Ubuntu Oregon is a group of volunteers who advocate and promote Ubuntu and Free Open Source Software in Oregon. We plan and attend events statewide for the purposes of educating others about Ubuntu and Free Open Source Software and organizing sessions to introduce people to the process of contributing to Ubuntu.

Key Details

• Date Established - May 30th, 2007
• Team Contacts

  • Benjamin Kerensa <<bkerensa AT SPAMFREE ubuntu DOT com>>

  • Nathan Williams <<nathan AT SPAMFREE nathanewilliams DOT com>>

• Launchpad Group (45 Active)

• Mailing List (106 subscribed as of June 19th)

• IRC - #ubuntu-us-or on Freenode (IRC meetings 2nd Sunday of every month)

• Forums

• Social - Twitter, Flickr, Facebook, Google+ (1000+ Combined Social Network Followers)

Past Activity

Big Picture View: http://loco.ubuntu.com/teams/ubuntu-us-or/events/history

Summary and Extra Details:

Many informal Ubuntu Hours, see above

Precise Release Party - Apr 29, 2012

• Approximately 50 attendees
• hosted by Puppet Labs (thanks!)

• Loco Event

• Photos

Global Jam - Mar 4, 2012

• Approx. 40 attending

• hosted by FreeGeek (thanks!)

• Loco Event

Ubuntu/Debian Jam & BSP - Dec 4, 2011

• Approximately 25+ Attendees

  • Loco Event

  • Photos

  • bkerensa blog post

  • Kees Cook blog post

  • Steve Langasek blog post

11.10 Release Party - October 22nd, 2011

• Approximately 16+ Attendees

  • Event Listing

  • Flickr

Salem Ubuntu Hour - October 21, 2011 (Reoccurring weekly)

• Approximately 3 Participants (First Salem Area Event)

  • Loco Event

PuppetConf 2011 - Sept 19, 2011

• 3 LoCo Members Participated in Booth (Only sponsored two passes)

  • Photo of Ubuntu OR Team

  • Loco Event

Ubuntu Global Jam 2011 - Sept 3rd, 2011

• Approximately 20+ Attendees

  • Loco Event

  • Flickr

Open Source Convention 2011 - July 25, 2011 (Now for 4 years straight)

• 5 Participants ran Booth

  • Loco Event

  • Flickr

Community Leadership Summit 2011 - July 23, 2011 (Will be attending in 2012)

• 3 LoCo Members Generally Participated By Expanding Leadership Skills

  • Loco Event

  • Flickr of bkerensa

11.04 Release Party April 19, 2011

• 5 Participants Approximately

  • Party Photo

Roadmap

• Current Active Locations

  • Portland area, Salem

  Areas for future development

  • Corvallis, Eugene, Medford

  Planned Events

  • Geeknic
  • FOSS Talk series at Yahoo!

  Community Based Advocacy
  Oregon is community oriented and we aim to work closely with community partners such as FreeGeek and various User Groups to provide our expertise and resources to further Ubuntu and Free Open Source Software in our community.
  

  • Participation in FreeGeek Education Program

  • Engage Portland Linux User Group & Salem LUG

  • Outreach with Portland Wordpress User Group

  Community Support
  To provide community-driven support to Oregonian's via forum, IRC, mailing lists, meet ups, jams and every other venue available to us.
  

  • Continue support & advocacy engagement on PLUG Mailing List and ORLUG IRC Channel

  • Continue to provide support in-community

  Ubuntu in Education
  To work closely with K-12, University and Community Education centers to advocate that they adopt Ubuntu into their curriculum and to aid them in that endeavour by facilitaing classes, providing mentoring and other resources.
  

  • Mentoring with Western Oregon University
  • Continued Engagement with Portland-Area Teachers who use Ubuntu in the classroom

  Community Involvement
  To influence and encourage Oregonians to be involved in the Ubuntu Project and our Local Community (LoCo).

  • Continue involvement and participation in various community activities