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Ubuntu-ni is the name of the young, dynamic, and fast-growing Loco Team from Nicaragua. We are commited to promote the greatness of free and open source software in our country. We focus mainly on distributing and demonstrating Ubuntu to our fellow citizens and providing high quality community support to all users out there who are willing to discover a new world full of opportunities, the world of Ubuntu. BRBRKey detailsBRBRattachment:flecharoja.png Date: date of application BRattachment:flecharoja.png Team Contact: Leandro Gómez <leo.telsen@gmail.com> BRattachment:flecharoja.png Membership: 30 Members as of Mar. 29, 2007 ([:NicaraguanTeam/Miembros:List of active members]) BRattachment:flecharoja.png Mailing List: ubuntu-ni on lists.ubuntu.com ([https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-ni/ Archives]) BRattachment:flecharoja.png IRC: #ubuntu-ni on Freenode ([http://lug-ilo.homelinux.org/logs/%23ubuntu-ni/ Logs]) BRattachment:flecharoja.png Launchpad: [https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-ni Grupo Ubuntu Nicaragua] BRBRResources BRBRBasic resources for the team are set up and running: BRBRattachment:flecharoja.png Mailing list - [https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-ni Info] | [https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-ni/ Archives] BRattachment:flecharoja.png IRC Channel - #ubuntu-ni on irc.freenode.net [http://lug-ilo.homelinux.org/logs/%23ubuntu-ni/ Logs] BRattachment:flecharoja.png Team Wiki - [:NicaraguanTeam:Wiki Home] | [:NicaraguanTeam?action=fullsearch&context=180&value=nicaragua&titlesearch=T%C3%ADtulos:Wiki pages by the Ubuntu-ni Team] BRattachment:flecharoja.png Launchpad - [https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-ni Grupo Ubuntu Nicaragua] | [https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-l10n-miq Ubuntu Miskito Translators] BRBRMembershipBRBRattachment:flecharoja.png Active members: 30 as of Mar. 29, 2007 [:NicaraguanTeam/Miembros:List of active members]BRattachment:flecharoja.png LP members: 29 as of Mar. 29, 2007 [https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-ni/+members List of active LP Members] BRattachment:flecharoja.png Ubunteros: 6 as of Mar. 29, 2007 [:NicaraguanTeam/Miembros:List of active members] BRBRRoadmap BRBRattachment:flecharoja.png Membership - Grow, both in quantity and quality. Reach the number of 100 active members by the end of the year. Begin our [https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-ni/2007-March/000171.html Classroom Project] in order to increase the expertise and knowledge of our members so they can contribute in a better way to the community. BRattachment:flecharoja.png Local Groups - Establish one [:NicaraguanTeam/ListadoGruposLocales:local group] in each one of the 17 Departments of the country and at least a local representation in every major university. Reaching out and being close to the community is very important for our group. BRattachment:flecharoja.png Working with other organisations - Participate in regional community projects and initiatives, such as [http://www.installfest.info/FLISOL2007/Nicaragua FLISOL], [http://www.ubuntu-lat.org/ Ubuntu Latin America], [http://www.ubuntu-es.org/wiki/doku.php/web:comunidad:Spanish LoCo Teams], etc. Engage our members more actively in the Ubuntu community. BR attachment:flecharoja.png Advocacy/Installfests/Conferences - Continue with the Ubuntu related [:NicaraguanTeam/LinuxTour2007:conferences] and [:NicaraguanTeam/Eventos:workshops]in the different universities and cities across the country. BRattachment:flecharoja.png Documentation - Continue with the translation and/or compilation of [:NicaraguanTeam/Tutoriales:guides, tutorials] and [:NicaraguanTeam/DIYMarketing:Ubuntu marketing material] in Spanish. BRattachment:flecharoja.png Community Support - Improve the community support given in [https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-ni mailing lists] and the [http://lug-ilo.homelinux.org/logs/%23ubuntu-ni/ IRC channel]. BRattachment:flecharoja.png CD Distribution - Finance the local distribution of Ubuntu CDs. BRattachment:flecharoja.png Ubuntu derivative distro/Miskito translation - Continue the work with the work on the [:NicaraguanTeam/UbuntuNica:distro project] and begin the process of translating Ubuntu to Miskito language. BRBRExperience BRBRattachment:flecharoja.png Working with LUGs - The Ubuntu-ni LocoTeam is a member of the Nicaraguan Network for Free and Open Source Software ([http://www.redslcan.org.ni/ REDSLCAN]). We participate actively in their [http://list2.enicaragua.org.ni/mailman/listinfo/softwarelibre mailing lists], share information and work together on national issues and events, such as [http://www.installfest.info/FLISOL2007/Nicaragua FLISOL 2007 in Nicaragua]. BRattachment:flecharoja.png International - We at Ubuntu-ni believe in the benefit of cooperation of all the members of the big Ubuntu LoCo family and participates in all joint [:LocosHispanos:initiatives] and [http://www.ubuntu-es.org/wiki/doku.php/web:comunidad:teams projects] of the Spanish/[http://www.ubuntu-lat.org/ Latin American] Teams. BRattachment:flecharoja.png Installfests - The Ubuntu-ni Loco Team is the official organizer of [http://www.installfest.info/FLISOL2007/Nicaragua FLISOL 2007 in Nicaragua]. FLISOL is a huge Latin American Installfest/Conference with more than 100 participating cities in 19 countries. The Ubuntu-ni team obtained official support for this event from the [http://www.unicit.edu.ni/ Ibero-American University of Science and Technology]. BRattachment:flecharoja.png Advocacy - We are currently planning and running a series of Ubuntu related [:NicaraguanTeam/LinuxTour2007:conferences] and [:NicaraguanTeam/Eventos:workshops]in several Departments of our country. An ambicious [http://list2.enicaragua.org.ni/pipermail/softwarelibre/2007-March/002284.html media plan] is being implemented in occasion of FLISOL and the Feisty Fawn release. The media plan includes several TV appereances, talks in radio shows and newspaper articles and press releases. BRattachment:flecharoja.png Documentation - Our team is working hard on compiling [:NicaraguanTeam/Tutoriales:guides, tutorials, HOWTOs, and other Ubuntu related material] -including [:NicaraguanTeam/DIYMarketing:Marketing material]- in Spanish and make them available to the Spanish speaking community members. A growing group of members are active in [:NicaraguanTeam?action=fullsearch&context=180&value=nicaragua&titlesearch=T%C3%ADtulos:editing and improving the wiki]. BRattachment:flecharoja.png Translations - A few members are already engaged in the translation of [:NicaraguanTeam/Tutoriales:Ubuntu related material] into Spanish. Some of our members are also active members of the [https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-l10n-es Ubuntu Spanish Translation Team]. BRattachment:flecharoja.png Community Support - We provide free community support to our members through the [https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-ni mailing list] and [http://lug-ilo.homelinux.org/logs/%23ubuntu-ni/ IRC channel]. Our members also provide support and general information about Ubuntu on several local forums: [http://www.computacion.uni.edu.ni/foros/ Foros Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria], [http://bacanalnica.com/foros/viewforum.php?f=10 BN: Computadoras e Internet], [http://tecnonica.ief.st/ Tecnonica]. BRattachment:flecharoja.png Local Groups - We are organizing local groups in universities and Departments all around the country in order to make a bigger impact on a local level. Currently we have five [:NicaraguanTeam/ListadoGruposLocales:local Ubuntu-ni groups] in Nicaragua. The [:NicaraguanTeam/UdeM:ubuntu-ni-udem local group] is officially recognized by the authorities of the [http://www.udem.edu.ni/ University of Managua]. BRattachment:flecharoja.png Distribution points - The Local Groups (see above) are responsible for the [:NicaraguanTeam/DistribucionCD:local distribution of Ubuntu CDs] in Nicaragua in coordination with the national Ubuntu team contact. BRattachment:flecharoja.png Derivative Distribution - The Ubuntu-ni [:NicaraguanTeam/UbuntuNica:distro project's] aim is to produce a local distribution with language packs available as default from installation and include [http://bacanalnica.com/foros/viewtopic.php?t=61773 our own national imagery] to give Ubuntu a local flavour. Work is in progress. BRattachment:flecharoja.png Miskito Language - An important part of the Nicaraguan derivative distribution is the translation of Ubuntu to Miskito language. A Launchpad account has been setup and initial contacts has been taken with the [http://www.uraccan.edu.ni/ University of the Autonomous Regions of the Nicaraguan Caribbean Coast] and local NGOs in the municipality of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prinzapolka Prinzapolka]. BRBR BR http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i170/miller_h/gohome.png [:NicaraguanTeam:Home]