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 * We maintained a booth and distributed CDs at The Business Value of Open Source Software event which was held in Dublin on the 16th of November 2010 (Event details [[http://www.een-ireland.ie/eei/events/register.asp?eventid=270 | here]]). Mark Shuttleworth presented at this event.  * We maintained a booth and distributed CDs at The Business Value of Open Source Software event which was held in Dublin on the 16th of November 2010 (Event details [[http://www.een-ireland.ie/eei/events/register.asp?eventid=270 | here]]). Mark Shuttleworth presented at this event. A short write up of this event can be found [[http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~tdr/blog/2010/11/19/the-business-value-of-open-source-software/|here]]
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A short write up of this event can be found [[http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~tdr/blog/2010/11/19/the-business-value-of-open-source-software/|here]]
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 * We began to centralise the online storage of event photos [[http://www.pix.ie/ubuntuie/albums |here]]
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Details:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IrishTeam?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=ie_481_125.png

  • Our 1st Approval Meeting Application detailing how we became a LoCo is linked, this application page aims to show how we have grown and what we have done since.

The Ubuntu-ie LoCo is a group of active and diverse individuals who strive to promote Ubuntu here in Ireland. We like to meet up and share our knowledge and promote Ubuntu wherever possible by attending events and organising our own.





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Key Details

Then 06/09

Now 05/11

Launchpad Members

77 Members

118

Mailing list subscribers

109

151

Roadmap

This group is for anyone in the Republic of Ireland who uses or is interested in all flavours of Ubuntu, whether it's Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Edubuntu or any other variation. This group caters for people of all technical abilities from the person who has never heard of linux or Ubuntu to a kernel developer.

Experience

Since our last loco approval we have continued to:

  • consistently hold monthly IRC meetings, refining the structure to ensure efficiency. Minutes and logs of these meetings can be found here. We have embraced the new LoCo Directory Meeting feature for scheduling our routine meetings. We are currently using the Wiki and LoCo Dir to track meeting data concurrently but hope to migrate fully to the LoCo Directory in the near future.

  • consistently produce concise monthly Team Reports in a timely fashion.

    • These Reports can be found here

  • hold release parties for each Ubuntu iteration.

    • Details of the Jaunty Release party are located here

    • Some details of the Karmic Release party can be seen here

    • Links to details of the Lucid and Maverick Release parties can be found here

    • Some details of the Natty Release party are located here

  • hold and participate in regular social events
  • organise and participate in OSSBarcamp events

Since our last loco approval, we have done these new things:

  • We have developed an efficient system to distribute each LoCo pack of Ubuntu CDs around the country. To facilitate this we have fostered good relationships with University and College Computer Socities as well as city Hackerspaces. A blog post regarding the recent Natty allocation to the 091labs Hackerspace in Galway shows how well this system works in terms of Ubuntu advocacy. This blog post can be found here. We also use social media to promote each release and happily dispatch copies of CDs to individuals who request them.

  • In January 2010 we began holding monthly Ubuntu Hours in Dublin.
  • Towards the end of 2010 we started to hold Ubuntu Hour events in other cities such as Limerick and Cork.

    • Details of these Ubuntu hour Events can be found on the LoCo Directory. Some photos can be found here

  • We have worked hard at expanding beyond a Dublin centric grouping with activities now occurring in Limerick, Cork and Galway.
  • We have increased our range of regular social meetups (Quiz and Bowling events)

  • In collaboration with the University of Limerick Skynet Computer Society we participated in a one day series of talks. Details here.

  • We maintained a booth and distributed CDs at The Business Value of Open Source Software event which was held in Dublin on the 16th of November 2010 (Event details here). Mark Shuttleworth presented at this event. A short write up of this event can be found here

  • We started a podcast

  • We started using Twitter, identi.ca and Facebook to communicate with the community

  • We began to centralise the online storage of event photos here

Team Reports

We have kept regular and timely team reports for the last several years.

Ubuntu Members

The following Ubuntu Members are active in the Irish LoCo team:

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