > > <mailto:meg.kurdziolek at gmail.com >> wrote:
> > >
> > >     1.) I would be happy to help organize and participate in a monthly
> > >     Ubuntu Women's chat. I know that it would be difficult to find a
> > >     time for *everyone* to meet (as Lyz mentioned), but maybe we could
> >
> > >     make the chats themed and we could work out times just between
> > those
> > >     really interested in that monthly topic. Some possible themes
> > could
> > >     be: New Contributos, Web Applications, HCI, Education, Job
> > >     Searching/Professional Issues, etc....
> > >
> > >
> > > What if we try to do it per region, like asians can do the chatting at
> > a
> > > certain time and all in europe and in other continents will do the
> > > same.  Even if we are only few, we can start already in this manner..
> > > then we post whatever collaboration and ideas that were exchanged on
> > the
> > > mailing list for comments, since I  have noticed that the mailing list
> >
> > > is more active than the channel. What do you think girls?
> >
> >
> > I am in Australia, definitely one of the hardest time zones to find
> > people on, but I would cheerfully get up in the middle of the night once
> >
> > a month:) (After having five kids, getting up is second nature;)  )
>
>
> +1
>
> I'm up for an IRC meeting any time.
>
> Cheers,
> LH
>
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