The CanadianTeam.

Key Details

• Date - 2010-10-21

• Team Contact - dscassel, txwikinger

• Membership - 200+ members

• Mailing List - ubuntu-ca@lists.ubuntu.com (http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-ca)

• IRC - #ubuntu-ca

• Website - http://www.ubuntu-ca.org/

Experience (2008-2010)

Team Reports

2010: July, August, September

Conference participation

• Ontario Gnu/Linux Fest 2008 speakers from the Ubuntu Canada community: txwikinger
• Ontario Gnu/Linux Fest 2009 speakers from the Ubuntu Canada community: txwikinger, hypatia
• Ontario Gnu/Linux Fest 2009: Ubuntu Table demoing Ubuntu and Kubuntu Karmic Release Candidates

• SoOnCon 2010 speakers: txwikinger

Release Parties

• Kitchener/Waterloo Karmic Koala Release Party

  • Laurel Russwurm's blog

  • Darcy Casselman's blog

  • Photos: 1 2

• Ottawa Karmic Koala Release Party
• Toronto Karmic Koala Release Party

• Kitchener/Waterloo Lucid Lynx Release Party

• Ottawa Lucid Lynx Release Party
• Toronto Lucid Lynx Release Party

• FiReSTaRT was our ambassador to the Lucid Lynx Release Party in Santiago, Chile

• Ottawa Maverick Meerkat Release Party
• Kitchener/Waterloo Maverick Meerkat Release Party
• Toronto Maverick Meerkat Release Party

Ubuntu Hours or other regular meetings

• Monthly meeting of MUMU - Mississauga Ubuntu Meetup

• Ottawa monthly Ubuntu Hour

• Waterloo monthly Ubuntu Hour

Participation and Collaboration with other Open Source Groups and Projects

• Active participation in KWLUG

• Kwartzlab

• Waterloo Libre Software Group at the University of Waterloo

• hypa7ia is currently one of the leaders of Ubuntu Women.

• starcraft.man is an old Ubuntu Beginners member providing support with a smile (among other things).

• txwikinger is active contributor to Kubuntu

• Avaneya: A free, commercial, cerebral, science-fiction edutainment game for GNU.

Software Freedom Day

• Organised and hosted Software Freedom Day event for Waterloo Region, Ontario

  • Lothlaurien's blog post

  • txwikinger's blog post

  • Flyer from the event (PDF)

  • We made buttons!

UDS participations

• Karmic Koala:
• Lucid Lynx:
  • (physically): txwikinger
  • (remotely): dscassel
• Maverick Meerkat
  • (physically):
  • (remotely): txwikinger
• Natty Narwhal
  • (physically):
  • (remotely): txwikinger, dscassel, hypa7ia

AskUbuntu.com (Stackexchange)

• Several members of Ubuntu Canada provided a lot of support in the creation and initiation of http://askubuntu.com

• txwikinger is active moderator and in the top 5 contributors.

Roadmap

Events

• In collaboration with other open source groups in the area, planning to start a non-profit organisation aiding open source and creative commons projects to hold local and regional events.

• Ubuntu LAN Parties (Playing free software games on Ubuntu, successful BETA) - Future different cities playing against each other

• Speaking at KWLUG

• Increased Global Jam participation
• Natty Narwhal release parties

• Google calendar to collate all Ubuntu-ca activities.

• Events outside of the province of Ontario.

Outreach

• Creation and maintenance of registry for local open source and creative commons groups throughout Ontario, and later throughout Canada.
• Contacting Canadian LUGs and encouraging them to hold Ubuntu events, stay in touch.
• Participation in organization created for aiding open source and creative commons events in order to leverage synergies.

• Helping to resurrect Ontario Linux Fest.

Online

• Switch the website from Canonical hosting, update theme and keep it updated.

  • New website, pending Canonical DNS switch: http://ubuntu-ca.jankeconsulting.ca/

• Get more people blogging about Ubuntu Canada on the Planet and elsewhere.
• Encourage city teams to set up Twitter/identi.ca feeds. Use #locoteams and #ubuntuca hashtags.

  • UbuntuWaterloo on identi.ca

Advocacy

• Advocating Ubuntu at local multicultural festivals, etc.
• Brainstorm effective advocacy techniques. Recruit people suited to speaking with the public.