[YLUG] [Wylug-discuss] Ubuntu Open Week (fwd)]

[Stephen Patterson]

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> From: Jim Jackson <jj at franjam.org.uk>
> Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 13:12:21 +0100 (BST)
> Subject: [Wylug-discuss] Ubuntu Open Week (fwd)
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> 
> ........
> 
> Once again Ubuntu are running an Open Week on IRC.
> 
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOpenWeek
> 
> Each day during the week is split into one-hour segment on a given
> topic. The schedule is on the above page, note that times are given in
> UTC - so add one hour to the times if you're in the UK. Some sessions
> are duplicated to help people to work these in around their own
> schedules.
> 
> Most of the sessions consist of a section where the speaker talks on a
> subject, and then moves on to a Q&A session. With some the Q&A is only a
> few minutes, others it lasts most of the hour.
> 
> There are opportunities to learn about general Ubuntu & Launchpad stuff
> of course. However there are also some sessions about specific things
> like MythTV on Ubuntu, Ubuntu Servers and also interesting developer
> info like packaging and quality assurance.
> 
> I'm giving two sessions this year, one about the Ubuntu Screencasting
> Team (and of course screencasting in general), and one about the
> Launchpad Answers system and troubleshooting problems.
> 
> There's also a few opportunities to put your own questions to Mark
> Shuttleworth, who as you probably know started the Ubuntu project and
> the company and foundation that finance its development.=20
> 
> Every session is logged and summarised on the wiki (linked from the page
> above), so if you aren't able to join in, you can still keep up with
> what was discussed.
> 
> For those who don't use IRC, it's a great way to get into it. For those
> that don't know or like Ubuntu, it's a ideal way to put your
> questions/points to those that can do something about it.
> 
> There are two main IRC channels used, one for the actual session, and
> another where people post their questions and generally discuss the
> session. A moderator picks up the questions (and generally there's
> little or no censorship when it comes to picking the questions - it's
> all pretty transparent), and then pastes them into the main channel,
> where they get answered by the speaker. It works very well, and means
> that people can ignore discussion channel and just follow the session,
> but also leads to some interesting off-topic discussions too.
> 
> Hope to see you there.
> 
> Cheers,
> Al.
> 
> 
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