## page was copied from NewYorkTeam/Newsletter/Template ## This page is a template for the NY team newsletter. ## All newsletters should be placed in the following location NewYorkTeam/Newsletter/YYYY-MM-DD <> == NY LoCo Team Newsletter February 09, 2010 == ## Change the date on this line to the date of release. == Officer's Corner == ## Put any statements from the officers here. ## List the Officers below with their launchpad pages as well as their WiKi page. ||||||'''Officers'''|| || President ||<:> [[https://launchpad.net/~cprofitt|Charles Profitt]] || [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/cprofitt|IRC: cprofitt]] || || Vice-President ||<:> [[https://launchpad.net/~ausimage|Jeremy Austin-Bardo]] || [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Ausimage|IRC: ausimage]] || || Treasurer ||<:> [[https://launchpad.net/~hal14450|Brian Neil]] || IRC: hal14450 || || Secretary ||<:> [[https://launchpad.net/~slick666|Landon Jurgens]] || [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/slick666|IRC: slick666]]|| ## There my not always be a letter from each so if not don't include the line === A letter from the President === Hello Ubuntu users and LoCo members: We have some amazing events lined up in our state in the coming months. * Richards Stallman will be speaking at RIT on February 23rd from 10:30am to 12:30pm * FOSSCON will hold its first event at RIT this June 19th * The Ubuntu LoCo will (tentatively) be speaking at EdTech Day in Ithaca NY on March 25th * We are planning a state wide launch party for 10.04 to be held May 1st in Waterloo, NY Over the past year we have developed a pool of speakers and connections with publishers. If you have a local computer group or Linux user group and would like to have a LoCo member come and speak to your group about FOSS or Ubuntu please contact us and let us know. === A letter from the VP === My focus will be the release party and rounding up some volunteers to speak and help with promotion and backstage stuff. === A letter from the Treasurer === Hi Guys, I'm working on the FOSSCON which is going to be held @ RIT on Saturday June 19th. Which is the last day of the POSSE week. Here are relevant links: http://teachingopensource.org/index.php/POSSE http://fosscon.org/about/ We're still in planning stage but making good progress. I'd like to encourage anyone who is willing to be a speaker or help organize to get involved. The FOSSCON wiki has more information on this and can be found here: http://wiki.fosscon.org/index.php/Main_Page On an unrelated note I hope to make it to your installfest this month guys. I'll know soon if it's a sure thing or not. Let me know if there's anything else I can do to help make it a success. Sincerely, Brian Neil === A letter from the Secretary === This Month I'm focused on supporting new event in the Syracuse area and installing an IRC Bot to accurately and automatically gather meeting notes. == Highlights And Goals == === January 2010 Highlights === ## Include highlights from the past month/year * The location of FOSSCON was settled to be in Rochester at RIT on June 19th === February 2010 Goals and Events === ## Include any goals to look forward to in the next month/year * There will be an event on Feb. 20th at 512 Westcott St, Syracuse, NY, 13210 [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NewYorkTeam/Events/20100220| Link to details]] * Richards Stallman will be speaking at RIT on February 23rd === IRC Meeting Notes === ## Include the meeting notes from the past month's IRC meeting. ==== January 2010 ==== The meeting notes for January 2010 were not easily human readable and as such will not be posted here. <
> If you wish to take a look here is the [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NewYorkTeam/Meetings/20100119| link ]] === This Months Meetings === ## Include the current month's meeting agenda ==== IRC ==== This month's meeting will be on Mon. Feb 15th, 9pm ==== Upcoming LUG meeting dates ==== ## Local Lug meetings around the state. ## Try to include all of the active groups around the state. ## Edit as needed. This is not an all inclusive list of the active Lugs in NY State. <
> If there is a Lug missing that is going to have a meeting please add to the list and it will be included in following issues. <
> Links to known active lugs websites have been provided so check their website for more info on meeting times and venues. ----- [[http://cdlug.net/|Albany]] <
> Saturday March 6th 3-5pm ----- [[http://www.syrlug.org/|Syracuse]] <
> Wednesday March 3rd @ 7:00pm ----- [[http://www.lugor.org/|Rochester]] <
> Tuesday February 18th, 2010 7:00 - 9:00pm ----- [[http://www.stnylug.org/|Southern Tier]] <
> Sat, February 13, 2pm – 5pm <
> Second monthly meeting - Tuesday, February 23 - 7:30pm to 10:30pm ----- [[http://wnylug.org/|Western NY]] <
> February 10, 2010 6:30PM – 9:00PM ----- [[http://www.ausimage.us/Linux/HomePage|Upper Lakes]] ----- ==== NYC ==== ---- === Credits === ## Credit the contributers who worked on the newsletter <
> ## Include their launchpad ID and WiKi page. [[https://launchpad.net/~ducky12432|Don Newell]] [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ducky|IRC: ducky]]