The Ubuntu Global Jam is an online and in person event that takes place all across the world. People get together with the interest of making Ubuntu better, while having a good time socializing with other people near you who have the same interest and passion about Ubuntu as you do.

What can your LoCo do?

The Ubuntu Global Jam has many different events that for users to participate in, just pick what you and your members like, and make it happen. You can pick from one or more of the following events:

Bug Jam – During a bug jam users would work on finding, triaging and fixing bugs.
Testing Jam – Lucid is due out the end of April and we need help testing it out prior to its release.
Upgrade Jam – Upgrade systems that are currently running older versions of Ubuntu and report your experience.
Documentation Jam – Write documentation about using Ubuntu, or joining the Ubuntu community, or work on making the existing documentation better.
Translations Jam – Help to make Ubuntu available to everyone. Help translate Ubuntu into your language.
Packaging Jam – Help out with improving packages in Ubuntu.
Other – If your team has some other aspect of helping out the Ubuntu Community, feel free to participate in that for the Global Jam.

You can find out more information about the different types of Jams on the Ubuntu Global Jams wiki page [1].

How do we run a Jam?

If you have never run a Global Jam event before, or if you have, but would like some fresh ideas, we have three training sessions scheduled between now and the Global Jam event. The training sessions will be held by JorgeCastro and will be held in #ubuntu-locoteams on freenode. The training sessions will take place on:

17 February 2010 at 18:00 UTC
26 February 2010 at 2100 UTC
10 March 2010 at 2100 UTC

All three training sessions will contain tips, tricks, pointers and advice on how to run a Jam. You can also find out more information at the Running An Event page [2] on the Ubuntu Wiki.

What is needed to run a Jam?

In order to effectively run a Jam, each event will need a place to meet that has a decent internet connection, as well as some computers, and an area that users can work in. Suggested places are Universities, schools, and neighborhood centers.

Don’t forget after you find a place to run your Jam and have decided what your LoCo wants to do during the Jam, you need to get the word out about your Jam! Blog about it, post it on Twitter and Identi.ca, place it on the Ubuntu Global Jam Events page [2], send emails to your LoCo’s mailing lists, and anything else that you can think of. The more people that participate, the more fun that you will have, and the more help that can be provided to improve Ubuntu.

Need more help?

Read about what other LoCo’s have done at their Global Jam events for more thoughts and ideas [3] and if you are still in need of more help, or have questions that aren’t covered anywhere, feel free to contact myself via email or on IRC, or attend one of the training sessions listed above.

[1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGlobalJam
[2] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Jams
[3] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGlobalJam/Events
[4] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGlobalJam/Stories

“It is an honor and a privilege for I-Café Pilipinas to be part of the team led by ICAD that would organize the 2010 MICAS in Davao City in February” stressed by Mr. Ed Zafra, Chair of I-Café Pilipinas the national advocacy organization mainly composed of the internet café associations and operators in the Philippines.  “We truly believe that the 2010 MICAS will serve as a vehicle in the further development of the internet cafes as a leader in community ICT access for peace and development in Mindanao” added by Mr. Zafra.

Bigger, better and bolder for the 2010 MICAS is the battle cry of the organizing teams.  Bigger in terms of participants as they get in touch with the other  internet café associations in Mindanao and other stakeholders in the ICT industry.  Better for what is planned are three simultaneous events –

• ICT Trade Exhibit that will showcase the latest advances in computer hardware, software and internet related services to the internet café operators
• Internet Café Entrepreneurship Workshop for those who are interested in investing in an internet cafe business.
• Main Conference for the officials of the internet café associations and operators to come up with an action plan that would further the development of the internet cafes industry in Mindanao.

Bolder as the participants set their goals as they claim their leadership in ICT access at the community level.

Official Blog: 2ndmicas.wordpress.com/

Official Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/#/pages/Second-Mindanao…/191063362765?ref=ts

Official Twitter Page: twitter.com/2ndMicas

Plurk.com: www.plurk.com/2ndmicas

Official Email Address of the Secretariat Team in Davao City: mindanaosummit@yahoo.com

Official Event URL: http://www.ubaguio.edu/norlufosscon/

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The Information Systems Security Society of the Philippines (ISSSP) in cooperation with the National Cyber Security Coordination Office (NCSO) of the Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT) would like to invite you to be a participant in our forthcoming “Cyber Security Roadshow”. It will be held at the Sequoia Inn, Monteverde Street, Davao City on December 11, 2009 from 8:00 – 5:00 pm.

The Road show is a series of events/conferences and exhibits conducted by jointly ISSSP and NCSO as part of our information campaign to make the citizenry aware of the importance of information security in protecting privacy rights and ensuring information systems security in business, industry and government.

In the past years, there have been more tools: mechanical, psychological or software-based, introduced to combat security threats and safeguard our information systems. But very few have been understood and accepted due to lack of proper promotions. As you know, the ISSSP is the only association of security-concerned professionals (with around 300 members) in the country promoting security awareness through seminars or conventions such as this.

We expect at least 100 delegates to attend this IT Security Conference.

Participation is free of charge.

Please call Joy of PhilNITS-Davao Office telefax no. (082)227-9448 or mobile 0922-8148985 for more information. You can also email us at isssphil@yahoo.com.

In this regard, we are very grateful to invite you and your organization to be part of this big event. This will be a great opportunity for you to learn latest insights on using Spring and Grails technologies. It will also provide convergence for IT experts and industries who are yet to leverage on the power of using Spring and Grails in innovating business success.

Among the event’s roster of high profile speakers is Burt Beckwith – is an Architect and Grails Expert, who was the Technical Editor for Grails in Action. Burt was also among the much-anticipated speakers in the SpringOne 2GX in New Orleans last October 2009. Hands-on workshops, business sessions for decision-makers, and actual success stories of technopreneurs who have already experienced the innovation of Spring and Grails are also lined up for the afternoon breakouts.

For more information and to register in SpringGrails Asia 2010, please visit — www.springgrailsasia.com.

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“Remain Profitable in a Tough Economy while You Focus on Growing Your Business”

Date of Workshop: December 3, 2009

Venue: Grand Regal Hotel

Km. 7 J. P. Laurel Avenue, Lanang, Davao City

Time of Workshop: 10:00AM – 3:00PM

This seminar is free on a first-come, first served basis. Registration starts at 10:00 AM. Click the Poster below for more details.

DevCon Mindanao will be held on December 3, 2009, 3:00 PM at the Even Center, SM City, Davao. Do not miss this event guys, check out their website, DevCon Mindanao. You can register [here].

The UNDP’s International Open Source Network (UNDP-IOSN) through its ASEAN+3 Centre of Excellence (Philippines) and InWEnt – Capacity Building International (Germany) together with the Tactical Technology Collective (Netherlands), Aspiration (USA) and The Centre for Internet and Society (India) successfully orgnized the ASIA SOURCE 3 CAMP last November 6-13, 2009 at Silang Cavite Philippines. More than 140 participants from different countries convened during the 6-day hands-on open source camp  with the aim at “Building open source IT-skills of those working with NGOs and SMEs in Asia”.

This is the third event of the Asia Source Camp and it’s the first of its kind in the Philippines.There are 4 tracks in Asia Source camp wherein the participants can connect, cooperate and collaborate.

* Track 1: Managing your information
* Track 2: Migration
* Track 3: Broadcasting your information
* Track4: Community building

Event Site: http://www.asiasource3.net