Ubuntu Team Philippines is among the oldest LoCoTeams, established since 2005. We have a fairly active community, mostly seen in the Ubuntu Forums (and recently through Facebook Groups,) with a few hangers-on at our IRC and mailing lists, with a few of us becoming be Ubuntu members, doing work as varied as UX, documentation, translation and packaging; we try to hold Release Parties too, mostly small gatherings for people to network offline (I am in fact organizing one for Natty this June, as the Natty CDs have been late to arrive,) as well as support events that showcase Linux and Open Source.
Despite the group's age, we're still fairly slow to grow beyond supporting our Ubuntu users here in the Philippines via online media, and conducting regular release parties; thus our roadmap leads us to push our members on contributing to Ubuntu through the aforementioned activities of our existing Ubuntu Members, as well as to reorganize ourselves in order to better maintain existing resources. We wish to continue acting as a Ubuntu LoCoTeam to enable Filipinos to discover Ubuntu and appreciate it among peers.
Key Details
Date - (June 15 2011)
Team Contact - ZakElep <zakame@ubuntu.com>
Membership - 473 as of 15 June 2011
Mailing List - ubuntu-ph on lists.ubuntu.com
IRC - #ubuntu-ph on freenode
LoCo Directory - http://loco.ubuntu.com/teams/loco-philippine-team
Roadmap
More online events - We lack regular IRC meetings and group learning sessions; organize through new channels such as the Facebook Group
We had our latest IRC meeting earlier, see PhilippineTeam/MeetingLogs/20110719, planning to make this regular
More offline events - Help groups of members in key cities to organize small Ubuntu events with specific focus, e.g. Translation day or Bug triaging day, as well as continued participation in global events such as Software Freedom Day and the Ubuntu release parties
- Per latest IRC meeting, we have some events to be involved with or planning to get involved:
- Cebu City event to be organized by scriptwarlock
SoftwareFreedomDay celebrations by multiple organizations
Call for volunteer for Red Cross Linux Training by YolynneMedina
Robetex event at Our Lady of Lourdes College at Daet to be attended by ZakElep (tentative)
- Per latest IRC meeting, we have some events to be involved with or planning to get involved:
Get more people involved in Ubuntu development - over the past few years we have several people becoming Ubuntu members (AllanCaeg, IrvinPiraman, DaxSolomonUmaming, Jucato, loell, ZakElep) helping out in one way or another, and there should be more Filipinos with the potential to be deeply involved in Ubuntu development
New people discovering the PhilippineTeam via social media, e.g. Facebook, Twitter, Google+
TeamReports - reporting was discontinued, to be resumed very soon
Experience
Release Parties
We've held many release parties over the last few years, a few of which have been documented: from Edgy, Jaunty, Karmic, Maverick, Maverick2. This is our main avenue of distributing LoCoTeam shipment of pressed Ubuntu CDs. We will have our Natty Release Party on June 24 (in Zamboanga) and July 1 (in Manila.)
- Photos:
Ubuntu Global Jam
Held last August 2010 at Manila and Zamboanga, introducing means to contribute to Ubuntu to our members
Manila Global Jam:
Software Freedom Days
SFD2010 - Systems Plus College Foundation with Jed Berones as a Resource Speaker
SFD2010 - UP Diliman (organized by CP-Union) attended by Ubuntu-PH members
SFD2010 - University of Baguio with AllanCaeg as a Resource Speaker
SFD2009 - STI Zamboanga organized by Ubuntu-PH member Yolynne Medina and RJ Ian Sevilla
SFD2008 - Basilan organized by Ubuntu-PH members Yolynne Medina and RJ Ian Sevilla
Other FOSS Events
We've also helped organize local events such as:
And we've participated in other local events such as:
Advocacy
Online Activities
Offline Meetups
- 2009 post-Google + Globe Developer Workshop
Press Releases
Local developers get hold of new Ubuntu release - Newsbytes Philippines, 05 July 2011
Ubuntu Linux 'Natty Narwhal' debuts in PHL - Day Life Online, 06 July 2011
Local Developers Get Hold Of New Ubuntu Release - WMSMOMO Blogsite, 06 July 2011
Local group launches Ubuntu's latest in Phl - The Philippine Star Online, 07 July 2011
Ubuntu ‘Natty Narwhal’ Release to spark opportunities for Linux users in PH - PC World Philippines Online, 07 July 2011
Online Support
via IRC, forums, and mailing list, providing local support and networking for our members
Translations
there was a previous translation effort to localize Ubuntu to native Filipino dialects, see PhilippineTeam/Translations. This effort was stalled, but plans to revitalize are underway.