[ubuntu-nz] Wellington Ubuntu Gathering?

[Jeff Hunt]

Hi Dan and ubuntu-nz,
I hope you get this off the ground. I suggest you repeat the request
to the wellylug group (Wellington Linux Users). They are a rather
technical group generally but they are also users and many have
Ubuntu. Try wellylug at lists.wellylug.org.nz and go to their internet
site. wellylug.org.nz (from memory). They meet regularly.

I have been trying to help older people with limited resources into
Ubuntu for years but it is still an uphill struggle. People need shops
and support and advice and I find that unless they are enthusiasts
sooner or later they give up and buy a standard computer from a shop.

If you want to contact me personally to share ideas I'm jeffhunt90 at gmail.com

Regards.

On 3/5/11, D F <dans.email.address.is at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, Im Dan and I just recently became interested in Ubuntu. Being somewhat
> new to working with Ubuntu I recently broke my windows 7 trying to work with
> partitions, but thats another story.
>
> Anyway I was wondering if there any events, seminars, group discussions,
> support groups etc that happen within Wellington at any time??
>
> If not is there any interest in setting something up? Maybe even an informal
> gathering to start with?
>
> I work in a community minded organisation as a Youth Support Worker and as
> such may be able to host a small gathering in my workplace, but this all
> relys on a display of interest and some external support (not financial just
> organisational).
>
> One of my personal ideas is to create a distribution of Ubuntu pre-loaded
> for students in college and university that cannot afford mainstream OS or
> software. Ive already been advocating for OpenOffice in my personal life and
> had great responses but finding Ubuntu has opened up so many more options I
> would love to explore.
>
> Anyway thats my two cents to the equation for now, if someone could get in
> touch with me to develop the group meeting idea or put it in perspective
> that would be great.
>
> Im definately an amatuer but Im keen to learn and hope I can be of some use
> in the effort to advocate for Ubuntu.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Dan
>