| bkerensa | valorie: You and thefinn93 are on the Ubuntu Americas blog | 05:12 |
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| bkerensa | ;) | 05:12 |
| bkerensa | http://ubuntu-us.org/2011/09/26/ubuntu-oregon-progress-can-be-made/ | 05:12 |
| thefinn93 | nice | 05:12 |
| valorie | nice! | 05:13 |
| * bkerensa goes back afk | 05:13 | |
| ievans3024 | I've set up my launchpad profile, signed the code of conduct, introduced myself on the forum, and started hanging out in here regularly. Anything else I should be doing? | 07:18 |
| valorie | OMG, hanging out in the forum! | 07:21 |
| valorie | perhaps become our Forums person? | 07:21 |
| * valorie always forgets | 07:21 | |
| valorie | I wish that forum posts appeared here or on the list or both | 07:22 |
| valorie | we have a bot in #amarok which does that for amarok posts | 07:22 |
| valorie | welcome ievans3024! | 07:22 |
| valorie | are you subbed to the list? | 07:22 |
| valorie | that's how I usually communicat | 07:22 |
| valorie | e | 07:23 |
| valorie | I know some people hate 'em | 07:23 |
| ievans3024 | i am honestly completely unfamiliar with how mailing lists work | 07:28 |
| valorie | heh | 07:29 |
| ievans3024 | i see archives all the time, but have never attempted to figure out how to participate | 07:29 |
| valorie | I was on mail lists before the internet started | 07:29 |
| * valorie is OLD | 07:30 | |
| valorie | lol | 07:30 |
| valorie | archives are awesome -- collective memory | 07:30 |
| valorie | the more searchable, the more useful | 07:30 |
| ievans3024 | indeed. | 07:30 |
| ievans3024 | hang on, cat is spazzing | 07:31 |
| ievans3024 | so i should be more active on the ubuntu forums? | 07:32 |
| valorie | when I remember to visit, I don't see a lot of activity there | 07:36 |
| valorie | we should add it to the /topic | 07:36 |
| valorie | damn it, I asked for the topic to be updated | 07:36 |
| valorie | and it was not | 07:36 |
| valorie | grrrr | 07:36 |
| ievans3024 | i did notice it was rather slow, but i'm kind of used to that from other communities. | 07:38 |
| valorie | well, we're a small Loco, and still not approved | 07:38 |
| valorie | unfortunately | 07:38 |
| valorie | I just sent an email to the list about that, actually | 07:39 |
| ievans3024 | what does it take to get approved? | 07:39 |
| valorie | that's what my email was about, LOL | 07:39 |
| ievans3024 | i see | 07:39 |
| valorie | basically, not only have a sustained contribution, but keeping track of it | 07:39 |
| valorie | we do stuff, but aren't so good about meeting regularly, or reporting about what we do | 07:40 |
| valorie | the loco council is strict on reporting | 07:40 |
| ievans3024 | i see. and by contribution, you mean doing stuff to help current ubuntu users and encourage more people to try it? | 07:40 |
| ievans3024 | and/or code? | 07:40 |
| valorie | yes | 07:41 |
| valorie | I'm not sure we have any coders | 07:41 |
| valorie | but some of us test, or write docs | 07:41 |
| ievans3024 | i'm a wannabe coder | 07:41 |
| valorie | work on the wikis, or forums, or IRC | 07:41 |
| valorie | there are so many ways to contribute | 07:41 |
| ievans3024 | yep, i still don't know what i'd be good at or enjoy | 07:41 |
| valorie | but as a loco, we need to provide support here, on the list and on the forum | 07:41 |
| valorie | and meet occasionally, and do some outreach | 07:42 |
| valorie | for some reason, we've been sort of at a standstill | 07:42 |
| ievans3024 | by on the forum, you mean the ubuntu forum in general, or in the washington-specific subforum? | 07:42 |
| valorie | I suggest browsing through the list archives | 07:42 |
| valorie | i think both -- but primarily ours first, of course | 07:42 |
| ievans3024 | ok | 07:43 |
| valorie | we have a release party coming up, which is supposed to be in the topic | 07:43 |
| valorie | I'll text salt about it, I guess | 07:43 |
| ievans3024 | well, i will read through the forum, list, and irc(?) archives to get a sense of things | 07:44 |
| valorie | we do have IRC logs somewhere | 07:44 |
| valorie | that's a lot to scroll through | 07:44 |
| valorie | the list is much easier -- you can tell by subject what's interesting, what's past | 07:44 |
| ievans3024 | i can probably find them. i spend all my free time doing nothing important, so i've got the time | 07:45 |
| valorie | but at least it gives you an idea of what we've done in the past | 07:45 |
| valorie | also, the loco directory | 07:45 |
| valorie | i put a few of the past events on there, but as you can see, we didn't take pictures | 07:45 |
| valorie | so it's rather colorless | 07:45 |
| valorie | :( | 07:45 |
| valorie | I just always forget | 07:45 |
| valorie | where do you live, ievans3024? | 07:45 |
| ievans3024 | i'm not much of a picture taker myself | 07:45 |
| ievans3024 | Seattle, U District | 07:46 |
| valorie | I got my husband to come along to one party (he's a windows user) | 07:46 |
| valorie | and he took the one photo we have | 07:46 |
| valorie | lol | 07:46 |
| valorie | cool! | 07:46 |
| valorie | so we have at least 3 or 4 people in that area | 07:46 |
| valorie | we should plan our next even up there | 07:47 |
| valorie | event | 07:47 |
| ievans3024 | I fear I will not be able to make it to the oneiric release party, but i could see about finding some good places to potentially plan for an event | 07:48 |
| valorie | http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-washington/1260/detail/ is our next event | 07:48 |
| valorie | oh, that sucks a bit | 07:48 |
| valorie | we usually get together and have pizza somewhere | 07:49 |
| valorie | but we missed Software Freedom Day | 07:49 |
| valorie | and ubuntu Global jam was on labor day weekend! | 07:49 |
| ievans3024 | had no idea such a day existed. I've been trying to come up with much better days to celebrate, such as Tesla's birthday | 07:49 |
| valorie | I came home in the middle of the weekend for a doc jam for kubuntu | 07:49 |
| valorie | oh, that would be AWESOME! | 07:50 |
| valorie | we could have the coolest cake! | 07:50 |
| valorie | shaZAM! | 07:50 |
| valorie | anyway, I also recently wrote to the list about what the French Loco does every summer | 07:51 |
| valorie | they provide free wifi at a music festival | 07:51 |
| valorie | the festival provides all the electricity, connectivity, and tent space | 07:51 |
| valorie | they provide the computers and volunteers | 07:52 |
| valorie | and they get into to see the acts for free! | 07:52 |
| valorie | doesn't that sound FUN? | 07:52 |
| valorie | but i got no replies to my list post | 07:52 |
| valorie | so i guess I'll blog about it, and see if someone else can use the idea | 07:52 |
| valorie | I guess i should have put it on the forum too | 07:53 |
| ievans3024 | it does sound fun, it seems that this team lacks motivation, if i might be so bold to say it | 07:53 |
| ievans3024 | or perhaps it's communication | 07:53 |
| ievans3024 | thanks for the chat valorie, i will digest this and try to come back with something helpful | 07:54 |
| ievans3024 | it's time for bed though, got to survive back to school at work tomorrow | 07:56 |
| valorie | not bold, realistic | 07:56 |
| valorie | :-) | 07:56 |
| valorie | nice to meet you | 07:56 |
| ievans3024 | and you | 07:56 |
| valorie | have a great week | 07:56 |
| valorie | hope to see you here often | 07:57 |
| ievans3024 | i'll certainly try. i will at least make the attempt to idle in here every night | 07:57 |
| valorie | awesome | 07:57 |
| ievans3024 | and i do peek at the forums every day at least once, too | 07:57 |
| * valorie has a bouncer and is "here" always | 07:57 | |
| valorie | sleep well | 07:58 |
| ievans3024 | you too, when you get to it. | 07:58 |
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