Edgy Release Party Minutes

Joey took some rough minutes of the Edgy Release Party.

Meeting Minutes

* Socializing and Grabbing system76 SWAG.

* Formal Introductions

* Extreme praise for the System76 gents, Carl and Eric.

* Outreach Program

• We should contact companies who are computers for non-profits and also look at doing this ourselves.
• talk with the Colorado non-profit groups

* Activism

• Discussions on what we can further accomplish
• Discussions on ways to convert the masses.
• Gorilla Marketing and DYI Marketing
  • Maybe put leaflets in windows books at local bookstores
  • Review the Ubuntu DYI resources and find ways to utilize them
• Chris volunteered to lead the Activism area.

* Education

• Support Costs in our schools are high
• Lab environments could benefit from LTSP inside Edgy
• Operation System costs are high
• Real opportunity to make a difference and gain in roads.
• Need for Team Lead to interface with Education Team
  • Chris volunteered to lead.
  • David volunteered to be deputy.

* Installfests

• CLUE's installfest is coming up. We should show up in force.

* Does anyone know of any good local conferences where we can have a booth? We can order up some good materials from Canonical for this.

* Why does Ubuntu Rock?

• The community including IRC and Forums
• Free
• Great and volumuous documentation
• Free support
• Large user base

* Formal Close

* Dinner

* Mini InstallFest on a few Laptops

* Goodbyes