Congratulations! You've found the official site
of the Ubuntu Vancouver Local Community.

Introduction

Our goal is to be the largest, most successful and respected Ubuntu community in the world. You can help make that happen.

Ubuntu Vancouver was originally launched in April 2008 to organize a Hardy Heron Release Party. It was a major success! So, since then we have decided to do much, much more:

• Educate - Organize and present courses about Ubuntu, Open Source Software, and GNU/Linux
• Advocate - Spread the word in the lower mainland
• Party - Whenever we can find an excuse (which is often)

Contact

Would you like to join the group? We have an official membership site at: http://www.meetup.com/ubuntuvancouver. Please sign up there! It's free and easy.

All members are strongly encouraged to join our mailing list by clicking here. To post a message to our official email list Click this link.

There's a (more technical) team page on Launchpad.net that has an open membership: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-vancouver Join us there if you would like to report/work on bugs/projects/blueprints with us!

We are also on identi.ca (It's like Twitter but better.) http://identi.ca/group/ubuntuvancouver
Though it's not strictly necessary, you are encouraged to get an account (it's free) and follow !ubuntuvancouver updates and breaking news.

Other places:
We don't conduct any real business or activities on these sites, but we do use them to help people find us.

• LinkedIn

• Facebook

• MySpace

• Twitter

Tell your children, parents, friends, co-workers, and anyone else you know!

For general questions about Ubuntu Vancouver please email Kim Kulak, our Fearless Founder.

How to Contribute

Join our mailing list. Come to a meeting. Everyone is welcome.

Between meetings, tell everyone you know about us. Spread the word.

Generate real BUZZ by helping our Marketing team. Email Randall (our Buzz Generator) for more information about how you can help Ubuntu Vancouver Evangelism Advocacy & Marketing (uvEAM). The uVEAM page is here.

Need Help With Ubuntu?

Ubuntu Vancouver strives to offer support to residents of Vancouver (and surrounding areas) who are having difficulties with Ubuntu. Support is volunteer-based, best-effort, and without warranty. Please visit our Support Page for more information

Next General Meeting

We normally meet on the second week of every month. (Some deviations do occur though. Please always check our meetup site before making specific plans to attend.)

Our next general meeting will be Friday December 18th, 2009 More information is here: Monthly General Meeting (18 December 2009)
Please remember to RSVP if you're intending to join us.

Other Future Events

We are in the process of scheduling many interesting outings and social events. Please check the http://meetup.com/ubuntuvancouver page for more information and our full calendar.

Also we are in full swing of setting up a regular meeting under the theme SupportSaturdays. Please check the wiki page for more information on our process.

Resources

This page is a great place to start if you're looking for links and information that have been hand-selected by Ubuntu Vancouver experts.

If you are new to Ubuntu or the concept of free software, we suggest that you begin by reading the Wikipedia entry for Ubuntu.

Past Meetings and Events

2009

• Monthly General Meeting (13 November 2009)

• "The Best Karmic Koala Party In The World"

• Special Event: Making Ubuntu Your Friend In A Windows World

• Monthly General Meeting (09 October 2009)

• Brainstorming & General Discussion II (01 October 2009)

• Brainstorming & General Discussion (24 September 2009)

• Monthly General Meeting (10 September 2009)

• Ubuntu Beginner Night (03 September 2009)

• Monthly General Meeting (14 August 2009)

• Monthly General Meeting (09 July 2009)

• Monthly General Meeting (11 June 2009)

• Install, Upgrade and Tweak Fest (23 May 2009)

• Monthly General Meeting (14 May 2009)

• Monthly General Meeting (9 April 2009)

• Monthly Meeting (12 March 2009)

• Introduction to Ubuntu (5 March 2009)

• Monthly Meeting (19 February 2009)

• Introduction to Ubuntu (28 January 2009)

• Monthly Meeting (8 January 2009)

2008

• Monthly Meeting (11 December 2008)

• Introduction to Ubuntu (20 November 2008)

• Monthly Meeting (11 November 2008)

• Install Fest (6 November 2008)

• Ubuntu 8.10 Release Costume Party (1 November 2008)

• Workshop: Fundamentals of Linux - Part 1 (22 October 2008)

• Monthly Meeting (9 October 2008)

• Introduction to Ubuntu (17 September 2008)

• Monthly Meeting (11 September 2008)

• Install Fest (21 August 2008)

• Monthly Meeting (14 August 2008)

• Introduction to Ubuntu (7 August 2008)

• Monthly Meeting (10 July 2008)

• Monthly Meeting (12 June 2008)

• Monthly Meeting (8 May 2008)

• Hardy Release Party (25 April 2008)

• Monthly Meeting (10 April 2008)

Team Reports

Ubuntu Vancouver's Team Reporting Page is a concise summary of our activities. It is used to report our major accomplishments out to the global Ubuntu community. If you have attended our meetings and followed our mailing list you will likely already know what these are. If you have contributed to the Ubuntu community and you live in/around Vancouver BC, please feel free to send us a note and we'll get your accomplishment(s) on the list too.

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