| genii-around | rugbeeprop: Basically you find a place to have it ( preferably with internet), tell all the people you know, try to get it listed in events areas of your local linux user group, newspapers, etc. Then hope for the best. | 00:00 |
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| dscassel | rugbeeprop: Yeah, that's about it, really. Just find a venue and meet up with Ubuntu people. :) | 00:00 |
| dscassel | The only tricky part is getting the word out so people show up. (It's best if you drag out a friend or two :) | 00:01 |
| rugbeeprop | sounds easy enough, I could probably try to find a place, however, what are the timing, i.e. a couple of hours, half a day or a whole day? | 00:01 |
| dscassel | rugbeeprop: Whatever you'd like. Usually a few hours. | 00:02 |
| dscassel | Also, it doesn't *have* to be right after the release. Vancouver usually waits a month or so. | 00:02 |
| genii-around | rugbeeprop: I've found here over a period of 3-4 hours that there seems to be a steady turnover of people every half-hour to hour | 00:03 |
| BobJonkman | dscassel: have you ever received a conference pack? I'm thinking things like banners and tablecloths can be re-used | 00:03 |
| dscassel | BobJonkman: The banner and tablecloths are one-off. txwikinger has those. | 00:03 |
| dscassel | I haven't ordered it before. txwikinger got one for last year's aborted Linuxfest. | 00:03 |
| rugbeeprop | Let me scout for location first, I could probably set something out for a saturday or something | 00:04 |
| genii-around | If the fee isn't incredibly horrible I can put in | 00:04 |
| khoover | did i miss something? | 00:04 |
| dscassel | rugbeeprop: Cool! If you have details, email the ubuntu-ca list. I can do the LoCo directory listing if you're not set up to do t. | 00:05 |
| rugbeeprop | sounds good | 00:05 |
| dscassel | khoover: Just the IRC meeting. :) | 00:05 |
| khoover | dscassel, for what? | 00:06 |
| dscassel | khoover: ubuntu Canada! | 00:06 |
| dscassel | we do this monthly. | 00:06 |
| dscassel | khoover: Ever considered running a release party? :D | 00:06 |
| khoover | ...no? | 00:06 |
| dscassel | It's fun! You should! :D | 00:07 |
| dscassel | Where are you again? | 00:07 |
| genii-around | khoover: We discussed upcoming release parties, and the FSOSS Linuxfest at Seneca, where we would like to have a presence if possible ( http://fsoss.senecac.on.ca/2011/ ) | 00:07 |
| dscassel | genii-around: re: helping with brokerage fees, thanks. :) | 00:07 |
| khoover | eh, markham. | 00:08 |
| khoover | just north of toronto | 00:08 |
| genii-around | dscassel: No probs.. I can put in maybe $40-60 if it helps | 00:08 |
| khoover | tbh, i'd probably end up heading to the seneca thing. rather close to my house. | 00:09 |
| khoover | dscassel, exactly how would one host a launch party? | 00:11 |
| genii-around | mom phoned, back shortly | 00:11 |
| dscassel | khoover: genii-around will be hostping a release party in Toronto next Thursday if you'd just like to attend. :) | 00:11 |
| khoover | that sounds much nicer. | 00:11 |
| khoover | where in toronto exactly? | 00:13 |
| dscassel | khoover: But more parties are also good. basically find a venue and get the word out. A party doesn't have to be anything more than a bunch of people at a restaurant/pub/cafe | 00:14 |
| BobJonkman | khoover: Ubuntu-ca events list (including venues) at http://loco.ubuntu.com/teams/ubuntu-ca | 00:17 |
| genii-around | Back | 00:17 |
| dscassel | If there's nothing else, I'll adjourn the meeting. | 00:17 |
| dscassel | But feel free to keep chatting. :D | 00:17 |
| genii-around | khoover: I'll get you details in a minute .... | 00:17 |
| BobJonkman | Gotta start dinner. | 00:17 |
| genii-around | Microwave! ;) | 00:17 |
| bregma | has anyone heard what the next Ubuntu release will be called? | 00:17 |
| * BobJonkman thinks genii-around must be a bot | 00:18 | |
| genii-around | khoover: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-ca/1262/detail/ is the details | 00:18 |
| bregma | hey mister moto I'm a coffee bot | 00:18 |
| BobJonkman | bregma: Permanent Penguin :) | 00:18 |
| genii-around | Pangalactic Penguin! | 00:18 |
| bregma | not Phthisic Ptarmigan like I suggested? | 00:18 |
| genii-around | I just hope it's a penguin and not a panda | 00:18 |
| genii-around | BobJonkman: I quite often feel as if I'm on autopilot, it's true.... | 00:19 |
| genii-around | khoover: My gf is making Ubuntu cupcakes, and there will of course be free coffee and Oneiric CDs, as well as previous Official Natty CDs, courtesy of dscassel | 00:20 |
| khoover | so, having never gone through a new version of ubuntu, how does that work? | 00:20 |
| khoover | genii-around, ooooh, cupcakes. | 00:21 |
| dscassel | khoover: You'll get an update saying there's a new version. Just click the Upgrade button and wait a bit. :D | 00:21 |
| bregma | ... on dialup the wait can be irksome... | 00:22 |
| genii-around | khoover: Every 6 months there is a new release. So the idea of a release party is to have some fun, help people try out the new release if they bring their laptop/computer to install onto, etc. | 00:22 |
| genii-around | Also of course to try and get more people using linux generally :) | 00:22 |
| khoover | genii-around, aaaaaaah. | 00:23 |
| genii-around | bregma: You're on dialup? | 00:24 |
| dscassel | bregma: I can ship you a CD. | 00:28 |
| dscassel | I don't usually do CD updates, so I don't know how well that works. | 00:28 |
| dscassel | You'll still need an Internet connection for packages you've installed that are not on the CD | 00:29 |
| bregma | dscassel, I'm not on dialup any more, and I get bulk CDs at UDS in a few weeks | 00:32 |
| dscassel | bregma: Even better. :) | 00:35 |
| khoover | my beard has dreadlocks! | 00:41 |
| dscassel | khoover: Intentionally? :) | 00:48 |
| khoover | dscassel, somewhat, they just naturally clumped for the most part. | 01:29 |
| BluesKaj | Hey all | 11:53 |
| bregma | ... ah, another day begins | 12:54 |
| kenjy | whats up guys, did some one call me? | 16:44 |
| bregma | kenjy, about 18 hours ago, for a Ubuntu Canada meeting | 16:55 |
| kenjy | bregma: haaaaaaaa Im always late dude, but tnks | 16:56 |
| kenjy | who wanna buy yahoo? | 17:10 |
| BluesKaj | why kenjy ? thay should give it away...bet there wouldn't be many takers | 18:37 |
| kenjy | BluesKaj: totally agree | 18:38 |
| DarwinSurvivor | I'd take their hardware. could always do with an upgrade :D | 19:13 |
| khoover | DarwinSurvivor, you call it an upgrade? | 19:14 |
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| DarwinSurvivor | khoover: over the old server *I* have, I should hope so :P | 20:09 |
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| khoover | steve jobs is dead?! | 23:47 |
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