[Ubuntu-ZW] Ubuntu-zw Digest, Vol 80, Issue 1

Tue Jul 14 13:32:06 UTC 2015

Hi Miles,

I second @Osinclaire's appreciation of the initiative. I also want to
comment on the platform of choice irc has never been an African thing, at
least not in Southern Africa to my knowledge. I am not speaking officially
and do not have statistics but I know a good number of people who are
active in the ICT community and even they do not do irc that much. I do not
know if its possible, but if it is, can you please consider using another
platform to engage with people, a Twitter hashtag would get a better
response and most IRC things can be done on Twitter ( I think.)

I myself have never really been into IRC thing.

Garikai

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> Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2015 21:01:55 +0200
> From: Miles <msdomdonner at ubuntu.com>
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> Subject: [Ubuntu-ZW] Spreading ubuntu
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> Good day,
> Forgive me if I have sent you this mail before
> I have been given the project of finding and reviving all the loco teams
> in Africa. I am in Pretoria, South Africa.
> With help from the ZA team we have registered the irc > freenode >
> #ubuntu-africa channel and also a Canonical approved site
> http://ubuntu-africa.info
> This is me https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kilos   I have made some progress
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AfricanTeams
> and would be honored to have your LoCo join us. As you see on that link
> we will be having our first meeting on the 29th. Can you please spread
> the word and get other members in your team to link up with us before
> then either on irc or feel free to email me directly. You can join the
> members on https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-africa and join the mailing
> list there as well
> You can join your whole loco on launchpad as you will see Ivory coast
> has Done
> We have started using social media as well but have meetings and chat
> and help and support on irc
> Twitter  -- @ubuntuinafrica
> Facebook -- https://www.facebook.com/groups/494775420686780/
> Best regards
> Miles Sharpe (Kilos on irc)
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> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2015 07:18:14 +0200
> From: "O. Sinclair" <o.sinclair at gmail.com>
> To: ubuntu-zw at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-ZW] Spreading ubuntu
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> Good morning Miles,
>
> and thanks for your email. Seeing that the ubuntu community in Zimbabwe
> has gone fairly quiet I think this is a great initiative. I think we
> could do with some interaction from the larger communities in other
> parts of Africa.
>
> Note that I am not an official spokesperson for Zimbabwe LoCo in any
> way, this is just a personal reflection. You can count me in though and
> I will try and be on IRC on said day (am not very active on irc actually).
>
> Kind regards
> Sinclair
>
> On 13/07/2015 21:01, Miles wrote:
> > Good day,
> > Forgive me if I have sent you this mail before
> > I have been given the project of finding and reviving all the loco teams
> > in Africa. I am in Pretoria, South Africa.
> > With help from the ZA team we have registered the irc > freenode >
> > #ubuntu-africa channel and also a Canonical approved site
> > http://ubuntu-africa.info
> > This is me https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kilos   I have made some progress
> > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AfricanTeams
> > and would be honored to have your LoCo join us. As you see on that link
> > we will be having our first meeting on the 29th. Can you please spread
> > the word and get other members in your team to link up with us before
> > then either on irc or feel free to email me directly. You can join the
> > members on https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-africa and join the mailing
> > list there as well
> > You can join your whole loco on launchpad as you will see Ivory coast
> > has Done
> > We have started using social media as well but have meetings and chat
> > and help and support on irc
> > Twitter  -- @ubuntuinafrica
> > Facebook -- https://www.facebook.com/groups/494775420686780/
> > Best regards
> > Miles Sharpe (Kilos on irc)
> >
>
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