I agree that a bar/pub wouldn't be an ideal place for this. I did think the universitys would be ideal, I know the computing block in Manchester Met uni is fairly decent. There's plenty of power, internet, and the refectory just downstairs, which sells food & drinks. There's also a lot of computers, which means that people who don't want to bring / don't own a laptop can particiapte too. The only downside is that the Internet requires you to log in, but I can always talk to the relevant people at the university and see if there's a way round this for a day. There's also a projector in every room, which would be useful for demonstrations.
It might be worthwhile to do it during the global jam then, instead of on a weekend by ourselves? 2010/1/19 Gordon Allott <gord.all...@canonical.com> > On Mon, 2010-01-18 at 21:18 +0000, Simon Wears wrote: > > Hello everyone! > > > > This is an announcement of plans for an Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" Jam > > in Manchester. > > > > As the Ubuntu Wiki puts it, "an Ubuntu Jam is a local event, where > > people meet to do something with Ubuntu. The point is to have fun, > > meet great people, learn something new and make Ubuntu better in a way > > that you like and enjoy." Essentially, it will be a group of geeks > > with computers meeting up, socialising, and making Ubuntu better > > through bug fixing, documentation, translation, etc. to help make > > Ubuntu 10.04 be as good as it can be. > > I shall be endeavouring to provide my assistance at every corner! one > thing we need sorted is a venue, good wifi is a must, not especially > fast, but stable. I'm not sure a bar/pub is the best place for something > like this either, its really about getting constructive contributions > done which would be hard to focus on in a noisy bar. > > Just to note the date - the next global jam is listed for the 26th -28th > of march, which is the last weekend in march. Just in time to get those > last minute bugs for lucid :) > > If anyone interested would like to bring up any specific skill-sets they > might have that would be great, if your a great packager for example it > would be wonderful to spend some time teaching others about the > mysteries and conundrums of debian packaging ;) > > What are peoples thoughts on these? > -- > Gordon Allott <gord.all...@canonical.com> > Canonical > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > > -- Simon Wears http://MunkyJunky.com | http://Twitter.com/MunkyJunky MunkyJunky on irc.freenode.net
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