Everyone on the team deserves a huge round of applause! I am honored and proud to be working with such great people.
| 03:51 | jsgotangco | ok let's move to pennsylvania |
| 03:52 | jsgotangco | yay |
| 03:52 | Ubuntuser | :D |
| 03:52 | jsgotangco | Zic: i doubt he'll come today |
| 03:52 | cypherbios | Sounds really great! Thanks all! |
| 03:52 | rpereira | :-) |
| 03:52 | freelancer317 | That's us! I'm the team contact! |
| 03:52 | dholbach | congratulations :) |
| 03:52 | freelancer317 | Our application page is http://wiki.ubuntu.com/PennsylvaniaTeam/ApprovalApplication |
| 03:52 | Zic | jsgotangco: ok ... thx |
| 03:52 | jsgotangco | Bret? |
| 03:52 | freelancer317 | Congrats to Brazil! |
| 03:52 | jsgotangco | ahh |
| 03:52 | pleia2 | I'm here for pennsylvania too :) |
| 03:52 | AndreNoel | thanks!! |
| 03:52 | freelancer317 | That's me |
| 03:52 | OgMaciel | :) |
| 03:52 | jedijf | pa here |
| 03:52 | rpereira | Thanks everybody. :) |
| 03:52 | Joe_CoT | I'm not from Pennsylvania, but i live very close! |
| 03:52 | jedijf | congrats serbia and brazil!! |
| 03:52 | lamalex | PA here |
| === etank is cheering for pennsylvania \o/ | ||
| 03:52 | Ubuntuser | this is begin... ;) |
| 03:52 | teddy-dbear | Pa here |
| 03:52 | freelancer317 | Thank you for the opportunity to review our application to become and approved Local Community Team! First off we wouldn't be here if it wasn't for the great people who have joined this team, and although I started it, without them, there would be no application in front of you now, nor would there be for a very long time. |
| === andrew is here for PA | ||
| 03:53 | freelancer317 | The US-Pennsylvania LoCo Team was established in March by freelancer317 (Bret Fledderjohn) with the assistance of Vorian (Ohio Team Contact). Since that time, we have grown to 51 direct members on Launchpad. We have also established strong bonds with active LUGs, had four successful events, and are building several ongoing projects and events which will not only spread the word about Ubuntu, but also (in many |
| 03:53 | freelancer317 | cases) will help make our local communities better places. |
| 03:54 | freelancer317 | http://www.meetlinux.com is our website. |
| 03:54 | dholbach | what has the team been concentrating on in the last time? how did you find new members? |
| 03:54 | freelancer317 | We've initially been working with LUGs and several Nonprofits |
| 03:55 | lamalex | We've been working with a lot of non-profits to help under priveleged people benefit from technology and free software |
| 03:55 | freelancer317 | the forum and Launchpad have also been attracting alot of attention |
| 03:55 | jedijf | and with local lugs to cross-promote events |
| 03:55 | freelancer317 | We had a joint installfest with the Central PA LUG and we had our own installfest in Philly |
| 03:55 | jsgotangco | i see lots of activites with non-profits on the website |
| === jwendell [n=wendell@ubuntu/member/wendell] has left #ubuntu-meeting ["Bye"] | ||
| 03:56 | jedijf | that is an ongoing thing - now that we've started relationships, the projects flow from one to the next |
| === myriam_rs cheers for US-Pennsilvania LoCo Team too! | ||
| 03:57 | dholbach | that sounds good - launchpad says you have 55 members - do you have a chance to meet often as a team? |
| 03:57 | pleia2 | thanks myriam_rs :) |
| 03:57 | freelancer317 | We are also putting together a statewide media contact list, and will have a subteam working on distributing press releases and interacting with the media |
| 03:57 | lamalex | not in person as a whole team |
| 03:57 | lamalex | pennsylvania is a large state |
| 03:57 | freelancer317 | dholbach outside of irc meetings, no |
| 03:57 | jedijf | weekly irc chats |
| 03:57 | lamalex | wednesday nights, 8:30pm est |
| 03:57 | jedijf | and active daily irc contact |
| 03:57 | jsgotangco | yeah i saw the calendar |
| 03:57 | freelancer317 | we have subteams that cover the different regions |
| 03:58 | Vorian | Pennsylvania has been doing wonderful things in the name of Ubuntu. I strongly recommend them for a +1 |
| 03:58 | freelancer317 | Thanks Vorian |
| 03:58 | jsgotangco | how is the team preparing for SFD? |
| === etank agrees with Vorian | ||
| 03:58 | jedijf | we are promoting a major event with PACS - phila area computer society - |
| 03:58 | lamalex | philly team is working with the philly area computer society for a large bbq/speech/party |
| 03:59 | freelancer317 | Well, there is an event being planned up in the northeastern part of the state. Philly is planning a big thing with PACS, and Harrisburg is working with CPULG |
| 03:59 | jedijf | providing a speaker and demonstrations from 8 am to 3 pm |
| 03:59 | freelancer317 | oops cplug |
| 03:59 | lamalex | :P |
| 03:59 | freelancer317 | we hope to have an event in most major cities and towns in PA |
| 03:59 | freelancer317 | Pittsburgh is in the infancy of developing the event |
| 04:00 | dholbach | nice - the team looks well organized to me |
| 04:00 | lamalex | they are beginning to form in pittsburg |
| 04:00 | lamalex | there is interest, but it hasn't fully come together. Progress is being made and other regions are encouraging them |
| 04:00 | freelancer317 | dholbach thanks! We've got a real good core group of people working to get this going |
| 04:00 | jsgotangco | a lot of stuff looks solid to me as well, but i advice taking advantage of SFD to have a big get-together, should be fun, the bbq party is a nice touch, i give my +1 |
| 04:01 | dholbach | I'm happy to give a +1 for Pennsylvania as well |
| 04:01 | MikeB- | +1 for me |
| 04:01 | freelancer317 | thanks dholbach and jsgotangco and MikeB! |
| === georgia [n=georgia@pdpc/supporter/basic/Georgia] has joined #ubuntu-meeting | ||
| 04:01 | dholbach | elmo? |
| 04:02 | elmo | +1 |
| 04:02 | dholbach | congratulations! :) |
| === lamalex throws his cap | ||
| 04:02 | dholbach | ok, let's move on to member applications |
| 04:02 | myriam_rs | Congratulations from the SwissTeam to Pennsylvania LoCO Team! |
| 04:02 | pleia2 | thanks everyone! |
| 04:02 | dholbach | bashelier: it's your stage |
| 04:02 | Vorian | Yay Pennsylvania!!!!!! |
| 04:02 | freelancer317 | thanks myriam_rs! |
| 04:02 | Vorian | Congrats!1 |
