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| Name: Grant Bowman<<BR>> Location: Moraga, CA, USA<<BR>> Email: <<MailTo(grantbow AT gmail DOT com)>> <<BR>> Launchpad: https://launchpad.net/~grantbow <<BR>> IRC: Grantbow<<BR>> |
{{attachment:grb2.jpg|Grant's picture|align="right"}} * Name: Grant Bowman * Location: San Francisco Bay Area, CA, USA * Email: grantbow AT ubuntu DOT com * Launchpad: https://launchpad.net/~grantbow * Blog: [[http://grantbow.wordpress.com|grantbow.wordpress.com]] * IRC: grantbow on freenode.net * Twitter: [[http://twitter.com/grantbow|grantbow]] * Personal website: [[http://www.grantbow.com|www.grantbow.com]] * PGP Key ID: [[http://keyserver.ubuntu.com:11371/pks/lookup?search=0xF7D785E8312ACFD3&op=index|312ACFD3]] * Home LoCo: http://ubuntu-california.org |
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| I began using Unix in 1989 and have been using Linux since 1994 when I helped found Silicon Valley Public Access Link (aka. SV-PAL or [[http://www.svpal.org|www.svpal.org]]), a FreeNet for Santa Clara County that is a self-sustaining not for profit company today. I was a registered Debian Developer but package maintenance is not something I developed a passion for. I worked as a full time employee with the US branch of SuSE from 1999 to 2001 (pre-Novell acquisition). | I first started using Unix in 1989 and have been using Linux since 1994 when I co-founded Silicon Valley Public Access Link (SV-PAL or [[http://www.svpal.org|www.svpal.org]]), a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free-Net|FreeNet]] for Santa Clara County that is still a self-sustaining not for profit Internet service provider (ISP) today. While running various Linux distributions I have contributed bugs and patches to several open source software projects as I have "scratched my own itch." I am a retired Debian Developer because packaging is not a passion of mine though I have great respect for those that do this important work. I was a full time employee with the US branch of SuSE from 1999 to 2001. From 2000 - 2002 I consulted directly with [[http://www.dougengelbart.org/|Dr. Douglas Engelbart]] on his [[http://www.dougengelbart.org/about/ohs.html|Open Hyperdocument System]] project. |
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| === Contributions === I look forward to playing a role with the [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam|California LoCo team]]. |
=== Ubuntu Contributions === |
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| === Present Goals === Development of the California Loco team, especially in the SF Bay Area region. |
Summary: I have worked since 2008 attending and organizing events in California including release parties, global jams, Linux User Groups and OSCON. I was approved as an Ubuntu [[Grantbow/TestimonialsAndMembership|member]] in 2009. I was elected as a leader of the California team in 2012. |
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| === Future Goals === Find ways to help promote the adoption of Ubuntu into mainstream consumer consciousness. ([[https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1|bug#1]]) |
Detailed: Since June, 2008 I have been active with the [[CaliforniaTeam|California LoCo]]. I have represented Ubuntu at [[http://www.lindependence.net/|Lindependence]] in Felton, CA in June 2008 and numerous Linux [[CaliforniaTeam/Projects/UserGroupContacts|user groups]] (LUGs) while handing out CDs, answering questions, participating on mail lists and in participating in LUG activities. Due to the density of Linux activity in northern California I feel it makes sense to work with and support [[CaliforniaTeam/Projects/UserGroupContacts/Groups|LUG]] efforts. I helped organize and/or attended [[CaliforniaTeam/Projects/JauntyRelease|Jaunty launch parties]] and was a co-organizer of our [[CaliforniaTeam/Projects/OSCON2009|OSCON]] booth. I have worked to improve our team's [[CaliforniaTeam|wiki]] presence. I have been working with the team to expand the ways we communicate to include [[http://identi.ca/ubuntucalifornia|identi.ca]]/[[http://twitter.com/ubuntu_us_ca|twitter]] and [[http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=33733199182|Facebook]] with positive results. During my trip to Nairobi, Kenya I worked to build the [[KenyanTeam|Kenyan Team]]. In San Francisco I am a director of [[http://www.partimus.org|partimus.org]] helping middle schools prepare donated computers with Linux for labs and students. === Present & Future Goals === Continue to support local user groups and the [[CaliforniaTeam|team]]. I am always looking for ways to help promote the adoption of Ubuntu and Linux more broadly in support of [[https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1|bug #1]]. |
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Grant Bowman
- Name: Grant Bowman
- Location: San Francisco Bay Area, CA, USA
- Email: grantbow AT ubuntu DOT com
Launchpad: https://launchpad.net/~grantbow
Blog: grantbow.wordpress.com
- IRC: grantbow on freenode.net
Twitter: grantbow
Personal website: www.grantbow.com
PGP Key ID: 312ACFD3
About
I first started using Unix in 1989 and have been using Linux since 1994 when I co-founded Silicon Valley Public Access Link (SV-PAL or www.svpal.org), a FreeNet for Santa Clara County that is still a self-sustaining not for profit Internet service provider (ISP) today. While running various Linux distributions I have contributed bugs and patches to several open source software projects as I have "scratched my own itch." I am a retired Debian Developer because packaging is not a passion of mine though I have great respect for those that do this important work. I was a full time employee with the US branch of SuSE from 1999 to 2001. From 2000 - 2002 I consulted directly with Dr. Douglas Engelbart on his Open Hyperdocument System project.
Ubuntu Contributions
Summary: I have worked since 2008 attending and organizing events in California including release parties, global jams, Linux User Groups and OSCON. I was approved as an Ubuntu member in 2009. I was elected as a leader of the California team in 2012.
Detailed: Since June, 2008 I have been active with the California LoCo. I have represented Ubuntu at Lindependence in Felton, CA in June 2008 and numerous Linux user groups (LUGs) while handing out CDs, answering questions, participating on mail lists and in participating in LUG activities. Due to the density of Linux activity in northern California I feel it makes sense to work with and support LUG efforts. I helped organize and/or attended Jaunty launch parties and was a co-organizer of our OSCON booth. I have worked to improve our team's wiki presence. I have been working with the team to expand the ways we communicate to include identi.ca/twitter and Facebook with positive results. During my trip to Nairobi, Kenya I worked to build the Kenyan Team.
In San Francisco I am a director of partimus.org helping middle schools prepare donated computers with Linux for labs and students.
Present & Future Goals
Continue to support local user groups and the team. I am always looking for ways to help promote the adoption of Ubuntu and Linux more broadly in support of bug #1.
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Related Pages
Related pages shows the search results for all the wiki pages that contain my user name, but not all that I have edited.
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