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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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
Focus Groups
IRC
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. The Beginners Team help you get involved in the wonderful world of the Ubuntu Community. Whether you are a non-technical user or a power user the Ubuntu Community has a place where you can contribute and make a difference in Ubuntu. 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.

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	-
Development	#ubuntu-beginners-dev	FLOSS/FOSS Programming and software development.
User Support	#ubuntu-beginners	Provide support for Ubuntu users.
Bugs	#ubuntu-beginners-launchpad	Help assess bugs to determine if they have enough information and assign a priority
Documentation	#ubuntu-beginners-wiki	Contribute to the Ubuntu Community Wiki and System Documentation.

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.

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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