I'm in. Thanks Bob for the headsup
Regards, On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 9:55 AM, Bob Jonkman <bjonk...@sobac.com> wrote: > Hi LoCo Contacts and LoCo Council: At the LoCo Council meeting this past > Tuesday[1] I asked for some advice on improving participation in > Ubuntu-ca events like IRC meetings, Ubuntu Hours and even Release > Parties. So, it became an Action Item. > > The last few IRC meetings have been sparsely attended, to the point > where I've essentially been talking to myself[2]. Same for the Ubuntu > Hour in Waterloo, where I was the only person coming (unless I dragged > along various family members). We didn't even get enough interest to > hold a Saucy Salamander Release Party in Kitchener this year! > > So I've scheduled another IRC meeting anyway[3,4], and sent the message > below to all the Ubuntu-ca chapters that still have active mailing > lists. The IRC meeting is at 19:00 EST on Thursday, 28 November 2013 in > #ubuntu-ca on Freenode (that's 00:00 UTC on 29 November -- sorry for the > late/early hour in Europe, Africa and Asia!) > > I'd like to invite all LoCo contacts and LoCo Council members to attend > the meeting -- I'm eagerly looking forward to any ideas on improving > participation, and any stories from people who have (or haven't) > achieved it in their own LoCo. > > Thanx, > --Bob Jonkman <bjonk...@sobac.com> > Co-Contact for Ubuntu-ca (with Darcy Casselman) > > > [1] > http://ubottu.com/meetingology/logs/ubuntu-meeting/2013/ubuntu-meeting.2013-11-19-20.07.html > > [2] > http://ubottu.com/meetingology/logs/ubuntu-ca/2013/ubuntu-ca.2013-09-26-23.01.log.html > > [3] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CanadianTeam/Meetings/2013/2013-11-28 > > [4] http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-ca/2646/detail/ > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Ubuntu Developer Summit, UCAday, IRC Meeting > Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 17:40:27 -0500 > From: Bob Jonkman <bjonk...@sobac.com> > To: Ubuntu Canada Guelph Chapter <ubuntu-ca-gue...@lists.launchpad.net>, > Ubuntu Canada London Chapter <ubuntu-ca-lon...@lists.launchpad.net>, > Ubuntu Canada Waterloo Chapter > <ubuntu-waterloo-reg...@lists.launchpad.net>, The Canadian Ubuntu Users > Community <ubuntu...@lists.ubuntu.com>, > monctonlug-gene...@lists.monctonlug.ca, Mississauga LUG > <mailing-l...@mississaugalug.ca> > > Hi Everybodeee! > > Did you know that UDS, the Ubuntu Developer Summit is taking place right > now? It's an online event, so you can join the activities at > https://uds.ubuntu.com/ There's a list of the different sessions at > http://summit.ubuntu.com/uds-1311/ > > Did you know that tomorrow, Wednesday, 20 November 2013, is UCAday? > That's Ubuntu Community Appreciation Day. Say "Thanx" to someone who's > helped out at an event, provided support on the mailing list or in the > forums, or just someone who's using Ubuntu for everyday things. > > Did you know that UCAday takes place every year on 20 November? Thanx to > Ahmed Shams for creating it! https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UCADay > > Did you know we're having another IRC meeting next week, Thursday, 28 > November 2013? The Ubuntu Local Community (LoCo) Council has been > invited to give us some strategies to increase participation in Ubuntu > Canada events. A meeting agenda and instructions for using IRC are at > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CanadianTeam/Meetings/2013/2013-11-28 > > Did you know there's a new online resource for Ubuntu? Check out > Discourse at http://discourse.ubuntu.com/ Who wants to set up an Ubuntu > Canada local team? http://discourse.ubuntu.com/category/local-teams > > And that's all for now! > > --Bob. > > > > > > > -- > loco-contacts mailing list > loco-contacts@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts > -- Bhavani Shankar Ubuntu Developer | www.ubuntu.com https://launchpad.net/~bhavi -- loco-contacts mailing list loco-contacts@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts
