Key Details

• Last Approval Date - September 27, 2007

• Team Contact - itnet7,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 here)

• IRC - #ubuntu-florida on Freenode

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

• 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

• Development

  • jams as teaching opportunities, pimping dev week???

Experience

• Communication:

  • We are maintaining multiple lines of communication, including a Wiki, a sub-forum, an IRC Channel (#ubuntu-florida) and a mailing list.

  • add url to lp list

• Local Advocacy:

  • We participated in the Florida Linux Shows, as well as the Atlanta Linux Fest. We have release parties, and had a 60-person strong anniversary celebration. We have been hosting Ubuntu Hours across the state, and have regular monthly meetups. One of our members was involved in the organization of Ubuntu User Day, and two of our other members lead sessions.

• Community Educating:

  • Ubuntu User Day

    • Organized by cjohnston

    • Classes taught by mhall119 and 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

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 LoCo rocks. That is all. -- nali 2010-03-16 01:21:25