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Welcome
Welcome to the wiki page of the West Virginia Local Community Team, a group of Linux enthusiasts who have joined together to share and spread Ubuntu Linux across the Commonwealth . Our aim is to provide community support for users of Ubuntu Linux, it's various distributions, and promote it's use by both individuals and organizations alike.
Contact us at jgribble@movlug.com
Who is this group for?
Based in Parkersburg, WV, the group aims to help increase awareness and provide support to the Linux and Ubuntu communities, and is target to include anyone and everyone with any level of interest in the community.
Aims
- To educate the public about Linux and open source options
- Provide consultancy and tutoring for new users.
- Distribute Ubuntu CDs to businesses, schools, institutions, organizations, and individuals.
- Develop an Ubuntu identity.
- Become a local community developer.
- Advocate free and open source solutions (FOSS) as alternatives, where they exist.
Events
Upcoming: More events coming soon!
Currently in discussion:
Past Events: 10.10 Release party in Buckhannon, WV on October 10th 2010
(see how the party went here)
Team Resume
Members
Joe Gribble jgribble@movlug.com Ryan Nedeff rjnedeff@gmail.com BenVanDenBerg vandenberg_bj@wvwc.edu
Other Resources
Activism in LoCo's : https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoActivism
Communication
IRC Channel: irc://irc.freenode.net/#ubuntu-us-wv
Connecting to a 'IRC' : http://forge.mysql.com/wiki/IRC
Mailing list: Sign up for the mailing list here
Launch Pad: West Virginia Team LaunchPad Entry - Please sign-up here.
Also check out the Mid-Ohio Valley Lunix User Group for more linux help
For Copies of both Ubuntu, Kubuntu, 32-bit and 64, as well as other distributions... feel free to contact me at vandenberg_bj@wvwc.edu and ill gladly send copies.
Code of Conduct
Code of Conduct: http://www.ubuntulinux.org/community/conduct/
WestVirginiaTeam (last edited 2010-10-15 08:10:31 by campus)