Ubuntu Global Bug Jam and Practice Session – Dublin, Ireland

The Irish Ubuntu community is organizing a bug jam as a part of the Ubuntu Global Bug Jam event.

It will take place on the 21st February at DIT – Dublin Institute of Technology [Map]

More details on exact times to be published very soon.

By participating at this event you will help improve Ubuntu and learn more about bugs. But most importantly you will have fun and meet new, great and interesting people.

This will be our first time running a bug jam, so we’ve decided to host a practice session. We’ll talk about what a bug jam is, how to use Launchpad, the Ubuntu Bug Tracker etc.
It will take place on January 31st from about 1pm in The Market Bar, Fade St, Dublin. [Map]
We’ll meet up, have some lunch, a pint and get hacking (they have free WiFi).

If you can’t make it to the practice session, don’t worry. There will also be a quick tutorial at the actual bug jam and more experienced people will be happy to help you and answer your questions.

TOG: A Hackerspace for Dublin

What is a Hackerspace? It’s basically a physical place where people with common interests can meet and work together on projects.

There is plenty of successful hackerspaces around the world.

Now there is a plan to set up a hackerspace for Dublin called TOG.
TOG comes from the Irish/Gaelic word tóg which in English means build or construct.

If you’re interested in helping to build a hackerspace in Dublin, please contact Robert Fitzsimons and/or show up at the first planning meeting on the 29th of January at 7pm, in the lobby bar of the Alexandre Hotel on Fenian Street, near the Merrion Square. [Map]

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Ubuntu-ie January 2009 Report

The first Ubuntu-ie report for 2009 has just been submitted to the Ubuntu Team Reports page on wiki.

The aim of monthly Team Reports:

To ensure the wider Ubuntu community knows what different people are working, teams are expected to provide short monthly reports of what they are working on. This helps us all know what the project as a whole is working on.

Irish Team January 2009 Report:

• Ubuntu-ie had the 1st 2009 IRC meeting on the 11th January
• Organizing Ubuntu Global Bug Jam event in Dublin
• Bug Jam Practice session to take place on the 31st January

For guidelines on how to get your team ready for reporting visit Team Reporting Guide.