[Fsuk-manchester] Re: [ubuntu-uk] ANNOUNCEMENT - Ubuntu Manchester Global Jam: 27-28th March

[Lucy]

Just a quick reminder that the Global Jam is this weekend!

I've put some notes up on the wiki, in case people are curious as to
what they can do:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ManchesterJam10-04/Info.

Hopefully, it should answer most questions, but if not please ask!

On 18 March 2010 09:43, Lucy <address@hidden> wrote:
> I know that Michael is already going to this (and giving his talk on
> bug reporting), but it would be good to see other people from MFS
> there too.
>
> It's an easy, hands on way to support free software and like the
> description says, no experience is required (other than being an
> Ubuntu user).
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Gordon Allott <address@hidden>
> Date: 18 March 2010 09:22
> Subject: [ubuntu-uk] ANNOUNCEMENT - Ubuntu Manchester Global Jam: 27-28th 
> March
> To: address@hidden
>
>
> Ubuntu Global Jam, Manchester
> Location: MadLab - in the Norther Quarter (36 Edge Street) -
> http://www.madlab.org.uk
> Dates: 27 - 28th March, 2010. 10-4pm
> Description: An informal meet up of people working together to make
> Ubuntu 10.04 the best release yet!
>
> The Ubuntu Global Jam is an incredible opportunity for the worldwide
> Ubuntu community to
> work together during the weekend of 26th – 28th March 2010 to improve
> Ubuntu.
>
> What is a Jam?
> The Ubuntu Global Jam evolved out of the concept of Bug Jams, People
> would come together to sit down in the same room to fix, find and
> triage bugs. However bugs are just one facet of the challenges involved
> in producing an operating system that strives for high quality such as
> Ubuntu. Thus it was expanded to cover many topics and activities,
> forming the Ubuntu Global Jam.
>
> We will be providing training on how to use launchpad (the
> development system that powers Ubuntu and its community), how to
> find and report bugs, and give help and guidance on anything else
> you might have problems with on the day. You don't need to have a
> technical background, *anyone* who's used Ubuntu can contribute.
>
> The main themes that people get involved with at Jams are:
>
> * Bugs – finding, triaging and fixing bugs.
> * Testing – testing the new release and reporting your feedback.
> * Upgrade – upgrading to Lucid from Hardy or Karmic and reporting your
> upgrade experience.
> * Documentation – writing documentation about how to use Ubuntu and how
> to
> join the community.
> * Translations – translating Ubuntu and helping to make it available in
>  everyone’s local language (including UK English!).
> * Packaging – work on Ubuntu packages and improve them.
> * Other – other types of contribution such as marketing and advocacy
> etc.
>
> See http://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGlobalJam for more info
>
> What you need to bring:
> * A computer of some kind that can access the internet via Ethernet or
>  wifi, you can even bring your desktop if you need to.
> * A mug for tea!(for cups of tea)
> * A Smile and the will to make Lucid Lynx the best Ubuntu version yet :)
>
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> Gordon Allott <address@hidden>
> Canonical
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