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Hi folks,This was just posted by Alan Pope on the Ubuntu-UK mailing list (I believe he's also a on the DCGLUG mailing list too). Anyway, it's a post about a think called Ubuntu hour.
Sounds like a rather good idea if you ask me, maybe something we could incorporate into LUG meetings, or possibly other venues such as the Lighthouse (not sure if we could tie something in there with the upcoming internet cafe), or maybe something at the Exwick Community Centre possibly in the future?
Anyway, details are below... Rob -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Hour in the UK Hi, I was lucky enough to attend the Ubuntu Developer Summit (UDS) at the end of last year. Probably the most inspiring of the lightning talks was one called Ubuntu Hour by Fabián Rodríguez. In it Fabián discussed the problems of organising major events with venues and other facilities, and diluted down a meeting to one hour. He explained the incredibly simple premice of Ubuntu Hour. It is based on announcing your intention to be somewhere public at a specified time and date for one hour only. No presentations planned, no marketing, just a brief announcement of intent to be somewhere. People are then invited to turn up and do whatever comes to mind for the hour. This could be advocacy, informal ad-hoc training, fixing a broken system, really whatever the attendees need at the time. It could happen weekly, bi-weekly or monthly depending on the need in the local area. What also got me thinking about this was a recent bug report filed against the Ubuntu Community (yes, the community has a bug tracker :) ). https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-community/+bug/392986 In it Randall Ross explains how he thinks that perhaps LoCos aren't "LoCo" enough. There are plenty of people around the UK who run Ubuntu, and probably don't know about other people in their region. The Ubuntu Hour would be an ideal way to get mini-locos going. If you're interested in getting together with people in your area, this seems like an ideal initiative to do it. We can discuss what we're doing on the list, and figure out the best way to promote and run them. Remember they're designed to be informal, what works for an Ubuntu Hour in one town/county may not work for someone else. Lets be flexible. We have a wiki page listing Ubuntu Hours around the world, and I wanted to encourage people to consider scheduling an hour to be somewhere and let the community know. I'd love to start hearing about Ubuntu Hours around the UK. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Hour Here's a report of a previous Ubuntu Hour in the USA. http://www.ubuntu-user.com/layout/set/print/content/view/full/654 Cheers, Al. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html