We will be celebrating the release of Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) scheduled for release October 10, 2010. (see below) Maverick is *not* a Long Term Support (LTS) release but will be setting the stage for the next (12.04) LTS. Physical and virtual (IRC & other) Maverick events will be scheduled. Each release cycle a number of efforts happen focused around the release. Globally, UbuntuDeveloperWeek and UbuntuGlobalJam events happen a month or two before the release focusing on new contributors. Parties (listed below) and UbuntuOpenWeek happen near or after the release. If you are thinking about organzing one, BuildingCommunity/RunningReleaseParty has some hints more hints are described in a video how to do a release party. "... can be organized in literally 10 minutes."

Maverick Release Parties

We will plan Maverick release parties in future IRC meetings and on the mailing list.

These events are listed chronologically. Details have yet to be confirmed. World wide events are listed on the LoCo directory.

10.10.10 Release Parties

Berkeley

• Date: Sun, Oct 10, 2010
• Time: 12-3pm

• Location: Berkeley LUG meeting, Bobby G's Pizzeria, 2072 University Avenue, Berkeley\

• Location URL: http://www.bobbygspizzeria.com/

• LoCo Directory entry & signup: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/team/444/detail/

• Notes: Contact jdeslip or Grantbow for details

San Francisco

• Date: Sun, Oct 10, 2010
• Time: 6-9pm
• Location: Cafe Ariana (San Francisco, CA)

• Location URL: http://www.yelp.com/biz/ariana-cafe-san-francisco

• LoCo Directory entry & signup: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/team/443/detail/

Los Angeles

• Date: Mon, Oct. 11, 2010
• Time: 6:30 - 10:00pm
• Location: 729 Seward St Melrose Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90038

• Location URL: http://borderstylo.com/posts/138-take-a-peek-inside-border-stylo

• LoCo Directory entry & signup: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/team/441/detail/

Walnut Creek

• Date: Fri, Oct. 15, 2010
• Time: 6:00 - 8:00pm

• Location: DV LUG meeting at Caffe La Scala, 1655 N Main St, Walnut Creek, CA

• Location URL: http://www.yelp.com/biz/caffe-la-scala-walnut-creek

• LoCo Directory entry & signup:

• Notes: Informal, Free WiFi, contact Grantbow for details

• Photos:
• In the blogosphere:

Silicon Valley / Mountain View

• Ubuntu Hour/Maverick Meerkat Release Party
• Date: Thu, Oct 21st, 2010
• Time: 7-8pm
• Location: Red Rock Coffee (downtown Mountain View, CA)

• Location Details, LoCo Directory entry & signup: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/team/474/detail/

• Contact: nUboon2Age for details

Walnut Creek

• Date: Sun, Oct 31, 2010
• Time: 3-7pm
• Location: Saxbys Walnut Creek
• Location URL:

Felton (Santa Cruz)

• Date: Saturday, November 6, 2010

• Location: Felton LUG meeting, Felton Fire Station, 135 Kirby St., Felton

• Time: 2-5 pm

• Notes: Free WiFi, Contact Lcafiero or Grantbow for details

Brainstorming

Release party at Maverick Restaurant, 3316 17th Street, San Francisco (a couple blocks from Noisebridge)?

Costume party. Free drinks for people dressed like Penguins.

; What venue is large enough to hold the Orbs?

• Noisebridge may be a possibility for both installfest and party

• Coffee shop
• Art gallery
  • Need to get prices, locations, content
• Thirstybear (or comparable)
• Party with open source and creative commons themes (contact fffff.at? gaffta.org? have a location where we can host a completely open source juke during the party?)

Installfest

• Date:
• Location:
• Time:

• Event web page & notes:

General Info

• Maverick Meerkat 10.10 was announced at 10:10:10 on Oct 10, 2010. Release notes contain important information and should be read before upgrading or installing.

• When downloading 10.10, please use the *.torrent files and mirrors whenever possible. Using these usually increases your download speed.

• The Canonical press releases for the desktop & server versions have helpful 10.10 overviews. For higher level descriptions, the Canonical Tours of desktop, netbook & server new features and the release notes might be interesting.

• This release date is in part a tribute to The Hitchhiker's Guide as 101010 in binary is 42, the answer to life, the universe and everything as described in Mark Shuttleworth's Maverick Keynote video.

• For general Ubuntu information please see www.ubuntu.com or ask in one of Ubuntu's community support areas.

• The Ubuntu Developer Summit for Maverick Meerkat 10.10 was held Monday, 10 May - Friday 14 May 2010, in Brussels, Belgium. A Technical Overview and Blueprints are being used as guides for producing this release.

CD Distribution

The California LoCo has received the following:

If you would like CDs, please contact Elizabeth Krumbach at lyz@ubuntu.com with your name, address and purpose for request (Need some for your school or library? Handing out at small event?)

This is the only shipment the team gets per cycle, so please don't waste these CDs and request only a limited number to suit your needs! Follow these tips to help stretch our supply:

• At tech events, inform users that they can download and burn an ISO: BurningIsoHowto

• Burn ISOs as they wait! Bring along a system that can burn a CDR at the event and give them a fresh copy

• Use the pressed CDs as display copies and use our CDSleeves for burned copies

NOTE: For large conferences please contact NealBussett at neal@bussett.com to request an UbuntuAtConferences conference pack at LEAST 6 weeks prior to the event