[11:57] <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!
[15:36] <AlanBell> http://www.paulmellors.net/2010/05/making-the-change
[17:20] <czajkowski> alooha
[17:25] <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
[17:49] <AlanBell> I was just posting it for general interest
[18:06] <elky> oh dear, amber's been shuffled thanks to the new eyalolololololkul eruption it seems
[18:24] <JanC> yeah, some time ago, and with her 11 other people
[18:26] <Pendulum> so far pleia2 and I are both being told our flights are on
[18:34] <JanC> yeah, your airline company probably bribed the other one to cancel their flight so yours could go through  ;)
[18:42] <maco> Pendulum: flights from dc are on as well
[19:34] <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
[19:35] <contrary> Can someone tell me how I can post this information on the ubuntu women wiki?
[19:36] <czajkowski> contrary: you can post it to the mailing list?
[19:37] <czajkowski> contrary: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-women
[19:38] <contrary> thanks.  I was looking for that
[19:38] <czajkowski> no problem
[19:41] <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
[19:44] <AlanBell> true enough
[19:45] <czajkowski> contrary: there are but they are welcome here
[19:46] <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
[19:47] <contrary> czajkowski: thank you
[19:47] <contrary> AlanBell: why?
[19:48] <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.
[19:49] <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
[19:50] <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
[19:51] <contrary> Well I am available as the non-techie tester for anything.  Learnt today how to navigate my directories through the terminal.
[19:52] <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
[19:53] <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
[19:54] <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
[19:55] <AlanBell> cool
[19:55] <contrary> No windows computers at all in our house - except my work laptop
[19:56] <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?
[19:57] <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
[19:58]  * AlanBell lives in Farnham
[19:58]  * czajkowski is in Dublin 
[19:58] <maco> hey birmingham's near coventry!
[19:59] <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
[20:00] <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
[20:01] <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
[20:02] <maco> contrary: one of my fave ska bands is from coventry
[20:02] <maco> The Specials ... aka ... The Special AKA
[20:02] <JanC> hehe
[20:04] <JanC> maco: you should check out The Employees!
[20:05] <JanC> (the Belgian band of that name)
[20:06] <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
[20:07] <AlanBell> o/