Re-approval Application 2013 for Japanese LoCo Team (ubuntu-jp)

Key Details

• Date - 18 June 2013

• Team Contact - Jun Kobayashi

• Membership - 11 active core members and tens of volunteers as of 18 June 2013.

• Mailing List - ubuntu-jp on lists.ubuntu.com with 2722 members as of 19 July 2011.

• IRC - #ubuntu-jp on Freenode

• Launchpad Page - https://launchpad.net/~japaneseteam

• Web Site - http://www.ubuntulinux.jp

• Web Forum - https://forums.ubuntulinux.jp

• Wiki Site - https://wiki.ubuntulinux.jp

Roadmap

• Spread Ubuntu in Japan - Increase the number of Japanese users involved in the Ubuntu community.

  • Continue to organize regional meetings.
  • Attend local FLOSS conferences four or more times per year.
  • Distribute Ubuntu DVDs at events.

  • Continue running LoCo team resources: Web site, IRC (#ubuntu-jp), Mailing List (unbuntu-jp@lists.ubuntu.com), Web forum.

  • Write articles on local magazines and web sites.
  • Advise more companies which plan to use Ubuntu for business.

• IRC Meetings - Continue to organise regular weekly IRC meetings.

• Make Ubuntu better for Japanese users - Translate more applications, improve Japanese display and input support, and work to build up and provide a better Japanese language environment.

  • Maintain jp.archive.ubuntu.com to make Japanese users update their ubuntu system comfortably.
  • Continue to create and distribute Japanese Remix Desktop DVD images which supports Japanese input even in live session.

• Better relation ships with other FOSS communities - Expand cooperative ties with other Ubuntu and FOSS comunities.

  • Maintain cooperation with Debian JP Project.

  • Deepen exchanges with other FLOSS communities including LibreOffice, Linaro, Android, etc.

• Deepen exchanges with Ubuntu users in other countries

  • Encourage more of the Japanese LoCo Team members to become Ubuntu Members.

Experience

Experiences from 20 June 2011 to 18 June 2013.

• Meetings - We organized events for Ubuntu users.

• Conference Attendance - We have attended following conferences.

  • Ubuntu Offline Meeting 13.05 Tokyo; host

  • Open Source Conference 2011 Nagoya; booth participation

  • Open Source Small Conference 2011 Aizu; booth participation

  • Open Source Conference 2011 Tokyo/Fall; booth participation

  • Open Source Conference 2012 Tokyo/Spring; booth participation

  • Open Source Conference 2012 Nagoya; booth participation

  • Open Source Conference 2012 Sendai; booth participation

  • Open Source Conference 2012 Kansai@Kyoto; booth participation

  • Open Source Conference 2012 Tokyo/Fall; booth participation

  • Open Source Conference 2012 Aizu; booth participation

  • Open Source Conference 2012 Tokyo/Spring; booth participation

• Meetings with organizations - We have talked about Ubuntu with some companies which are considering using Ubuntu for their business.

• Team Reports - We have submitted the summary of our activities to TeamReports page continually ( summary page ).

• Regular IRC Meeting - We organize meetings in #ubuntu-jp on irc.freenode.net every Tuesday (13:00 UTC / 22:00 JST).

• Ubuntu Kaizen Project - We manage the Ubuntu Kaizen Project to handle bugs submitted in Japanese.

• Japanese Ubuntu articles - We have written articles for following papers and online local magazines

  • Ubuntu Magazine Japan - The first Ubuntu specialized magazine in Japan. We wrote articles for them. / quartery

    • vol.06

    • vol.07

    • vol.08

    • vol.09

    • vol.10

    • 2013 Summer(vol.11)

  • Ubuntu Weekly Recipe / weekly

    • Serialized in 269 articles as of 18 June 2013. (from June 2011: + 97 articles)

  • Ubuntu Weekly Topics / weekly

    • Serialized in 277 articles as of 18 June 2013 (from June 2011: +101 articles).

  • Ittoke! Ubuntu DoJo! - Conversational style articles on ascii.jp

    • Serialized in 56 articles as of 18 June 2013 (from June 2011: +12 articles, finished at Oct 2010).

  • "Ubuntu Monthly Report" SoftwareDesign - has been serialized since May 2010, and continues today.(from Jun 2011: +24 articles)

  • "Software Design"(Jun 2013) First Impression of Ubuntu 13.04 written by Fumihito Yoshida

  • "Software Design"(Nov 2012) A new/evolving features of Ubuntu 12.10 written by Ikuya Awashiro

  • "Software Design"(Aug 2012) "We recommend best Operating Systems for us";chapter 3: Ubuntu written by Fumihito Yoshida

  • "Software Design"(May 2012) A first report of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS wirten by Ikuya Awashiro

• Japanese Ubuntu Books - Our member wrote some books in Japanese. You can purchase in Japanese book stores and amazon.co.jp.

  • "Ubuntu Linux Introduction Kit for 12.04" written by Hajime Mizuno (date of publication: 12 June 2012)

  • "Ubuntu Server Practical Bible" written by Fumihito Yoshida (date of publication: 19 March 2013)

• Japanese Remix CDs/DVDs - We create and distribute Japanese Remix Desktop CDs/DVDs for each release of Ubuntu.

  • Ubuntu 11.10 Desktop Japanese Remix

  • Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Desktop Japanese Remix

  • Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS Desktop Japanese Remix

  • Ubuntu 12.10 Desktop Japanese Remix

  • Ubuntu 13.04 Desktop Japanese Remix

• Archive/Release mirrors - We maintain archive mirrors in Japan with help of some organizations.

  • University of Toyama

  • K.K. Ashisuto