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About me

I am based off Montreal, QC, Canada.

I am mostly interested in advocacy/marketing, local support & training and new users introduction / migration to Gnu/Linux. I currently work full-time as an Open Source software solutions consultant, focusing on security and migration issues.

• Launchpad profile, OpenPGP key: https://launchpad.net/people/magicfab

• Website, contact: http://www.fabianrodriguez.com

• Forum Profile: http://www.ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=2465

• On IRC: MagicFab

• On Jabber: jabber on secure.fabianrodriguez.com

Teams:

• MarketingTeam

• CanadianTeam

Plans & vision for Ubuntu

I see Ubuntu becoming an essential tool to make Gnu/Linux more accessible to everyone, starting with my parents I feel it's a community that is open enough to let anyone participate to the extent of their abilities and availability.

As part of my professional but also personal activities, I plan on focusing on the following:

• Keeping the Ubuntu community open and friendly, following the code of conduct

• Becoming a local liaison for local support & advocacy in Quebec province, but also in the rest of Canada and the Colombian community (I originally grew up there)

• Contributing and teaching other how to contribute through in tasks that will make the MOTU's work easier

Contributions

I've listed every current and past contributions related to Ubuntu but I think those in bold are most special to me:

Advocacy, user support

• Using and showing off Ubuntu since 4.10

• Using Ubuntu to demo Mozilla in local tradeshows
• Donated several dozen CDs (both ship-it and self-produced) to carefully selected individuals and organizations (including recylced PCs being sent to Colombia)
• Plan on presenting Ubuntu at local conferences, LUGs, tradeshows
• I've contributed some entries to ubotu, the friendly IRC bot on #ubuntu
• I help answer questions whenever I can (2-3 hours a weeks) on #ubuntu, #ubuntu-fr, #ubuntu-es
• I use Ubuntu at home and on the road full-time (2 PCs, laptop)

• I've installed Ubuntu (Hoary) to my 60 yr.-old parents in Colombia, 1 support call since Aug. 2005, often cited as use-case

• Local liaison to several organizations (see below)

• Joined the CanadianTeam (Oct. 2005)

• Writing about Ubuntu in my [https://secure.fabianrodriguez.com/blog/archives/category/tech/linux/ubuntu/ blog] since Apr. 2005

Marketing

• Contributed to ConferenceTopTips, DIYMarketing

• Produced a [http://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-ca/2005-November/000323.html spanish] 1-pager to accompany CD-kits donated to spanish-speaking orgs/people, also available in [https://secure.fabianrodriguez.com/files/ubuntu-fr.odt french]

• Actively marketing and giving "Getting Started with Linux" training, based on Ubuntu

• Joined the Marketing Team (Oct. 2005)
• When I give talks or demos on Mozilla, OOo and other subjects (like security), I use Ubuntu on my desktop and give a short intro about it.
• I am preparing upgrade instructions for Hoary CDs to help use those old CDs that are still around.

• I bought the Ubuntu polo at Cafe Press and of course I carry around my laptop with the nice sticker I got at UBZ

Documentation and Development support

• I regularly revise and create content on the wiki. A few examples: DIYMarketing, ConferenceTopTips, FreeFormats

• Participated in UbuntuLoveDay and UbuntuBelowZero (only 1 BOF session but worth it

• Documented (how-to) configuration of [http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=27120 bluetooth], [http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=9454 wifi + WPA] on the forums

• Started the [https://wiki.ubuntu.com//HardwareSupportMachinesLaptopsAveratec Averatec] laptops information page (wiki)

• [https://launchpad.net/people/magicfab/+reportedbugs Bug reporting] (Launchpad)

• Bug reporting (bugzilla):

  • [http://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3254 Visioneer OneTouch 5300 USB Scanner detected but not working], [http://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=7476 Partition resizing for FAT-32 produces an error at install time]

• Requests for enhancements (bugzilla):

  • [http://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3299 Add search capability to the various support mailing lists]

• Bug reports editing, validation, voting (bugzilla):

  • [http://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=9971 #9971], [http://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=8954 #8954], [http://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2524 #2524], [http://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1242 #1242]

People

Several members I've met at UBZ and while joining the Canadian Loco and Marketing teams may be able to provide more information on me: HubertFiguiere, CoreyBurger, DanielRobitaille, SivanGreen

Local organizations

I am a member of and/or helped founding the following organizations:

• [http://www.apcq.qc.ca APCQ] - Asociación de Profesionales Colombianos en Quebec

• [http://www.isoc.qc.ca ISOC QC] - Internet Society, Quebec chapter

• [http://www.facil.qc.ca FACIL]

• [http://www.w3qc.org W3QC]

• [http://www.ccmm.qc.ca Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal]