[00:55] <valorie> I got sponsorship also!!!!!!!!!
[00:56] <valorie> so I get to meet Penny, Elky, MichelleQ, Dinda
[00:56] <valorie> and who else?
[00:56] <valorie> akgraner, although we briefly met at OSCON, and maco, and ....
[00:57] <dinda>  valorie;  are we not enough for ya?  ;)
[00:57] <valorie> lol
[00:57] <valorie> just trying to get my head around how cool it is
[00:57] <valorie> :-)
[00:57] <dinda> valorie: I'm sure there will be tons of folks for you to meet
[00:57] <valorie> yup
[00:57] <dinda> I think maco too
[00:57] <valorie> oh yes
[00:57] <dinda> what about czajkowski?
[00:57] <valorie> but I've known her for years
[00:58] <valorie> just don't happen to have met "IRL"
[00:58] <valorie> maco and I met on MySpace
[00:58] <valorie> LOLOL
[00:59] <maco> valorie taught me to use irc
[00:59] <valorie> did I?
[00:59] <valorie> I'm sure I urged you on
[00:59] <maco> you told me about #linuxchix and i said i didnt know how to irc so you explained xchat to me
[01:00] <valorie> how cool is that
[01:00] <valorie> the circle of life
[04:46] <akgraner> valorie, woo hoo!!!  Can't wait to see you again...
[04:47] <valorie> this time we might be able to squeeze in more than a hug
[04:47] <valorie> lol
[04:47] <valorie> I'm so happy
[04:48] <akgraner> Valorie - I'll have to make my personal Calendar available so you all can remind me to keep some white space on it during UDS :-)
[04:48] <valorie> lol
[04:49] <akgraner> I gave out about 35 cards with UW information on it women who are already using and know about Ubuntu  - they had never heard of of the Ubuntu Women Project
[04:49] <valorie> that's awesome
[04:50] <akgraner> and were pleasantly surprised to know the project existed - They all wanted to know how they could become an active contributor
[04:50] <akgraner> which goes great with the mentorship re-vamping stuff
[04:51] <nigelb> \o/
[04:53] <akgraner> I am more convinced after Grace Hopper that preaching to the chore at things like Linux Fests don't always hit the mark
[04:53] <valorie> for sure
[04:54] <akgraner> The Grace Hopper Celebration in Atlanta was the most rewarding event that I have attended to date for me personally
[04:55] <akgraner> I was blown away with the abundance of absolute abundance of talented technical women!
[04:56] <valorie> I was really happy to hear that you were attending
[04:56] <valorie> and I think we need to do more of that stuff
[04:56] <akgraner> I left with a list a mile long of things I want to know more about
[04:56] <valorie> Goat shows too
[04:56] <valorie> :-)
[04:56] <akgraner> :-)
[04:56] <akgraner> Linux Fund handed out CD's at a state fair recently  - over 300,000 people attended the fair
[04:57] <akgraner> I applied for the GNOME internship as well
[04:58] <valorie> cool!
[04:58] <akgraner> now I have to figure out how to contribute to GNOME between now and October 25th in the Marketing Area
[04:58] <akgraner> as that was the project area I chose and you have to be contributing already to be considered
[05:03] <valorie> going to grace hopper etc. isn't marketing?
[05:09] <maco> i think it means making marketing materials
[05:39] <nigelb> Also, it might mean gnome marketting rather than Ubuntu marketting
[05:40] <maco> yes it does
[05:40] <nigelb> and I should learn that marketing has only one 't'
[05:42] <valorie> I imagine about now, GNOME means "not ubuntu"
[05:42] <valorie> for awhile
[05:42] <valorie> quite a few hurt feeling on both sides
[05:43] <maco> well marketing a specific distro isnt the same as marketing gnome *overall*
[05:43] <maco> because ya know...fedora's good too! and umm i cant think of any other gnome-centric dist...oh duh. debian
[05:43] <nigelb> suse?
[05:43] <maco> nah suse is overwhelmingly kde
[05:43] <nigelb> oh
[05:44] <maco> mandriva is also very kde
[05:44] <elky> too german a company to be gnome :P
[05:44] <nigelb> debian is not just one DE though
[05:44] <JanC> there are at least a 100 GNOME-centric distros  ;)
[05:44] <nigelb> elky: lol
[05:44] <maco> elky: heh right
[05:44] <maco> JanC: i just dont know which ones they are
[05:44] <maco> nigelb: gnome is on disc 1 and kde is on disc 2 iirc
[05:44] <nigelb> there's a bunch of ubuntu derivatives
[05:44] <elky> and once you remove the ubuntu derivatives, there's like 5?
[05:44] <maco> ahah
[05:45] <nigelb> lol
[05:45] <nigelb> ubuntu, debian, fedora => wat else? :p
[05:45] <nigelb> g25
[05:45]  * svaksha wonders if the gnome internship is meant only for students
[05:45] <nigelb> Nope.
[05:46]  * svaksha thought it was 
[08:40] <czajkowski> good morning
[08:40] <czajkowski> valorie: great news!
[08:40] <valorie> are you coming over?
[08:40] <czajkowski> yup
[08:40] <valorie> I'm really happy
[08:40] <czajkowski> good stuff
[08:40] <valorie> ooooo, you too!
[08:40] <valorie> \o/
[08:40] <valorie> win all around
[08:41] <czajkowski> aye
[18:41] <akgraner> hey check it out - it's the pic of women in open source from Grace Hopper celebration  - http://www.flickr.com/photos/gailcarmichael/5041629521/in/set-72157624932418433/
[18:42] <valorie> y'all look like you are having fun!
[18:44] <MarkDude> Cool pic. There are some badass women in that photo :)
[18:45] <akgraner> valorie, we had a blast!
[18:46] <akgraner> MarkDude, I am hoping some of their awesomeness rubbed off on me  - I learned so much from just working the booth with them
[18:47] <MarkDude> Well, what about some of Deb's tattoos? Are you gonna rock some sleeves?
[18:47] <akgraner> I'll never tell :-)
[18:48] <MarkDude> :D
[18:50] <IdleOne> is that a Fedora tat?
[18:50] <IdleOne> on the right shoulder
[18:51] <IdleOne> indeed it is, or sure looks like it. cool
[18:52] <AlanBell> http://www.flickr.com/photos/gailcarmichael/5042233858/in/set-72157624932418433/lightbox/
[18:52] <AlanBell> looks very much like it
[18:53] <IdleOne> yup
[18:53] <MarkDude> Thats a temp tattoo
[18:53] <MarkDude> They give them to Fedora Ambassadors as SWAG
[18:54] <IdleOne> Guess they don't have true Fedora nuts like we do in Ubuntu :P
[18:54] <MarkDude> I have some pics of my nephew wearing a few of them.
[18:55]  * MarkDude wore some to the Santa Cruz Boardwalk, kept forgetting I had them on, until I got looks. Proud Uncle I am - so I did not mind
[19:07] <nigelb> oh, this is sweet! http://www.flickr.com/photos/gailcarmichael/5042233532/in/set-72157624932418433/
[19:07] <nigelb> akgraner: priceless look on your face :D
[19:24] <akgraner> hehe