Colorado LoCo Team

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The Colorado [wiki:LoCoTeams Local Community Team] (aka CoLoCo) advocates the use of Open Source software and Ubuntu Linux in the State of Colorado. This is done through CD Distribution, Team expansion, user-base support, and outreach programs.

The Colorado Local Community Team is not meant to replace our local LUGS but rather enhance their overall experience by having a dedicated place to discuss, contribute, and gain support from local Ubuntu users.

While we were not the first Local Community Team in the USA, we were the first to complete the official process and become fully recognized by the Ubuntu [http://www.ubuntu.com/community/processes/council Community Council]. We also share a close link with the [wiki:ChicagoTeam Chigaco Team].

Joining

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[wiki:JoeyStanford Joey Stanford] is the current Team Leader. [wiki:NealMcBurnett Neal McBurnett] helps keep Joey on track.

If you are interested in joining our team please apply on our [https://launchpad.net/people/coloradoteam/ Launchpad page]. All that is required is residency in or near Colorado and a desire to see Ubuntu grow.

Members must sign the Ubuntu [http://www.ubuntulinux.org/community/conduct/ Code of Conduct]. We encourage members to do this via Launchpad.

What We Do

• Educate the public about Ubuntu

• Supply Ubuntu (CDs & CD images)

• Support Ubuntu Locally
• Conduct outreach programs via local schools

Community Resources

• Launch Pad: [https://launchpad.net/people/coloradoteam Colorado Team LaunchPad Entry] - Please sign-in here.

• Mailing list: [http://lists.coloco.ubuntu-rocks.org/listinfo.cgi/coloco-coloco.ubuntu-rocks.org mailing list]

• Website: [http://coloco.ubuntu-rocks.org/ http://coloco.ubuntu-rocks.org/] (looking for a webmaster to maintain - contact Joey)

• IRC Channel:

  • Primary: irc://irc.freenode.net/#ubuntu-colorado

  • Secondary: irc://irc.oftc.net/#ubuntu-colorado

    • irc urls should be a hot link (see [http://moinmoin.wikiwikiweb.de/MoinMoinBugs/IrcLinks] and [http://moinmoin.wikiwikiweb.de/HelpOnConfiguration]).

• Local Ubuntu mirror, provided by our good friends at [http://tummy.com Tummy.com]: substitute http://mirrors.tummy.com/mirrors/ftp.ubuntulinux.org/ubuntu for http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu in /etc/apt/sources.list. One good question is, which versions of ubuntu check package signatures??

Team Activities

Team Events

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• 2006 June 1 - [wiki:DapperReleaseParties Dapper Release Party] - 18:00 MDT (00:00 UTC June 2) - Location - Ziggy's Cafe, 4th & Main, Longmont. ["/Photos"]

• 2006 June 8 - [wiki:JoeyStanford Joey] brought CDs and gave a talk at the Boulder Linux User's Group meeting. Neal took ["/Photos"].

• 2006 June 28 - [wiki:JoeyStanford Joey] to speak at the [http://www.lolug.org/ Longmont Linux Users Group]'s next meeting at 6pm.

• 2006 July 11 - [wiki:JoeyStanford Joey] and [wiki:NealMcBurnett Neal] scheduled to introduce our team at the next [wiki:CommunityCouncilAgenda Community Council Meeting].

• 2006 July 26 - [wiki:JoeyStanford Joey] did an impromptu presentation at the [http://www.lolug.org/ Longmont Linux Users Group] regarding FOSS replacements for Windows programs.

• 2006 Sept 12 - [wiki:JoeyStanford Joey] speaking at [http://cluedenver.org/ CLUE] in Denver. ["/Photos"]

• 2006 Sept 16 - [http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/ Software Freedom Day] Party - Canceled due to members schedules.

• 2006 Oct 27 - [wiki:EdgyReleaseParties Edgy Release Party] and Team Meeting - 18:00, Falling Rock (basement), Denver - Sponsor: [http://system76.com system76]

Goals 2006

• Increase awareness in the community and make our name known.
• Bring more teachers on board, especially elementary.
• Further refine, and then document, our outreach program.
• LUG Talks

• Develop more relationships like the one Paul Casey has with [http://www.longmontfreeu.com/ Longmont Free University].

Misc

• [https://launchpad.net/products/ubuntu-website/+bug/51382 Bug #8136] suggestion for the free support site to include LoCos.

Members of our team

• [wiki:JoeyStanford Joey Stanford] (Longmont)

  • Joey's contributions can be found on his [wiki:JoeyStanford/MyUbuntu "My Ubuntu"] page.

• [wiki:NealMcBurnett Neal McBurnett] (Boulder)

  • A little evangelism, bug reports, and providing ties to other groups like [http://bcn.boulder.co.us BCN] and [http://fruug.org FRUUG]

• Members, add your info here please.

Links

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Colorado Linux Links

• [http://www.lolug.org/ Longmont Linux Users Group]

• [http://cluedenver.org/ CLUE] - Colorado Linux Users and Enthusiasts

• [http://lug.boulder.co.us/ Boulder Linux Users Group]

• [http://nclug.org/ Northern Colorado Linux Users Group]

• [http://www.pplug.org/ Pikes Peak Linux User Group]

• [http://hackingsociety.org/ Hacking Society] - see groups in Boulder, Fort Collins, Monument, or form your own anywhere in the world.

• [http://dc303.org DC303 InfoSec Group] - Has a large focus on Linux

• [http://fruug.org Front Range Unix Users Group] - since April 1981: the longest-running UNIX Users group anywhere

Ubuntu Related Links

• [wiki:LoCoTeamRunning Running a LoCo Team]

• Free [wiki:UbuntuAtConferences Ubuntu Swag] available to LoCo teams manning a conference booth.

• ["Presentations"] available for team meetings or which can be reworked for outreach. [http://thegeekettespeaketh.pinoyweb.net/tgs_files/ubuntu_poster02_en.svg This great poster] is also available.

• [wiki:Artwork/Official Official Ubuntu Artwork]

Appreciation

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• 2006 June 02 - Joey, for his boundless enthusiasm, energy, and good humor.
• 2006 June 01 - Jeffrey Haemer for donating a huge amount of blank CDs to the Dapper Party Burning Session

Smaller Team Logos

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