ApprovalApplication

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Key details

  • Team started to build up at July 14th, 2005
  • Team was registered at launchpad at March 4th, 2008
  • Date of application for approval: May 29th, 2008
  • Team contact: TomasŽeimys – zeimys(AT)ubuntu(DOT)com

Resources

Membership

  • [http://www.ubuntu.lt Website]: over 2,400 members

  • Mailing List: 73 subscribers
  • Launchpad: 17 members

We have our own governance systems, that consists of team leader and 4 board members that are reelected each year by ubuntu.lt users (next election will be held on September 1st ). Current board members:

Roadmap

  • Ubuntu.lt websiteBRWe are working on a new version of ubuntu.lt website. The new version will include the following:

    • Informational pages (translations of ubuntu.com content)
    • Local Wiki installation
    • Forum will be replaced by Q/A system (similar to answers.launchpad.net)
    • Editable Map/List of people and companies that provide payed support for Ubuntu Desktop and Server editions
    • Editable Map/List of people that have and can give away spare Ubuntu CDs

    Basically this will be a combination of “CMS Made Simple” and “MediaWiki” under a single OpenID login. Also the whole website will be linked in various ways with another project we are working on – social network utility for OSS users from Lithuania (project is still in technical documentation preparation stage)

  • MeetingsBRFrom now, all the IRC and Face-to-face meetings are going to be schedule based. IRC meetings every 2 weeks, live meetings every 2 months

  • CD printingBRWe are actively looking for a sponsor that can provide us with blank CDs and DVDs that will be used for burbing Ubuntu and Baltix CD for distribution across Lithuania

  • Conferences and InstallfestsBRWe are planning to organize small installfests every month or two in different cities of Lithuania. Also every half a year on the occasion of release of new Ubuntu version we are going to organize big installfests/conferences.

  • TranslationsBREstablishment of translation team has recently started so it's difficult to predict something. But one thing is known – LoCo is going to do its best to translate as much as possible applications into Lithuanian language

  • DevelopmentBRThere are only a couple of programmers in a team that are working on development of Ubuntu derivative Baltix. All changes and bug fixes on Baltix ar reported back to developers of Debian and Ubuntu.

  • EducationBRThere is a work group that is working on bringing OSS to schools. They are mainly working on https://launchpad.net/all-ways project

  • GreenPCBRGreenPC is a charity project which main target is reuse of old computers. People and organizations are donating old/broken computers. Our team collaborating with some other comunities will be fixing them, installing (X)Ubuntu and giving them away to organizations oriented to upbringing of children (orphanage, after class groups, country schools, etc.). Estimated date of project launch is September 1st 2008.

  • Ubucon BalticBRUbucon Baltic is a huge exhibition of open-source solutions / series of conferences for people from Baltix region (Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia). The target is 2,000 participants. Project is still in “planing / looking for posible sponsorship ways” stage. Estimated date for event is spring of 2009.

  • Spreading written wordBRThere are plans to edit a FOSS column in biggest IT paper-magazine in Lithuania - “Naujoji Komunikacija”. Still in a stage of negotiations. Now there is education biased FOSS column in 3-rd bigest magazine "Kompiuterija".

Experience

  • ubuntu.ltBRWebsite was launched 3 years ago. For the beginning there are constantly updated Ubuntu and FOSS related news, forums, articles section. Over that period we gathered >2,400 members under “one roof”. Now this is the core of our actual community.

  • InstallfestsBRWe participated in organizing of many installfests and conferences. The biggest and latest was Ubucon:

    • There were ~100 participants
    • Event was 6 hours long
    • There were 2 key speakers and 6 lighting talks.
    • Distributed ~60 Ubuntu CDs and ~50 Baltix CDs
    • [http://ftp.akl.lt/incoming/ubucon08/ Photos]

  • Team communicationBRLive face-to-face meetings and parties are organized constantly. Each time there are >20 attendants.

  • Printed press and radio talk showsBRcommunity members are often writing articles about Ubuntu and FOSS, participating in debates on the radio, etc.

  • Distribution of Ubuntu CDsBRGod knows how many thousands of these were distributed since the first release of Ubuntu

  • Ubuntu bookBRSome members are collaborating on writing a book about Ubuntu in Lithuanian language. It is estimated that it will be published at the end of this summer.

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