ReVerificationApplication2015
Ubuntu Venezuela
Welcome to the Ubuntu Venezuela LoCo Team Approval Application!
Key details
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'Mailing List: |
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Wiki: |
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Planet Ubuntu-ve: |
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Google Plus Page: |
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Google Plus Community Page: |
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Facebook Page: |
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Facebook Group: |
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Twitter: |
Geographic Information
Zona horaria América/Caracas |
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Mailing list subscriptions: |
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Launchpad members: |
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Official Ubuntu-ve members: |
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Ex Official Ubuntu-ve members: |
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Official Ubuntu members: |
Structure and Governance
Regional & Works teams /Organization |
ubuntu-ve all members have equal privileges and opportunities, but for best results we created groups in geographical areas for the organization and participation in team activities. thus users and novices can get a list of members and equipment available in your area of coexistence and have quick access to support and participation
Team Leaders/Contacts |
Rolando Blanco (2006-2007)
Efraín Valles (2007-2008)
Santiago Zárate (2008-2009)
Nelson Delgado | Jaime Escobar | Nelo R. Tovar (2009-2010)
César Sevilla (2010-2011)
David Rondón (2011-2015)
Members with a significant and sustained contribution to the community are awarded official membership.
Activities
Events
Anniversaries
Anniversaries, as the word implies, are events in which we celebrate the years of existence of the Venezuelan LoCo Team. It usually consists of a full day of conferences and workshops on Ubuntu and an Install-Fest, and is organized by regional enthusiasts and team members from all the states, but most of all, it's an oportunity to have a gathering of ubunteros and have a good time... and of course, everybody can join the celebration!
Date |
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June/July 2013 |
El Tigrito |
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July 2015 |
El Tigre y Valencia |
More information, visit: Events Reapproval 2013
Local, National and International
Events Year 2015
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Event Name |
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January 14 |
Puerto Ayacucho |
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January 21 |
Puerto Ayacucho |
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January 24 |
El Tigrito |
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January 27 |
"Presentación a la Prensa Distribución MediosLibres GNU/Linux " |
Puerto Ayacucho |
January 30 |
"Presentación a la Prensa Distribución MediosLibres GNU/Linux " |
Maturin |
April 25 |
Pto Ayacucho |
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April 25 |
Calabozo |
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April 24 |
Valencia |
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July 24 |
Valencia |
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July 18 |
El Tigre |
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August 07, 08 |
Lima - Peru |
Events Year 2014
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Event Name |
Location |
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February 1 |
El Tigre |
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February 27 |
El Tigre |
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March 20 |
IV Encuentro Nacional de Tecnología adaptativa de personas con discapacidad visua |
Barcelona |
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March 29 |
El Tigre |
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April 26 |
El Tigrito |
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April 26 |
Cucuta - Colombia |
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June 27 |
San Tome |
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June 27 |
San Tome |
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August 14,15,16 |
Cartagena |
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September 20 |
El Tigrito |
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November 07 |
El Tigre |
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December 13 |
Puerto Ayacucho |
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September 20 |
Taller de Sensibilización con Trabajadores de Radio Tecnológica FM |
Puerto Ayacucho |
Events Year 2013
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Event Name |
Location |
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February 1 |
Nueva Esparta |
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February 4 |
Puerto Ordaz |
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February 4 |
Punta de Mata |
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February 5 |
El Tigre |
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February 7 |
Nueva Esparta |
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April 6 |
Puerto Ordaz |
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April 7 |
El Tigrito |
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April 27 |
Merida |
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April 27 |
FLISoL |
Caracas |
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April 27 |
Nueva Esparta |
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April 27 |
FLISoL |
Amazonas |
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April 27 |
Maracaibo |
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April 27 |
El Tigre |
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April 27 |
Valencia |
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April 27 |
Flisol Cucuta |
Cucuta-Colombia |
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May 8 |
Aspectos Teóricos Conceptuales sobre tecnología educativa |
San Francisco, Zulia |
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May 17 |
San Cristobal |
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May 23 |
1er Encuentro Centro Tecnológico Bolivariano |
Maracaibo |
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June 7,8 |
Montevideo-Uruguay |
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June 14 |
Zulia |
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June 28 |
Turmero |
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July 26 |
JUSoL UNICA |
Zulia |
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August 17 |
Barquisimeto |
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September 21 |
Maracaibo |
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September 21 |
El Tigrito |
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September 21 |
Zulia |
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September 21 |
Valencia |
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November 20 |
Valencia |
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November 28 |
2do Evento Regional Tecnologico de "Software Libre para Todos" |
Puerto Ordaz |
More information, visit: Events Reapproval 2013
For detailed information about our events, visit the LoCo Directory.
Projects
Ubuntu Venezuela and...
...Development
Our Team has had humble experiences with Open Source development, and Ubuntu Development. We have tried to get Global Jams and other Ubuntu events in our country but more awareness on why to participate still needs to be spread out. Language is definetelly a barrier. We are considering the Onieric Cycle as a key one to turn this around.
We can highlight the inclusion of Turpial, a twitter client developed in Venezuela, to the debian Repositories. this particular event has seen the colaboration of members of the Ubuntu-ve Team with Debian New Maintainers and Developers in Venezuela to reach a common goal. The package was originally uploaded to a ppa and it drew atention from some debian developers. It is now part of the debian repositories.
...Education
Elementary education
This is an area that unfortunately has not been taken care of diligently. There has been some scattered attempts to introduce Edubuntu in elementary schools that have encountered some resistanse from teachers. We are now trying the strategy of gaining the teachers first. David Rondón has had some success with this method.
There have been some success stories in taking Ubuntu to schools and most have happened in a few years ago and we have not found a way to make those efforts sustainable, mostly because we depend on volunteers that can dedicate more time NGO/CaseStudy/EBVTechnologyRipples
We have managed to migrate the laboratory of computation, University Politecnica "José Antonio Anzoátegui" it consists of 40 computers are using ubuntu Mate , this was achieved thanks to the support of this communityIt was achieved in 2013
Higher education
Most of our conferences, Install-Fests and workshops are done in Higher Education Institutions, such as Superior Technical Schools, Colleges and Universities. It is our belief that these are the seeding grounds for the future crop of FOSS users that will lead the way to meet Mark's goal of 200 million Ubuntu users in the near future.
- Some Institutions even have Ubuntu-dedicated computer labs, as is the case with the "Instituto Universitario de Tecnología de Administración Industrial" (IUTA) in Maracay.
...Government
Ubuntu is a reality today in the public sector. The local Government acknowledges and seeks the expertise of our community members. Several members from the Ubuntu Venezuela LoCo Team are currently deploying and giving support to a large number of Ubuntu workstations and servers, and training Ubuntu desktop users in major Venezuelan public institutions.
In Venezuela we have several Presidential Decrees 3390 (Priority use of Free Software in the National Public Administration), 39,109 (set to use Open Document Formats - OpenDocument Format (ODF) in the National Public Administration).
Cesar Sevilla has made several migrations at the government level to implement Ubuntu on workstations (office), Servers and classrooms, which allowed a greater diffusion.
...Enterprises
There's an increasing number of local busineses using and/or offering solutions based on Ubuntu and other FOSS platforms and products.
Many of them have contributed back to the community, sponsoring events and organizing workshops.
...Non-profits
The local NGOs have proven to be an invaluable support for spreading FOSS in Venezuela. Big community events, workshops and release parties have been sponsored by these NGOs. Many Venezuela non-profits use free software and employs community members in order to maintain these systems.
...Free Culture
Over the last three years, the Ubuntu Venezuela LoCo Team has been working very hard to promote free culture ideals in our country. We've been giving some conferences at events about free culture and licensing, and providing guidance to Venezuelan artists that wish to release their work under free licenses. Our community podcast also promotes free culture, including interviews with ubuntu-ve members that have affinity with this movement.
...Communication and Media
We have been pretty successful in promoting Ubuntu and FOSS in local media. A lot of articles have been written and published in local and national newspapers and magazines. We have also participated in some the local/national TV channels and popular radio stations. Some Evidence:
Support from Mexico by Mr. Alberto Santillan for the SFD in Venezuela
Support from España by Mr. Jorge Cacho for the SFD in Venezuela
Support from Colombia by lady Johanna Mantilla for the SFD in Venezuela
Ubuntu Venezuela Radio Interview for Anemona(ugalde laura)"Mexico"
http://http://www.ubuntu.org.ve/radio// radio channel #radioubuntuve Freenode channel Canal IRC
https://twitter.com/ubuntu_radiove/ Radio ubuntu Venezuela Social Media
https://www.facebook.com/RadioUbuntuVenezuela?ref=bookmarks Radio ubuntu Venezuela Social Media
Magazine *Go to page 46
Magazine *Go to page 55
Magazine *Go to page 60
Magazine *Go to page 51
...the Local FOSS Community
From the beginning, the Ubuntu Venezuela LoCo was built by people that used different distros and free operative systems, but due to it's rapid growth (as to become the largest community of Linux in the country!), many users of other distributions saw the benefits of a big and helpful community... and Ubuntu became their primary operating system! We value and appreciate our relationship with the broader GNU/Linux/FOSS community, specially with the Debian and Canaima community, where we contribute actively.
The Future
...Roadmap
The new Ubuntu Venezuela Community Council has set some short and long term goals for the team:
- Membership - Find new and interesting ways for new members to contribute with the community, and try to make it easy and rewarding to contribute.
- Helping the community in Venezuela, providing support in various ways by forums, IRC channels, etc. This allows us to grow as a team and understand the needs of new users, allowing us to implement strategies to meet the responsabilities we have for this growing group of people.
* Ubuntu Members -The Ubuntu Members are recognized for the great work they have done and are doing for the Ubuntu project. These Ubunteros are subject to a very thourough inspection by the Council of Regional Membership - Americas.https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Membership/RegionalBoards/Americas
- Ubuntu members
Rolando Blanco Oct 15-2005
Efraín Valles Mar 30-2007
Santiago Zarate Mar 29-2008
César Sevilla Agu 19-2010
David Rondón Sep 16-2010
Wuilmer Bolívar Apr 21-2011
Naudy Vilarroel Dic 07-2013
Documentation - Continue working and improving the community screencast and producing Ubuntu marketing material in Spanish. POP Material
- Advocacy - Continue working and improving the community podcast. Continue with the Ubuntu related conferences and workshops in the different high schools, universities and cities across the country.
Localization - Work harder on the localization. Contact local universities and user groups in order to continue to work on the wayuunaiki project.
- Local groups - Work more closely with local user groups in the universities and regional LUG's.
Our Pride
Without doubt our greatest pride is to be part of the satisfaction of the people that with a big smile in their face walk out of one of our Install-Fests happy with their shinny and new Ubuntu OS! ... and we do our best to make them feel that as Ubuntu users, they are not alone in this road to freedom ... they belong now to a bigger family... the Ubuntu-ve family!
But this is only possible with the participation and collaboration of a community, team work, and the will to fight against adversity and differences that often exist in any group of people and organizations. Only in this way we can conquer goals and achieve what has been achieved by Ubuntu-ve.
Throughout this time, all ubuntu-ve members that have passed through our growing family have left their footprints captured in this community. All those that have provided many good ideas and hard work, those who have given a little less but with with the best of faith, goodwill and hope, and absolutely all members who have worked for our LoCo Team, are valuable, and we trully thank them.
There is no greater pride than being valued and recognized positively for our work and effort.
Ubuntu-ve: "We now are many... we will be many more"
Efrain Valles and Mark Shuttleworth in Ubuntu Developer Summit: Karmic Koala 9.10 Pics
Video Mark Shuttleworth congratulates ubuntu-ve in the FLISoL 2011
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