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| = MatthewEast = | = About Me = |
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| == About Me == | I am a lawyer from the United Kingdom. I am 28 years old, and married. I live and [[http://www.hfw.com/people/atoz/mattheweast|work]] in London. |
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| Hi I'm Matthew East. I am a 23 year old English guy, and I am nearly a lawyer. My site is [http://mdke.mine.nu here]. | My launchpad page is [[https://launchpad.net/people/mdke|people/mdke]] and my website and blog are at [[http://mdke.org|mdke.org]]. |
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| == My interest in Ubuntu == | = My interest in Ubuntu = |
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| I help out in the documentation team and Italian community. | I'm interested in the Ubuntu community spirit and relations and in helping to work build a community where the different parts work and talk together. I still believe that this is one of the great challenges for the Ubuntu community as it continues to grow at a fast rate. I'm also interested in the relationship between Canonical, the corporate sponsor of Ubuntu on whom Ubuntu relies heavily in so many different ways, and the volunteer community without which I am convinced that Ubuntu would not have had the success that it does. I am a strong believer in the philosophical and practical benefits of free software and will defend [[http://www.ubuntu.com/community/ubuntustory/philosophy|the Ubuntu promise]] wherever I see it threatened. |
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| My current top dream for Ubuntu is for it to have user friendly documentation which matches the OS in quality. This documentation should be translated. | = Contact = |
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| == Contact == | * I am {{{mdke}}} at irc.freenode.net * Email me if you like: <<MailTo(mdke AT ubuntu DOT com)>> * My [[http://www.gnupg.org|GPG]] key is: 0E6B06FF. |
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| * I am {{{mdke}}} at irc.freenode.net, and generally hang out in #ubuntu-doc #ubuntu-it and sometimes #ubuntu. COME AND FIND ME TO CHAT! * Email me if you like: matthew {dot} east {dot} ubuntu {at} breathe {dot} com * My [http://www.gnupg.org GPG] key is: 0E6B06FF. |
= What I am involved in = |
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| == scratchpad for me (links) == | * CommunityCouncil member. * DocumentationTeam - I have been heavily involved in the DocumentationTeam for several years now. My main contributions to the team are in the areas of team management, translation, website administration (help.ubuntu.com), packaging, and writing. * WikiTeam - team management and wiki documentation. * [[ItalianCommunityStructure|Italian Team]]. I am a founding member of the Italian Ubuntu community and continue to sit on the Italian LoCoTeam Council, and am the LoCoTeam Contact for the Italian community. * [[http://www.ubuntu.com|Ubuntu Website]] editor. * Occasional [[http://fridge.ubuntu.com|Fridge]] editor. * Active generally in other community related areas. |
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| === Docs === | See all teams that I participate on my [[https://launchpad.net/~mdke/+participation|Launchpad team membership page]]. |
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| * WikiGardeningIcons (done - *gasps*) * IdeasForNewFrontPageStructure * Converting hundreds of pages to MoinMoin markup ;) (going well, but 100s more to do, please helpout! see [http://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/pagesByType this page] for those that still need doing) * Only 28 left to convert as of this writing :D --MikkoVirkkilä * RosettaWishList * [http://udu.wiki.ubuntu.com/WikiTransitionPlan Transition of the Ubuntu Wiki] * [DocteamStepByStepl18n] |
= Initiatives = |
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| === ubuntu-it === | Significant initiatives in the community that I've been involved in include: |
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| * ItalianDocumentation. * ItalianToDo |
* BetterWikiDocs * HelpAndSupportAccess * HelpWikiQualityAssurance * ItalianCommunityStructure * PlanetUbuntuEditorialPolicy * StreamlineMembershipApproval * TopicBasedHelp * WikiLicensing * UbuntuNews = Subpages = Subpages of this one: <<Navigation(children,1)>> ---- CategoryHomepage |
About Me
I am a lawyer from the United Kingdom. I am 28 years old, and married. I live and work in London.
My launchpad page is people/mdke and my website and blog are at mdke.org.
My interest in Ubuntu
I'm interested in the Ubuntu community spirit and relations and in helping to work build a community where the different parts work and talk together. I still believe that this is one of the great challenges for the Ubuntu community as it continues to grow at a fast rate. I'm also interested in the relationship between Canonical, the corporate sponsor of Ubuntu on whom Ubuntu relies heavily in so many different ways, and the volunteer community without which I am convinced that Ubuntu would not have had the success that it does. I am a strong believer in the philosophical and practical benefits of free software and will defend the Ubuntu promise wherever I see it threatened.
Contact
I am mdke at irc.freenode.net
Email me if you like: <mdke AT ubuntu DOT com>
My GPG key is: 0E6B06FF.
What I am involved in
CommunityCouncil member.
DocumentationTeam - I have been heavily involved in the DocumentationTeam for several years now. My main contributions to the team are in the areas of team management, translation, website administration (help.ubuntu.com), packaging, and writing.
WikiTeam - team management and wiki documentation.
Italian Team. I am a founding member of the Italian Ubuntu community and continue to sit on the Italian LoCoTeam Council, and am the LoCoTeam Contact for the Italian community.
Ubuntu Website editor.
Occasional Fridge editor.
- Active generally in other community related areas.
See all teams that I participate on my Launchpad team membership page.
Initiatives
Significant initiatives in the community that I've been involved in include:
Subpages
Subpages of this one:
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