[Ubuntu-be] Ubuntu life in Belgium
Jurgen Gaeremyn
jurgen.gaeremyn at pandora.be
Fri May 2 04:36:26 UTC 2014
I think any of the hackerspaces will be willing to accomodate... people
living near train stations on our group might too...
Possibly I can't be available myself (wife is pregnant and due for June
4th) but I'm pretty sure Hackerspace Brussels (hackerspace.be) would be
glad to offer you a chair in the space or the garden...
Grtz,
Jurgen.
On 01-05-14 23:08, Jan Bongaerts wrote:
> Real life meeting should still take preference over virtual meeting,
> if you ask me.
> It's not all that hard to organise. Jurgen did it, I did it. They were
> all successful.
> Just get to somewhere easily accessible by public transport.
> Brussels is the best.
> Antwerp or Ghent might be a good option.
>
>
>
> On 1 May 2014 22:51, Merlijn Sebrechts <merlijn.sebrechts op gmail.com
> <mailto:merlijn.sebrechts op gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> aa) I can help with the website. I now a tiny bit of Drupal. If
> somebody can give me the right credentials, I could take a look at
> it next week. Mike Morraye knows more about the website, I think.
> cc) same as aa)
> ee) I think Google Hangouts is the best free option. If somebody
> has a sip server, we could also use a sip client like jitsi.org
> <http://jitsi.org>, which has excellent Ubuntu support.
>
>
>
> Thanks for doing this wake-up call, kawabill!
>
>
>
>
> 2014-05-01 21:40 GMT+02:00 kawabill <kawabill op telenet.be
> <mailto:kawabill op telenet.be>>:
>
> Hey I'm not alone on the island....! :)
>
> Tom, you're right I think and I agree. It is not somebody we
> need, it is us. Also Juergen's proposal for having
> Ubuntu-be.org and setting clear expectations I agree with,
> this way we can prevent disappointment from and by others.
> Carrying Ubuntu-be to the funeral I would think is just a bit
> too early. From the reactions, at least 5-10 people are
> actively involved and able to help.
>
> Using IRC is maybe just a little too much written words and
> I've got no clue how to get it to work reliably, I think we
> need to get together or at least get visual. For getting
> together there is the hacker space, the facilities in
> Houthalen an hack - even an old school room in Bree. Is there
> an open source alternative to Skype, allowing for a virtual
> meeting maybe (I saw Apache's Open Meeting)? Or what if we
> organise a chat/video conference from the 'local' events;
> Houthalen in Limburg, Hackerspace, Brugge - can we organize it
> maybe in such a way that it's all in sync; ie. every last
> Wednesday of the month (convenient for LImburg, as this is the
> gathering date already)?
>
>
> 1) Do you want to help set up a booth at fosdem 2015? YES, if
> we can plan ahead I would think we can get the right and
> motivated people involved including this chap
> 2) Do you still use the website? If so, how? YES, but let's
> indeed make it such that people see activity - starting with
> filling the agenda showing the local activities for example
> 3) What information would you want to see on the new website?
> Haven't really given it a thought, but one thing for sure I
> would like to see and that is UP TO DATE information
>
> Let's keep the ideas coming, I think getting around the bank
> account quickly is indeed opening a new one, and make it one
> that we can access and at least have some kind of redundancy.
> This as not to get stuck again.
>
> I have to read and negotiate contracts all day, it would
> really be good if we could talk to each other, preferably face
> to face. This way we iterate in seconds rather than weeks.
>
> Finally; let's get the link into Canonical established and
> strengthened. I work for a large company and quite a large
> bunch is starting to use Ubuntu also on the desktop. Ubuntu
> Phone is a great idea and has huge potential, especially for
> cost savings. I checked how I could get our purchasing in
> contact easily, but believe me, Canonical is not going to sell
> the idea if they stick to how they have approached this up to
> now. I would think, certainly in Europe, they have a wide
> enough network of enthusiasts and could easily bundle the
> network to get aggressive into offering savings to large and
> medium size companies. As far as I'm concerned I use the
> software that they have ubuntu-ed, it is this creation that
> binds us - the reason why I spend my time locally to help
> people is for ubuntu, and also as a kind of payback to
> Canonical because they have created a magnificent piece of
> software. Not only them, but they are for me one of the main
> forces behind humanizing Linux! Credit to Mark Shuttleworth
> for all that. Taking Ubuntu-be to the graveyard doesn't seem
> the best way to help and show a kind of gratitude.
>
> Too many words written already, and hail to he/she who came to
> this point. How to go forward? Let's use 8D methodology and
> get this going.
> 1) Plan - revive Ubuntu-be and prevent it from going quiet again
> 2) The core-team members proposed, let me know who disagrees
> or cannot pick up;
> a) kawabill
> b) nero
> c) Frank Neirynck
> d) Tom Verlinden
> e) Jan Bongaerts
> f) Merlijn Sebrechts
> g) Alain Daudrez
> 3) The problem; Ubuntu-be is dying
> 4) Temporary fix;
> aa) website is not upto date (whom can take action and when?)
> bb) bank account needs to be corrected (to open a new one
> I can pick up the action and can have it done within two
> weeks, with regards to the old one whom can get the
> responsible person to help organize it such that we have
> multiple Ubuntu-ers to get access and when?)
> cc) support point map - remove ghost accounts and update
> or allow for updated information (whom can take action and when?)
> dd) Limburg event box - Wouter, please drop me an e-mail
> where I can come and pick it up and get it into my storage garage)
> ee) Setup a web-meeting last Wednesday of May (May 28th),
> we can use Skype, Google hangout or maybe someone can help
> build Open Meeting for Ubuntu (I don't mind planning and
> coordinating, whom can help setup the technical side of it
> all, Nero???)
>
> Let's get this going before we start root-cause analysis, and
> when need please team up where you can. Myself I'm not really
> good at using Drupal, I've build my own in HTML, but I sure
> could help cleaning up and updating.
>
> Your comments please?
>
> Bill
>
>
>
> On 01-05-14 12:39, tom verlinden wrote:
>>
>> Thanks for your info on this. I've always thought that this
>> certain "somebody" should comprise out of more than one
>> person. One person can't take this on his or her shoulders.
>> There's too much, from what i'm reading, for one person to do
>> and be succesfull about it. There should be a team of
>> somebodies, all doing somewhat the same, but in different
>> locations. (Does that make sense?) Is there a need for a
>> central organ? To me that makes it too complicated already,
>> and might create expectations, that cannot be fullfilled.
>> Anyway, there's need, i guess to promote ubuntu, as Bill
>> said. Now we have to figure out how to do this in a fun way,
>> i guess.
>>
>> Op 1 mei 2014 12:27 schreef "Jurgen Gaeremyn"
>> <jurgen.gaeremyn op pandora.be <mailto:jurgen.gaeremyn op pandora.be>>:
>>
>> Tom,
>>
>> the strongest periods of Ubuntu-be were when one single
>> person actually kept his shoulders under the project. In
>> the past we had a few of these people. Thing is:
>> ubuntu-be.org <http://ubuntu-be.org> should set clear
>> expectations: what (not) to expect: a spokesman, the
>> official stance of Ubuntu on whatever Belgian activity,
>> guaranteed support, etc...
>>
>> If someone stands up and is prepared to take leadership,
>> you will quickly have a core team of somewhere between 5
>> and 10 or even more if you do a great job. If you're
>> willing to take up this commitment, you'll be doing
>> Ubuntu-be a big favour. Problem is, apparently this
>> mythical figure called "somebody" we're all talking about
>> and who'll do all the practical stuff like maintain the
>> website, organise event booths, create content, etc...
>> isn't on this list anymore. Not sure if he ever was.
>>
>> Please, do give it a chance. First things first -
>> canonical approval is not a problem if you can prove
>> you're active. I'm assuming someone here will be able to
>> tell you more details on this.
>>
>> Grtz,
>> Jurgen.
>>
>> On 01-05-14 12:11, tom verlinden wrote:
>>>
>>> I don't know about organizing a funeral just yet. Maybe
>>> ubuntu.be <http://ubuntu.be> could be a commonplace for
>>> those using and or discovering ubuntu but more in a fun
>>> sort of way. Don't know if i'm saying this right, but i
>>> think you get the picture. There doesn't need to be a
>>> central person or spokesman imho. Makes it far too
>>> official. The first goal should be, in my humble
>>> opinion, to get people to discover ubuntu. Maybe by
>>> promoting this list we could get more people discovering
>>> the os. As far as i'm concerned, i use ubuntu, talk
>>> about it and show it to whoever i think might be
>>> interrested, give support where i can and drop leaflets
>>> in our library. (They're also on ubuntu. Woot!!)
>>> I think that if we do our part any wich way we can, on
>>> our little "islands", and use the net, list as our
>>> "glue", who knows what can happen in the future? Is
>>> there still a connection with canonical? How does that
>>> work? Hell, typing this gets me all fired up to give
>>> this a chance. What do you guys think? Give it some kind
>>> of try, or just leave, and do something on our own? (I
>>> think we could achieve more together, but i'd like to
>>> hear your opinion). My 2 cents....
>>>
>>> Op 30 apr. 2014 07:30 schreef "kawabill"
>>> <kawabill op telenet.be <mailto:kawabill op telenet.be>>:
>>>
>>> What triggered me was a mail I got from someone in
>>> the community, stating that he rather spent his time
>>> otherwise, declining an invitation I had sent him.
>>> No problem of course, but it took me to the
>>> following page;
>>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BelgianTeam/IrcMeetings
>>>
>>> No activities are visible for me the visitor, going
>>> over the pages it seems that the latest info dates
>>> from 2012. I know activities are still going on,
>>> organized by enthusiasts on a very local scale, but
>>> for me it is not visible whether all of this is
>>> coordinated.
>>>
>>> I find it a pity, that in the period where MS end of
>>> lifes XP I don't see any coordinated activity to get
>>> people over into the Ubuntu/Mint/Linux camp.
>>>
>>> Can anyone please comment and give feedback or let
>>> me know I'm wrong and I seem to live life on a
>>> desolate space outside of the Ubuntu community?
>>>
>>> Have a nice day.
>>> Bill
>>>
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