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The Brisbane Ubuntu community is having a meetup. Here are the details:

When: Sunday 7th Feb 2010, from 2pm til whenever
Where: Gilhooleys Pub, Chermside Shopping Centre, Chermside.

Feel free to email me directly (james at moonmarsh dot come) if you have any questions.

Hope to see you there!

Andrew G. writes to report on the small (but soon to be much bigger ;) ) release party that was held earlier this month. My apologies for not getting this up until now. - Andrew S.

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The Inaugural Ubuntu Release party in Brisbane was held on the 1st of November 2009.

A big thanks to Cary, James S, James B and my wife who all turned up for some cheer & beer.

I know that that there were a few others that would like to have come but were not available, maybe we will see you next time. A small start, but I know that the Brisbane community is larger than 5. This will be our benchmark.

Between beer and a few snacks we talked about our experiences using Ubuntu and where the Brisbane & Ubuntu-au community could move forward in the promotion & support of the Ubuntu OS. It was decided that we would organise more meetings at various venues so we can meet some more Ubuntu users in Brisbane. If you are in Brisbane and would like to say gidday keep a watch on this website and the ubuntu-au email list for more information.

We are planning our next meeting for sometime in Jan-Feb 2010.

Again thanks to those who could make it as it was a pleasure to meet you and I look forward to meeting other Ubuntu users in Brisbane in the near future.

Cheers, Andrew G.

The mailing list brings word of an Adelaide release party! Details below.

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When: Thu, Oct 29, From 6pm

Where: Belgian Beer Cafe, Adelaide East End.
27-29 Ebenezer Place Adelaide SA 5000

Map: http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&cl...

Notes: Look for Bill the Penguin

Reference: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KarmicReleaseParties#Australia

AndrewG is organising a release party in the Brisbane area to celebrate the up and coming launch of Ubuntu 9.10.

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Lets have a party to celebrate the release of 9.10 Karmic Koala.

Just a casual meeting to say Gidday, and talk about Ubuntu and our Brisbane community.

When: 2pm Sunday 1st November
Where: The Beach House, Garden City Shopping centre (Near the cinemas, look for the ubuntu Logo on our table)
What: An afternoon of cheer with beer.

RSVP: Please email me (a1 @ gandella dot com) and let me know that you can come so I can finalise numbers.

The release of Ubuntu 9.10 'Karmic Koala' is just around the corner and it is time to get even more excited!

Please let us know if you are planning a release party to celebrate this. You can post details onto the mailing list or drop into the IRC channel to let us know, or just leave a comment below.

If you would like a countdown timer to adorn your website you can get the details here: http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/countdown

In less than two weeks time on the 23rd of April, Ubuntu 9.04 [0] - aka
the Jaunty Jackalope [1] - will be making its debut.

In celebration, from 4pm on Saturday the 25th of April, Sydney's
Ubuntu users and developers alike will be gathering down on Darling
Harbour's King St Wharf, at the popular James Squire Brewhouse [2].

The next Ubuntu Australian team meeting will be on tuesday 24th June at 9pm (1100 utc)

Meetings are where we discuss new advocacy projects and make decisions as a team.

Use your favourite IRC client (defaults are Pidgin in Ubuntu and Kopete in Kubuntu) to connect to irc.freenode.net (port 6667 or 8001) and join #ubuntu-au

To view or add to the agenda of the next meeting, see our meetings wiki page

Meetings are where we discuss new advocacy projects and make decisions as a team.

Use your favourite IRC client (defaults are Pidgin in Ubuntu and Kopete in Kubuntu) to connect to irc.freenode.net (port 6667 or 8001) and join #ubuntu-au

To view or add to the agenda of the next meeting, see our meetings wiki page.