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[[Category:Meetups]]
 
[[Category:Meetups]]
  
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Release party for Ubuntu 9.10, the Karmic Koala.
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Next party:
  
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Thursday, October 29, 7pm
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Release party for Ubuntu 10.04, the Lucid Lynx.
  
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[http://kwartzlab.ca/karmic Event Page]
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Saturday, May 1, 5pm
  
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Email Darcy ( dscassel at gmail ) and/or add yourself here if you want to give talks/demos, or want to help out in some other way.
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[http://kwartzlab.ca/events/2010-05-01/lucid-lynx-release-party Event Page]
  
 
== TODO ==
 
== TODO ==
  
 
* Advertise! Ideas needed.
 
* Advertise! Ideas needed.
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** <strike>[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KarmicReleaseParties Ubuntu wiki]</strike>
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** <strike>[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LucidReleaseParties Ubuntu wiki]</strike>
 
** Identi.ca
 
** Identi.ca
 
** Local event boards
 
** Local event boards
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** online fora
 
** online fora
 
** online classifieds
 
** online classifieds
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** Handouts at [http://onlinux.ca OLF].
 
 
** Posters at Canada Computers/Computer XS/elsewhere
 
** Posters at Canada Computers/Computer XS/elsewhere
 
** ...
 
** ...
 
* <strike>Finalize date.</strike>
 
* <strike>Finalize date.</strike>
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* Design poster/handouts. --in progress --[[User:Darcy Casselman|Darcy Casselman]] 04:48, 16 October 2009 (UTC)
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* <strike>Design poster/handouts. </strike>
 
* <strike>Make announcement at KWLUG, Oct. 5</strike>
 
* <strike>Make announcement at KWLUG, Oct. 5</strike>
 
* Talk to UW CSC
 
* Talk to UW CSC
 
** Sent email. No response. Should poke in person.
 
** Sent email. No response. Should poke in person.
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* Get list of demos/talks (see below)
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* Talk to the Waterloo Libre Software Group (UW)
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** Or just drop off posters in their mailbox.
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* <strike>Get list of demos/talks (see below)</strike>
 
* Nag people to do demos/talks
 
* Nag people to do demos/talks
 
* See if anyone has any interesting (or otherwise) hardware to lend.
 
* See if anyone has any interesting (or otherwise) hardware to lend.
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* Arrange pizza/pop, coffee/tea/desserts
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* Arrange pizza/pop
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* Cake!
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** Need plates, cutlery, etc.
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** Design for cake printer. Need colour printout/picture to scan.
 
* Get projector for demos
 
* Get projector for demos
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* Set up local repo mirror
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* <strike>Set up local repo mirror</strike>
 
* Burn CDs on release day
 
* Burn CDs on release day
 
** [http://www.lightscribe.com/downloadSection/linux/index.aspx LightScribe] discs?
 
** [http://www.lightscribe.com/downloadSection/linux/index.aspx LightScribe] discs?
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* Need plates, cutlery, etc.
 
* ...
 
* ...
  
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=== Demos ===
 
=== Demos ===
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Demos didn't really happen at the Karmic party.  People were happy just socializing.
  
 
5-15 minutes on tools, toys and gadgets.  Shorter the better. Focus on general desktop user, and things a hacker can use to make cool stuff.  Introductory developer demos welcome.
 
5-15 minutes on tools, toys and gadgets.  Shorter the better. Focus on general desktop user, and things a hacker can use to make cool stuff.  Introductory developer demos welcome.
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* Command line fu
 
* Command line fu
 
* Ubuntu on netbooks - UNR  
 
* Ubuntu on netbooks - UNR  
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* Gnome Shell
 
* ...
 
* ...
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=== Talks ===
 
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Again, the shorter the better...
 
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* What's new in 9.10?
 
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* Contributing to Ubuntu (and upstream and OSS in general)
 
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* Ubuntu Canada LoCo
 
  
 
=== Install fest ===
 
=== Install fest ===
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=== Food ===
 
=== Food ===
 
* Pizza/pop
 
* Pizza/pop
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* Coffee/tea
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* <strike>Coffee/tea</strike> (unless someone wants to volunteer to deal with it).
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* Desserts
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* Cake!
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** Going to order a sheet cake from Sobeys.
 
* Covering costs:
 
* Covering costs:
 
** Pass the hat/request donations?
 
** Pass the hat/request donations?
 
** Charge for food ($2/slice, etc.)
 
** Charge for food ($2/slice, etc.)
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** Charge admission (I'd rather not --[[User:Darcy Casselman|Darcy Casselman]] 21:43, 6 October 2009 (UTC))
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* Need plates, cutlery, etc.
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** Corporate sponsorships? (Dare I dream?)
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=== Money ===
 
=== Money ===
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=== Local Repo ===
 
=== Local Repo ===
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It'd be great if we had a copy of the Karmic repository in the Lab.  I think our 'net connection is pretty good, but local gigabit is better.
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Eric arranged for a repo mirror.  Will figure out how to set it up so that people can use it for upgrades (hopefully without messing with apt/sources.list).
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== Notes ==
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* It's [http://opensourceweek.ca/ Open Source Week]!
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* Paul Nijjar recomments apt-proxy
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* Put out an announcement at the KWLUG, and there's quite a bit of interest there.
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* Or possibly apt-cache ng(?)
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* Asked an artist for original artwork for posters.
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* Started working on posters, but I suck at graphic design. Will ask around for help.
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Latest revision as of 19:58, 20 April 2010


Next party:

Release party for Ubuntu 10.04, the Lucid Lynx.

Saturday, May 1, 5pm

Event Page

Contents

TODO

  • Advertise! Ideas needed.
    • Ubuntu wiki
    • Identi.ca
    • Local event boards
    • UW/WLU/Conestoga
    • high schools
    • online fora
    • online classifieds
    • Posters at Canada Computers/Computer XS/elsewhere
    • ...
  • Finalize date.
  • Design poster/handouts.
  • Make announcement at KWLUG, Oct. 5
  • Talk to UW CSC
    • Sent email. No response. Should poke in person.
  • Talk to the Waterloo Libre Software Group (UW)
    • Or just drop off posters in their mailbox.
  • Get list of demos/talks (see below)
  • Nag people to do demos/talks
  • See if anyone has any interesting (or otherwise) hardware to lend.
  • Arrange pizza/pop
  • Cake!
    • Need plates, cutlery, etc.
    • Design for cake printer. Need colour printout/picture to scan.
  • Get projector for demos
  • Set up local repo mirror
  • Burn CDs on release day
  • Need plates, cutlery, etc.
  • ...

Ideas

  • "Demo potluck": Demo stations (in the lab) with people presenting
    • Each station has a theme?
  • Main screen demos in the lab, with a projector.
  • Food is important
  • Show stuff that's new and cool. Show off the release.
  • For prep, watch and learn from the Windows 7 release party video. Very informative. :D

Demos

Demos didn't really happen at the Karmic party. People were happy just socializing.

5-15 minutes on tools, toys and gadgets. Shorter the better. Focus on general desktop user, and things a hacker can use to make cool stuff. Introductory developer demos welcome.

  • Wubi
  • Compiz (Ooh, pretty)
  • Pulse Audio
  • Ubuntu One
  • gPodder for podcasts
  • version control with git
  • Bazaar + Launchpad
  • Rails zero to website in 5 minutes
  • Writing a quick python GTK app
  • GnuCash
  • The Gimp
  • Blender
  • Tomboy Notes
  • Running Windows in VirtualBox
  • Command line fu
  • Ubuntu on netbooks - UNR
  • Gnome Shell
  • ...

Install fest

  • need volunteers.
  • Is anyone interested?

Swag

  • System76
  • T-shirt screening?
  • Stickers?
  • Buttons?

Food

  • Pizza/pop
  • Coffee/tea (unless someone wants to volunteer to deal with it).
  • Cake!
    • Going to order a sheet cake from Sobeys.
  • Covering costs:
    • Pass the hat/request donations?
    • Charge for food ($2/slice, etc.)
  • Need plates, cutlery, etc.

Money

If we collect money for food, any profit should be either put into the Kwartzlab Project Fund (which I probably just created) and/or donated to the Ubuntu project (or Debian.

Local Repo

Eric arranged for a repo mirror. Will figure out how to set it up so that people can use it for upgrades (hopefully without messing with apt/sources.list).

  • Paul Nijjar recomments apt-proxy
  • Or possibly apt-cache ng(?)
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