ArizonaTeam

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Introduction

  • Welcome to the Ubuntu-Arizona LoCo Team Wiki page. We are an Approved Ubuntu LoCo Team and a volunteer organization within the State of Arizona who are committed to Ubuntu advocacy and education. Our goal is to increase the public awareness and use of Ubuntu and Open Source in our state. Our Community Projects are geared so that we return more to the community than we receive, and we always endeavor to live up to the Ubuntu Code of Conduct.

Membership

  • If you are interested in helping our team achieve its goals, please follow these instructions: Membership. They will assist you in registering at launchpad, and the ubuntu-us-az mailing list. It will also give you instructions on setting up the IRC chat client XChat so that you can join our team IRC channel and chat with all our team members. We offer a casual social atmosphere while at the same time working to promote Ubuntu.

Online Meetings

  • Our online meetings are held every Sunday on IRC Channel: #ubuntu-us-az in irc.freenode.net at 9:00 pm MST (4:00 am UTC). If you are unfamiliar with IRC chat channels, there are instructions on how to set up xchat listed in the above Membership link. You can also go to our web site at http://www.azloco.org/ and click the support link to enter the IRC channel.

  • Ubuntu also hosts online training sessions. You can see their calendar at http://people.ubuntu.com/~nhandler/classroom.html which shows UTC, not Arizona time.

Installfests

  • Arizona Ubuntu local have two installfests each month on the First and Third Saturdays at the University of Advancing Technology (UAT) across from Fry's Electronics at 2625 W Baseline Rd 85283 Tempe, room 208. Enter from the rear of the front building from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM.

Team Goals

  • As stated in the introduction, our goals are to help spread the use of Ubuntu and Open Source in the State of Arizona. We will implement team and community service projects as needed to achieve these goals.

Future Events

  • We are Pleased to announce we now have a team Big Blue Button Server to test and plan to hold meetings at http://azlocobbb.banditti.com/ check it out or contact toddc@azloco.com for more info.

  • We also hold a monthly Installfest on the First and Third Saturday of each month with the Phoenix Linux User Group at University of Advancing Technology 48th st. and Baseline Tempe AZ 10 AM-4 PM MST as well as a Server Installfest the Saturday before that at the same location but 9 AM-4 PM MST. Contact toddc@azloco.com for more info.

13.04 Events Planning

Recent Events

(Does not include recent but regularly scheduled events)

*was held in conjunction with the Tucson Installfest Saturday April 30

Team Server

Server Team Page See how we are using Ubuntu server technology to help others statewide

Team Resources

You will find our IRC Chat Channel especially helpful if you have specific questions about Ubuntu, or are in need of technical help. Our team meetings are every Sunday @ 9:00 PM local time on the IRC Channel. Feel free to drop in anytime you need help, or just to chat and get to know us.

Ubuntu Team IRC Chat Channel: #ubuntu-us-az server: irc.freenode.net Ubuntu Team Website: http://www.azloco.org/ also has direct link to our IRC channel

Local radio Linux shows

Ubuntu News & Resources

Summary

Thank you for taking the time to consider membership in our LoCo, and please check back often.

If you encounter any problems which you can not resolve, please send an email to <toddc@azloco.com> or <larryt@azloco.com> describing your problem. We look forward to meeting you soon! Smile :)


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