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== My Contact Info ==

 * '''Blog:''' http://roninx341.wordpress.com/
 * '''Email:''' [[MailTo(ericlake@gmail.com)]]
 * '''IRC:''' etank on irc.freenode.net
 * '''Ubuntu Forums:''' [http://ubuntuforums.org/member.php?find=lastposter&f=203 etank]
 * '''Public key:''' [http://keyserver.ubuntu.com:11371/pks/lookup?search=0xA37FA7A6&op=index A37FA7A6]
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I'm a 31 year old father of three living in the United States, in the Bluegrass State of Kentucky. I have been using Linux (Ubuntu, Gentoo, Red Hat, Suse, Slackware) for about 4 years now. I'm a 31 year old father of three living in the United States, in the Bluegrass State of Kentucky. By day I am a Network Administrator supporting mostly Windows machines. I have been using Linux (Ubuntu, Gentoo, Red Hat, Suse, Slackware) for about 4 years now. It all started for me when I started learning Perl. I was writing my code on a Red Hat 8 machine and a friend of mine challenged me to do something that wasn't so easy. He said that I should try to run Slackware. So I did. He then kept giving me more and more challenges and in the process I was getting deeper and deeper into Linux.
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In Janurary 2007, I co-founded the KentuckyTeam LoCo team. The team is just starting but we have a desire to grow! Then comes Ubuntu. In late 2005 a friend introduced me to Ubuntu, then version 5.10. At the time I was using Gentoo and SuSe and really wasn't impressed with it. In November of that year I changed jobs. Within the first few weeks I had a SuSe box up and running on the new companies network monitoring the servers. One of the other members of the IT staff saw that I was running Linux and wanted to know more about it. I happened to have some Ubuntu CDs with me and gave him one to try out. Since he was brand new to Linux I thought that it would be a good idea for me to set up a machine for myself to run Ubuntu. That I could see what he was seeing when questions came up. At that point I was hooked. I have been using Ubuntu since that point and have never looked back.
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More to come about me later. In Janurary 2007, I founded the KentuckyTeam LoCo team. The team started with a small group of three and in the first month grew to 15. We have some big plans for this year. The biggest of which is to start a [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KentuckyTeam/CharityProject Charity] project that will focus on providing PCs to people that can not afford to purchase on. Of course pre-loaded with Ubuntu.

== Contributions To The Ubuntu Community ==

 * 187 Posts on the forum. Growing every day.
 * Started and lead the Ubuntu-KY LoCo Team.
 * Passing out Ubuntu CDs to any and all that are interested.

== Personal Goals For 2007 ==

 * Become an Ubuntu Member.
 * Pass the LPI Certification test.
 * Become an Ubuntu Certified Professional.
 * Attain my black belt in Aikido.

== Goals for Ubuntu-KY For 2007 ==

 * Help the team grow in ability and size.
 * Become an Approved LoCo team.

My Contact Info

About Me

I'm a 31 year old father of three living in the United States, in the Bluegrass State of Kentucky. By day I am a Network Administrator supporting mostly Windows machines. I have been using Linux (Ubuntu, Gentoo, Red Hat, Suse, Slackware) for about 4 years now. It all started for me when I started learning Perl. I was writing my code on a Red Hat 8 machine and a friend of mine challenged me to do something that wasn't so easy. He said that I should try to run Slackware. So I did. He then kept giving me more and more challenges and in the process I was getting deeper and deeper into Linux.

Then comes Ubuntu. In late 2005 a friend introduced me to Ubuntu, then version 5.10. At the time I was using Gentoo and SuSe and really wasn't impressed with it. In November of that year I changed jobs. Within the first few weeks I had a SuSe box up and running on the new companies network monitoring the servers. One of the other members of the IT staff saw that I was running Linux and wanted to know more about it. I happened to have some Ubuntu CDs with me and gave him one to try out. Since he was brand new to Linux I thought that it would be a good idea for me to set up a machine for myself to run Ubuntu. That I could see what he was seeing when questions came up. At that point I was hooked. I have been using Ubuntu since that point and have never looked back.

In Janurary 2007, I founded the KentuckyTeam LoCo team. The team started with a small group of three and in the first month grew to 15. We have some big plans for this year. The biggest of which is to start a [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KentuckyTeam/CharityProject Charity] project that will focus on providing PCs to people that can not afford to purchase on. Of course pre-loaded with Ubuntu.

Contributions To The Ubuntu Community

  • 187 Posts on the forum. Growing every day.

  • Started and lead the Ubuntu-KY LoCo Team.

  • Passing out Ubuntu CDs to any and all that are interested.

Personal Goals For 2007

  • Become an Ubuntu Member.
  • Pass the LPI Certification test.
  • Become an Ubuntu Certified Professional.
  • Attain my black belt in Aikido.

Goals for Ubuntu-KY For 2007

  • Help the team grow in ability and size.

  • Become an Approved LoCo team.

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