Reapproval time

2010-03-06 Thread Melissa Draper
Greetings, Apparently some time next month (TBA) the team will be going through an approval process with the LoCo Council. Since we've not had proper meetings for a while and I've not been the type to micromanage, you all tend do your thing under the auspices of the team without any documentatio

Re: Reapproval time

2010-03-06 Thread Scott Evans
On Sat, 2010-03-06 at 21:23 +1100, Melissa Draper wrote: > So this thread is your invitation to note what you've done as a > participant of this team. My involvement with the ubuntu-au community has been in a shared role as the ubuntu-au mailing list moderator. This is a rather important part

Re: Reapproval time

2010-03-06 Thread Paul Schulz
Hi Melissa, In the last year: - Manned a booth for Ubuntu at the "linux.conf.au" Open day in Wellington NZ. (Generally answering questions from 'Ms Jo Public', and providing a way for LCA attendees to re-gift their Ubuntu 9.10 CD's is they didn't require them.) - Looked into promotin

Re: Reapproval time

2010-03-06 Thread Paul Schulz
Almost forgot.. (thanks to Scott Evan for remonder) In 2009: - 'Organised'(announced/coordinated) Ubuntu release party for Jaunty & Karmic in Adelaide. On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 10:31 PM, Paul Schulz wrote: > Hi Melissa, > > In the last year: > >  - Manned a booth for Ubuntu at the "linux.conf.

Re: Reapproval time

2010-03-06 Thread Dave Hall
Hi Melissa, On Sat, 2010-03-06 at 21:23 +1100, Melissa Draper wrote: > So this thread is your invitation to note what you've done as a > participant of this team. > > While "converted acquaintance/friend/relative to ubuntu" are good > things, they're really not useful here. Trade shows, expos, ta

Re: Reapproval time

2010-03-06 Thread Peter Williams
G'day Melissa and Ubuntu-au e-list, Actually, I'm replying to Melissa D's post to this e-list. I probably *should* change the subj of this msg to something like "My reintroduction - I use 2 flavours of Linux: Mandriva 2010.0 Free & Mint 8 'Helena' (2010 Free)" (I have not configured this email acc

elections

2010-03-06 Thread peter baker
hey guys maybe with the pending approval process with the loco council it may be a good time to talk about holding an election for positions within the australian loco team. we have not had elections for a while how do people feel about this? should we have more official positions than just tea

Re: elections

2010-03-06 Thread Cary Bielenberg
Hi, Can I ask a daft question, what positions are there? or is this a singular job. Cary peter baker wrote .. hey guysmaybe with the pending approval process with the loco council it may be a good time to talk about holding an election for positions within the australian loco te

Re: elections

2010-03-06 Thread Scott Evans
On Sun, 2010-03-07 at 09:37 +1100, peter baker wrote: > hey guys > > maybe with the pending approval process with the loco council it may > be a good time to talk about holding an election for positions within > the australian loco team. we have not had elections for a while > > how do people f

Re: Reapproval time

2010-03-06 Thread Ferdinand Lehnard
Dear Melissa, not being a team member yet I am looking to spread the word. Talking with teachers, parents and friends about Ubuntu, installing Ubuntu for friends to have a trial etc., help them as good as I can with troubleshooting, that's the way I try to win people for UBUNTU. Also for professio

Re: Reapproval time

2010-03-06 Thread Scott Evans
Hey lets not forget that Melissa is but one person! and sadly most things end up getting thrown back at her... This is a chance to regroup and set out new goals and to work towards a common goal. Also with respect to the ubuntu website, its hard when the ubuntu-au loco team doesn't have direct a

Re: elections

2010-03-06 Thread Melissa Draper
On Sun, 2010-03-07 at 12:36 +1100, Scott Evans wrote: > On Sun, 2010-03-07 at 09:37 +1100, peter baker wrote: > > hey guys And gals, please :P > > > > maybe with the pending approval process with the loco council it may > > be a good time to talk about holding an election for positions > > withi

Re: Reapproval time

2010-03-06 Thread Melissa Draper
On Sun, 2010-03-07 at 12:55 +1100, Ferdinand Lehnard wrote: > Dear Melissa, > > not being a team member yet I am looking to spread the word. Talking > with teachers, parents and friends about Ubuntu, installing Ubuntu for > friends to have a trial etc., help them as good as I can with > troublesho

Meeting

2010-03-06 Thread Melissa Draper
To figure when the best time for a meeting would be for the week following this, I've started a doodle poll. You go through and note the times you can attend and the one with the most "votes" wins. http://doodle.com/a495ipeemgrghvm3 -- Melissa Draper w: http://meldraweb.com & http://geekosophic