Our mission is to advocate Ubuntu and Free Software in the Washington, DC area, with a particular focus on educational applications. We frequently collaborate with the OLPC and SugarLab folks. We are open to all Ubuntu enthusiasts and users.
You can also find us on IRC at #ubuntu-us-dc as well as elsewhere on the web at http://dc.ubuntuforums.org/ and http://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-districtofcolumbia/.
Software Freedom Day at the 34th Takoma Park Folk Festival
Assuming everything goes as usual...
7611 Piney Branch Rd. (near Rt. 410)
Takoma Park, MD
Festival details at http://tpff.org/.
Software Freedom Day details at http://softwarefreedomday.org/.
Ubuntu Global Jam
Source: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/global/1011/detail/
The Ubuntu Global Jam is an incredible opportunity for the Ubuntu community to unite together around the weekend of 2nd - 4th September 2011 to work together to improve Ubuntu. Everyone is able to contribute to the Jam, and everyone is welcome and encouraged to get involved. Curious about how to make a real difference to Ubuntu? This is a great chance to make that difference.
Bug Jam and Meeting
| Where: | 1201 South Hayes Street, Arlington, VA 22202 Borders @ Pentagon City Mall in Arlington, VA |
An opportunity to be seen by more of the unwashed masses and other riff-raff who wander through the mall. ;-) Also, an opportunity for those Virginians who dare not brave the wilds of DC.
An Appeal to Ubuntu Activists to Help Us Out with Ubuntu Sugar Remix
On Saturday, October 16 from 1 to 4 pm we will be having a "release party" for Ubuntu Sugar Remix (USR). This is a joint event between the DC OLPC Learning Club (http://olpclearningclub.org) and our own LoCo Team. I'd like to make an appeal to any and all Ubuntu activists who would like to see Ubuntu be more widely used to join us in the development of USR. Adding Sugar to Ubuntu creates a computer for the whole family (see http://proyectojuanchacon.blogspot.com/2010/10/introducing-ubuntu-family...).
Ubuntu / Ubuntu Sugar Remix (USR) Release Party w/ OLPC Learning Club
The Maverick Meerkat (no relation to the Maverick McCain) is rapidly approaching. In a parallel universe, some of our LoCo folks — among them, Luke Faraone and Jeff Elkner — are lobbying, cajoling, and fixing last minute issues with the Ubuntu Sugar Remix (USR) in an effort to get it included in the official set of supported goodies.
Software Freedom Day at the 33rd Takoma Park Folk Festival
Still waiting for confirmation (as of 2010.07.29), but if the check is eventually cashed by festival officials, we'll be tabling once again at the Takoma Park Folk Festival.
7611 Piney Branch Rd. (near Rt. 410)
Takoma Park, MD
Festival details at http://tpff.org/.
Software Freedom Day details at http://softwarefreedomday.org/.
Open Source for Orgs presentation from 2008
Attached is a pair of PDF's created from a presentation by Kevin Cole, Mackenzie Morgan, and Nick Wheeler on February 23, 2008. The OpenOffice.org presentation is also available, but the configuration here maxes out at 1 MB per upload, and the presentation weighs in at 4.1 MB. C'est la vie.
Ubuntu DC LoCo InstallFest
| WHAT: | Ubuntu DC LoCo Installfest |
| WHERE: | Sunlight Foundation 1818 N Street NW, Suite 300 Washington, DC 20036 |
| WHEN: | 5:30pm to 8:30pm, Friday, May 21 2010 |
| WHY: | We're celebrating the release of Ubuntu 10.04 LTS by helping out anybody who wants to with the upgrade experience. Bring your friends! |
Lucid (10.4) Release Party
Dan writes:
Come join fellow Ubuntu enthusiasts and developers of Free/Libre/Open Source Software at the 10.04 Long Term Support release party! We'll be at Taste of India immediately off the Metrorail red line (Woodley Park/Adams Morgan/Zoo) from noon until whenever this Saturday, May 1, 2010. Feel free to bring guests, your laptops, netbooks, empty USB thumb drives, etc., for a rollickin' good time!
Best,
-Dan
Reapproved!
The DC LoCo team was just unanimously reapproved by the Ubuntu LoCo Council! Yay!
