Grantbow
Grant Bowman
- Name: Grant Bowman
- Location: Moraga, CA, USA
- Email: grantbow AT gmail 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 for over a year attending and organizing events in California including release parties, Linux User Groups and OSCON.
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.
In San Francisco I have been volunteering with the KIPP San Francisco Bay Academy public middle school and Creative Arts Charter Sschool (CACS) with Christian Einfeldt, Partimus and others preparing additional P4 and P3 Ubuntu and Xubuntu machines for use by students locally and in Mexico through http://www.kidsoncomputers.org/. I recently volunteered for the first time at St. Anthony's in the computer lab, assisting the San Francisco LUG in their ongoing vocational focused efforts.
Present & Future Goals
Events related to 9.10 Karmic Koala are already taking place. Development of a consistent Ubuntu presence in California is my first priority, helping junior volunteers feel comfortable stepping forward into the roles I currently fill. 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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