[ubuntu-za] Durban Ubuntu Moot - Fwd: [dbnlug] Ubuntu 12.10 release party / Ubuntu 8th birthday / Geeky get together

Tue Oct 16 05:19:36 UTC 2012

On 16 October 2012 07:04, Dewald Noeth <djnoeth at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Una
>
> I was the one who added it to the loco and will amend it tonight, I'm truly sorry if it seems like we are taking over the karma of this event, but that is not our idea with this. I will add that this event was organise by dbnlug on the loco events as well. We just want to know of all the partie so we can advertise and log the events.
>
> I added Johan as the event contact for 2 reasons. He is the one that sent me the detail after I have been asking for it for a while now, also because he is already on the dropdown list of contacts.
>
> Being part of this mailing list and contributing does make you a member of the ubuntu-za loco. And we appreciate all of our members. Ubuntu-za is here to help all the SA LUGs with ubuntu related issues, queries, advertising etc.
>
> Let's work together to spread the penguin love and remember what the word ubuntu really means.
>
>
> Dewald J. Noeth
> "Only two things are infinite - the universe and human stupidity, and i'm not so sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Una Karlsen <smilyborg at strangeminds.org>
> Sender: ubuntu-za-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com
> Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2012 06:35:32
> To: Ubuntu South African Local Community<ubuntu-za at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Reply-To: Ubuntu South African Local Community <ubuntu-za at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-za] Durban Ubuntu Moot - Fwd: [dbnlug] Ubuntu 12.10
>  release party / Ubuntu 8th birthday / Geeky get together
>
> Hey there folks
>
> Thanks Johan for posting the details to this list. It slipped my mind
> in the chaos yesterday.
>
> Not sure who posted the info to
> http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-za/2039/detail/ but there are
> some issues with the details.
>
> There are multiple Gloria Jeans coffee shops in Durban. There are even
> 2 of them in the Gateway shopping center. The venue is Gloria Jean's
> Coffees in Davenport Square
>
> I don't mind Johan being listed as a contact, so long as any info is
> passed on to me since I am the one organizing the event.
>
> Maybe I'm still a bit over emotional after last night, but it kind of
> feels like this event which is being run and organised by the Durban
> Linux User Group has been co-opted by the Loco team. At least that's
> how it looks reading the contents of
> http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-za/2039/detail/ . The DBN-LUG
> support Ubuntu and a number of our users use it, but I feel that since
> DBN-LUG members are organizing this get together, this should be
> reflected somewhere. I may lurk on this mailing list and on #ubuntu-za
> from time to time, but I don't feel that makes me a member of  the
> South African Ubuntu team.
>
> Una Alexia Karlsen
> AKA SmilyBorg
> LPIC-2, Linux+
> Cellphone: 083 445 0720
> Website: http://strangeminds.org/
> MSN Messenger: una at strangeminds.org
> Google Talk: una at strangeminds.org
>
> Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute,
> and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty
> girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute.
> That's relativity. - Albert Einstein
>
> On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 9:46 PM, Dewald Noeth <djnoeth at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi Guys and Gals
>>
>> Please also see the event details here and feel free to RSVP here.
>>
>> http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-za/2039/detail/
>>
>> Dewald J. Noeth
>> 083 291 7799
>> djnoeth at gmail.com
>> "Only two things are infinite - the universe and human
>> stupidity, and i'm not so sure about the universe."
>> Albert Einstein
>>
>>
>>
>> On 15 October 2012 20:06, Johan Mynhardt <johanmynhardt at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi everyone, just forwarding some info for the people in the Durban
>>> area that are interested to come to the Ubuntu releas party.
>>>
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: Una Karlsen <una at strangeminds.org>
>>> Date: 15 October 2012 14:57
>>> Subject: [dbnlug] Ubuntu 12.10 release party / Ubuntu 8th birthday /
>>> Geeky get together
>>> To: dbnlug at googlegroups.com
>>>
>>>
>>> Event : Ubuntu 12.10 release party / Ubuntu 8th birthday / Geeky get
>>> together
>>> Date : 20 October 2012
>>> Time : 10am - 2pm
>>> Location : Gloria Jean's Coffees Davenport Square, Shop 20 Davenport
>>> Square, Hellen Joseph Road, Durban, 4001
>>>
>>> Description :
>>> Let's celebrate the Ubuntu Quantal Quetzal release!
>>> For every Ubuntu release the community organises parties all over the
>>> world. At these parties everyone is welcome and we get together to
>>> celebrate, meet new friends and often introduce people new to Ubuntu
>>> to our community and our Operating System. Release parties are not
>>> only a great way to meet people but they are a lot of fun!
>>>
>>> We will have the latest install ISOs and hopefully full copies of the
>>> repositories, so be sure to bring along a flash drive or portable hard
>>> drive to get a copy.
>>>
>>>
>>> RSVP: Mailinglist : dbnlug at googlegroups.com
>>>          Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/events/114967255326018/
>>>          Google+  :
>>> https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/c142k82osntadrdi5nf5bi7mj4g
>>>
>>>
>>> Una Alexia Karlsen
>>> AKA SmilyBorg
>>> LPIC-2, Linux+
>>> <snip>
>>> ...
>>> </snip>
>>>
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Good handling there :)

As an Ubuntu community we don't strive to get in each other's hair, so
if anything was out of place, I believe it was not intentional.

*cough* I probably need to mention it's a meet, not a moot :P

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