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If you start an Ubuntu Hour in California, add it below on this page, to [[Hour|the Ubuntu-wide page]], and to [[http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1517099|our Ubuntu Forums thread]]. Another list of these same events is hosted at [[http://loco.ubuntu.com/teams/ubuntu-california/events|loco.ubuntu.com/teams/ubuntu-california/events]]. {{attachment:ubuntuhours.png}}
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=== Current Ubuntu Hours === If you start an Ubuntu Hour in California you may want to do the following to reach out to the widest possible audience:
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 * San Francisco - 2nd Wednesday of the month from 6-7PM at The Roastery; 199 New Montgomery St, San Francisco, CA. Contact [[lyz]] with any questions. More location info on [[http://www.yelp.com/biz/the-roastery-san-francisco|yelp]]
  * Note: For April and May 2011 this has been moved to the ''3rd'' Wednesday
 * San Jose - 2nd Thursday of the month - next: 2/10/2011 7-8pm at Philz Coffee; 118 Paseo de San Antonio, San Jose, CA 95112, contact [[nUboon2Age]]
 * Mountain View - 3rd Thursday of the month - next: 2/17/2011 7-8pm at Red Rock Coffee; 201 Castro St. Mountain View, CA 94041 (650) 967-4473, [[http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/team/693/detail/|Details and RSVP]], contact: [[nUboon2Age]]
 * Santa Cruz - "Lindependence Hour" (Multi Distro) - Last Wednesday of the month - next: 2/23/2011 6-7pm at [[http://www.santacruzcoffee.com/|The Santa Cruz Coffee Roasting Co.|]] 1330 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA 95060 (831) 459-0100, [[http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/team/574/detail/|Details and RSVP]], contact [[nUboon2Age]]
 * Palo Alto - Ubuntu Hour; next: 2/04/2011 7-8pm at [[http://www.thetandoorioven.com|The Tandoori Oven, Palo Alto|]] 365 California Ave. Palo Alto 94301; 650 324 2111, [[http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/team/650/detail/|Details and RSVP]], contact [[nUboon2Age]]
 * Vallejo - next 3/7/2011 7-8pm at Starbucks Coffee; 774 Admiral Callaghan, Vallejo, CA [[http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/team/686/detail/|Details and RSVP]], contact [[https://launchpad.net/~jamiedmattingly|Jamie]]
 * Pasadena - 2nd Thursday of every month, starting in April 2011. 6pm to 7pm at Peet's Coffee. [[http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/team/778/detail/|Details and RSVP]], contact [[https://launchpad.net/~iheartubuntu|iheartubuntu]]
 * Add an entry to the !LoCo Directory: [[http://loco.ubuntu.com/teams/ubuntu-california/]] - Add new Team Event for Ubuntu California, with that event added as part of global ubuntu hour for the correct year, and with correct location - so it will show and be findable as an event for Ubuntu California team, Ubuntu Hour, and listed under correct continent and country (e.g. see how [[http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-california/3290-ubuntu-hour-berkeley/]] is listed on [[http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/global/3286/]] under correct continent and country, shows as an Ubuntu Hour event (among all Ubuntu events), and also shows as a Ubuntu California Team event - e.g. can be seen listed under: [[http://loco.ubuntu.com/teams/ubuntu-california/events/history/#y2016]]).
 * Send a message to [[https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca|our mailing list]]
 * Have a personal blog or use twitter/identi.ca? Announce it there too!
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 Flyer: [[attachment:UbuntuHour-SiliconValley-MV.svg]] See all upcoming events on the !LoCo Directory here: [[http://loco.ubuntu.com/teams/ubuntu-california/events|loco.ubuntu.com/teams/ubuntu-california/events]].

Ubuntu Hours are one hour recurring events to promote Ubuntu to the general public. They're really simple to set up and can be started by anyone! The only commitment you need to make is going to a coffee shop or other local public "hangout-style" place for an hour on a recurring schedule, and being approachable.

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If you start an Ubuntu Hour in California you may want to do the following to reach out to the widest possible audience:

See all upcoming events on the LoCo Directory here: loco.ubuntu.com/teams/ubuntu-california/events.

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