= ReApproval Application 2012 =

== Key Details ==

 * Date: 2012-07-16
 * Approved: 2009-03-31, reapproved 2010-04-20
 * Team contacts - [[https://launchpad.net/~dmitry-agafonov]], [[https://launchpad.net/~malamut]]
 * Membership: ~1100 (~800 users and ~300 members in local&working groups [[https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-ru/+members|listed]])
 * Web site - http://ubuntu.ru/
 * Documentation wiki - http://help.ubuntu.ru/
 * Team wiki - http://team.ubuntu.ru/
 * Activity tracking at LP: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu-ru
 * Support:
  * Forum - http://forum.ubuntu.ru/
  * Mailing list - ubuntu-ru @ lists.ubuntu.com
  * IRC - #ubuntu-ru @ freenode.net
  * Jabber - ubuntu @ conference.jabber.ru
 * LoCo coordination - loco @ conference.ubuntu.ru

== Road Map ==

=== Current Developments ===
 * Translate Quantal Quetzal to Russian
 * Test Quantal Quetzal

=== Mid- and Long-term targets ===
 * Create Ubuntu Russian Remix
 * More local activities via city subteams

=== Ongoing activities ===
 * Provide support by any means feasible on-line (forum, jabber, irc; one of ideas currently in development: pool of people able to provide on-line support directly) as well as off-line (e.g. gather information where interested people can get a disc with distribution) to Russian-speaking users
 * Spread word about FOSS in general and Ubuntu in particular
 * Involve more people in real-life activities: extend geography of our non-virtual presence 

== Experience ==

=== LoCo ===

Team work:
 * The working groups as [[https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-ru/+members | subgroups of ~ubuntu-ru]]
 * Mailing lists for the working groups
 * [[https://launchpad.net/ubuntu-ru | Ubuntu-ru meta-project]]
 * [[https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-ru | Bug tracker]] to organize work processes, for status monitoring and troubleshooting
 * [[http://forum.ubuntu.ru/index.php?board=44.0 | Dedicated forum section]] to discuss ongoing work
 * On-line [[http://team.ubuntu.ru/ | teams' home]]
 * Coordination via Jabber channel loco @ conference.ubuntu.ru

=== Translations ===

==== Russian Ubuntu Translators ====
 * Home: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-l10n-ru
 * 67 members, about 1400 various contributors
 * Ubuntu (on-CD packages) translation stats (http://91.189.93.77/stats/):
  * 10.04: 100% translated, 9th in list
  * 11.04: 99% translated, 5th in list
  * 11.10: 100% translated, 8th in list
  * 12.04: 100% translated, 3rd in list
 * Accepts feedback from users via e-mail: translation-bugs@ubuntu.ru
 * Uses bug tracker: https://bugs.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-l10n-ru

==== Full Circle Magazine ====
 * Issues 0,1,20-43 were translated into Russian and currently project is frozen
 * Home page http://fullcirclemagazine.ru/
 * Archives: http://ubuntu.ru/fullcircle

=== Resources ===

==== ubuntu.ru ====

 * [[http://ubuntu.ru/|A good starting point]] to join Ubuntu community and investigate what Ubuntu is
 * Just got new design and integrated into other Russian Ubuntu resources
 * About 500'000 page views from 250'000 visitors monthly

==== forum.ubuntu.ru ====

 * [[http://forum.ubuntu.ru/|Our forum]] is the best resource on Ubuntu in Russian providing support for users
 * > 100'000 registered users, almost 2'000'000 messages in 130'000 threads
 * Extremely popular: about 3'000'000 views from about 1'200'000 visitors monthly

==== help.ubuntu.ru ====

 * [[http://help.ubuntu.ru/|Consolidated wiki in Russian]] with user's documentation.
 * [[http://help.ubuntu.ru/manual|Russian Ubuntu guide for beginners]].
 * [[http://help.ubuntu.ru/%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C|Hardware compatibility information]] collected by our users.
 * About 300'000 visitors with > 650'000 page views per month.

=== PR ===

 * Official [[http://www.youtube.com/ubunturuloco|Youtube channel]]:
  * Generic Ubuntu AD released [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgiy2YBO7Ic|English]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUbNEQfeU8w|Russian]]
  * [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNznCCFFrHw|Setting up languages in Ubuntu 12.04]] screencast
  * ~1000 subscribers
 * [[https://twitter.com/ubuntu_ru|Twitter]]
  * > 1600 followers
 * [[http://vk.com/club13922277|Vkontakte LoCo social club]]
  * >1200 members
 * [[https://plus.google.com/u/0/112795724355745109011/|Google+ Team Page]]
  * ~1300 likers
 * [[http://www.facebook.com/groups/ubuntu.ru|Facebook group]]
  * 70 members
 * [[http://habrahabr.ru/post/123343/|Contest of Russian articles]] for our wiki
  * [[http://help.ubuntu.ru/tag/%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%80%D1%81?do=showtag&tag=%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%80%D1%81|List of articles]]

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=== Moscow ===

 * 2010-10-23 [[http://mlug.timepad.ru/event/3612|Ubuntu 10.10 Install Fest]] organized by Moscow LUG and Moscow Ubuntu LoCo
 * 2011-03-26 [[http://mlug.timepad.ru/event/6350|Linux Install Fest]] organized by Moscow LUG, Moscow Ubuntu LoCo and Russian Fedora Team
 * 2011-04-12 [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbO8ocg8_B0|Russian Open Source Summit 2011]] - Meeting with '''Mark Shuttleworth'''!
 * 2011-05-25 [[http://www.nixp.ru/news/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%84%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F-nixp-conf-2011-%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B8-%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE-%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B8.html|nixp.conf/2011 Conference]]
 * 2011-06-18 [[http://mlug.ru/gamedevconf|Linux GameDev Conference]] organized with help of Moscow Ubuntu LoCo members
 * 2012-05-19 [[http://www.nixp.ru/conf/2012muif|Ubuntu 12.04 Install Fest]] - Many Videos!

=== Gorno-Altaisk ===

 * 2010-04-29 Ubuntu 10.04 Release Party and conference, [[https://picasaweb.google.com/116117848512514543669/LucidReleasePartyOpenTalk20101?authuser=0&feat=directlink|photos]]
 * 2011-04-28 Ubuntu 11.04 Release Party, [[http://www.flickr.com/photos/gazetashum/sets/72157626480436631/|photos]]

=== Novosibirsk ===

 * 2012-04-29 Ubuntu 12.04 Install Fest
  * [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LoprH7aiVo|Video #1]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b47q6pPlUfQ|Video #2]]
  * About 70 visitors

=== Yekaterinburg ===

 * 2011-09-24 [[http://forum.e-lug.ru/viewtopic.php?pid=10703#p10703|Software Freedom Day 2011]]
{{attachment:RussianTeam/ekt-sfd-2011.jpg|SFD 2011|align=center}}
=== Saratov ===
 * 2010-09-18 [[http://cc.sgu.ru/redmine/projects/sfd2010|Software freedom day 2010]] organized by Saratov LUG and Ubuntu LoCo Saratov
  * [[http://baldr.sgu.ru/sfd/2010/photos/|Photos]], [[http://baldr.sgu.ru/sfd/2010/videos/|streamed videos]]
  * About 300 visitors
 * 2011-09-17 [[http://cc.sgu.ru/redmine/projects/sfd2011|Software freedom day 2011]] organized by Saratov LUG and Ubuntu LoCo Saratov.
  * [[http://sfd.sgu.ru/presentation_sfd2011.pdf|PDF Presentation with lot of photos]]
  * [[http://baldr.sgu.ru/sfd/2011/videos/|Streamed videos]]
  * About 200 visitors
 * 2012-03-28 [[http://dfd.eventry.org/2012/saratov/|Document Freedom Day 2012]] organized by Saratov LUG and Ubuntu LoCo Saratov.
  * About 250 visitors
{{attachment:RussianTeam/sfd_2010.jpg|SFD 2010|align=center}}