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Michigan LoCo Team Approval Application

Here we are going to give a short description of the team. Something about how we're really cool.

Key Details

Roadmap

• Penguicon Participation:

  • Penguicon is a yearly convention for both Open Source Software and Science Fiction enthusiasts, at the same time. We plan on hosting a Room Party focusing on Ubuntu with previews of Hardy, demos, and a movie. We are also planning on hosting a panel on general Ubuntu Questions and Answers.

    Our planning page is [:MichiganTeam/Projects/Penguicon:here].

• Packaging Jams:

  • We had a successful first Packaging Jam on November 3rd and want to have more. Future Jams will allow more participants and also multiple "paths" (beginners and advanced users). Details on first Jam [:MichiganTeam/Projects/PackagingJam1:here]. We are also working on a general Packaging Jam guide based on our experiences so that more LoCo teams can host their own.

    See [:PackagingJam:this page].

• Release Party/Install Fest:

  • Building off the momentum from Penguicon we plan to host a release party with install fest. Due to Penguicon only being 4 days prior to the release of Hardy the install fest may be a couple weeks after the release date.

• Continued Cooperation with Other Groups:

  • We will continue our friendly cooperation with other user groups in the area. A part of this is a calendar (in the formation process) which will showcase all OSS-related activities in Michigan. Discussed during Nov. 4th meeting, summary [:MichiganTeam/Meetings/IRC-20071104:here].

• Computer Donation/Recycling:

  • There is interest in setting up a computer recycling program. We would take no longer wanted computers and either take them to the appropriate location for recycling or repair them to a state of usability to donate to organizations/schools.

    Project planning page located [:MichiganTeam/Projects/Recycling:here].

Experience

• Communication Channels

  • We have created and maintained our online presence and lines of communication, including a mailing list, a Michigan Team subforum, an IRC channel, and a wiki.

• Team Website

  • The current web presence of the team is the wiki where we keep track of planning projects and provide resources for new users.

  • [:MichiganTeam:Wiki Homepage]

• Face to Face meeting

  • August 23rd, 2007 we meet for our first team meeting
    • Meeting [:MichiganTeam/Meetings/IRL-20070823:Summary]

    • Pictures: [http://flickr.com/photos/7508761@N03/sets/72157601641555775/ flickr set]

• Gutsy Release Party

  • The Gutsy Gibbon Release Party was on October 18th 2007

  • Wiki page with details: [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MichiganTeam/Projects/GutsyRelease]

  • Pictures: [http://mitechie.com/index.php?/archives/253-National-Geographic,-MiLoCo-style.html Blog post]

• Packaging Jam

  • A member of the LoCo team hosted a Packaging Jam on November 3rd this year to help people interested in how to package applications for Ubuntu get over the step learning curve. This was an all day event and was very successful, thus we will be doing more in the future.

    • Flyer: [:MichiganTeam/Projects/PackagingJam1?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=package_jam-1_flyer.pdf:PDF]

    • [:MichiganTeam/Projects/PackagingJam1:Wiki Page]

    • Host's summary: [http://www.mitechie.com/index.php?/archives/273-Summary-of-MiLoCo-Packaging-Jam-2007.html Blog Post]

• Ubuntu Members

  • Jorge Castro [https://launchpad.net/~jorge LaunchPad]