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Mark is an inspiration for both the belgian and dutch locoteam. He's very active and dedicated to both Ubuntu and FOSS in general. His contributions to the -be team are, as you can see above, both significant and sustained (many months already). I would love to see him as official Ubuntu member.

-- DennisKaarsemaker ("Seveas"), 17 oct 2006

https://launchpad.net/people/mark-markvdb

My ubuntu activities

  • 1999 (pre-ubuntu) - now: free software translation work, inside & outside ubuntu, see google & https://launchpad.net/people/mark-markvdb/+translations

  • 2004/10: ubuntu user since Warty

  • 2005/07: offer gstreamer MIDI integration bounty (see https://launchpad.net/bounties/gstreamer-midi)

  • 2006/03 - now: report bugs, see https://launchpad.net/people/mark-markvdb/+reportedbugs

  • 2006/02: set up a map of Ubuntu users in Belgium (code+ quiet beta launch, initially under http://www.vrijesoftware.be , Dutch for free-as-in-freedom-software.be)

  • 2006/05/27: organise a Dapper PR preparation meeting with 10 fellow Ubuntu users from Belgium (very little if anything had happened between the ubuntu-be.org launch in 2006/02 and this date)
  • 2006/06: /me ubuntu-be.org administrator, next to Lionel "ploum" Dricot (who is more and more occupied by his very demanding first job, and thankful that someone takes action)

  • 2006/06: create use cases for LoCoTeam software infrastructure based upon team member input, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BelgianTeam/SupportPointsSpec

  • 2006/06 - now: find & encourage php developers to create tools for our volunteers, set up launchpad infrastructure, see https://launchpad.net/people/mapdevs/+branch/support.points.map/dev

  • 2006/06/x: reformulate the ubuntu-be.org mission statement after group input
  • 2006/05/30: write Ubuntu 6.06 LTS/ubuntu-be.org press release, including quote from NL_BE education ministry IT policy chief
  • 2006/05/3x: write ubuntu-be.org NL_BE site contents, coordinate with FR_BE
  • 2006/06/01: gather press contacts; send off PR; be NL_BE press contact

  • 2006/06/01: Het Nieuwsblad interview (print newspaper, 212000 ex.), see http://www.nieuwsblad.be/Article/Detail.aspx?articleID=GI6T3PF2

  • 2006/09: search and find volunteers & funding for computer fair booths

  • 2006/09/2x: Het Bedrijf/L'entreprise, >10000 ex. SME magazine interview

  • 2006/09/26: shipit request: 999 Ubuntu 6.06 LTS 32 bit x86 for computer fairs
  • 2006/10/04: shipit received: 200 Ubuntu 6.06 LTS 23 bit x86 from shipit

  • 2006/10/07: fund Antwerp computer fair booth & CD-R's

  • 2006/10/08: promote Ubuntu at Antwerp computer fair booth
  • 2006/10/13: organise 2006/10/15 Leuven computer fair booth preparation meeting (7 people)
  • 2006/10/14: print and cut 800 leaflets for fair booth

  • 2006/10/15: buy breakfast for booth participants & have great fun evangelising at booth

My ubuntu plans

I want to continue actively leading the ubuntu-be.org community for at least one year, like I have done after Lionel Dricot became less active. I like its current form as a rather informal horizontal organisation, but will seek a more formal recognition from the Belgian team members if necessary.

Some non-ubuntu things

These should give you an idea how I am dedicated to digital freedom:

  • 1997: start using free software (install floppy Linux router at former primary school)
  • (exact date lost, students don't make enough backups): Larry Sanger creates nl.wikipedia.org at my request

  • 2000: wiki user, UseModWiki, first free software translation

  • 2000: project musicaliberata: free-as-in-freedom music content, content absorbed into Mutopia project (http://mutopiaproject.org)

  • 2002 - now: FOSDEM (Free & Open Source Developer Meeting) volunteer, see http://fosdem.org

  • 2002/07/31: first contribution to Mutopia free-as-in-freedom sheet music archive, see http://mutopiaproject.org/cgibin/make-table.cgi?searchingfor=borre

  • 2003 - now: software patents are an insult to creative minds, FFII volunteer, see http://ffii.org; actions taken: explaining to members of Strasbourg parliament, organising demonstration s, kayaking in front of European parliament, see http://gallery.ffii.org/Strasbourg050705/00071_G Smile :)

  • 2004 & later: financial contribution to GNU Lilypond music typesetting software

  • 2004/10 - now: install & maintain Debian based thin client system at my former primary school as a volunteer

  • 2005: financial contribution to GCompris education software

  • 2006/02: started small free software business, see http://lusis.be (NL)

Some of my qualities (to be completed)

  • language skills (important for ubuntu-be.org!!!, we have 3 official languages and quite a few imported ones):
    • NL native, +++

    • FR read & speak: ++, write +

    • EN read/write/speak ++
    • DE read ++ speak +- write =
    • IT: read +
    • ES: read =

Please note that http://markvdb.be is offline for the moment due to mess with a dns agent switch going wrong. I'm not proud of this at all, which is why I hide this at the bottom. Sorry...

Mark is an inspiration for both the belgian and dutch locoteam. He's very active and dedicated to both Ubuntu and FOSS in general. His contributions to the -be team are, as you can see above, both significant and sustained (many months already). I would love to see him as official Ubuntu member.

-- DennisKaarsemaker ("Seveas"), 17 oct 2006

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