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

Tue Jul 14 14:07:03 UTC 2015

Hi Garikai,

This is a tricky one, since I started using Ubuntu on 9.04 I first tried
the mailing list for help, and struggled to keep up there, then I was
invited to #ubuntu-za and had to even be told how to get there, and
since then I have grown with Ubuntu knowing there was always someone to
help me on #ubuntu-za . In South Africa many of us have no choice but to
use a 3g connection. And data is expensive and both twitter and Facebook
eat data. We do have a facebook page for Africa and a twitter account.
@ubuntuinafrica but they aren't monitored all the time. Where irc uses
maybe 10 meg of data a day and thats all day and half the night online.
Also Ubuntu was started and built on irc and all council meetings and
applications for Ubuntu Membership are all done on irc. We have 3
membership board members on the irc channel and are expecting a council
member or two to attend our first meeting. We have a bot that does
meeting minutes etc. all in place. I cannot expect visitors to change
all ubuntu traditions to suit us few. manulite and zxsinclair have
already joined the irc channel. Will you please consult with them and
let me know?
Best regards
Miles

On 14/07/2015 15:32, Garikai Dzoma wrote:
> 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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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2015 21:01:55 +0200
>> From: Miles <msdomdonner at ubuntu.com>
>> To: ubuntu-zw at lists.ubuntu.com
>> 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
>> Message-ID: <55A49B96.4050102 at gmail.com>
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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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