[01:19] <bkerensa> :) Happy Holidays Valorie
[07:31] <valorie> merry Xmas and happy new year to you bkerensa
[07:31] <valorie> and everybody!
[07:35] <bkerensa> :)
[07:36] <valorie> how was your xmas, bkerensa?
[07:39] <bkerensa> valorie: Very nice... How was yours?
[07:40] <valorie> started out horrible -- my old doggie died Xmas Eve morning
[07:40] <valorie> but since I got to spend that evening and the next with family
[07:40] <bkerensa> valorie: Thats sad to hear =/
[07:40] <valorie> ended up good\
[07:40] <bkerensa> good :D
[07:40] <valorie> I miss him a lot
[07:40] <bkerensa> valorie: Got a question about UDS sponsorship
[07:41] <valorie> he would have been 17 next week
[07:41] <bkerensa> valorie: If a member gets sponsored how do they cover travel and hotel costs?
[07:41] <valorie> you can ask for either or both
[07:41] <valorie> and you don't have to be a member
[07:42] <valorie> how -- you can keep your reciepts and ask for reimbursement, or they will buy your tickets for you
[07:42] <valorie> hotel is covered and most meals if you are sponsored
[07:42] <bkerensa> valorie: Ahh so I can indeed ask for them to just buy them for me?
[07:43] <valorie> yup
[07:43] <bkerensa> ok good
[07:43] <bkerensa> :D
[07:43] <valorie> they have a travel bureau
[07:43] <bkerensa> I'm hoping to go to UDS :D
[07:43] <valorie> very good
[07:43] <valorie> cool, me too
[07:43] <bkerensa> +1
[07:43] <bkerensa> oh
[07:43] <valorie> whether or not they sponsor
[07:43] <bkerensa> valorie: I need some help talking O'Reilly into giving the Ubuntu PNW locos a booth
[07:43] <bkerensa> ie: WA/OR
[07:43] <bkerensa> :D
[07:43] <valorie> although staying in the hotel is really nice
[07:43] <valorie> everything is THERE
[07:44] <valorie> really?
[07:44] <valorie> they have always covered that
[07:44] <valorie> but give me an address and I'll write
[07:44] <bkerensa> valorie: Yeah.... Well I asked them and they told me something along the lines that "Dot org booths are in high demand so you will have to apply in March"
[07:44] <valorie> heh
[07:45] <valorie> we'll get one
[07:45] <bkerensa> ok
[07:45] <bkerensa> ;)
[07:45] <bkerensa> I plan to make this booth good this time (Conference Kit, Sign etc. )
[07:45] <valorie> when the time comes, please tell me, and I'll write too
[07:46] <bkerensa> ok :)
[07:46] <valorie> awesome!
[07:46] <valorie> sec
[07:48] <valorie> I got an early xmas present -- a treadmill and walking desk
[07:48] <valorie> tired tonight, had to quit
[07:49] <valorie> after spending so much time with my dad after he broke his other hip
[07:49] <valorie> I NEVER want to end up like that
[07:50] <valorie> I think he wishes he'd spent less time in a chair in front of his TV
[07:51] <valorie> (FOX News at 100% volume)
[07:53] <bkerensa> valorie: Uhh fox news? :D I think I will hold comments :D
[07:53] <valorie> exactly
[07:53] <valorie> it was too loud for your comments to be heard, anyway
[07:54] <valorie> lol
[07:55] <bkerensa> heh
[07:56]  * bkerensa is buying stuff off ubuntu store to giveaway to Ubuntu Oregon folks to try and generate more activity
[07:56] <bkerensa> :D
[07:56] <valorie> that's how I was raised -- fundamentalist right-wing
[07:56] <valorie> needless to say, once I got some education, I changed my world-view
[07:57] <valorie> nice
[07:59] <bkerensa> valorie: I kind of wish the loco's on the west coast got together and did like quarterly buys
[07:59] <bkerensa> the shipping canonical charges is beyond highway robbery
[07:59] <bkerensa> :(
[07:59] <valorie> agreed
[08:00] <valorie> to get Kubuntu stuff, I had to pay shipping from the UK
[08:00] <valorie> shipping was actually more than the stuff I bought
[08:00] <valorie> still worth it though
[08:00] <bkerensa> better yet if I'm spending money to promote Ubuntu they should give me a discount on shipping that or have a local Canonical person who handles U.S. purchasers :D
[08:00] <valorie> I'm sure that you could coordinate buys if you write to the lists, plus PNW
[08:01] <bkerensa> I bought a hat and some pens for christmas and shipping was close to $20 and it took almost two weeks :(
[08:01] <bkerensa> yeah
[08:01] <bkerensa> I think Im going to
[08:02] <valorie> people will want stuff before Scale and LFNW
[08:02] <valorie> write soon.....
[08:12] <bkerensa> :D
[08:12] <bkerensa> kk
[08:12] <bkerensa> valorie: Did you get my e-mail?
[08:12] <valorie> oh, let me look
[08:12] <valorie> haven't been home much
[08:17] <valorie> wow, lots of questions
[08:17] <valorie> I'll get to work on it
[08:18] <bkerensa> :D
[08:18] <valorie> damn, a week?
[08:18] <valorie> I'm so sorry
[08:18] <valorie> xmas has been busy
[08:18] <bkerensa> valorie: I'm hoping to get the spotlight on some other women contributors in the Ubuntu community
[08:18] <bkerensa> ;)
[08:21] <valorie> good deal
[08:21] <valorie> we need the guys to help in the effort, in order to have success