Local Ubuntu conference [Was: Metrocracy vs democracy]

[Daniel Sobey]

On Thu, 2010-06-10 at 12:26 +1000, Jeff Waugh wrote: 
> <quote who="Paul Gear">
> 
> > Sounds like we in the Brisbane team need to get cracking...
> 
> :-)
> 
> Another nice bonus when it comes to holding an event ahead of linux.conf.au:
> there are usually quite a few Canonical folk from overseas speaking or just
> attending. Though not crucial (we have awesome local contributors of course)
> it's a nice way to ratchet up interest from less community-connected folks.
> 
> (The very first GNOME.conf.au in 2004 was a massive success because we had
> an unusually large presence of GNOME and X contributors that year.)
> 
> - Jeff

I'd be interested in this, even if it's just a few hours on the Sunday
before the conference it would be useful to meet up. If we can't be
bothered organising that i would like to meet up and have a meal with
other people from the loco some time in the conference.