Who am I?

Brazilian born, living in the United States since 1991. Graduated from Pace University with a BS in Biochemistry in 1997. Married since 2000, father of a 4 1/2-year-old daughter and soon to be a father of a second child.

Been involved with Open Source, and more especifically with the Brazilian community since 2005, thanks to incentive from Stephan Hermann. Started as a translator for the Brazilian Team, eventually being appointed as the administrator, and now proud leader of the team.

= Web Presence ==

• Launchpad: https://launchpad.net/people/ogmaciel

• Wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/OgMaciel

• gpg id: [http://keyserver.ubuntu.com:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x122F815A5C178F4DA1BCC103503126D4D5CFC202 0xD5CFC202]

Email:

• MailTo(og DOT maciel SPAMFREE AT gmail DOT com)

• MailTo(ogmaciel SPAMFREE AT ubuntu DOT com)

Blogs:

• http://www.ogmaciel.com (en_US)

• http://blog.ogmaciel.com (pt_BR)

IRC on FreeNode:

• OgMaciel

• GnuKemist

Involvement:

• Leader of Ubuntu Brazilian Portuguese Translators Team

• Founding Member of Ubuntu Brazilian Planet Team
• Spearheaded the creation of the Brazilian Data Miners Team
• Spearheaded the creation of the Brazilian Documentation Team
• Member of Norther New Jersey MySQL User Group
• Founding member of the Ubuntu United States - NJ Team
• Organizer of Nothern New Jersey Linux User Group (2004 - 2005)

Statement

"It was not long ago, during one of my recent rants about open source not always being open to non-contributors, that I first heard of Stephan Hermann. He had written something that really clicked with my way of thinking, and shortly after exchanging some emails/posts replies I was convinced that it was about time I got more involved with the community. I didn’t want to be one of those individuals who talk a lot but doesn’t do anything about it. It was thanks to Stephan that I finally joined the Ubuntu Brazilian (Portuguese) Translation Team in Launchpad and started translating documents and applications for the upcoming release of Ubuntu. Granted I couldn’t spent much time every day on it, neither could I hang out in #ubuntu for my company blocks all ports, I still managed to squeeze a few minutes here and there… and it was a great feeling knowing that my work will benefit hundreds of Portuguese speaking people to use Ubuntu in their native language! And every time I couldn’t work on it, I wished I had more free time to contribute more!"

Ever since I wrote the above post, my involvement with Ubuntu and the Linux Community has increased both in volume and intensity. I've spent more time lending a hand to my fellow Ubuntites at #ubuntu-br and our mailing list, trying my best to not only help them solve their issues but also spreading the word about the "Ubuntu way" of doing things. I also proposed the creation of a blog aggregator (planet) for Brazilian Ubuntu users/supporters, so that we could have a place to post helpfull information for new users. The idea was gladly accepted and within a few days, with the awsome effort of several Brazilian users the web site was launched. Every now and then I initiate "translation crusades" to get more people to help out with the translation process... and... and... I'm just glad to be able to help out my fellow Linux user!