We’ll be gathering at Lower Perkiomen Park for food, games, and fun from 2pm to 6pm on Saturday Sept 11th, 2010.  The location includes various sports fields, playgrounds, and walking trails, and there are a few geocaches near our location as well.  The event is free and food will be provided in a potluck fashion: we ask that attendees bring something along with them.   You can indicate what you will bring on the wiki when signing up.

Our last picnic geeknic was in the summer of 2009, and you can see pictures here.

Head over to http://wiki.geeknic.org/index.php/Lower_Perkiomen_Geeknic to sign up.  Contact jonathand@geeknic.org with any questions.

LoCos, Leaders, and Lessons Learned: Pennsylvania Team: http://ubuntu-us.org/?q=node/14370

Just writing to report our success at last night’s library event,
“Open Options: Remix Computing with Open Source Software.” Nearly 50
people attended the panel discussion and listened to our experts
discuss everything from open source software to the future of the
commons. And following the talk, many students and faculty spent time
watching Ubuntu software demonstrations, discussing ways to implement
these technologies into their personal and professional lives, and
snacking on cookies while browsing a selection of the library’s
collection (related to everything from the political economy of
software to handbooks on GNU programming). What’s more, I watched
many attendees leave the event carrying Ubuntu CDs, netbook remix
flash drives, the Open CD, and copies of OpenOffice — not to mention
stickers, buttons, and pamphlets.

The event would not have been nearly as successful as it was without
the support of many Ubuntu PA LoCo team members. Many thanks to
Elizabeth Krumbach and Bret Fledderjohn for helping to promote the
event and coordinate the team. And a sincere “thank you” to Jim
Fisher and Thomas Ward for not only preparing but also shipping Ubuntu
CDs, flash drives, stickers, and other goodies to us at Millersville
University. And finally, we must indeed thank Chris Knittel and his
buddy Dan Hodges, who drove all the way from Camp Hill to demo Ubuntu
on a desktop, notebook, netbook, and G1 mobile phone for all our
guests. After the panel discussion, these gents cooly fielded a
barrage of questions from students and faculty for nearly a half-hour.

It’s hard to believe: After nearly five months of planning and
coordinating, the event is behind us. We hope the success of the
evening not only demonstrates the feasibility of another (perhaps on
Software Freedom Day), but also prompts students and faculty to think
critically about the nature of the tools they use — and the open
options available to them as they remix the future and remake the
world.

Those with Facebook accounts can view photos here: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=152068&id=37366458921

Thanks again to Bryan for contacting the team and giving us the opportunity to participate in this event!

• Date: Thursday, February 18, 2010
• Time: 7-9PM (may run later, depending on attendee questions and interest)
• Location: Millersville University’s Ganser Library, 4th floor

Bryan Behrenshausen of the Department of Communication & Theatre at Millersville University has invited the Ubuntu Pennsylvania Team to participate to give Open Source demos. So far the team has helped out by providing some items for the event, but what we really need is more volunteers! Bring out your laptop or desktop loaded with Ubuntu and ready to give demos and join us for a fun evening of showing off Open Source to an eager audience. More details can be found on the wiki page:

•  https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PennsylvaniaTeam/EventsTeam/MillersvilleUniversityFOSS2010

If you have any questions, please feel free to email behrenshausen -AT- gmail -DOT- com

•  http://gallery.ubuntupennsylvania.org/main.php?g2_itemId=857
•  http://www.flickr.com/photos/ahotw/sets/72157622579059915/

Thanks to everyone who showed up, 13 in total, and a special thanks to those of you who came from out of state (a couple folks from New Jersey, one from Maryland!) and everyone who got in the spirit of Halloween and dressed up

Friday, October 30th, 7:00 PM

Fox & Hound

2002 Northway Mall, McKnight Road

Pittsburgh, PA 15237

GOOGLE MAPS

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1298063

Photos of the event have been posted to our gallery:

http://gallery.ubuntupennsylvania.org/main.php?g2_itemId=830

And there are even more photos over on Flickr under the “cposc” tag:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/cposc/

Details about the table we’re running can be found on our wiki page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PennsylvaniaTeam/EventsTeam/CPOSC2009

Hope to see you there! It’s also not too late to volunteer, so please let us know if you’d like to lend a hand – or just drop by and mingle

For more information, check out our wiki page about this event:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PennsylvaniaTeam/EventsTeam/PhillyKarmicRelease