Re: [ubuntu-uk] UbuCon UK Ideas

2007-11-01 Thread Ian Pascoe
ECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Rob Beard Sent: 01 November 2007 18:38 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] UbuCon UK Ideas Tony Arnold wrote: > On the location, my feeling is that if you run it in London people in > the far north of the country may miss out bec

Re: [ubuntu-uk] UbuCon UK Ideas

2007-11-01 Thread lovell1
> > From: Rob Beard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2007/11/01 Thu PM 06:38:20 GMT > To: British Ubuntu Talk > Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] UbuCon UK Ideas > > Tony Arnold wrote: > > > On the location, my feeling is that if you run it in London people in > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] UbuCon UK Ideas

2007-11-01 Thread Rob Beard
Tony Arnold wrote: > On the location, my feeling is that if you run it in London people in > the far north of the country may miss out because of the travelling > time, so somewhere in the middle, I think would be better. > > Regards, > Tony. I'd agree with that, I'm in Torquay, Devon and I'd ra

Re: [ubuntu-uk] UbuCon UK Ideas

2007-10-30 Thread Alan Pope
Hi John, On Mon, 2007-10-29 at 19:54 +, John Levin wrote: > As we've hit 12 people expressing interest in making an UbuCon UK > happen, I want to take the discussion of an UbuCon in the UK onward. > Yay. Thanks for taking the initiative on this John, it's a great idea and I think we can come

Re: [ubuntu-uk] UbuCon UK Ideas

2007-10-30 Thread andylockran
Pete Stean wrote: > I have *major* connections in Manchester, and may be able to sort out > something with the City Council IT people if this gets a bit firmer > (I'm not the Government liason with the Digital Challenge 10 group of > local authorities for nothing...) > > I could also move some leve

Re: [ubuntu-uk] UbuCon UK Ideas

2007-10-30 Thread Pete Stean
I have *major* connections in Manchester, and may be able to sort out something with the City Council IT people if this gets a bit firmer (I'm not the Government liason with the Digital Challenge 10 group of local authorities for nothing...) I could also move some levers with Brum, but the facilit

Re: [ubuntu-uk] UbuCon UK Ideas

2007-10-30 Thread Tony Arnold
Andrew, Andrew Barber wrote: > I own the frapper map. I set it up a long while back and forgot about it. > > I am from Glasgow and I think that you are all talking alot of bollocks > ;) Scotland IS part of the UK and you should stop thinking that > Ubuntu-UK stops when it hits the border. Whic

Re: [ubuntu-uk] UbuCon UK Ideas

2007-10-30 Thread Matthew Larsen
> As you can see, location is quite crucial. When did I say it wasnt? What I said is that there are more important things to sort out first that will then influence the location decision. Are we expecting 1000 people or 20? Members of the press / public / just us / lugs? Are we expecting Podcaste

Re: [ubuntu-uk] UbuCon UK Ideas

2007-10-30 Thread Andrew Barber
On 30/10/2007, Andrew Barber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On 30/10/2007, Matthew Larsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > We need to figure out a few things first: > > > > 1) Is it *actually* pheasable? > > > This requires a location? Will we be getting a free hosting place, will > the c

Re: [ubuntu-uk] UbuCon UK Ideas

2007-10-30 Thread Andrew Barber
On 30/10/2007, Matthew Larsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > We need to figure out a few things first: > > 1) Is it *actually* pheasable? This requires a location? Will we be getting a free hosting place, will the closest ammeanities provide us with cheep sponsorship (if we are doing that). 2)

Re: [ubuntu-uk] UbuCon UK Ideas

2007-10-30 Thread Daniel Lamb
Or we could have a better one just for scots!!! Lol. _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew Barber Sent: 30 October 2007 01:36 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] UbuCon UK Ideas On 29/10/2007, John Levin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: [ubuntu-uk] UbuCon UK Ideas

2007-10-30 Thread Matthew Larsen
whoa whoa whoa everyone cool it! Deciding on location is waaay too ahead of the game here! We need to figure out a few things first: 1) Is it *actually* pheasable? 2) How many people do we expect to turn up? 3) Where are the people likely to turn up coming from? 4) How are we going to finance it?

Re: [ubuntu-uk] UbuCon UK Ideas

2007-10-30 Thread Chris Rowson
I think one of the problems here is that we seem to have a disproportionate number of Southerners/Londoners to everywhere else in the country. Thus people are always going to be biased and say - London is the best place to do this ;-) One of the major problems with London however, is the expense o

Re: [ubuntu-uk] UbuCon UK Ideas

2007-10-29 Thread Andrew Barber
On 29/10/2007, John Levin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > As we've hit 12 people expressing interest in making an UbuCon UK > happen, I want to take the discussion of an UbuCon in the UK onward. > > The fundamentals: When? Where? Who? What? > > When? Sometime in Spring 2008, meaning Marc

Re: [ubuntu-uk] UbuCon UK Ideas

2007-10-29 Thread Neil
> > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 22:56:21 + > From: Tony Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] UbuCon UK Ideas > To: British Ubuntu Talk > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: tex

Re: [ubuntu-uk] UbuCon UK Ideas

2007-10-29 Thread Paul Tansom
** Tony Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-10-29 23:32]: > Chris Rowson wrote: > >> On the location, my feeling is that if you run it in London people in > >> the far north of the country may miss out because of the travelling > >> time, so somewhere in the middle, I think would be better. > > > > A

Re: [ubuntu-uk] UbuCon UK Ideas

2007-10-29 Thread Paul Tansom
** Chris Rowson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-10-29 23:18]: > > On the location, my feeling is that if you run it in London people in > > the far north of the country may miss out because of the travelling > > time, so somewhere in the middle, I think would be better. > > Agreed, Somewhere nice and ce

Re: [ubuntu-uk] UbuCon UK Ideas

2007-10-29 Thread John Levin
Chris Rowson wrote: >> On the location, my feeling is that if you run it in London people in >> the far north of the country may miss out because of the travelling >> time, so somewhere in the middle, I think would be better. >> >> Regards, >> Tony. >> -- > > Agreed, Somewhere nice and central wo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] UbuCon UK Ideas

2007-10-29 Thread Jai Harrison
> Chris Rowson said the following on 29/10/07 23:13: > >> On the location, my feeling is that if you run it in London people in > >> the far north of the country may miss out because of the travelling > >> time, so somewhere in the middle, I think would be better. > >> > >> Regards, > >> Tony. > >>

Re: [ubuntu-uk] UbuCon UK Ideas

2007-10-29 Thread Tony Arnold
Chris, Chris Rowson wrote: >> On the location, my feeling is that if you run it in London people in >> the far north of the country may miss out because of the travelling >> time, so somewhere in the middle, I think would be better. >> >> Regards, >> Tony. >> -- > > Agreed, Somewhere nice and ce

Re: [ubuntu-uk] UbuCon UK Ideas

2007-10-29 Thread Chris Oattes
Chris Rowson said the following on 29/10/07 23:13: >> On the location, my feeling is that if you run it in London people in >> the far north of the country may miss out because of the travelling >> time, so somewhere in the middle, I think would be better. >> >> Regards, >> Tony. >> -- > > Agreed

Re: [ubuntu-uk] UbuCon UK Ideas

2007-10-29 Thread Chris Rowson
> > On the location, my feeling is that if you run it in London people in > the far north of the country may miss out because of the travelling > time, so somewhere in the middle, I think would be better. > > Regards, > Tony. > -- Agreed, Somewhere nice and central would be good. Birmingham se

Re: [ubuntu-uk] UbuCon UK Ideas

2007-10-29 Thread Tony Arnold
James, James Grabham wrote: > If its Ubuntu UK, we shouldnt have it in the south of England, we should > put it in the north, Newcastle, or Edinburgh, Maybe Manchester at a push. Us folks in Manchester think we are in the north too! Seriously it needs to be somewhere in the middle really. > (Is

Re: [ubuntu-uk] UbuCon UK Ideas

2007-10-29 Thread Tony Arnold
John, John Levin wrote: > Tony Arnold wrote: >> John, >> >> John Levin wrote: >> >>> As we've hit 12 people expressing interest in making an UbuCon UK >>> happen, I want to take the discussion of an UbuCon in the UK onward. >>> >>> The fundamentals: When? Where? Who? What? >> And also how much? Ho

Re: [ubuntu-uk] UbuCon UK Ideas

2007-10-29 Thread James Grabham
If its Ubuntu UK, we shouldnt have it in the south of England, we should put it in the north, Newcastle, or Edinburgh, Maybe Manchester at a push. (Is it that subtle that im a northerner lol XD) On 10/29/07, John Levin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > As we've hit 12 people expressing i

Re: [ubuntu-uk] UbuCon UK Ideas

2007-10-29 Thread John Levin
Tony Arnold wrote: > John, > > John Levin wrote: > >> As we've hit 12 people expressing interest in making an UbuCon UK >> happen, I want to take the discussion of an UbuCon in the UK onward. >> >> The fundamentals: When? Where? Who? What? > > And also how much? How do you see this working finan

Re: [ubuntu-uk] UbuCon UK Ideas

2007-10-29 Thread Tony Arnold
John, John Levin wrote: > As we've hit 12 people expressing interest in making an UbuCon UK > happen, I want to take the discussion of an UbuCon in the UK onward. > > The fundamentals: When? Where? Who? What? And also how much? How do you see this working financially? With the ideas below we wi

[ubuntu-uk] UbuCon UK Ideas

2007-10-29 Thread John Levin
Hi all, As we've hit 12 people expressing interest in making an UbuCon UK happen, I want to take the discussion of an UbuCon in the UK onward. The fundamentals: When? Where? Who? What? When? Sometime in Spring 2008, meaning March to May. Gives us time to organise, we'll hopefully have some bear