ReApproval Application for Ubuntu-US-DC
Key Details
Date |
(September 17th, 2013) |
Team Contact |
Kevin Cole <dc.loco@gmail.com> |
Membership |
115 (Mailing List) 123 (Launchpad) as of 2012.04.23 |
Mailing List |
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IRC |
#ubuntu-us-dc on Freenode |
Launchpad |
Roadmap
Teach/Demo at DISCOvering TECHnology Fair (Disco Tech) III - Date to be determined
Hold regular (monthly?) IRC meetings to better plan and coordinate the work of the LoCo team.
Collaborate with Uplift, Inc.?
(Old roadmap items to be reviewed / renewed)
- Develop high school computer science curriculum materials using Python on Ubuntu.
Contribute to SchoolTool and CanDo development.
- Expand the use of Ubuntu in the computer science programs in Arlington Public Schools.
Develop GASP (Graphics API for Students of Python) for use on the XO laptop (OLPC).
Continue collaborating with the OLPC / SugarLabs DC team.
Pursue leads with local government (particularly the DC Public Library System) and Open Source for America lobby.
Experience
Jeremy Bicha, Brian Curtis, Mackenzie Morgan and Daniel Chen maintain and contribute to several packages.
Mackenzie Morgan is a regular contributor to Ask Ubuntu and blogs at Ubuntu Linux Tips & Tricks
Brian Curtis Promotes Ubuntu at George Mason University and is often referred to for Ubuntu/Linux help. He hands out Ubuntu CD's and has gotten a majority of grad students to switch to Ubuntu.
Marco Ceppi elected by the Ask Ubuntu Community as a Moderator
Marco Ceppi became the first community member to become an official Juju Charmer
Marco Ceppi (along with others) helped migrate OMG! Ubuntu! to use Juju
Rik Goldman contributed a CompTIA Linux+ curriculum to Byte Back (a computer training facility for low-income adults).
2013
- Add Here
2012
Table at Hearst Community E-cycling Day - May 5, 2012
Table at Software Freedom Day (SFD) 2012 at the Takoma Park Folk Festival (TPFF) - September 9, 2012
Kevin Cole demonstrated Ubuntu and other FOSS at DISCOvering TECHnology Fair (Disco Tech II), February 25, 2012
Release party / InstallFest at Taste of India (Washington, DC)
2011
Sanjay Jain, Frank Winstead, and Kevin Cole tabled at the Hearst Community E-cycle (electronics recycling) event, April 2, 2011
Several team members (Chuck Glenn, Mackenzie Morgan, Barry Warsaw, N.C. Weber, Jerry, Matthew Langbehn, Katie, Jeff Elkner, and Kevin Cole) tabled again for a be-earlied Software Freedom Day (SFD) at the Takoma Park Folk Festival (TPFF), September 11, 2011
Kevin Cole demonstrated Ubuntu and other FOSS at DISCOvering TECHnology Fair (Disco Tech I), November 5, 2011
Brian Curtis Attended UDS-O as a community member and focused on continuing his assistance with the Desktop Team.
Marco Ceppi Attended UDS-O as a community member to represent Ask Ubuntu
2010
Several team members (Mackenzie Morgan, Jeremy Bicha, Brian Curtis, Jeff Elkner and Kevin Cole) tabled again for a be-earlied Software Freedom Day (SFD) at the Takoma Park Folk Festival (TPFF), September 12, 2010
Worked the Open Source booth at Federal Office Systems Expo (FOSE) 2010
Weekly bug jams at Taste of India
Marco Ceppi Selected as Pro-tempore Moderator on Ask Ubuntu
2009
- Continued Cleveland Park Library computer clinic
TPFF 2009 - tabled at the Takoma Park Folk Festival (TPFF), September 2009, Takoma Park, MD --> photos
Worked the Open Source booth at Federal Office Systems Expo (FOSE) 2009
- Jaunty release party at Taste of India
Karmic installfest at GWU --> photos
2008
- Cleveland Park Library computer clinic (three Saturdays per month)
- Became a regular host and organizer for the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) Learning Club DC
TPFF 2008 - tabled at the Takoma Park Folk Festival (TPFF), September 2008, Takoma Park, MD --> photos
Federal Office Systems Expo (FOSE) 2008
- Hardy installfest
- Intrepid installfest
2007
FOSE 2007 - distributed CD's at the largest U.S. federal government technology convention, March 2005, Washington DC
- Feisty installfest
- Gutsy installfest
TPFF 2007 - tabled at the Takoma Park Folk Festival (TPFF), September 2007, Takoma Park, MD
Federal Office Systems Expo (FOSE) 2007
2006
Many InstallFests
FOSE 2006 - distributed CD's at the largest U.S. federal government technology convention, March 2006, Washington DC
NECC 2006 - demonstrated Ubuntu and distributed CD's at the National Educational Computing Conference (NECC), July 2006, San Diego
TPFF 2006 - tabled at the Takoma Park Folk Festival (TPFF), September 2006, Takoma Park, MD
SFD 2006 - tabled at Mount Rainer Library for Software Freedom Day, September 2006, Mt. Rainier, MD
Support - set up and provide on-going support for several Edubuntu labs