| pleia2 | bkerensa: in california I ship CDs to whoever asks (we keep track of how many we have and who to contact on our release page) | 00:06 |
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| pleia2 | shipping is funded by events we do where we leave out a donation jar | 00:07 |
| * akgraner reads scrollback | 00:07 | |
| pleia2 | so people who can take a CD in person, fund getting them to people who can't :) | 00:07 |
| pleia2 | s/,// | 00:07 |
| bkerensa | pleia2: Yeah :) well If I do it up here it will likely be out of my own pocket since as I have discussed with other LoCo leads that I do not like the idea of handling cash unless it is a petty amount | 00:08 |
| pleia2 | it has worked out well so far, particularly since i'll ship a big pack down to los angeles and san diego so locals down there can go to ubuntu hours and whatnot to pick them up | 00:08 |
| bkerensa | pleia2: I just need to pickup some CD mailers and find out the most economic shipping rate | 00:08 |
| pleia2 | it's all a tiny amount, maybe $40 around at any given time | 00:08 |
| akgraner | bkerensa, I don't know of LoCo teams specifically who do that - but I know I can burn 11 at a time so often keep a spindle on hand at all times of the current release | 00:08 |
| pleia2 | $100 at the most (that's when we had tshirts peopel were giving donations for) | 00:08 |
| akgraner | and if in NC need some above what is sent I'll just send it to them | 00:09 |
| akgraner | but I know that doesn't scale | 00:09 |
| bkerensa | akgraner: Yeah... I have 40 to 50 Canonical issued Natty CD's and about 15 Oneiric burned right now | 00:09 |
| pleia2 | fortunately locos don't need to scale much :) | 00:09 |
| bkerensa | akgraner: Somehow somewhere Canonical received a e-mail from Intel and directed their people to contact me for CD's | 00:09 |
| bkerensa | =o | 00:10 |
| bkerensa | not sure how that happened :P | 00:10 |
| akgraner | bkerensa, you need to email cezzaine | 00:10 |
| akgraner | for marketing stuff | 00:10 |
| bkerensa | akgraner: ? | 00:10 |
| akgraner | bkerensa, I'll email you | 00:10 |
| akgraner | easier that way | 00:10 |
| pleia2 | hey, how did it get so late | 00:10 |
| akgraner | if it's an event and you can justify why you need more than what was sent to your loco she is the one you will need to talk to | 00:11 |
| bkerensa | akgraner: Ok... :D yeah some guy from Intel e-mailed me directly and said that he went to ubuntu.com and e-mailed Canonical and they passed my info along to him at Intel :D | 00:11 |
| bkerensa | akgraner: Oh I don't think I will ever need more than what they just sent for the last event... Most of the events up here attract Ubuntu users :D so they just download ISO's or do a upgrade | 00:12 |
| bkerensa | But for leftovers I have made arrangements to give them to a few nonprofits that are Ubuntu specific like FreeGeek | 00:12 |
| bkerensa | :D | 00:12 |
| akgraner | I know the CA team at OSCON 2 years ago burned them on the spot for people | 00:12 |
| akgraner | it was really cool | 00:12 |
| pleia2 | we did that this year too | 00:12 |
| pleia2 | it was crazy :) | 00:12 |
| akgraner | it's fun to watch :-) | 00:13 |
| pleia2 | we were burning maniacs | 00:13 |
| akgraner | and the CA team made these great CD covers | 00:13 |
| akgraner | nhaines I think maybe did those? | 00:13 |
| pleia2 | him or Flannel | 00:13 |
| pleia2 | and iheartubuntu updated them with new branding | 00:13 |
| akgraner | pleia2, you all are awesome - I love what y'all do | 00:14 |
| pleia2 | but no release party this time! | 00:14 |
| akgraner | I think I want to move to CA, then France, and then Vancover and FL just to hang out with the loco teams | 00:14 |
| pleia2 | grantbow is in kenya, jono in the UK, me in Philly - poor california! | 00:15 |
| akgraner | haha | 00:15 |
| akgraner | and I mean haha in the weird way | 00:16 |
| bkerensa | pleia2: Our Release Party is on the 22nd... Our loco was not up to the idea of a party on a work night | 00:16 |
| bkerensa | :P | 00:16 |
| pleia2 | bkerensa: I'm actually considering putting together an Ubuntu Hour + release dinner some time next week, but with all my travel this month I think that may be insane | 00:16 |
| pleia2 | I am home for 9 days between this philly trip and orlando | 00:17 |
| pleia2 | should probably, you know, sleep some time during those 9 days :) | 00:17 |
| akgraner | pleia2, sleep is a good thing | 00:18 |
| akgraner | (I'm learning :-P) | 00:19 |
| bkerensa | pleia2: I think me you akgraner and all the other leads are feeling the insanity of mixing Ubuntu contributions + IRL + work ;) | 00:20 |
| akgraner | bkerensa, it gets confusing sometimes that is for sure.... | 00:21 |
| bkerensa | pleia2: On a positive note... Ubuntu Oregon is getting a new region in the state to kick off some Ubuntu Hour's | 00:21 |
| bkerensa | :D | 00:21 |
| akgraner | but my schedule is really easy compared to my hubby the last 2 months I think he was home less than 15 days total or something like that | 00:22 |
| bkerensa | so in the next month or two we should have a Ubuntu Hour in two metro areas of the state every month | 00:22 |
| bkerensa | :D | 00:22 |
| akgraner | bkerensa, great! | 00:22 |
| akgraner | I found out there are a lot Ubuntu users in my little home town - and even more now that FB has built a data center here | 00:22 |
| akgraner | so I want to start an Ubuntu Hour after UDS | 00:23 |
| akgraner | and the 8th grade computer class, based on Natty will be a go and kick off in January | 00:23 |
| akgraner | bkerensa, do you try to attend them both? | 00:24 |
| bkerensa | akgraner: Yeah I'm hoping in the next month or two I can delegate some of the tasks I do to other members so that I can do more for Ubuntu like teaching classes but lately is has been a hectic juggling affair | 00:25 |
| bkerensa | :D | 00:25 |
| bkerensa | akgraner: I told the Salem people if they get a few people going then I will start coming every other month | 00:25 |
| bkerensa | akgraner: It is about a hour trip to Salem and since I use Public Transit I would have to pay to take the train :P | 00:26 |
| bkerensa | like Amtrak | 00:26 |
| bkerensa | :P | 00:26 |
| akgraner | totally understand - LUG meeting I got to is 1 hour (Asheville) away, one is 3 (Greensboro) hours and the other is almost 5 hours (Raleigh) from me and I was trying make all of them each month | 00:26 |
| akgraner | it was crazy insane - so I dropped the Greensboro and Raleigh area meetings and rotate to them every couple of months | 00:27 |
| bkerensa | Right now my plate is a bit full.... I have Ubuntu LoCo, Bugs Team, FreeGeek Teaching Ubuntu weekly (Coming Up), Trying to revive Salem LUG and then throw in my own freelance work and IRL time with my fiancee :P | 00:28 |
| akgraner | bkerensa, I think we all need and intervention :-) | 00:28 |
| bkerensa | The biggest issue I have had right now is everyone wants events but nobody wants to help me with meetings or wiki | 00:28 |
| bkerensa | ;P | 00:28 |
| akgraner | s/and/an | 00:28 |
| bkerensa | they think contributing is a one man show time of thing | 00:28 |
| akgraner | bkerensa, oh that is a common complaint | 00:29 |
| bkerensa | I need to find a way to give a incentive for someone to help me with LoCo stuff that way I can better manage other important things like local Ubuntu teaching | 00:30 |
| akgraner | I know czajkowski has some good blog posts on planning events and I have some checklists I give people so they can learn event planning for themselves | 00:30 |
| bkerensa | also FreeGeek is considering ditching Ubuntu and they had suggest I join their Board but right now I really am far to busy | 00:30 |
| bkerensa | :D | 00:30 |
| akgraner | and empower them to just do it | 00:30 |
| bkerensa | akgraner: ;) Maybe czajkowski can tell me how to get Canonical involved in LoCo ;) | 00:31 |
| bkerensa | we have 15-20 Canonical employees in Portland and none show up or really participate in the LoCo | 00:31 |
| akgraner | bkerensa, hmm I think you need to keep in mind all the hours people who work for Canonical already put into the project | 00:31 |
| bkerensa | akgraner: Indeed well I talked to some of the Canonical Server guys and one of them felt that maybe they feel turned off by the community | 00:32 |
| akgraner | (but I am bias on that - I don't see my hubby hardly at all these days - so I know I don't expect him to go to LoCo events with me) | 00:32 |
| bkerensa | I guess one Canonical server guy applied for membership and got canned and felt like Ubuntu members who heard his application were idk | 00:32 |
| bkerensa | :P | 00:32 |
| akgraner | I know when he is home he wants to hang out with the kids and me - and the whole family will leave the room if I talk about Ubuntu | 00:33 |
| bkerensa | Something to the effect that he didnt contribute enough yet he contributes to Ubuntu everyday | 00:33 |
| bkerensa | :D | 00:33 |
| bkerensa | akgraner: LOL thats not good | 00:33 |
| bkerensa | :D | 00:33 |
| akgraner | my mom even hangs up on me now if I talk about it... | 00:33 |
| bkerensa | LOL | 00:33 |
| akgraner | yeah it's good to have some Ubunt udown time | 00:33 |
| akgraner | keeps things in perspective | 00:34 |
| bkerensa | akgraner: My fiancee uses Ubuntu but whenever I tell her I have to go do a talk or go meet someone to discuss Ubuntu or install it she kinda sighs and gives me a look | 00:34 |
| akgraner | yep :-) | 00:34 |
| bkerensa | anyways I better desync from the interwebs for a bit and handle some IRL stuff ttyl have a good evening! | 00:35 |
| akgraner | laters | 00:35 |
| Pendulum | jcastro: because you've been asking about this over the last couple days, thought I'd note that I don't get UDS-P if I search for Ubuntu in guidebook, but when I look at the list of future events, it's there | 01:47 |
| Pendulum | I think it's because it's in there as UDS and not Ubuntu Developer Summit | 01:47 |
| jono | hey all | 02:45 |
| pangolin | evening jono | 03:19 |
| jono | hey pangolin | 03:32 |
| bkerensa | hi jono | 04:37 |
| jono | hey bkerensa | 04:39 |
| bkerensa | jono: Back in Cali I take it? | 04:41 |
| jono | bkerensa, yup :-) | 04:41 |
| jono | so from next week we will have my team meetings on IRC - http://www.jonobacon.org/2011/10/15/weekly-canonical-community-team-meetings-now-on-irc/ | 04:49 |
| pleia2 | jono: yay! | 05:02 |
| jono | pleia2, :-) | 05:03 |
| pangolin | jono: great, I suspect the expense report and days off work stuff won't be on irc though | 05:04 |
| jono | pangolin, no, it will be | 05:04 |
| pangolin | wow | 05:04 |
| jono | this will be our primary team meeting | 05:04 |
| jono | obviously anything confidential will not be on IRC | 05:05 |
| jono | but there isn't very much confidential content | 05:06 |
| pangolin | looking forward to attending :) | 05:06 |
| jono | :-) | 05:06 |
| jono | back soon, going to go and do some gaming | 05:07 |
| jono | and try to stay awake | 05:07 |
| * jono is fighting off the jetlag :-) | 05:07 | |
| pleia2 | I'm sure you'll be recovered from jetlag by the time you go to florida ;) | 05:08 |
| jono | heh | 05:10 |
| jono | :-) | 05:10 |
| jono | I hope so! | 05:10 |
| nigelb | *yawn* Morning | 05:19 |
| * jussi wakes up, rubs eyes, grumbles a little | 05:44 | |
| bkerensa | :D | 06:24 |
| bkerensa | got your e-mail jussi | 06:24 |
| jussi | :) | 06:24 |
| jono | alright, I am heading to bed | 06:40 |
| jono | jetlag: I give in | 06:40 |
| jono | lol | 06:40 |
| jono | night all! | 06:40 |
| bkerensa | Surprised that Jono does not idle via bnc | 06:46 |
| bkerensa | :D | 06:46 |
| jussi | bkerensa: he deliberately doesnt - can you imagine his PM queue in the morning? | 06:47 |
| nigelb | can you imagine his PM queue when he's here! | 06:48 |
| * bkerensa has yet to PM jono ;) | 06:49 | |
| bkerensa | pleia2 and paultag on the other hand :P | 06:50 |
| head_victim | bkerensa: I organised a cd shipit for our loco | 09:01 |
| head_victim | bkerensa: we basically asked for people willing to donate time and/or money for postage and asked for people wanting to received them. I coordinated the effort so no one person had to burn and post more than about 5 CDs each. Which is less than $20 in total including postage, the cost of the blank, etc. | 09:02 |
| head_victim | The downside was they were burnt copies not official ones. but it worked well enough, we sent out over 50 CDs that way | 09:03 |
| * head_victim just got home from a release party | 09:03 | |
| AlanBell | in the 4 months or so we have been running our free CD thing I have sent out 3 CDs | 09:18 |
| matti | ;] | 11:13 |
| matti | AlanBell: Can a CD be signed by Mark? ;] | 11:13 |
| czajkowski | aloha | 11:46 |
| AlanBell | matti: no, but I can sign it if you like! | 12:12 |
| matti | AlanBell: Haha :) | 13:33 |
| matti | AlanBell: OK! I will buy one then! :) | 13:33 |
| AlanBell | actually not a bad marketing idea to get a few of them signed | 13:59 |
| nigelb | AlanBell: heh, I'll take a signed CD from you :D | 13:59 |
| duanedesign | hello nigelb | 14:04 |
| nigelb | hey duanedesign! | 14:04 |
| duanedesign | nigelb: was just testing my computer on the ubuntu friendly beta site | 14:05 |
| duanedesign | that should be a great resource when it is all up and going | 14:07 |
| head_victim | AlanBell: our country is probably a bit more spread out that yours though ;) Makes getting decent internet almost impossible if you're outside metro areas. | 14:41 |
| head_victim | RE the sending out CDs. | 14:41 |
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