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Hockeytown - 9 July 2008 - The Ubuntu-Michigan Local Team, a leading provider of Ubuntu Community today announced their ground breaking "Bug Jam" event. Inspired but the Stanley Cup winning Detroit Red Wings, the Local Team continues to pursue world-class level volunteership, peer pressure, and group alcoholism.
"It's going to be a lot of fun bringing people from around the community and smashing bugs." mentioned Local Team leader Greg Grossmeier. "We are having a hard time finding out where the Stanley Cup is touring, so we decided to lock ourselves up in a library and geek out instead. I mean, seriously, we live in Detroit."
"I honestly don't have anything better to do with my time" mentioned long time contributor Craig Maloney, "now that hockey is done for the season I look forward to triaging bugs and cross-stitching." Even the local trolls were excited: "I look forward to disrupting the team and talking about how great Visual Studio is..." remarked 'that-guy-no-one-likes-but-fun-to-drink-with', Jay Wren.
The team expects to participate in the Global Bug Jam in August, which has drawn ire from competing organizations. "It's really unfair, the league needs some kind of 'awesomeness cap' or something, " commented Richard Johnson from the Chicago team, "we never get to think of fun things and I'm too busy hanging out with the Foresight guys." Members from the Ohio community were also distraught. "I wish I was from Michigan, but I'm not, I'm from freaking Ohio." lamented Ohio native Steve Stalcup.
The Jam runs today, Monday June 9th at 6:30pm at the Main branch of the Clinton-Macomb Public Library. Members will be in a conference room with free wifi to library card holders. People without local library cards can sign up for one in 5 minutes, but if you are planning on doing that, please try to show up a little bit early. Directions can be found here.
The team plans on getting a bunch of practice in before the Global Bug Jam ... "Wow, that's today?" remarked a surprised Trevor Jagoda.
See if I ever help you fall into your car again!
Posted by: nixternal | June 09, 2008 at 21:33
Damnit, that cross-stitching ain't gonna finish itself!
Posted by: Craig Maloney | June 09, 2008 at 23:49