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Re: Fwd: Re: Fwd: Start a Jam!

 

Have you guys tried Cinnamon? (Its a fork of gnome 2 made by the people at
Linux mint).
On Feb 14, 2013 11:13 PM, "Stephen Michael Kellat" <skellat@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> 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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