| bkanuka | hey anyone there? | 04:07 |
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| Yompa | Sure, but I probably have no answers if that's what you are looking for :-) | 04:09 |
| bkanuka | cool. no im not really here for question. I just joined the loco group | 04:10 |
| bkanuka | i don't really know what a loco team is all about, but since I've set a few of my friends up on ubuntu, I figured I'm already half way to what you guys do | 04:10 |
| Yompa | Haha, I think we are on the same level then. Not even sure what or where to join, just started browsing myself. Idling a bit on this channel to learn. | 04:12 |
| bkanuka | ya okay. I'm kinda wondering if there is a "leader" | 04:13 |
| bkanuka | also, I want some ubuntu stickers! :p | 04:13 |
| Yompa | I wouldn't expect a leader directly in a community like this. There are leading figures however. Some are on this channel I figure. | 04:18 |
| Yompa | Stickers would be cool :-) | 04:20 |
| Yompa | There is also a ubuntu-ca mailing list, that's usually more action than this channel. | 04:24 |
| Yompa | *Strangely* | 04:25 |
| * KombuchaKip yawns | 07:57 | |
| * dscassel is reading the log from yesterday. | 15:42 | |
| dscassel | bkanuka: what do you need? | 15:42 |
| dscassel | bkanuka: (besides stickers? :) | 15:42 |
| bkanuka | i don't actually need anything :P i was just saying, Im here. I want to get involved in helping or spreading ubuntu | 15:53 |
| dscassel | bkanuka: Awesome. :D | 15:54 |
| dscassel | Where are you? Physically? | 15:54 |
| bkanuka | I live in Kingston, ON. I go to school at Queen's | 15:54 |
| bkanuka | my parents live downtown toronto, so I'm there often | 15:54 |
| dscassel | Cool. We're starting to get Toronto events going again. Having events in Kingston would be cool. | 15:56 |
| bkanuka | there's not many people in Kingston :p | 15:56 |
| bkanuka | but I was definitely thinking I could promote things here | 15:57 |
| dscassel | I'm taking an "if you build it, they will come" approach. | 15:57 |
| dscassel | Build it and publicize, anyway. | 15:57 |
| bkanuka | ya - i agree with that | 15:57 |
| dscassel | But yeah, whatever you think is best, really. | 15:57 |
| dscassel | The easiest thing you can do, event-wise, is the Ubuntu Hour. | 15:58 |
| bkanuka | please explain | 15:58 |
| dscassel | https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Hour | 15:58 |
| dscassel | It's just a regular, scheduled meetup at a local coffee shop or watering hole. | 15:58 |
| dscassel | Provide a place for people to show up and say hi. And maybe accost strangers with CDs. | 15:59 |
| bkanuka | i can definitely do this | 15:59 |
| dscassel | Fantastic. :) | 16:00 |
| IdleOne | when accosting strangers, make sure not to sneak up on them :) | 16:00 |
| IdleOne | We don't want people running away screaming and stuff | 16:01 |
| dscassel | Yeah. Generally, you wait for them to come to you... | 16:01 |
| bkanuka | haha ya | 16:01 |
| dscassel | Put up a big sign and people drop by and ask what's up. | 16:01 |
| bkanuka | well i go to university, so its really nothing for me to sit somewhere and do homework | 16:02 |
| dscassel | Yup | 16:02 |
| dscassel | That's the spirit. :D | 16:02 |
| dscassel | There's also release parties every six months. | 16:02 |
| dscassel | That can be big and elaborate, or it can be just a bunch of people meeting up at a pub or something. | 16:02 |
| dscassel | I recommend starting with the latter. :) | 16:03 |
| bkanuka | im gonna start with the hour first | 16:03 |
| dscassel | Sounds good to me. :) | 16:04 |
| bkanuka | will people have a problem with me "setting up" somewhere? | 16:04 |
| dscassel | Generally, not really. I haven't run into problems. | 16:04 |
| dscassel | It's probably courteous to ask staff ahead of time... | 16:04 |
| bkanuka | ya | 16:05 |
| dscassel | When you have a time and place, add the event here: http://loco.ubuntu.com/teams/ubuntu-ca | 16:05 |
| dscassel | Then people in the Ubuntu community who happen to be in Kingston have a chance at finding it. | 16:05 |
| bkanuka | okay | 16:06 |
| IdleOne | take pictures and blog about it afterwards, come here and link us. | 16:07 |
| dscassel | Yeah, that's much appreciated. :) | 16:07 |
| IdleOne | and yeah, most places i am sure would be fine with having "customers" in their business but asking first is always nice. | 16:08 |
| dscassel | If you're on twitter or identi.ca, tweet/dent about it using the #locoteams tag, and the !ubuntuca group on identi.ca | 16:08 |
| bkanuka | okay | 16:09 |
| IdleOne | bkanuka: basically it isn't hard to do just takes someone to go ahead and do it :) | 16:10 |
| dscassel | Yup. Just publicize a bit and go sit in a cafe. :) | 16:10 |
| dscassel | Leigh (hypatia) was talking about starting on in Toronto, but I think she's been busy. | 16:12 |
| dscassel | starting one, that is. | 16:12 |
| bkanuka | I can do an hour a week | 16:12 |
| bkanuka | do these things turn into tech support? | 16:14 |
| dscassel | They can. | 16:14 |
| dscassel | I've had one guy show up with tech support problems. | 16:15 |
| dscassel | I wouldn't worry about trying to be an all-knowing expert. | 16:15 |
| dscassel | If you can't solve the problem, show them the forums, or #ubuntu. See if someone there can help. | 16:16 |
| dscassel | Or askubuntu.com | 16:16 |
| bkanuka | are there template advertisements? | 16:16 |
| dscassel | I don't have one, but you can look around here: http://spreadubuntu.org/ | 16:17 |
| bkanuka | thats it. i was trying to find that site :p | 16:18 |
| bkanuka | in other news, have you patched your kernel with that ~200 line patch that speeds things up? | 16:19 |
| bkanuka | if you dont know what i'm talking about i can find an article | 16:20 |
| dscassel | Nope. I tend to avoid messing with the kernel. | 16:20 |
| dscassel | At best, I'll maybe upgrade to mainline if I need to. Or if it's the only way to get some hardware working. | 16:21 |
| bkanuka | well then look forward to it getting pushed through to ubuntu | 16:22 |
| bkanuka | it really works | 16:22 |
| bkanuka | im always skeptical of any kind of quick fix, but this is really good | 16:22 |
| dscassel | Good to know. :) | 16:23 |
| bkanuka | oh now honestly, i was going to buy some stickers from canonical, but the shipping was pretty steep. Is there somewhere in Canada I can buy them? | 16:30 |
| dscassel | Not really. I'm out of the new Canonical stickers, after the last couple events. | 16:31 |
| dscassel | They come free in conference packs, if you're thinking about running a booth at a tech conference... :) | 16:31 |
| dscassel | I can ask txwikinger and see if he has a better way to get them to you than ordering from Canonical. | 16:31 |
| dscassel | I have some of System76's "Powered by Ubuntu" stickers with the old tricolour circle of friends. | 16:32 |
| dscassel | as well as keyboard stickers to cover Windows logos. :) | 16:32 |
| bkanuka | ya i saw system76's stickers | 16:32 |
| dscassel | I can send those off to you if you want to /msg me your address. | 16:32 |
| bkanuka | oh | 16:33 |
| bkanuka | okay. thanks | 16:33 |
| bkanuka | i don't know what you mean by /msg | 16:33 |
| bkanuka | i've been on irc for like a day | 16:34 |
| dscassel | private message. Start with "/msg dscassel" on most clients. (I know it works on irssi...) | 16:34 |
| dscassel | This channel is logged and posted publicly. You may not want to put your address here. :) | 16:35 |
| dscassel | You can also just email dscassel@gmail.com | 16:35 |
| bkanuka | that's what i'll do before i get comfortable with irc | 16:35 |
| dscassel | Sure. :) | 16:36 |
| bkanuka | and right now im using empathy, and i know it's lacking some irc commands | 16:36 |
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