Iowa LoCo - What's Next and My Project Ideas

Wed Jan 27 14:49:33 GMT 2010

I'm more on the support and training side with our custom software.

On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 8:32 AM, Aaron Cannon <
cannona at fireantproductions.com> wrote:

> In Iowa City here, but willing to travel a little, when possible.
>
> Aaron Cannon
>
> On 1/27/10, Paul Tagliamonte <paultag at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> > On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 8:56 AM, Jeremy Karns <jkarns at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> I'm in Waterloo. Web development firm...
> >>
> >> On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 7:48 AM, Rempresent <rempresent at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I am also in the DSM area (Newton).  I don't mind helping any way I
> can,
> >>> I
> >>> am a graphic designer by trade.
> >>> -Nick Rempe
> >>>
> >>> On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 7:38 AM, Mike Moum <mike.moum at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> How many of us are in the Des Moines area? I am.
> >>>>
> >>>> Mike
> >>>>
> >>>> Scott Shields wrote:
> >>>> > I figured I'd break the silence and address the mailing list
> directly
> >>>> > (since most of you don't seem to like lurking in our IRC channel).
> >>>> >
> >>>> > Currently we're looking for people near the Eastern Iowa Corridor
> >>>> > (that would be the area between Iowa City and Cedar Rapids). Others
> >>>> > may join us online via IRC and the like, but in-person activities
> such
> >>>> > as meetings and projects will really help get this LoCo team moving.
> >>>> > If you haven't done so already and you're interested in being an
> >>>> > active LoCo member, please register here
> >>>> > <https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-us-ia>. Right now we're more of a
> >>>> > social group. In the future, we'll have member requirements and all
> of
> >>>> > that fancy stuff.
> >>>> >
> >>>> > You've already met our new, more vocal member Iowan (be forewarned,
> >>>> > we'll be using real names soon), but I'd like to put my ideas out
> >>>> > there too. First we need to get as many people together sometime and
> >>>> > figure out what everyone's strengths are. From there we can decide
> the
> >>>> > goals and future projects of our LoCo team. Listed below you'll find
> >>>> > my current ideas that I've been thinking of. Let me know what you
> >>>> > think and/or what suggestions you may have.
> >>>> > *
> >>>> > My Project Ideas
> >>>> > *
> >>>> >
> >>>> >     * *In Our Local Community* - How can we help educate our friends
> >>>> >       and family members about FOSS (and especially Ubuntu)
> >>>> >       alternatives? In the past, the "computer club" at Kirkwood has
> >>>> >       taken older computers from U of I Surplus, fixed them up, and
> >>>> >       resold them at cost to people. I believe it was somewhere
> around
> >>>> >       $100 and you could either get a Linux distro on it or payed a
> >>>> >       little extra for Windows XP.
> >>>> >     * *Kirkwood Community College* - I'd like to get a Linux User
> >>>> >       Group (LUG) up and running at the main campus (of course we
> >>>> >       won't ignore the Iowa City campus either). Then I'd like to
> >>>> >       promote the use of Open Source software in the labs and maybe
> >>>> >       classes. At least educate the students of the choices out
> there.
> >>>> >     * *KRUUFM* - I'd like to find out the status of this "subteam".
> >>>> >       Are they still active? What are they working on? How can we
> >>>> >       incorporate them into our LoCo?
> >>>> >     * *Ubuntu Global Jam (March 26th - 28th)* - This would be a
> great
> >>>> >       way to get inserted into the community. Basically a bunch of
> >>>> >       people, not matter what the skill level, to get together and
> >>>> >       help make Ubuntu better. I've talked to the Chicago LoCo Team
> >>>> >       about the possibility of joining them for this. Mark your
> >>>> > calender!
> >>>> >
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> ------------
> >>>> Mike and Dede Moum
> >>>> Des Moines, Iowa
> >>>> Visit the Baha'i World at www.bahai.org
> >>>> Visit the US Baha'i website at www.us.bahai.org
> >>>>
> >>>>
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> >
> > Hey Iowa!
> >
> > This looks like a solid plan of action. I'm loving the energy so far,
> > let's keep this up.
> >
> > Nick --
> >
> > You mentioned you are graphic designer.
> >
> > Do we have any web programmers? Jeremy, you mentioned you are a
> > web-dev firm, let's see if we can't get an Iowa page up to start
> > getting everyone on the same page.
> >
> > Let's plan for the long haul. Let's set up a Global Jam [1], and
> > eventually a Release Party [2] for you guys.
> >
> > Central, populated ( at least by the LoCo ) area is key here.
> >
> > Your friendly mentor,
> > Paul
> >
> > [1]: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGlobalJam  ( 26th - 28th March 2010 )
> > [2]: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LucidReleaseParties ( 29th April - 2nd May.
> )
> >
> > P.S. --
> >
> > It's usually Mailing List "good practice" to post at the bottom of an
> > email. I know it sucks to do, just just say'n
> >
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