[ubuntu-za] Intrepid Release Parties!

Mon Sep 29 13:29:05 BST 2008

I am for holding more localised release parties.  I live in the North
and dont particulary feel like travelling 120km's to Benoni. Informal
get togethers somewhere sound like a good idea.

Stefan

On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 2:16 PM, Hugh Jacobs <hughjacobs at gmail.com> wrote:
> Well, there is an Internet Cafe in Rynfield, Benoni that runs Ubuntu on
> their machines.
> So that could also be a possible alternative for a release party. Also,
> depending on the turn-out,
> we could always end off with drinks/braai at my place afterwards (for
> over-18s) (across the road from internet cafe).
>
> Just a suggestion for Gauteng.
> Or maybe we could even hold more than one release party for different areas
> of Jozi (North, South, East and West).
> At any rate, I would like to hear people's thoughts on either suggestions,
> so that if I decide to go ahead,
> I can start advertising it by the end of the week.
>
> - Hugh Jacobs, The Hugh Man, Circus-Killer ;)
>
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>>   1. Re:  Intrepid Release Parties! (Hilton Theunissen)
>>   2. Re:  Intrepid Release Parties! (Morgan Collett)
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 09:24:14 +0200
>> From: Hilton Theunissen <hilton at inkululeko.co.za>
>> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-za] Intrepid Release Parties!
>> To: Ubuntu South African Local Community <ubuntu-za at lists.ubuntu.com>
>> Message-ID: <48E0829E.1030201 at inkululeko.co.za>
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>> Hi Morgan
>>
>> Last year's event was held at the 1st tuXlab in Gauteng.  They would be
>> happy to host the Ubuntu community again. we have 70+ schools in cape
>> Town, 40+ in PE, 6 in Pietermaritzburg, 1 x Durban, Kimberley,
>> Mafikeng,etc,
>>
>> Hosting at the schools will help promote the use of open source in
>> education.
>>
>>
>> Kind regards.
>>
>> Hilton Theunissen
>> Inkululeko Technologies
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>> Morgan Collett wrote:
>> > Release party planning time!
>> >
>> > Let's aim for events in at least 3 cities this time if not more.
>> >
>> > This is a great opportunity to meet other Ubuntu users and interesting
>> > people.
>> >
>> > Last year Jonathan Carter held a braai at a school which had a
>> > computer lab running Ubuntu. That's a great way to involve the
>> > community and have a fun event where you can invite newcomers to
>> > Ubuntu-ZA.
>> >
>> > Perhaps we could hold a Cape Town event at UCT, where there are
>> > computer labs with Ubuntu, hence a good number of Ubuntu users
>> > (although, is anyone except postgrads still around by November?)
>> >
>> > However, this isn't about topping each event with something more
>> > extreme - let's just get together. Invite some people around, or hang
>> > out at a local coffee shop, burn a couple of CDs, talk about your
>> > favourite Ubuntu apps (or complain about your favourite bugs, etc).
>> >
>> > In short, let's just do it!
>> >
>> > Morgan
>> >
>> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> > From: Jono Bacon <jono at ubuntu.com>
>> > Date: Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 20:59
>> > Subject: Intrepid Release Parties!
>> > To: "Ubuntu local community team (LoCo) contacts"
>> > <loco-contacts at lists.ubuntu.com>
>> >
>> >
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> > Ladies and Gentleman who love and adore the world most lovable and
>> > adorable Operating System, Ubuntu, we plan on releasing Ubuntu 8.10
>> > Intrepid Ibex on October 30th. Now, this release is a pretty special
>> > release because not only do we kick out another kick-ass Ubuntu, but
>> > October 20th is Ubuntu's 4th birthday!
>> >
>> > As such, it is time to par-taaay. Seriously. The Beastie Boys faught for
>> > your right to partaaay, so show some dignity and respect to these
>> > rights, and get out there and do it.
>> >
>> > So, what is the skinny, I hear you ask? Well, I think it is time for us
>> > to put our collective minds together and organise an incredible series
>> > of release parties all over the world. On our last release, we had over
>> > 60 parties, largely organised by our incredible worldwide LoCo
>> > community, and I would love to see us hit nearer to 100 parties for this
>> > release, particularly with a birthday to celebrate!
>> >
>> > Organising a party is pretty simple:
>> >
>> > Pick a date - I would recommend either Thu 30th October or the following
>> > weekend?Sat 1st Nov and Sun 2nd Nov. Pick a date when you can arrange
>> > for a bunch of Ubuntu enthusiasts to be in the same building.
>> > Pick a venue - this can be someone's back yard, a pub, a university
>> > room, a school, a parking lot?wherever. They key thing is not the venue,
>> > it is the people. With a venue and date, you are all set to let the
>> > world know about it.
>> > Add your party to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IntrepidReleaseParties - this
>> > is the big list of Ubuntu release parties. :)
>> > Let the world know - blog about it, make up some fliers and put them in
>> > computers shops / libraries / cafes / educational establishments etc.
>> > Encourage a stack of people to come along to your party. :)
>> >
>> > We have a longer guide to organising a release party at
>> > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BuildingCommunity/RunningReleaseParty. You can
>> > also discuss organising your party on the ubuntu-event-planners mailing
>> > list (https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/Ubuntu-event-planners).
>> >
>> > When it comes to running your party, there are a bunch of things you can
>> > do on the day/evening itself:
>> >
>> >      * Have a cake - it is a birthday, after all! If you can't bake a
>> >        cake, find someone who can. :)
>> >      * Hang out with other Ubuntu people, meet new faces and get to
>> >        know each other.
>> >      * You may want to perform installfests.
>> >      * You may also want to organise a few talks and speeches for the
>> >        event itself.
>> >      * Why not make some merchandise to give out? Maybe some badges,
>> >        stickers or t-shirts?
>> >
>> > Enjoy, and do post here when you organise a party!
>> >
>> >        Jono
>> >
>> > --
>> > Jono Bacon
>> > Ubuntu Community Manager
>> > jono(at)ubuntu(dot)com
>> > www.ubuntu.com / www.jonobacon.org
>> >
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>> Message: 2
>> Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 09:47:17 +0200
>> From: "Morgan Collett" <morgan at ubuntu.com>
>> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-za] Intrepid Release Parties!
>> To: hilton at inkululeko.co.za,    "Ubuntu South African Local Community"
>>        <ubuntu-za at lists.ubuntu.com>
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>> On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 09:24, Hilton Theunissen
>> <hilton at inkululeko.co.za> wrote:
>> > Hi Morgan
>> >
>> > Last year's event was held at the 1st tuXlab in Gauteng.  They would be
>> > happy to host the Ubuntu community again. we have 70+ schools in cape
>> > Town, 40+ in PE, 6 in Pietermaritzburg, 1 x Durban, Kimberley,
>> > Mafikeng,etc,
>> >
>> > Hosting at the schools will help promote the use of open source in
>> > education.
>>
>> This is a great idea. How can we identify a specific tuXlab school in
>> each area? Can you make any suggestions?
>>
>> highvoltage, same school as last year for Gauteng?
>>
>> Regards
>> Morgan
>>
>>
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