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 March to May. Gives us time to > organise, we'll hopefully have some bearable weather, and could coincide > with the release of Hardy Heron at the end of April. > > Where? I'll say London, maybe because I'm a Londoner. I can think of a > number of venues that could host us. That said, it's an expensive place. > Other options could be any city with decent transport links and people > on the ground - Birmingham, Manchester, Bristol, Cardiff, Edinburgh. > There has to be a core team of people in place, who know the area and > can donate brain and brawn, though. > > Who? You! We will need people to organise, help out on the day, run > stalls, give talks. Plus, we need to reach out and get people to attend, > whether they're already using Ubuntu or are curious as to what this > linux lark is all about. > > What? The attractions. We can have stalls, films, talks from the likes > of SABDFL, an Ubuntu-powered arcade, a laptop troubleshooting team > fixing boxes brought in, space for spontaneous BOFs and meetings .... > <add your idea here> > I'd also like to invite organisations and projects that aren't strictly > Ubuntu but related (or at least have software that runs on Ubuntu), such > as the Open Rights Group and OpenStreetMap, to broaden the horizons. > > So: add your ideas to this thread; post them to the wiki > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/IdeasPool/UbuCon_UK > An open meeting on irc, or similar, will be organised soonish (after the > Boston Ubuntu Developer Summit is done). > > John
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. While I would personally favor a Scottish location, I would also add my +1 to Manchester. Is anybody involved with the University there? Could we borrow university facilitates etc? I am sure this could be an open debate [though probably never solved!] on IRC. I suppose this is one of the first major milestones that we need to overcome. :D -- Andrew Alexander Barber
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