Key Details

Roadmap

Local Advocacy:
- Develop Florida-specific backgrounds for a possible florida Ubuntu LiveCD
- Attend more expos and shows to hand out even more CDs, flyers, posters, and other swag while demonstrating Ubuntu and Variants to the crowd
- Working with AlabamaTeam and GeorgiaTeam on possible collaboration for multi-state Linux Fest (long term goal)
Charitable Advocacy and Exposure:
- Start a local freegeek chapter (discussion here and here)
- If freegeek is not feasible, possible work with Computers 4 Kids or other such distribution program
  - Need channel to direct and support team's existing efforts of distributing computers with Xubuntu
LoCo Support:
- Become more active within Ubuntu US community as mentors to new and struggling teams
Development
- Provide assistance with programming and packaging on and for Ubuntu

Communication:
- We are maintaining multiple lines of communication, including a Wiki, a sub-forum, an IRC Channel (#ubuntu-florida) and a mailing list.
Advocacy
- Manned a booth at the East Orlando Chamber of Commerce Business Expo
  - Handed out CDs, pamphlets, posters, stickers, and t-shirts
  - Met and spoke to numerous small businesses about the benefits of switching to Ubuntu
- Some members attended Software Freedom Day at the University of Florida in Gainesville, FL
- Around 10 members attended Florida's first BarCamp, BarCamp Orlando September 23rd
  - Gave talks relating to Ubuntu, LoCo Teams
  - Held installfest for interested users
Sub-Team Delegation:
- We have organized several sub-teams for issues such as Marketing and New Member Orientation and Support.
Distribution and Charity:
- Distributed refurbished computers with Ubuntu on them, in the absence of a Florida Chapter of Freegeek.org (discussed here)
Development
- Offering programming advice to other team members on #ubuntu-florida
- Made a package for coverage.py (named python-coverage, worked with MOTU team, package sponsored for Gutsy on June 15, 2007 by dholbach)
- Teaching people how to use Bazaar
- Minor patches for bazaar (lstat fixes and tests in bzrlib, option aliases for --missing command)
- Working on adding support for Bazaar to review board.
- participating in #mysql-dev discussions
- participating on #launchpad, helping people learn how to use Launchpad