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[Stephen Michael Kellat <skellat@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Okay, I understand your point better now Cheri and withdraw my
objection.  I initially did read it as a major undertaking.  Then again,
I've been involved in the "kissing hands & shaking babies" end of human
interaction a bit too much this week dealing with local politicians so
my brain is definitely muddled.

SMK

On 02/14/2013 11:10 PM, Cheri Francis wrote:
> I'm not talking about a major undertaking, just a "I live in <city>
> and I will be at <location> working on <ubuntu related thing> on
> <date> at <time>. Join me!" And then in the same general areas AS the
> existing ReLoCos, those projects can be worked on, people can take a
> few pages printed out about ubuntu, and sit in a Panera or whatnot.
>
> Instead of just multiple people in the same city sitting alone and
> working on something, or even one person who might have been willing
> to talk to someone about ubuntu not being out and around folks who
> might be interested.
>
> If someone doesn't want to go out to work on stuff in public, that's
> fine too. It's just an idea. Saying we should "park" it doesn't really
> move us toward our goal of having a more active group.
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 11:07 PM, Stephen Michael Kellat
> <skellat@xxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:skellat@xxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
>     I'd park reinvigorating the ReLoCos for the moment.  I know
>     Unit193 put
>     a list of Xubuntu-related TODOs in the IRC log that would be worth
>     pursuing during Global Jam.  Said list can be found here:
>     https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Xubuntu/Sprints/2013-03-03-globaljam
>
>     Ideas I'll throw out there too as low-hanging fruit if people want
>     little projects to play with:
>
>     1. Package either Bashpodder or Mashpodder (see
>     http://code.google.com/p/mashpodder/ and
>     http://lincgeek.org/bashpodder/
>     for code) and at least stick it in a team PPA for the moment
>
>     2. Update the wiki, specifically the following pages:
>     https://wiki.ubuntu.com/OhioTeam/Resume
>     https://wiki.ubuntu.com/OhioTeam/CDdistribution
>     https://wiki.ubuntu.com/OhioTeam/CommunicationTeam
>     https://wiki.ubuntu.com/OhioTeam/Donations
>     https://wiki.ubuntu.com/OhioTeam/EducationTeam
>     https://wiki.ubuntu.com/OhioTeam/Events
>     https://wiki.ubuntu.com/OhioTeam/MarketingTeam
>     https://wiki.ubuntu.com/OhioTeam/NewMember
>     https://wiki.ubuntu.com/OhioTeam/NewUser
>     https://wiki.ubuntu.com/OhioTeam/NewUserTeam
>     https://wiki.ubuntu.com/OhioTeam/ReLoCos
>     https://wiki.ubuntu.com/OhioTeam/UbuntuCDExplanation
>
>     3. Take and post to the wiki pictures of smiling, shiny happy people
>
>     4. Create a team PPA
>
>     5. Put cool stuff in a team PPA such as packages of cool/useful
>     scripts
>     akin to the "bikeshed" package.  For us, we could name it instead
>     "boatshed"... :-)  (See:
>     http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=bikeshed )
>
>     SMK
>
>
>     On 02/14/2013 10:52 PM, John F wrote:
>     > I would be interested in getting the Lima group back together again
>     > when I finish my Master's degree at the end of April. :)
>     >
>     > tnseditor (John F)
>     >
>     >
>     > On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 10:39 PM, Cheri Francis
>     <cheri703@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:cheri703@xxxxxxxxx>
>     > <mailto:cheri703@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:cheri703@xxxxxxxxx>>> wrote:
>     >
>     >     We could try to re-invigorate the various ReLoCos and try to get
>     >     Columbus, Dayton, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Mansfield, Akron,
>     >     wherever else to get at least 1-2 people saying "I will be
>     at this
>     >     place at this time for this long, any other Ubuntu Folks who
>     want
>     >     to join, come meet up". But I don't know how feasible that
>     would be.
>     >
>     >
>     >     On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 10:37 PM, Brandon Wernke
>     >     <eliezer40@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:eliezer40@xxxxxxxxx>
>     <mailto:eliezer40@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:eliezer40@xxxxxxxxx>>> wrote:
>     >
>     >         I could do the online deal, but unfortunately Mansfield
>     would
>     >         be out of the question for me. I am very new to Ubuntu as
>     >         well, and wouldn't be too much help in a bug quashing event.
>     >         However, I would welcome an opportunity as a learning
>     >         exercise. To belatedly introduce myself: my name is Brandon.
>     >         Looking forward to being a part of this community.
>     >
>     >         On Feb 14, 2013 9:39 PM, "Cheri Francis"
>     <cheri703@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:cheri703@xxxxxxxxx>
>     >         <mailto:cheri703@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:cheri703@xxxxxxxxx>>>
>     wrote:
>     >
>     >             I am game for a Mansfield gathering. I was actually
>     going
>     >             to say, I'm officially more available on/after Tuesday
>     >             02/19 due to various things finishing up. On 03/01 there
>     >             is an Ubuntu Women Career Days event planned, but we
>     don't
>     >             have a solid time set for that yet.
>     >
>     >             I've switched over to Xubuntu, but as it's a *buntu
>     >             variant, it still falls under the Ubuntu family. KDE,
>     >             LXDE, XFCE, Gnome, everything, if it's a *buntu, it's
>     >             pretty much welcome.
>     >
>     >             This might be a good chance to test drive an online
>     event
>     >             of some sort, whether for a specific bug squashing
>     reason
>     >             or just a "Ubuntu Ohio Online Gathering" or something
>     >             (UOOG sounds like a caveman noise).
>     >
>     >             If our Mansfield event was somewhere with WiFi
>     (which I'm
>     >             sure it would be) then we can be on a hangout with other
>     >             folks as well.
>     >
>     >
>     >             On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 9:35 PM, Dave Kokandy
>     >             <drkokandy@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:drkokandy@xxxxxxxxx>
>     <mailto:drkokandy@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:drkokandy@xxxxxxxxx>>> wrote:
>     >
>     >                 Well, we're overdue for a Mansfield area Ubuntu
>     Hour,
>     >                 so maybe we could all get together for the Jam. I
>     >                 don't know that I would be able to do a lot of
>     the bug
>     >                 squashing things since I'm such a novice, but if
>     there
>     >                 is anything I can do I'm happy to help.
>     >
>     >                 -Dave Kokandy
>     >
>     >
>     >                 On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 7:53 PM, David McGlone
>     >                 <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>     <mailto:david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> <mailto:david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>     <mailto:david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>>> wrote:
>     >
>     >                     On Thursday, February 14, 2013 02:56:22 PM
>     Stephen
>     >                     Michael Kellat wrote:
>     >
>     >                     Everybody,
>     >
>     >                     Please remember to hit "Reply All" so that you
>     >                     reply to the list rather than to the
>     original poster.
>     >
>     >                     SMK
>     >
>     >                     I try to stay as active as I can in the
>     community,
>     >                     but I can't stand Unity and I had to switch over
>     >                     to KDE, but I'll try and see if I can make
>     it to a
>     >                     Jam if one is organized.
>     >
>     >
>     >                     --
>     >
>     >                     David M.
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     >
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