| akgraner | elky, pleia2 thanks for adding you wikis to the nominations page - Let's see more wikis getting added! Another exciting cycle ahead for the UW Project! | 11:57 |
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| AlanBell | http://www.paulmellors.net/2010/05/making-the-change | 15:36 |
| czajkowski | alooha | 17:20 |
| nigelbabu | AlanBell: what say? floor the comments with suggestions? ;) | 17:25 |
| nigelbabu | I'd say all of the above plus listen to buuntu-uk podcasts :D | 17:25 |
| AlanBell | I was just posting it for general interest | 17:49 |
| elky | oh dear, amber's been shuffled thanks to the new eyalolololololkul eruption it seems | 18:06 |
| JanC | yeah, some time ago, and with her 11 other people | 18:24 |
| Pendulum | so far pleia2 and I are both being told our flights are on | 18:26 |
| JanC | yeah, your airline company probably bribed the other one to cancel their flight so yours could go through ;) | 18:34 |
| maco | Pendulum: flights from dc are on as well | 18:42 |
| contrary | Europython conference in Birmingham UK has obtained some grant funding for women computer scientists. For more info go to http://wiki.europython.eu/GoogleDiversity | 19:34 |
| contrary | Can someone tell me how I can post this information on the ubuntu women wiki? | 19:35 |
| czajkowski | contrary: you can post it to the mailing list? | 19:36 |
| czajkowski | contrary: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-women | 19:37 |
| contrary | thanks. I was looking for that | 19:38 |
| czajkowski | no problem | 19:38 |
| contrary | I have sent a message to the mailing list. Just hope it gets sent out. | 19:41 |
| contrary | There seem to be an awful lot of male names on the women.ubuntu chat | 19:41 |
| AlanBell | true enough | 19:44 |
| czajkowski | contrary: there are but they are welcome here | 19:45 |
| czajkowski | contrary: the mail may get held for moderaton unless you've joined the list | 19:46 |
| czajkowski | but it shouldn't take too long to get through | 19:46 |
| contrary | czajkowski: thank you | 19:47 |
| contrary | AlanBell: why? | 19:47 |
| czajkowski | contrary: why not , they are helpful and spread the ubuntu word and are often key in introducing more women to the teams | 19:48 |
| maco | we need our allies :) | 19:48 |
| contrary | I am not saying they should not be here, I was just curious. | 19:48 |
| AlanBell | because it is a project to make Ubuntu more welcoming to women and support the women who are in the community, this is something that seems like a good idea to me | 19:49 |
| AlanBell | it was a good question, don't worry! | 19:49 |
| contrary | Hold on, I was not trying to exclude, I was just wondering why. Now I know | 19:49 |
| maco | we know. just explaining | 19:50 |
| AlanBell | I want Ubuntu to be used by the mainstream population, which is going to mean that the community has to reflect the normal population | 19:50 |
| contrary | Well I think I have managed to convert at least one person to Ubuntu - trouble is everyone thinks Windows is the ONLY OS. | 19:50 |
| AlanBell | currently it doesn't, which is a bug that the team is fixing | 19:50 |
| contrary | Well I am available as the non-techie tester for anything. Learnt today how to navigate my directories through the terminal. | 19:51 |
| maco | yay :) | 19:52 |
| maco | that's what akgraner said a year and a bit ago too :P now she's writing for Ubuntu User magazine and running Ubuntu Women and everything | 19:52 |
| AlanBell | contrary: what country are you in, there is probably a local team we could point you towards in addition to this one | 19:53 |
| contrary | UK | 19:53 |
| AlanBell | oh, easy! #ubuntu-uk I am from the UK | 19:53 |
| contrary | I am only just learning about irc. Must admit I am really enjoying it | 19:53 |
| AlanBell | we have quite a large and active crowd in the UK | 19:54 |
| contrary | My son needed a computer for university. Couldn't afford to buy a new one so decided to build his own. Found ubuntu as a free OS. The rst is history | 19:54 |
| AlanBell | cool | 19:55 |
| contrary | No windows computers at all in our house - except my work laptop | 19:55 |
| AlanBell | Windows is getting to the point where it is "just for work" for a lot of people | 19:56 |
| * JanC has no Windows computers in house or anywhere else ☺ | 19:56 | |
| AlanBell | I don't either | 19:56 |
| contrary | You are right. When we could choose our Internet browsers I always used Mozilla. Whenever IT guys came to the office to upgrade somethign they also selectedit over IE | 19:56 |
| czajkowski | contrary: good to hear | 19:56 |
| czajkowski | contrary: where abouts in the uk are you based? | 19:56 |
| contrary | Birmingham. | 19:57 |
| czajkowski | no sign yet of your mail.... | 19:57 |
| maco | is that were popey lives? | 19:57 |
| czajkowski | maco: nope | 19:57 |
| czajkowski | farnborogh | 19:57 |
| * maco google maps | 19:57 | |
| contrary | I used to live near F'boro | 19:57 |
| AlanBell | contrary: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam | 19:57 |
| * AlanBell lives in Farnham | 19:58 | |
| * czajkowski is in Dublin | 19:58 | |
| maco | hey birmingham's near coventry! | 19:58 |
| maco | yay ska! :) | 19:59 |
| contrary | Used to live in Aldershot. | 19:59 |
| contrary | Birmingham is near everywhere - it is in the middle of the country | 19:59 |
| maco | contrary: well coventry is in equally big text close to birmingham on google maps :P | 19:59 |
| AlanBell | 'near' is a flexible concept to our American friends | 19:59 |
| contrary | ha ha. Not using OSM? Mappa Mercia is a complete map of the Midlands - well most of it | 20:00 |
| maco | looks like 20mi on the map... | 20:00 |
| maco | 20mi is near... | 20:00 |
| AlanBell | maco: ok, that is near | 20:00 |
| contrary | http://mappa-mercia.org/standard-map.shtml | 20:01 |
| contrary | who lives in coventry | 20:01 |
| maco | i need to print out a UK map, label cities ive heard of, and then put little cut-outs of people's hackergotchis near them | 20:01 |
| AlanBell | contrary: ask in #ubuntu-uk | 20:01 |
| maco | contrary: one of my fave ska bands is from coventry | 20:02 |
| maco | The Specials ... aka ... The Special AKA | 20:02 |
| JanC | hehe | 20:02 |
| JanC | maco: you should check out The Employees! | 20:04 |
| JanC | (the Belgian band of that name) | 20:05 |
| JanC | The Offspring even stole one of their songs during the 1990s ;) | 20:06 |
| contrary | have subscribed to the ubuntu uk mailing list. Will have to go - nice food calling. Bye everyone. Nice to meet you | 20:06 |
| AlanBell | o/ | 20:07 |
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