[Ubuntu-US-CA] SCaLE 12x wrapup

Hello everyone! Ubuntu California had a booth at the Southern California Linux Expo 12x on February 22nd and 23rd. At our meeting[1] on March 10th, we discussed what we thought we did well and what we should improve on for next year. I was asked to pull out the key points and send them to you in c

[Ubuntu-US-CA] Meeting tonight, Sunday May 4th, at 7PM PDT

Hi everyone! Tonight, Sunday May 4th, we're having our regularly scheduled bi-weekly LoCo meeting at 7pm PDT in #ubuntu-us-ca on chat.freenode.net. For help connecting to IRC with a client, see: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InternetRelayChat Or simply join us via your web browser by

[Ubuntu-US-CA] Leadership Document amendment: Decisions on non-agendized topics during IRC meetings

in section C 2. === End Amendment Text === As an aside, this would be the first amendment to our leadership document in 3.5 years, and I think it's awesome that we have a document that works so well that this is the first amendment request (afaik) in that time :D Robert Wall [ Not on behal

[Ubuntu-US-CA] Event ideas for summer/fall

untu itself that you think we could use, we're looking for them too ;) Robert Wall [fulfilling action directed during May 4th IRC meeting >.>] signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscrib

[Ubuntu-US-CA] Meeting tonight, Sunday June 15th, at 7PM PDT

if you're unable to attend. Robert Wall [ On behalf of the Ubuntu California LoCo Council, who all currently have impressively full schedules ] signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at:

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Leadership Document amendment: Decisions on non-agendized topics during IRC meetings

Howdy, On 06/15/2014 12:21 PM, Robert Wall wrote: > Unless otherwise requested, I will bring this amendment (or a superior > alternative offered in reply) up for discussion and action at the June > 29th team meeting. As our leadership document does not specify a > particular

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Leadership Document amendment: Decisions on non-agendized topics during IRC meetings

This was approved at our June 29th team meeting, and I have added it to our leadership document. Thanks to everyone who gave feedback! Robert On 06/22/2014 01:17 PM, Robert Wall wrote: > Howdy, > > On 06/15/2014 12:21 PM, Robert Wall wrote: >> Unless otherwise requested, I

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] and Debian meteting to follow: Re: Wednesday, July 9th: San Francisco Ubuntu Hour

I unfortunately won't be able to make it to either this month. We got a kitten over the weekend and he's being needy today :) Have fun! Robert On July 9, 2014 12:48:17 PM PDT, Michael Paoli wrote: >And there's also Bay Area Debian (BAD) meeting right after very close >by: >http://bad.debian.n

[Ubuntu-US-CA] Meeting tonight, Sunday July 13th, at 7PM PDT

Hi everyone! Tonight, Sunday July 13th, we're having our regularly scheduled bi-weekly LoCo meeting at 7pm PDT in #ubuntu-us-ca on chat.freenode.net. For help connecting to IRC with a client, see: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InternetRelayChat Or simply join us via your web browser by going

[Ubuntu-US-CA] Meeting this weekend, Sunday July 27th, at 7PM PDT

Hi everyone! This weekend, Sunday July 27th, we're having our regularly scheduled bi-weekly LoCo meeting at 7pm PDT in #ubuntu-us-ca on chat.freenode.net. For help connecting to IRC with a client, see: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InternetRelayChat Or simply join us via your web bro

[Ubuntu-US-CA] Ubuntu California meeting today, November 2nd, at 7pm PT

ber02 Logs will be available after the meeting and you're welcome to add your comments here on the mailing list if you're unable to attend. Robert -- Robert Wall OpenPGP: D722 7F0A F510 A3F7 8123 6382 B650 13A4 9375 5E08 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message p

[Ubuntu-US-CA] Ubuntu California meeting tonight, November 16th, at 7pm PT

thing you'd like to share. Apologies for the lackadaisical nature of meetings lately; the council team is up to their ears in plane flights, work, and cats. I'll make extra effort to make sure things go smoother next time. -- Robert Wall -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lis

[Ubuntu-US-CA] Meetings for rest of year

etings (i.e. 2A), but will be available to chair if need be. Shifting meetings makes things complicated for people who already calendared out time for future meetings, and I don't think we have enough to discuss that we need to have three meetings before January. Thoughts? -- Robert Wall --

[Ubuntu-US-CA] Southern California Linux Expo 13x, February 19-22, 2015, Hilton LAX

d in presenting at SCaLE itself, there's a call for papers out right now, until December 10th: https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/cfp Please feel free to use this thread to start organizing and bouncing ideas around :) Robert -- Robert Wall -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lis

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Meetings for rest of year

On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 8:00 PM, Robert Wall wrote: > We discussed this at the meeting tonight, and I'm bringing it to the > mailing list to get consensus. There are a few options; please comment > with your preferences and I'll wrap it up a week from now and announce > revi

[Ubuntu-US-CA] Call for Ubuntu California LoCo Team leadership nominations

the nomination period, I will also reserve some time there for final discussion. -- Robert Wall -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca

[Ubuntu-US-CA] Ubuntu California meeting tomorrow, December 14th, at 7pm PT

ps://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam/Leadership/2014 The deadline for nominations is in five days! Robert -- Robert Wall -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Call for Ubuntu California LoCo Team leadership nominations

On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 8:27 PM, Robert Wall wrote: > [snip] > === Nominations === > > Please add nominations of yourself and/or other people to the wikipage at: > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam/Leadership/2014 > > You can instead nominate on the mailing lis

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Call for Ubuntu California LoCo Team leadership nominations

Hello again! On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 8:27 PM, Robert Wall wrote: > === Timeline === > > * Nomination period begins: now (2014-12-04) > * Nomination period ends: now + 14 days (2014-12-18) > * Election begins: now + 21 days (2014-12-25) > * Election ends, result announced: now

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Call for Ubuntu California LoCo Team leadership nominations

Hi everyone! On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 8:50 PM, Robert Wall wrote: > The nomination period is now officially over, and we have enough > candidates to hold a real election! Since it turns out CIVS and email > harvesting are actually pretty easy, I've opened the election early. &g

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Call for Ubuntu California LoCo Team leadership nominations

Good evening, The election for Ubuntu California's leadership has now concluded, with the following results: 1. Nathan Haines (nhaines) (Condorcet winner: wins contests with all other choices) 2. Melissa Draper (elky) loses to Nathan Haines (nhaines) by 12–3 3. Brendan Perrine (ianorlin) loses to

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] OSCON Planning

On Sun, 2009-03-29 at 11:29 -0700, Joe Smith wrote: > Anyone else interested in helping to work the booth? I am! I'll find out on the 10th whether I have class on those days, but if I don't, and if I can finagle my parents' car, I'll be there both days. signature.asc Description: This is a digit

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] OSCON

for the second, since many more people will recognize the name "Ubuntu" (it's awful popular these days :) than just the logo by itself. As for "the url you would like your logo to be linked to", I assume everyone agrees with https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam -- Robe

[Ubuntu-US-CA] OSCON page updated; discussion topics from last meeting

If you've attended Ubuntu California events in the past and have time on your hands, the event pages linked on https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam/Projects would love any write-ups, information, photos, etc. you can contribute :) -- Robert Wall Web: http://www.rww.name/ OpenPGP fingerpr

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Possiblity of sharing space with Ubuntu-CA

at we're going to be doing anyway. Re: http://lugod.org/projects/oscon/ , I note that Grant isn't "running" the Ubuntu California table. Joe Smith has been liaising with O'Reilly and doing the organizing, and as for the rest of us... "I thought we were an autonomous collectiv

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Possiblity of sharing space with Ubuntu-CA

On Thu, 2009-06-11 at 13:24 -0700, Grant Bowman wrote: > On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 1:06 PM, Robert > Wall wrote: > > Re: http://lugod.org/projects/oscon/ , I note that Grant isn't "running" > > the Ubuntu California table. [...] > > Robert, I emailed Bill a

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] User Group Link

page for the general public about LUGs in California, because there are more appropriate places online for that, and because that's outside the mission of the wiki. Considering that I don't think anyone's brought this option up before (and that I didn't think it th

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Ubuntu Talking Point: Firefox 3.5

ntu/+source/firefox-3.5 is the place to look. Happy 4th of July, everyone! ~ Robert -- Robert Wall Web: http://www.rww.name/ OpenPGP fingerprint: EF31 62BC 85B2 0566 7732 B0B4 7B88 E371 6AB3 FC6C signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing li

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Talking Point: Ubuntu One

about it. There's a relevant thread at https://lists.launchpad.net/ubuntuone-users/msg00079.html -- Robert Wall Web: http://www.rww.name/ OpenPGP fingerprint: EF31 62BC 85B2 0566 7732 B0B4 7B88 E371 6AB3 FC6C signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- Ubuntu-us-ca m

[Ubuntu-US-CA] Ubuntu California IRC meeting tonight (July 12th)

ia IRC meetings, logs from previous meetings, and dates of upcoming meetings, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam/Meetings Hope to see you there! -- Robert Wall Web: http://www.rww.name/ OpenPGP key ID: 6AB3FC6C -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] User Group Link

On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 6:46 PM, Neal Bussett wrote: > Robert Wall wrote: >> I agree that the layout could do with changing, but I disagree that >> arbitrarily adding one of our several projects to that section is the >> way to do that. I'd be more inclined to change the

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Talking Point: Ubuntu One

nstalls of Ubuntu Karmic will have the client by default (and, if I remember correctly, many users will get it when upgrading Jaunty to Karmic). [1] This was effected about eight hours ago. the relevant diff for ubuntu-meta (the source package for ubuntu-desktop) is http://launchpadlibrarian.net/2

[Ubuntu-US-CA] Keysigning at OSCON: HOWTO, suggestions for locations?

ove, then write down the key fingerprint, which you can get with: gnupg --fingerprint [keyid] where keyid is something like "0x0CBC1491" or "Robert Wall". You then want to copy down that fingerprint and bring it with you. You don't need to bring a copy of your key file, or even a

[Ubuntu-US-CA] CLS meeting summary; post-keysigning instructions

ut this, feel free to ask! ~ Robert [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam/Meetings/09July19 [2] http://cryptnet.net/fdp/crypto/keysigning_party/en/keysigning_party.html -- Robert Wall OpenPGP key: 0x0CBC1491 | see http://rww.name/rsaswitch.txt Webpage: http://rww.name/ signature.asc Desc

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Change of Vision/Mission/Purpose

as specific comments, though. My apologies for the probably-lousy formatting of this message. I'm on the road right now, and GMail's web interface leaves a lot to be desired. Thanks, ~ Robert -- Robert Wall OpenPGP key: 0x0CBC1491 | see http://rww.name/rsaswitch.txt Webpage: http:/

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Testimonials for Grantbow

i.ubuntu.com/RobertWall#Testimonials , I'd be honored :) ~ Robert -- Robert Wall OpenPGP key: 0x0CBC1491 | see http://rww.name/rsaswitch.txt Webpage: http://rww.name/ -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] LoCo Approval

u'll be there too? I'll be there! -- Robert Wall Ubuntu California member | http://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam My GPG key: 0CBC1491 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify setting

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Help with Solano Stroll wiki page

re are a few pictures up at http://www.flickr.com/photos/gidgetkitchen/ that might be nice to link. Looks like y'all did a great job out there. I'm sad I couldn't make it! ~ Robert ( who is wondering whether the list's web archive is working properly yet ) -- Robert Wall

[Ubuntu-US-CA] Team organization and dispute resolution

Hi everyone, As many of you know, for a long while now there's been drama in this group between Grant (and others) on one side, and Neal (and others) on the other. It's popped up on the mailing list, it's come up repeatedly in PM on IRC, and in its current incarnation, it's happening in privat

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] LoCo Contact Forwards

. As far as your bafflement goes, 1) Neal did not misrepresent my stance, 2) my reply to your private email to me yesterday makes that abundantly clear: On Thu, 2009-10-01 at 01:55 -0700, Robert Wall wrote: > Neal asked us what we thought about your forwarded emails. We agreed > that it isn&#

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Karmic Countdown

On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 2:29 PM, Grant Bowman wrote: > The Karmic version was announced here. > http://fridge.ubuntu.com/node/1922 Is there a non-Javascript image that still counts down, like the one that the front page had for Jaunty? -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Placing Team Karmic CD Order

teria for how many CDs non-Ubuntu member individuals can receive through ShipIt. This won't affect getting CDs as a LoCo, but I figure some of the people on the list might individually be affected by it: http://blog.canonical.com/?p=264 -- Robert Wall www: http://rww.name/ -- Ubuntu-us-c

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Placing Team Karmic CD Order

ith pressed CDs. -- Robert Wall www: http://rww.name/ -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca

[Ubuntu-US-CA] Facebook short URL username

s can only contain A-Z, a-z, 0-9, and periods (.) * Page usernames are supposed to "as close as possible to your public figure or business name". So "epicUbuntuFolks" is probably not a great candidate. Happy usernaming, and I hope to see everyone in two weeks for some happ

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Grub 2 & Upstart Links

run "ubuntu-bug grub-pc" from the command-line (recommended, since it adds diagnostic information automatically) or use the web-based form at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+filebug ~ Robert -- Robert Wall www: http://rww.name/ -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubunt

[Ubuntu-US-CA] Pressed Canonical CD distribution

Hello everyone! We recently received a shipment of professionally-pressed Ubuntu Karmic CDs from Canonical and have to figure out what to do with them. We have the following quantities of CDs to work with: * Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop (32-bit): 250 * Kubuntu 9.10 Desktop (32-bit): 75 * Ubuntu 9.10 Se

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Pressed Canonical CD distribution

an move on to actually getting CDs into peoples' hands this coming week. Again, if you only need a handful of CDs to hand out, go ahead and email me or Neal directly. If you have larger plans, reply to the list. Thanks to the various repliers so far! ~ Robert On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 1:12

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] The need for CDs

On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 12:16 PM, Mark Terranova wrote: > 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 a

[Ubuntu-US-CA] IRC Meeting on February 21st canceled; in-person meeting at SCaLE February 20th

Hello everyone, As we decided at our last meeting, this week's IRC meeting is canceled in favor of an in-person meeting at SCaLE on Saturday Feb 20th to discuss how the first day of the booth went and make adjustments for the second day. If you're coming to SCaLE: we'll be meeting up at 5:45pm on

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Asking For Opinion: Leadership Appointment Process

ia vs. South California battles. Thanks for the replies thusfar, and for the time people are spending reading, thinking, and writing about these issues. I hope this thread continues to be a reasoned discussion of the issues involved. ~ Robert Wall (rww) -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca

[Ubuntu-US-CA] Fwd: Call for LoCo Council Elections

Good morning everyone, The LoCo Council -- the governing body over all of Ubuntu's Local Community teams -- is seeking nominations for two open seats. If you're interested in applying, the below email from the loco-contacts list might be of interest to you. Of particular note if you're wondering w

[Ubuntu-US-CA] Any conventions in the next six months?

ve a presence at, either this year or (if deadlines have passed already) in the future? ~ Robert -- Robert Wall WWW: http://rww.name/ | PGP: 2048R/93755E08 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modif

[Ubuntu-US-CA] Fwd: Announcing Ubuntu Open Week

Hi everyone! Ubuntu Open Week is Monday May 3rd to Friday May 7th, with sessions starting from 8AM to 1PM California time. It's a series of sessions located on Internet Relay Chat with speakers from different parts of the Ubuntu community. I've attended past Ubuntu Open Weeks, and would highly rec

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Lucid CD Order

On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 1:24 AM, Grant Bowman wrote: > How many are you expecting and of what kinds this time? 250 Ubuntu, 50 Kubuntu, 50 Server, as https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoGettingCds says. > What will the process be for Lucid discs? Presumably, we'll figure this out once we decide which even

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] CD Sleeves

n Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 3:18 PM, Grant Bowman wrote: > Is the WTFPL really the most appropriate? In my opinion, yes. It accurately conveys the restrictions I wanted to put on CD sleeve licensing (read: none), while avoiding overly legalistic language. It's on the list of FSF free licenses ( http:/

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] MD5 & SHA1 integrity digital fingerprint for ubuntu 10.04 64-bit OS

On Wed, 2010-05-12 at 02:05 -0700, Arnoldo Rico wrote: > Hi - > > i've been looking for the MD5 & SHA1 algorithm integrity fingerprint > for ubuntu 10.04 64-bit OS but can't seem to find it. Your help would > be greatly appreciated. thanks in advance. :) > > AR Los Angeles Hello Arnoldo! I'

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Upgrade question for the group

On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 12:41:18PM -0700, Donald Jacob wrote: > Hi, > I am running Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS and would like to upgrade. Do I have to > reinstall > the latest version or is there a way that I can upgrade my version. > > Thanks > Don Hello! You can upgrade directly from Ubuntu 8.04.4 to U

[Ubuntu-US-CA] Launchpad process page

Hi everyone! At our latest meeting on June 13th (log and agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam/Meetings/10June13 ), we discussed the first revision of the Launchpad process page at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam/LaunchpadMembership . The processes on this page will replace the cur

[Ubuntu-US-CA] LoCoCouncil-mandated logging of LoCo channel

being available /in perpetuum/ on a public, search-engine-indexed website. I also recommend that California LoCo members consider the same before using our channel. Thanks for your time, and for the lessons I learned as an op in #ubuntu-california, ~ Robert Wall (Ubuntu Member; Ubuntu California LoCo

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] LoCoCouncil-mandated logging of LoCo channel

On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 8:06 PM, Robert Wall wrote: > Hello again, I apologize for the tone and structure of my previous email to this list and the conversations I had subsequently in Ubuntu's IRC channels. I was upset and tired last night, and should have logged out and gotten so

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Ubuntu 10.10 question about the

On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 9:11 AM, Robert Lewis wrote: > That does indeed work.   Now to duplicate the same > with yahoo calendar which a friend uses. You probably already figured this out by now, but to document for posterity: OMG!Ubuntu ran an article on how to sync Yahoo! Calendar with Evolution