ReApprovalApplication
The FinnishTeam.
Key Details
Date - (Mar 31 2010)
Team Contact - Timo Jyrinki <timo-jyrinki@ubuntu.com>
Membership - 11 Ubuntu members in Finland, ~30 on teams IRC channel, 41 active members in l10n team, 10k+ forum members
Mailing List - ubuntu-fi on lists.ubuntu.com
IRC - #ubuntu-fi / #ubuntu-fi-tiimit on freenode
Roadmap
Ubuntu 10.04 release party - To be held in Tampere on the 5th of May 2010 and in Helsinki 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.
Set up Linux-stand on future Assembly Summer-events - Assembly Summer is the biggest demoparty in Finland.
Experience
Some highlights from our activities.
We have had a Linux-stand in Assembly '07, ASM '08 Summer and ASM '09 Summer. Blog posts: 2009, 2008, 2007. Forum threads: 2009, 2008, 2007
Mailed Ubuntu CDs to members of Finnish parliament in 2007. Press release in blog, press release in English.
Set up release parties of variable sizes. - LTS-releases with proper spaces and a lot of visitors, smaller releases with a cafe-meeting. 8.04 LTS, 7.04
Started a Linux-podcast, which got "Linux-tekijä 2009" honourable mention - Spinned off in 2009, currently the only Linux-podcast in Finland.
Ubuntu Finland itself was awarded the main Linux-tekijä award in 2008 press release, UWN Issue 90