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Team Info
The Ubuntu Massachusetts Local Community Team advocates Open Source and the use of Ubuntu throughout the State of Massachusetts through outreach programs to educate, promote, supply, and support the public.
Our team is a chapter of the ["NUUbuntuTeam"] which promotes Ubuntu in the North Eastern United States. We share their goals but focus locally in Massachusetts.
The Ubuntu Massachusetts Team is still working to become approved.
Join Our Team
To become a member of the Ubuntu Massachusetts Local Community Team please
Subscribe to [https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ma our mailing list] where all meetings and work is coordinated.
Join [https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ma our team on Launchpad]
Join [http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=260 our team forum]
Add yourself to the [:MassachusettsTeam/TeamList:TeamList]
It is very important that you are on the mailing list to stay in the loop.
You should also join the #ubuntu-massachusetts IRC channel
Goals
- Educate
- Teach the public about Ubuntu
- Promote
- Advocate Ubuntu to schools, libraries, and families
- Supply
- Give out the necessary supplies for getting Ubuntu
- Get Ubuntu out through CD's and pre-installed on machines
- Support
- Provide local support for Ubuntu
- Make getting Ubuntu easy by assisting with migrating, installing, configuring, and using Ubuntu
All done in accordance to the [https://launchpad.net/codeofconduct/1.0.1 Ubuntu Code of Conduct]
Our goals may expand and evolve as time passes
How you can help
You can help our team by:
Reading LoCoTeamHowto and LoCoTeamRunning to help build the team
Taking the initiative to run a [:/Projects:project], or plan a meeting, install-fest, or other [:/Events:event]. Do not be afraid to push things forward but do coordinate with others
Help edit, organize, build, and write these wiki pages to make things clearer for new users or LocoTeam members
- Keep our IRC channel active
Help out with some [:/Projects:team projects]
- Share your ideas with us!
For a detailed list of ways to get involved with Ubuntu more generally, check out the ContributeToUbuntu page.
Team Projects
[:/Projects/Exchange:Exchange Program]
[:/Projects/Donate:Donations]
[:/Projects/AluminiumCaseBadges:Case Badge Project]
[:/Projects/TeeShirts:T-Shirts]
[:/Projects:All Projects]
Team Meetings
[:/Meetings:Next Meeting, Thursday August 23rd, 2007]
[:/Meetings/Minutes/2007-07-26:Last Meeting, Thursday July 26th, 2007]
[:/Meetings/Minutes:Previous Meetings]
Team Events
[:/Events:Events]
Release Parties
Once a new version of Ubuntu is released, there will be plenty to celebrate, whether you were directly involved the release process or just rejoice because the next iteration of the best Linux distribution is finally out. We hold a release party for each new release.
[:/Events/ReleaseParties/:Release Parties]
Team Contact
The MassachusettsTeam currently has a mailing list and IRC channel. Here are links to important contact resources:
Forum: http://ma.ubuntuforums.org/
- IRC: #ubuntu-massachusetts on irc.freenode.net
Mailing list: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ma
NUUbuntu homepage: http://www.cafelinux.org/nuubuntuteam/
Our Launchpad team page: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ma
Interim team contacts:
[https://launchpad.net/~doctormo Martin Owens] (DoctorMO) - Interim Leader
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[https://launchpad.net/~mateo-gwj Justin Whitaker]
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