[Colchester] Gutsy Release Party

[Tom Robbins]

It's midweek, so London may be a bit ambitious. Why don't we see if  
we can get a pub in Colchester on side, maybe have a back room or  
something?


On 11 Oct 2007, at 14:51, Jai Harrison wrote:

> Hey Tom,
>
> If you're right then you'd have to let me sleep on your sofa as my
> last train is a lot earlier.
>
> There's a London party going on as listed here. I'll try and extract
> some information from the Ubuntu UK Mailing list but I suggest you
> subscribe yourself and join #ubuntu-uk on IRC.
>
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/GutsyReleaseParty
>
> On 10/11/07, Tom Robbins <me at tomrobbins.me.uk> wrote:
>> The last train from Liverpool Street to Colchester North is at twenty
>> past midnight (I think). Depends what day of the week it is.
>>
>> If we do our own the big problem is finding a venue. What did you
>> have in mind?
>>
>> Tom
>>
>> On 11 Oct 2007, at 14:39, Jai Harrison wrote:
>>
>>> With the launch of Gutsy Gibbon (Ubuntu) there are some parties  
>>> around
>>> the country. The big ones seem to be in Birmingham and London.  
>>> Should
>>> we attend the London party or have our own? I'd like to know what
>>> peoples' thoughts on the matter are.
>>>
>>> Here's a few things to consider:
>>>
>>> <-> If we attend the London party we will need forms of transport to
>>> get to and from London. Train services back to Colchester probably
>>> don't run much later than 10PM (the last one I can get, living in
>>> Dovercourt, is 10:30PM).
>>>
>>> <-> If we run our own we need to *run* it instead of just going  
>>> to the
>>> hole in the wall and drinking. We'll have to do something different
>>> and special to mark the occasion. Copies of the Gutsy Gibbon CD  
>>> are a
>>> must (so download at release, burn and bring some along) and we can
>>> hand them out to people who don't have the bandwidth to download the
>>> ISO, don't have the tools to burn the disc and just general  
>>> people we
>>> bump into.
>>>
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