ValorieZimmerman

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About Me

Hello, I'm Valorie Zimmerman, Kubuntu member. I'm active daily on both Linuxchix and Freenode IRC, nick valorie. My main interests in Kubuntu are documentation and community. I wrote the Handbook and Amarok Insider for Amarok, and am also active in Linuxchix, Seattle Linuxchix, Ubuntu Women, and the Washington Ubuntu LoCo (Local Community). I also write the "Linux Grandma" blog.

Other activities: My family, reading, art, music, photography, PFLAG (Parents, Family & Friends of Lesbians and Gays), and genealogy, including Alsachat.net, an international genealogy project.

Contact Information

Launchpad

https://launchpad.net/~valorie-zimmerman

IRC

valorie

GTalk

valorie.zimmerman

Email

valorie-zimmerman at kubuntu dot org

Website

https://sites.google.com/site/valoriezimmerman/

IRC Channels

You can find me in #kubuntu https://launchpad.net/@@/language, #kubuntu-devel https://launchpad.net/@@/language, as well as #ubuntu-women https://launchpad.net/@@/language and #ubuntu-women-project https://launchpad.net/@@/language, #ubuntu-us-wa https://launchpad.net/@@/language, #amarok https://launchpad.net/@@/language, #kde-multimedia https://launchpad.net/@@/language, #kde https://launchpad.net/@@/language, #kde-soc https://launchpad.net/@@/language, #kde-women https://launchpad.net/@@/language, #kde-lgbt https://launchpad.net/@@/language, #kde-accessability https://launchpad.net/@@/language, and #kde-cwg https://launchpad.net/@@/language

Contributions

In 2010

2011

2012

  • Attended part of the virtual UDS, and co-presented a session with the Xubuntu team, about Kubuntu's concerns in the change to rolling.

  • Beta testing Raring on both an x86 netbook, and a 64-bit PC (AMD64) laptop
  • Staffed Washington State LoCo booth at LinuxFestNorthWest

  • Attended the upstream KDE Akademy in Tallinn, Estonia

  • Co-administered GSoC and GCi for KDE, then attended the Mentor Summit at Google headquarters in California

  • Participated in a Book Sprint the preceeding week, and had our book published

  • Helped organize and fund the Randa Sprints 2012

2013

2014

  • tested Trusty Alpha upgrade on a 32-bit laptop, tested the beta on two other laptops, and filed lots of bugs
  • Gave a Ubuntu User Days presentation about Kubuntu as an Ubuntu flavor

  • scheduled and staffed a table for Ubuntu Washington shared with Debian Seattle at LinuxFestNorthWest. We burned at least thirty liveDVDs for folks - not just Kubuntu and Ubuntu, but most of the flavors

Future Goals

I plan to continue updating the Amarok Handbook, and find other tech writing and community building projects which need doing in Kubuntu and KDE. I'm continuing as a part of the KDE Community Working Group, and part of the administration of Google Summer of Code, and Google CodeIn. I want the Washington LoCo to grow, and become official, and continue to have fun. I plan to promote Kubuntu at LinuxFestNorthWest again this year, and will continue on the Council. I'm also planning to attend Akademy again this year (Brno, in the Czech Republic). The Kubuntu team plans a BoF at Akademy. Working with a webdev to get a testing framework that will work for Kubuntu applications and ISOs, and KDE applications as well.

Testimonials

Valorie is a tremendous help with driving and planning activities for the Ubuntu Washington LoCo. Her cheerful personality makes her great company. We are very lucky to have her around. -- linda-halligan 2010-08-16 19:09:52

I've seen Valorie help out in the Kubuntu channels and the UW channel. She is awesome and I would truely +1 her for Kubuntu membership. -- nigelbabu 2010-10-14 02:57:33

Valorie was my first friend in the FOSS community, by which I mean: she introduced me to the FOSS community. She taught me to use IRC and introduced me to all the wonderful mentors and role models I've had through LinuxChix. Aside from being on the (figurative) Welcome Brigade in Ubuntu Women, she seems to do a good job of maintaining good relationships with upstream too, and that's always important work. -- maco.m 2010-10-14 03:18:24

Valorie is awesome: she is a very productive contributor, a great motivator and community builder and always has a helping hand. Without her the community would not be as strong and by far not as much fun. I fully support her application to be a Kubuntu member. -- myriam 2024-03-28 08:54:17

Valorie was a valuable contributor to the OSCON 2011 Ubuntu Booth, She advocates for women who use Ubuntu/Kubuntu which is an excellent initiative for the open source community. I look forward to collaborating with her on future Ubuntu LoCo stuff. -- bkerensa 2024-03-28 08:54:17


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