Subject: ubuntu-us-ne Happy New Year-2008 Planning

From: Dave Thacker <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2008 15:28:46 -0600

Ok, the holidays are over, the New Year has begun, and this list is entirely 
too quiet.  I have few ideas for 2008, but I'd like to see what the 
membership would like to do as well.  

Should we have regular in-person meetings?  

Should we continue IRC meetings and/or change the frequency?

Any pet projects you want to work on?

Anything special in the Ubuntu world you want to learn?

I need volunteers for 
-wiki maintenance
-email maintenance
-irc maintenance
-mentoring students in a high school programming contest (php)

Dave Thacker
Admin, Ubuntu Nebraska Local Community Team

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From: Shannon <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2008 17:08:52 -0600

1. in person meetings might be nice. not very practical however for me
living 100 miles from Omaha.

2. Very few members seem to use IRC. I question its worth. Maybe a
forum would server as a better way to communicate with more members.
that along with some polls.

3. I do not have any pet projects to work on . but that might help if
we had one.

4. I would like to learn how to package programs . I have however had
a hard time focusing my self on trying to learn.

I feel that we need to get a true gauge of how many members want to do
something. depending on that number try to plan out 2-4 things to do
over the year.  planned out in a timeline  ... working on project 1
till may... project 2  till October maybe.

idea  like setup a booth at 1 fair ... have a computer swap meet.

just thoughts
Shannon

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From: Dave Thacker <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2008 21:00:21 -0600

> living 100 miles from Omaha.

Lincoln's closer to you.  Anybody in Lincoln up for a in-person meeting?
> that along with some polls.

I'll see about getting a forum set up.  In the meantime this is my chance to 
plug our new irc channel, #ubuntu-us-ne on freenode.net.
> 3. I do not have any pet projects to work on . but that might help if

Any surplus PC's up for grabs in your neighborhood?  We could set up an 
Edubuntu lab.
> a hard time focusing my self on trying to learn.

I'd like to have a packaging fest with a mentor available via irc or in 
person. 
> idea  like setup a booth at 1 fair ... have a computer swap meet.

Hey, how much does it cost to do a booth at a county fair?  

> > Ok, the holidays are over, the New Year has begun, and this list is
> > entirely too quiet.  I have few ideas for 2008, but I'd like to see what
> > the membership would like to do as well.
> >

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From: Shannon <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 07:15:39 -0600

> Any surplus PC's up for grabs in your neighborhood?  We could set up an

I have a number of older systems. also have about 70 keyboards, and
about 15 crt's ... would be short on mice however.  hence. hardware
isnt really an issue. nor is time so much. its the social end that I
have no skill at.

> I'd like to have a packaging fest with a mentor available via irc or in

ya. if I had someone I could ask to make sure I was doing it right.
that would help get me started

> Hey, how much does it cost to do a booth at a county fair?

I am sure that depends alot on which fair. I am going to see if I can
setup something at the farmers market this year I think. its free for
the farmers... I do however not know if there are any rules about what
people can setup.

Shannon

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From: "Karin Dalziel" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 10:50:13 -0600

Hello, sorry I'm late joining in, I've been sick these last few days.

Just to update on what I have done-

I got the two Ubuntu books Dave got me to the Nebraska  Library Commission
and the Lincoln City Library. I just checked, and they are not showing up in
the catalog yet- I'll contact and see why.

I talked to a couple of librarians that said if patrons request books they
usually purchase them. For instance, Omaha has a suggestion form here:
http://forms.omahapubliclibrary.org/forms/suggestatitle.php

The form asks for a patron barcode, so someone with an Omaha library card
has to request it. This would be a great way to get Ubuntu books into the
libraries- we just need to get local people to suggest.

I have a few extra computer parts too- two almost complete computers (I'll
have to check what's missing) some keyboards and mice. I would love to learn
how to get an Edubuntu lab set up. I could do a meeting in Omaha or Lincoln.

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