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It went ahead even if it was a miserable wet and windy… Summers day! At least the rain held for the time we all met up and had some lovely food from the farmers market.  Well worth going to if you are in the area.  1st Sunday of the month there is a farmers market in people’s park  in Dun Laoghaire.

Thanks to those who came along and braved the cold it was nice to meet some new folks as well and exchange some ideas and thoughts on Ubuntu and Open Souce and what people were doing.  Big thanks to Jeffrey to organised the Geeknic also!  More photos here

What:
Geeknic?? Its a picnic for geeks and there family and friends. Please feel free to bring your family and friends.
This is a family friendly event and kids are more than welcome.

Where:
Peoples Park, Dun Laoghaire.
http://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=53.29015&mlon=-6.12834&zoom=15&layers=B000FTF
We will meet in the park at the band stand. See map.

When:
2.00pm Sunday 18th of July.

How to get there:
Dun Laoghaire Dart station is you best bet by public transport it takes about 25 minutes from Connolly. Here are some trains leaving Connolly around 2pm.
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It’s a short walk from the train station.

Parking
There looks to be loads of parking around the park , with a carpark at Newtownsmith Park Parking near by.

Cost:
Noting, we are meeting in a public park.

What to bring :
Its a picnic. Bring anything(but I think there is no BBQ in the park) Bring food , drink for yourself and a little extra to share. For those who forget to bring food, there is a farmers market on the day in the park that sells all sorts of nice food.

Backup:
There is a chance of rain, come on it’s Ireland. If there is rain on the day, keep an eye on the irc channel and twitter account
http://twitter.com/ubuntuie for updates. We will be still going to Dun Laoghaire but we might move somewhere in doors.

WIFI
Don’t know don’t care. Come on it’s a picnic, the internet will be still there when you get back.

We asked for your help to chose an event to do something during the summer! So we had a clear winner which was out to Dun Laoghaire and have a bit of  a Geeknic.  Every Sunday in the park the farmers market is on and lots to chose from. It’s easy to get to using public transport like the Dart which stops just 10 minutes away from the park.

What we need now is to decide on a weekend, please vote using the poll to decide on which day to meet up.

And just so we’re all clear, a geeknick is a picnic for geeks, and anyone else who wants to come along. Wives, Husbands, children, users of different distros  not just Ubuntu.  Everyone is welcome to come along and just meet up and have some food with friends as you can see from previous Geeknics.  Also thanks to Jeffery for organising this!

It’s easy to get complacent in summer when there’s not much on and the sun is out. Jeffrey/Tdr112 has gone about sorting this out.  We’re going to do something in July and that something is what we want you to decide.  He has created a poll and we’d like you to vote on the activity.

The idea of this event is to do something different. We’ve a geeknic to chose from work on bugs, hillwalking and lots more.  We might depending on the outcome be able to combine two things. So please vote and lets meet up this July!

Voting is here.  Come along and meet some more of the local Ubuntu folks here in Ireland. Our events are child friendly so don’t be shy in bringing your kids along!

Oi oi! Oggcamp is taking place this weekend in Liverpool. It’s a free event, and in a barcamp  style, so easy relaxed and lots of interaction. It also means you can come along on the day and just give a talk! Everyone is welcome, and ideas for talks can be added to the wiki.

Oggcamp is being kindly run by the charming  of the Ubuntu UK Podcast and Linux Outlaws so it’s bound to be lot of fun and entertainment with them lot involved!

It takes place on Saturday and Sunday from 10am – 5pm at The Black-E, 1 Great George Street, Liverpool L1 5EW, England OpenStreetMap Google Maps

GEEKNIC – Friday as I’m around far too early and will be no doubt bored and have seen all that there is to see in Liverpool that is not Beatles related I’m going to go on a picnic! All are welcome.  I’ll be at the location below from 4pm, and tweeting where I can be found

St. Johns Garden which is close to shops, pubs in case it rains and tube station

Map of the location and Oggcamp Venue

OpenStreetMap Location