The FinnishTeam. == Key Details == * '''Date''' - (Mar 31 2010) * '''Team Contact''' - Timo Jyrinki * '''Membership''' - 11 Ubuntu members in Finland, ~30 on teams IRC channel, 41 active members in [[https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-l10n-fi|l10n team]], 10k+ forum members, ~620 Facebook fans * '''Mailing List''' - ubuntu-fi on lists.ubuntu.com + [[http://wiki.ubuntu-fi.org/Postituslistat_ja_IRC|a couple team-specific]] * '''IRC''' - #ubuntu-fi / #ubuntu-fi-tiimit on freenode * '''Website''' - http://www.ubuntu-fi.org/ ~-[``[[https://code.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-fi/+junk/www-sivut|bzr dev]]``]-~ * '''Blog''' - http://blog.ubuntu-fi.org/ * '''Wiki''' - http://wiki.ubuntu-fi.org/TitleIndex (parts of website, some guides although http://linux.fi/ is recommended for distro-neutral guides) * '''Forums''' - http://forum.ubuntu-fi.org/ (ca. 250k messages) * '''Facebook''' - http://www.facebook.com/ubuntusuomi * '''identi.ca''' - http://identi.ca/group/ubuntufi == Roadmap == * ''Ubuntu 10.04 release party'' - To be held in Tampere on the 5th of May 2010 and in Helsinki [[http://wiki.ubuntu-fi.org/Ubuntu_10.04_julkaisutapahtumat|List of 10.04 release parties in our Blog]]. * ''Ubuntu 10.04 Finnish Remix and Quick Guide'' - We'll update the current quick guide and publish it as an DVD inlay. It will be distributed all across Finland as our previous guides have been. * ''[[http://wiki.ubuntu-fi.org/LTSP5_Ty%C3%B6paja_2010|LTSP Workshop 05/2010]]'' * ''Participating in organizing of [[http://akademy.kde.org|aKademy 2010]] in Tampere, Finland'' * ''Set up Linux-stand on future [[http://www.assembly.org/winter10/asm/summer-summary|Assembly Summer]]-events'' - Assembly Summer is one of the biggest demoparty in Europe. - There has been support from local Ubuntu Marketplace companies. * ''Working to enable our teams to be more effective: Marketing/blog, support (IRC, forums), translators.'' * ''More complete translation of Ubuntu documentation: http://wiki.ubuntu-fi.org/TODO/10.04/Suomennettavaa'' * ''Encouraging active community members to apply for Ubuntu Member status.'' == Experience & events == Some highlights from our activities. * ''We wrote a wikibook '[[http://fi.wikibooks.org/wiki/Ubuntu_tutuksi|Ubuntu tutuksi]]' (Get to know Ubuntu) to make it easy for beginners to start with Ubuntu'' * ''Close co-operation with COSS, the Finnish Center for Open Source Solutions, for example our Team Contact is one of the referees in [[http://www.coss.fi/ubuntu-challenge|'Ubuntu Challenge']] programming competition'' * ''Supporting schools in LTSP clusters by organizing LTPS workshops: [[http://wiki.ubuntu-fi.org/LTSP5_Ty%C3%B6paja_2009|2009]], [[http://wiki.ubuntu-fi.org/LTSP5_Ty%C3%B6paja_2009_2|2009_2]]'' * ''Linux stand and helpdesk in Assembly '07 (Winter), ASM '08 Summer and ASM '09 Summer''. Blog posts: [[http://blog.ubuntu-fi.org/2009/tunnelmia-assemblyjen-linux-standilta/|2009]], [[http://blog.ubuntu-fi.org/2008/tunnelmia-assemblyjen-linux-pisteelta/|2008]], [[http://blog.ubuntu-fi.org/2007/assemblyjen-linux-tukipalvelu/|2007]]. Forum threads: [[http://forum.ubuntu-fi.org/index.php?topic=25919.0|2009]], [[http://forum.ubuntu-fi.org/index.php?topic=17462.0|2008]], [[http://forum.ubuntu-fi.org/index.php?topic=12120.msg87251#msg87251|2007]] * ''Mailed Ubuntu CDs with a letter to members of Finnish parliament in 2007''. [[http://blog.ubuntu-fi.org/2007/lehdistotiedote-ubuntu-suomi-toimitti-ubuntun-kansanedustajille/|Press release in blog]], [[http://wiki.ubuntu-fi.org/Press_release-Ubuntu_CDs_for_Finnish_parliament_representatives|press release in English]]. * ''Release parties of variable sizes.'' - LTS-releases with proper spaces and up to hundreds of visitors, smaller releases celebrated with cafe meetings. [[http://blog.ubuntu-fi.org/2008/uutta-ubuntua-juhlistettiin-julkaisutapahtumissa/|8.04 LTS]], [[http://blog.ubuntu-fi.org/2007/pari-kuvaa-feistyn-julkaisutapahtumasta/|7.04]] * ''Close co-operation with [[http://wiki.ubuntu-fi.org/Paikallistoiminta|LUGs]] around the country, as well as [[http://www.linux.fi|linux.fi wiki]]'' * ''Ubuntu Finland itself was awarded the "Linux-tekijä 2008" main award in 2008 [[http://www.flug.fi/tiedotteet/2008/tiedote-linuxtekija2008.pdf|press release]], [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue90|UWN Issue 90]]. The prize money has been used to print Ubuntu CDs and promotional material for release parties and other events.'' The award was [[http://www.tietokone.fi/uutiset/2008/ubuntu_sai_kukkia_ministerilta|handed over by the Finnish Minister of Communications]]. * ''Started LinuCast, a [[http://podcastit.tv/?q=blog/6|Linux-podcast]] in 2007, which was honored with the "Linux-tekijä 2009" title'' - Spinned off in 2009, currently the only Linux-podcast in Finland.'' * ''Designing and ordering [[http://forum.ubuntu-fi.org/index.php?topic=20763.0|Ubuntu T-shirts]], [[http://forum.ubuntu-fi.org/index.php?topic=28667.msg220203#msg220203|photo]]'' * ''Constantly distributing Ubuntu CDs to libraries around the country [[http://wiki.ubuntu-fi.org/Lainaa_Ubuntu|List of libraries where one can find Ubuntu CD]]'' * ''We have created [[http://wiki.ubuntu-fi.org/Ubuntu_Finnish_Remix|Ubuntu Finnish Remix]] that has full Finnish language support without Internet connection'' * ''Mirv / Jyrinki, our team contact, has done work for all language groups in general by reporting and/or fixing I18N problems'' * ''From 2009 on, we've been running [[http://wiki.ubuntu-fi.org/Yhteis%C3%B6n_kokous|bi-weekly online community meetings]]'' * ''Promotional materials [[http://wiki.ubuntu-fi.org/Ubuntu_julisteet|Posters]], [[http://wiki.ubuntu-fi.org/CD-levygrafiikat|CD graphics]], [[http://wiki.ubuntu-fi.org/Materiaaleja|others]]'' ---- CategoryLoCoTeams