[01:33] <desertc> 31 users here and no one can say what the home page is...
[01:33] <desertc> Hope to talk to you all soon.
[06:04] <posingaspopular> hey all. I'm trying to put together an event with nixternal to promote the use/installation of Gutsy Gibbon to the general population (instead of the all geeky install fest we threw this weekend) and get some more people in Chicago excited about FOSS/Gutsy in general. any thoughts?
[06:09] <boredandblogging> posingaspopular: we are trying to think about the same thing in georgia and not having much luck
[06:09] <posingaspopular> boredandblogging: yay, we can work together
[06:09] <posingaspopular> i was thinking of a install fest at a local uni along with passing out free software cds at various other schools
[06:10] <boredandblogging> yeah, but that seems to attract the same geeky types
[06:10] <posingaspopular> i sent out an email asking for people I knew (chicago gnu/linux users group, chipy, linux users of northern illinois (luni), etc), if they had any suggestions, and/or contacts in the local media schools etc.
[06:11] <posingaspopular> the problem is promoting it outside of the same geek circles (as fun as that is) and spreading it to general computer users
[06:11] <posingaspopular> which takes resources that the loco's dont really have
[06:12] <boredandblogging> right, there used to be general purpose UGs before, but most of them have been replaced by specialized UGs
[06:13] <boredandblogging> looking through sites like meetup.com, there are groups that are interested in building web sites, that might be a start
[06:13] <posingaspopular> yea, but im going to argue (and hope that im not proven wrong) that just because a UG is specialized, it doesnt mean that other UG's wont help
[06:13] <posingaspopular> a bigger pie for everyone is better than no pie at all ;p
[06:15] <boredandblogging> true, best shot might be doing presentations at different UGs
[06:15] <boredandblogging> but its a time consuming process
[06:15] <boredandblogging> and requires man power
[06:18] <posingaspopular> we've been doing that for years here, or at least trying
[06:19] <posingaspopular> im fairly confident that we can get enough volunteers to help us talk to people about free software
[06:19] <posingaspopular> the problem is getting non techies to an event
[06:19] <boredandblogging>  yeah
[06:20] <boredandblogging> think that is everyone's problem
[06:21] <posingaspopular> hmm... anyone else around that has a few words they can throw in
[06:55] <posingaspopular> boredandblogging: how is the georgia team treating you?
[07:32] <boredandblogging> posingaspopular: not too bad
[07:32] <boredandblogging> we have a release party tomorrow night
[07:32] <boredandblogging> and an install fest coming up
[07:33] <posingaspopular> nice! we just had one (if you've been reading nixternal's blag) and im busting my butt to give Ubu-chi some more momenutm
[07:33] <posingaspopular> i thought i would pop into the -marketing chan to see what I could do about it
[07:43] <boredandblogging> posingaspopular: very cool
[07:44] <posingaspopular> apparently more people in the area use ubuntuforums than I thought. they were all complaining that their is no activity in the area, wanting to go to install fests, etc. and there were 20+ people in the chan trying to do their thing. exciting!
[08:13] <posingaspopular> <-bed
[18:10] <juliux> hi all
[18:10] <juliux> ubuntu will be again in the german television tomorrow
[18:12] <Burgundavia> very cool
[18:12] <Burgundavia> get us a clip
[18:12] <juliux> we will record it with mythtv
[18:12] <juliux> and i will upload it
[18:14] <Burgundavia> very cool
[20:36] <desertc> Do we have any "Ubuntu in the newspaper" references?
[20:42] <posingaspopular> desertc: i think there were a few for the chicago loco install fest, yu have to check with richard johnson abhout that
[20:43] <desertc> posingaspopular: thanks