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| I am a freelance web developer from Australia. | I am a php/mysql web developer by trade and I've lived in 3 countries. Currently I live in California. |
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| I began playing with livecds such as Knoppix and Damn Small Linux since around April 2005 and I've been using Linux, primarily Ubuntu since approximately July 2005. It has been my primary Operating System since some time in January 2006, and while I have tinkered with other distros out of curiosity, Ubuntu has firmly remained as my preference. | I began playing with livecds in 2005 and I've been using Linux, primarily Ubuntu since approximately July 2005. |
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| ''I like my operating systems like I like my cars - already assembled and without any rust spots.'' | I've been an ordinary member on the Australian national Linux user body [[http://linux.org.au|Linux Australia]] and was the Secretary of the Sydney local LUG, [[http://slug.org.au|Sydney Linux Users Group]]. |
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| '''IRC'''(freenode): elkbuntu | '''IRC'''(freenode): el |
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| '''IRC'''(oftc): elky '''Jabber''': elkbuntu@jabber.org and elkbuntu@jabber.org.au |
'''IRC'''(oftc): el |
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| * AustralianTeam LoCoTeamContact | * AustralianTeam * Former LoCoTeamContact |
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| * Regular contributor to the UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter * Ubuntu Surveys (No, I have not finished analysing the results yet) |
* Former regular contributor to the UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter |
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| * LoCo Mentoring * UbuntuDeveloperSummitMountainView * UbuntuOpenWeek * More to come * IRC & Mailing Lists * Active in channels and on lists * IRC Op |
* Former LoCo Mentoring * Attended several UDSs * Hosted Several UbuntuOpenWeek sessions * IRC * Served on the IRC Council for various terms since it began * IRC Op since like 2006 * Been involved in Ubuntu Women since the early days * Former RMB member for Asia-Oceania * Previously done some packaging, not currently |
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| Although I do not desire to be a packager, I have made a .deb of fonts. It is called ttf-fossfonts and can be found in the SeveasPackages repository and mirrors. | |
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| == Non-Official == I am responsible for The Ubuntu Counter Project ( http://ubuntucounter.geekosophical.net ), which is a non-official 'census' of users and their machines. Just a little project to gather some interesting and possibly useful stats. Also to provide users with little blog or forum sig images with which to display their Ubuntu pride and spread the word of Ubuntu to the unwashed masses. |
= IRC Council Nomination 2019-2021 = |
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| = The Future = My dream is not to have every computer in the world running Ubuntu, although it would be nice. Rather, I dream of the day that everyone '''knows''' that they have a choice. |
As a long time member of the IRC team and Council I have valuable historical knowledge of the Ubuntu IRC ecosystem and the challenges we've faced over the years. I am proud of the self-sufficient channels that we've fostered in freenode's ubuntu namespace that are self-moderating and rarely need to call in reinforcements. |
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| I enjoy working with all the wonderful people in this community to help Ubuntu grow and be strong, and I hope to remain a part of it. | I believe that volunteer contributors benefit from a hands-off approach with minimal bureaucracy but management that is proactive when necessary, is accessible, and negotiates empathetically when issues arise but that is also willing to make tough calls to rectify problems. The next IRCC should ideally recommence occasional meetings as schedules allow and evaluate our operators lists and if deemed necessary recruit some new ones. |
About
I am a php/mysql web developer by trade and I've lived in 3 countries. Currently I live in California.
I began playing with livecds in 2005 and I've been using Linux, primarily Ubuntu since approximately July 2005.
I've been an ordinary member on the Australian national Linux user body Linux Australia and was the Secretary of the Sydney local LUG, Sydney Linux Users Group.
Launchpad: https://launchpad.net/people/melissa
IRC(freenode): el
IRC(oftc): el
Email: melissa [at] meldraweb [dot] com
Involvement
Official
Former LoCoTeamContact
- Marketing Team
Former regular contributor to the UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter
Former LoCo Mentoring
- Attended several UDSs
Hosted Several UbuntuOpenWeek sessions
- IRC
- Served on the IRC Council for various terms since it began
- IRC Op since like 2006
- Been involved in Ubuntu Women since the early days
- Former RMB member for Asia-Oceania
- Previously done some packaging, not currently
IRC Council Nomination 2019-2021
As a long time member of the IRC team and Council I have valuable historical knowledge of the Ubuntu IRC ecosystem and the challenges we've faced over the years. I am proud of the self-sufficient channels that we've fostered in freenode's ubuntu namespace that are self-moderating and rarely need to call in reinforcements.
I believe that volunteer contributors benefit from a hands-off approach with minimal bureaucracy but management that is proactive when necessary, is accessible, and negotiates empathetically when issues arise but that is also willing to make tough calls to rectify problems.
The next IRCC should ideally recommence occasional meetings as schedules allow and evaluate our operators lists and if deemed necessary recruit some new ones.
MelissaDraper (last edited 2019-09-23 17:53:31 by melissa)