Re: Ubuntu Toronto Meeting: November 29th

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Myles A. Braithwaite

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Nov 20, 2006, 12:45:06 PM11/20/06

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This is just a small suggestion but could we have a DemoCamp?

----- Dave Sullivan <da...@dave-sullivan.com> wrote:
> Hey Folks!
>
> The next Ubuntu Toronto meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, November
> 29th, 6:30pm at the linuxcaffe. Currently on the meeting agenda:
>
> * Ubuntu Video project
> * Vista launch party publicity stunt (Andrew Hunter)
> -> David Patrick is the head organizer of this event, so lets not
> forget to include him
> * Promoting Ubuntu
> -> local computer shops
> -> end users
> * Ojibwe translation discussion
>
> If you have anything Ubuntu or FOSS-related that you'd like to
> discuss
> or work on, add it to the list! Also, does anybody have any
> brainstorming ideas for the Ubuntu Video project? Let's try and come
> up
> with some funny FOSS-related commercials, or promotional material.
>
> A few suggestions that have been brought up once or twice:
> - A spoof of the IBM Prodigy commercials (Linux is now 16, a
> rampaging
> teenager)
> - A spoof of the PC/Mac commercials, but include a third: Linux
> - A guy in a cubical, running Windows, handcuffed to his computer and
> unable to do anything, the guy in the next cubical is running Linux
> and
> can run free as he likes
>
> These are just a few ideas, which can and SHOULD be expanded upon!
> Let's
> see what our collective creativity can come up with.
>
> See you all at the next meeting!
>
> --
> Dave Sullivan
> da...@dave-sullivan.com
> www.dave-sullivan.com