[Ubuntu-US-CA] Ubuntu Local team table

Hello all, sorry for this being last minute, we have table at OSCON. We have only two expo passes- I need to know who needs them, as well as who is planning on going and is willing to help with table. I won't be able to help since I have other obligations. -Mark -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubunt

[Ubuntu-US-CA] Community removal; am I over-reacting here? Where is the discussion?

Canonical decided to remove COMMUNITY from the Header of the Ubuntu.com site. It's in small gray letters at the footer, the place people usually NEVER look. Discussion has been proposed, I assumed it would happen.Bug #1172422 was filed to attempt to address this slight of the Community. In mere ho

[Ubuntu-US-CA] Free tickets for Oakland A's game tomorrow (Wed) 12:35pm

Hello all, I have a few Free tickets for the Oakland A's baseball game tomorrow (Wed) 12:35pm. I can leave them at will call for you to pick up, or just meet you at gate. I dont want them to go to waste. You are also allowed to bring your own lunch to the coliseum (just no can or bottles, only plas

[Ubuntu-US-CA] Geeknic Los Gatos

This Sunday- the 1st Geeknic of the year- in Los Gatos. * 333 Blossom Hill Road, Los Gatos, CA 95032 Vasona Lake Park in Los Gatos is a great South Bay location to have a picnic. Follow the robot

[Ubuntu-US-CA] The Art of Community - The California Loco is now Official

dedication this has taken. Thank you Robert, Neal, Grant, Nathan, Joe & everyone else ( there are lots) that have made this possible! Regards, Mark Terranova PS I look forward to this next exciting stage of growth. We will continue in our efforts to reflect the diversity of people &

[Ubuntu-US-CA] Flaw #1

Flaw #1 California Loco needs to represent the actual Local Community. Are we creating an environment that welcomes all to join? We need more diverse voices. We are privileged men & primarily white. IMHO this has lead to our current situation. A small roadbump (that's all this is!) We don't need to

[Ubuntu-US-CA] The need for CDs

I assumed the IRC chat covered this, but, I need me some CDs. The CDs are important to my being an Ubuntu advocate. I also need a few for CLSwest & my talk at SVLUG. I will have some burned CDs as well - I just need a few to display at least. Mark Terranova "All Hail Tux the Ma

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Ubuntu-us-ca Digest, Vol 31, Issue 5

I obviously would like enough CDs to fill a small swimming pool. Since that is not reasonable; 15-20 would make me do a *happy dance* Mark Terranova -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us

[Ubuntu-US-CA] West Coast Community Leadership Summit

ndees * People photo gallery: http://www.communityleadershipsummit.com/wiki/index.php/CLS_West_People If you are a community leader near the bay area (or just interested), you should consider signing up for both events. Regards, Mark Terranova GidgetKitchen.org The first Community Leadership S

[Ubuntu-US-CA] Agenda item

can help us volunteers be collaborative, even when disagreement arises. To *collaboration, *Mark Terranova "We chose the name Ubuntu for our distribution because we think it captures perfectly the spirit of the sharing and cooperation that is at the heart of the open source movement.&quo

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Ubuntu-us-ca Digest, Vol 34, Issue 4

You say you want a revolution Well, you know We all want to change the world +0 I salute the process though. IMO anything is better than now. Something is broken. let me repeat DW- There have been a lot of questions about my vote. I figured that it would be more productive to reply with my reaso

[Ubuntu-US-CA] Picnic with Lucidity

BBQ - Everyone is invited to Geeknic1 Bay Area, what is a Geeknic? A geeknic is a picnic for geeks. http://geeknic.org/ Anywhere there are geeks, a geeknic should happen. We are going to be meeting outdoors (something unusual for some us geeks) and having a good time. We'll have burgers, hotdogs

[Ubuntu-US-CA] UBUNTINI :) from ubuntu-marketing Digest, Vol 53, Issue 9]

=== For Immediate Release === Greetings Ubuntu World! You already know this, and Mark Shuttleworth's UDS-M keynote confirmed: *Ubuntu *needs to be *heard* and needs to *spread* everywhere. It needs to be a meme. It needs to "cross the chasm". The Ubuntu Vancouver Local Community shares Mark's vi

[Ubuntu-US-CA] Picnic + Geeks = Geeknic

2010 3-7pm - Saxbys 1632 N Main St, next to City Hall https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Release_Party_F13_Bay_Area Ubuntu Hour after DVLUG on Friday, May 28th at 7pm. Cafe La Scalla, located at 1655 N Main St, Suitte 110, Walnut Creek. Sharing the spirit of Ubuntu with everybody Mark Terranova -- Ub

[Ubuntu-US-CA] BBQ, picnic in the East Bay

July 11th Geeknic 2.5 BBQ before an Oakland Athletics Baseball game 10 - 1 the game starts at 1:05pm. It will be the A's vs The Anaheim Angels. BBQ in the parking lot , go inside after we are full of some good food. Taking BART to the Coliseum stop is the easiest way to get there. Carpooling is

[Ubuntu-US-CA] Simple proposal

To best handle the regional differences in our state I make a suggestion; Three people lead the state in a Triumvirate. To preserve continuity Neal be *grandfathered in * as 1 of the leads, for time period of at least 1 year The who, how, should vote is another issue we can deal with later. We

[Ubuntu-US-CA] Simple proposal #2

To best handle the regional differences in our state I make a suggestion; Three people lead the state in a Triumvirate. People able to vote in this would be folks that participate in ML or IRC or forums that belong to California. Of course members of the LP would be able to vote. -- Ubuntu-us-ca

[Ubuntu-US-CA] Simple proposal #3

To best handle the regional differences in our state I make a suggestion; Lets do what other states of a similar size have done; create regional sub-groups -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubun

[Ubuntu-US-CA] Solano Stroll Sunday the 12th

The Solano Stroll event is a ~ mile long street fair held once a year in Berkeley California on Solano Ave. There are over 500 vendor and non-profit booths. Attendees are ordinary folks from the Berkeley/SF-Bay area who may or may not have a technical bac

[Ubuntu-US-CA] Ok, I am not sure how to put this

Hello California Team, we stand at a crossroads, with paths in front of us. I pick the path with less drama and hassles. Whatever the group decides to do I suggest we not question each other's * motivations*. This is a volunteer group. We are not getting paid to this. Let's assume everyone here is

[Ubuntu-US-CA] "The Ubuntu community cannot, and does not want to, prescribe which formal s tructure its local teams should use”

When I spoke to the council about our problems here in California, I asked for help. At no time did I ask for happiness to be enforced. Then, as now, I expressed my concern at decision that were made in private. I was under the impression that for the group to function, major decisions should be

[Ubuntu-US-CA] Silicon Valley Code Camp

Hello all, Our session at Code Camp was well attended. 1600+ people attended- up 40% from last year. http://www.siliconvalley-codecamp.com/ As a matter of fact, we had the 2nd highest total of new attendees. The organizers took notice. They wanted to know if we would be interested in a *whole t

[Ubuntu-US-CA] Bay Area FOSS events

Ok a few things happening in Northern California, This weekend Friday- Sunday- OLPC SF Community Summit 2010. San Francisco. One laptop per child is having their International meeting in our area. http://www.olpcsf.org/CommunitySummit2010/ Sunday 24th is Makers Faire. Oakland will the center of