[Ubuntu Chicago] [Fwd: Re: Team Building Initiative]

[Jim Campbell]

Ooops, looks like I just sent the message below directly to Richard.

Jim

-------- Forwarded Message --------
> From: Jim Campbell <jwcampbell at gmail.com>
> To: nixternal at kubuntu.org
> Subject: Re: [Ubuntu Chicago] Team Building Initiative
> Date: Sun, 4 May 2008 20:30:00 -0500
> 
> I
> 
> On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 11:33 PM, Richard A. Johnson
> <nixternal at kubuntu.org> wrote:
>         Hey everyone,
>         
>         In addition to my previous email concerning the packaging jams
>         and bug jams, I
>         would also like to propose the following:
>         
>         I have noticed that some of the local user groups have get
>         togethers to do any
>         of the following:
>         
>          - programming
>          - presentations
>          - socializing
>         
>         I would be interested to see if any of you feel that this
>         would be a benefit to
>         this team? Maybe we could schedule biweekly events where we
>         can get together in
>         a location that is either FREE or damn close to FREE to
>         socialize, present, and
>         hack. 
> 
> I like Chicago LUG's "Programming Tonight."  It is a decent mix
> between socializing and hacking - some nights lean more toward one
> than the other.  They usually meet at a coffee house or diner of some
> sort that has free wifi.  Maybe we could set up an Ubuntu-specific
> equivalent, or just get together as part of their nights.  Cost could
> be kept to about the cost of a cup of coffee if we went that route, or
> there's that one space that sounds like it's going to be available for
> user groups - that might be free.
> 
> Those things are in the city.  Trying to think of having something
> like this out in the suburbs warps my mind.  :(  Sorry.  A couple of
> us got together for doc-hacking sessions last summer, though, and
> those went pretty well.  We'd just need to schedule them in advance,
> and publish the schedule.
> 
> Jim
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