BeginnersTeam

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This team is now deprecated. Official announcement about the team's closure can be found here.

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	User Support Documentation Bugs Development

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Ubuntu Help and Support IRC Channel: #ubuntu-beginners on irc.freenode.net

Community and Team IRC Channel: #ubuntu-beginners-team on irc.freenode.net

Contents

Introduction
IRC
Focus Groups
For Team Members
1. Meetings
2. Current Happenings

Introduction

The Ubuntu Beginners Team exists to enhance the initial experience of new Ubuntu users and to guide existing Ubuntu users to become part of the global Ubuntu community. We have many Focus Groups involved in different parts of the community. You can find out more by using the header section at the top of this page. Feel free to poke around by reading our Mission Statement, checking out what our Focus Groups are up to, and learning about our team Structure.

If you are interested in contributing to the Beginners Team, see the Membership page. There you will find information on getting involved, finding us on IRC, and meeting the team.

IRC

Please read BeginnersTeam/IRC for channel guidelines.

BT Channels	Purpose
#ubuntu-beginners	Support and Main channel, where the magic happens
#ubuntu-beginners-council	Leadership
#ubuntu-beginners-dev	Development
#ubuntu-beginners-team	The channel for team discussions and meetings etc.
#ubuntu-beginners-launchpad	Launchpad

Focus Groups

Many members of the team contribute to the community in different ways. Focus Groups allow team members to direct their efforts in different areas of Ubuntu community. We also use Focus Groups to help keep the team organized and running smoothly.

Title	IRC Channel	Brief Description
Focus Groups	-	Outline of the Focus Groups and their members. Add yourself to those that you wish to contribute to.
Development	#ubuntu-beginners-dev	FOSS Programming and software development.
Education/Mentoring	#ubuntu-learning ##beginners-classroom	Educate team members on different topics of your choosing.
IRC	#ubuntu-beginners	Provide help for Ubuntu users on IRC.
Launchpad	#ubuntu-beginners-launchpad	Help users on Launchpad by doing Answers and contributing to bug reports.
Security	-	Help users become more aware of computer security, even in linux!
Wiki	#ubuntu-beginners-wiki	Contribute to the community wiki and other documentation.

For Team Members

Meetings

The date of the next scheduled full team meeting, Focus Group meetings, and a record of previous meetings can be found on the Meetings page.

Topics for the next full team meeting can also be found on the Meetings Page. Feel free to add topics for discussion. Focus Groups should keep their agendas on their respective pages.

Current Happenings

Familiarize yourself with the new Team Structure.
Know why we are here, read the Mission Statement!
Team Avatar Theme for the forums.
Get involved with Focus Groups! If you are a group leader, setup your next meeting soon, don't wait!
New members can introduce yourselves here.
Raise awareness of the community docs on the forums by using links! See the following subsection for details:

bbcode

You can link easily make links to the help and team wikis using the forum's bbcode.

[uwiki]Title[/uwiki] => for https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ pages.
[uhelp]Title[/uhelp] => for https://help.ubuntu.com/ pages.

Note: drop the leading "https://wiki.ubuntu.com/" or "https://help.ubuntu.com/" from the title.

Examples:

[uwiki]Uncomplicated_Firewall_ufw[/uwiki]
[uhelp]8.04/internet/C/index.html[/uhelp]

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-The Ubuntu Beginners Team was created to help new users have the best experience possible with Ubuntu. We help on the Absolute Beginner Talk area of the [[http://ubuntuforums.org/|Ubuntu Forums]]. We are also on IRC answering questions in #ubuntu-beginners. We have many Focus Groups involved in many different parts of the community. You can navigate our wiki area using the header section at the top of this page.  Feel free to poke around by reading our Mission Statement, checking out what our Focus Groups are up to, and learning about our team Structure.
+The Ubuntu Beginners Team exists to enhance the initial experience of new Ubuntu users and to guide existing Ubuntu users to become part of the global Ubuntu community. We have many Focus Groups involved in different parts of the community. You can find out more by using the header section at the top of this page.  Feel free to poke around by reading our Mission Statement, checking out what our Focus Groups are up to, and learning about our team Structure.
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-If you are interested in contributing to the Beginners Team, see the [[BeginnersTeam/FocusGroups/Padawan| Padawan Focus Group]] page.  There you will find information on getting involved, finding us on IRC, and  meeting the team.
 * You can also contact the Team Leader, [[http://www.ubuntuforums.org/member.php?&u=89054|bodhi.zazen]]
+If you are interested in contributing to the Beginners Team, see the [[BeginnersTeam/Membership| Membership]] page.  There you will find information on getting involved, finding us on IRC, and  meeting the team.
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