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Ubuntu 8.10 Release Party: San Francisco

by | Thu 2 Oct 2008

Fortunately, I will be in San Francisco when Ubuntu 8.10, the glorious Intrepid Ibex is released and as such, it would be remiss to not organise a bit of a knees up (translation for my American friends: “*drinks in a bar*”). So, in conjunction with partner in crime Tom Haddon, we are organising the Ubuntu San Francisco Release Party. Yes!

Here are the details:

* **WHEN?** – Thursday 30th October : 7.30pm
* **WHERE?** – The lower bar as you walk in on the left, The Thirsty Bear, 661 Howard St, San Francisco, CA 94105 : Tel: (415) 974-0905
* **HOW?** – [Google Maps](https://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&rls=com.ubuntu:en-US:unofficial&client=firefox-a&um=1&cid=0,0,16117366048065422338&fb=1&dq=the+thirsty+bear+san+francisco+ca&daddr=661+Howard+St,+San+Francisco,+CA+94105&geocode=1316742886589430053,37.785478,-122.399714&sa=X&oi=local_result&resnum=1&ct=directions-to)

The plan is simple. *There is no plan*. We plan on just meeting up at The Thirsty Bear, having a few drinks and getting to know each other. Everyone is welcome, from any project, field or otherwise – just come along, meet some people and celebrate the new release. We have deliberately kept this as low-key as possible – the main idea is to meet new people and have a bit of fun. 🙂

If you want to come along, all you need to do is show up – feel free to post a comment on this blog if you will be there.

*This is one of many release parties. Go and see [Ubuntu 8.10 Release Parties In Your Area](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IntrepidReleaseParties) and if there isn’t one in your area, why not [organise one](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BuildingCommunity/RunningReleaseParty)!*

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