## page was copied from FloridaTeam/ApprovalApplication ||<>|| = Key Details = * Last Approval Date - September 27, 2007 * Team Contact - [[LaunchpadHome:itnet7]],[[LaunchpadHome:dantrevino]] * Membership - 264 as of March 1st, 2010 * Forum - http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=225 * Launchpad - http://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-florida * Mailing List - Ubuntu-us-fl on lists.ubuntu.com (Archives [[https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-us-fl|here]]) * IRC - #ubuntu-florida on Freenode * Month [[FloridaTeam/TeamReports|Team Reports]] = Roadmap = * '''Local Advocacy:''' * Organizing UbuCon at this year's ALF * Florida Linux Show * Ubuntu Bootcamp, * Spacecoast and Tampa Meetups * Ubuntu Hours in Orlando and Tampa * '''Community Educating:''' * Participate in organizing and teaching for Ubuntu User Days * Continue participation in the UCLP & Ubuntu Classroom * Continued participation in local and global Jams * '''Charitable Advocacy and Exposure:''' * Continued work with Qimo * Build Day on January 23, 2010 - troubleshooting and installation in 43 computers * Anchor House Build-day in February networking 6-12 computers for a computer lab for a transient boys home. * '''LoCo Support:''' * Continue mentoring LoCo teams * Continue to provide support in IRC and forums * '''Development''' * jams as teaching opportunities, pimping dev week??? = Experience = * '''Communication:''' * We are maintaining multiple lines of communication, including [[http://wiki.ubuntu.com/FloridaTeam|a Wiki]], a [[http://florida.ubuntuforums.org|sub-forum]], an IRC Channel (#ubuntu-florida) and [[https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-fl|a mailing list]]. * We are still also utilizing the [[https://lists.launchpad.net/ubuntu-us-florida/|Launchpad Beta Mailing List]] * '''Local Advocacy:''' * Represented Ubuntu and the Florida Team at every Florida Linux show to date (Handed out CD's and Information Packets @ our Florida Team Booth) * Atlanta Linux Fest (Show of Support for Atlanta LoCo and had a table for advocacy several members of Florida Team attended) * Held Release Parties all over the State for Hardy, Intrepid, Jaunty, Karmic, and planning now for Lucid. * Celebrated at a 60-person strong anniversary celebration. * Established our first Ubuntu Hours in Orlando and Tampa, and have plans as mentioned above for the future. * Regular monthly meetups in Tampa and Now on the SpaceCoast. * Instrumental in the organisation of Ubuntu User Day, and several members lead sessions. * '''Community Educating:''' * Ubuntu User Day * Organized by [[LaunchpadHome:cjohnston]] * Classes taught by [[LaunchpadHome:mhall119]] and [[LaunchpadHome:jamalta]] * UCLP & Ubuntu Classroom * Multiple members involved in the UCLP and Ubuntu Classroom Projects * '''Charitable Advocacy and Exposure:''' * In the past 12 months, we have hosted 3 build or install days, working with Qimo4Kids to get computers to at-risk children. One of these installs was at a local at-risk youth shelter, where all of the resident children got involved. We had 75 participants, and built approximately 40 computers. * '''LoCo Support:''' * Multiple members are mentors to other LoCo's * '''Development''' * LoCo Directory * Zeitgeist * ClassBot * Ubuntu.com Website Localization = Event Galleries = * Install Fest: * http://picasaweb.google.com/mhall119/Installfest * http://picasaweb.google.com/itnet7/InstallFest * Space Coast Linux and OSS Meetup: http://picasaweb.google.com/itnet7/FirstSpaceCoastLinuxOSSMeetup * Ubuntu Hour Orlando: http://picasaweb.google.com/mhall119/UbuntuHour * Karmic release party/LoCo Birthday Bash http://picasaweb.google.com/mhall119/UbuntuFLBirthdayBash * FLS Orlando 2009 http://picasaweb.google.com/mhall119/FLS * Youth Build Day http://www.quinncoincorporated.org/2009/08/youth-build-day-pictures/ = Testimonials = The Florida Lo``Co rocks. That is all. -- [[LaunchpadHome:nali]] <>