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| Ubuntu-za (aka Ubuntu South Africa) has been an approved Loco since July 2005. We work with the local LUGs to support the Ubuntu community. There are some factors that make activity in the South African communities unique. We are distributed over large areas and our bandwidth is expensive. It is important for us to spread Ubuntu in the form of install CDs and repositories to people so they can avoid downloading. | Ubuntu-za (aka Ubuntu South Africa) has been an approved Loco since July 2005. We work with the local LUGs to support the Ubuntu community. There are some factors that make activity in the South African communities unique. We are distributed over large areas and our bandwidth is expensive. It is important for us to spread Ubuntu in the form of install DVDs and repositories to people so they can avoid downloading. |
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| To this end we have Global Jams and Release parties and we take part in Software Freedom days. | To this end we have Global Jams and Release parties and we take part in Software Freedom days. We have also built a distribution network in South Africa to get CDs to regional contacts. |
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| This document was a [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ZATeam/ReApprovalApplication?action=info|team effort]]. | This document was a [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ZATeam/ReApprovalApplication2012?action=info|team effort]]. From our long term goals at our previous [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ZATeam/ReApprovalApplication|ReApproval]] in 2010 we made progress on the following items: * More events outside of Cape Town / Stellenbosch * More Ubuntu Hours * More non-geeky users at events We have made good progress this last year in involving different members of the community to take tasks such as chairing meetings, writing monthly reports and organising events. This is great because the load is spread among people and also it means that the community does not implode if a key figure becomes busy. |
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| * '''Date''' - ''August 2010'' * '''Team Contact''' - David Rubin <drubin-a-t-ubuntu.com> * '''Membership''' - 171 direct members as of 24 July 2010 see [[https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-za|~ubuntu-za]] |
* '''Date''' - ''November 2012'' * '''Team Contact''' - Maia Grotepass <maiatoday-a-t-ubuntu.com> * '''Membership''' - 115 active members as of 22 November 2012 see [[https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-za|~ubuntu-za]] |
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| * '''Mailing List''' - ubuntu-za on lists.ubuntu.com - 324 subscribed as of 24 July 2010 * '''IRC''' - #ubuntu-za or #ubuntu-afr (for our Afrikaans users) on freenode - 36 active participants as of July 2010 |
* '''Mailing List''' - ubuntu-za on lists.ubuntu.com - ?? subscribed as of ?? November 2012 * '''IRC''' - #ubuntu-za or #ubuntu-afr (for our Afrikaans users) on freenode - ?? active participants as of November 2012 |
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| * ''Global Jam Maverick'' - initial plans discussed at our [[ZATeam/Meetings/20100708|last meeting]] and on the [[https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-za/2010-July/006236.html|mailing list thread]]. [[ZATeam/GlobalJam201008|planning page]] * ''Release Party Maverick'' - initial plans discussed at our [[ZATeam/Meetings/20100708|last meeting]] and on the [[https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-za/2010-July/006236.html|mailing list thread]]. * ''[[http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/2010/Africa/SouthAfrica/Pretoria|SFD 2010]]'' event at the dept of Science and Technology in Pretoria * Ubuntu demo at [[http://www.umonya.co.za|Python courses]], including Ubuntu CD distribution. |
* Continue to have events * Continue to distribute DVDs * Continue to provide support on the mailing list and in IRC |
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* Getting more Ubuntu developers in SA * More events outside of Cape Town / Stellenbosch * More Ubuntu Hours * More non-geeky users at events * Get more Ubuntu Members from ZA * Obtaining funds for free swag for events * Marketing Ubuntu in the media? To schools? |
* Involve more people so that we have a better presence in more areas in South Africa and that we increase the diversity of our Ubuntu community. |
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| Just a note on why our online activities seem very minimal: We recently lost the wiki data for our original website, which contained much of our docs and meetings and reports. You can see [[https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-za/2010-April/005738.html| Announcement]] | ==== IRC support ==== ==== Mailing list ==== |
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| * ''Website'' - http://ubuntu-za.org * recent revamp to match the Lucid rebranding * [[http://ubuntu-za.org/get-ubuntu|page]] to assist people finding local contacts with a copy of Ubuntu * [[http://ubuntu-za.org/planet|feed]] of community members' blogs * Incorporated easier [[http://ubuntu-za.org/news/2010/05/08/launchpad-openid-intergration-made-easier|LP OpenID integration]] * ''Meetings'' - [[ZATeam/Meetings|Record and logs of recent meetings]]. * ''Mailing list'' - [[https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-za/|this list]] is used for the Loco but is also a frequent stop for Ubuntu related support. Mailing list membership has increased from 87 to 324 since 2008 [[https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-za/2009-December/004730.html|at least one happy member]] * ''IRC'' - membership has increased from 23 to 36 since 2008. * ''Forums'' - [[http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=194|Ubuntu-za at ubuntuforums.org]] * ''Wiki'' - * The Stellenbosch sub-team maintain a useful [[http://www.ubuntu.sun.ac.za/wiki/index.php/Main_Page|Ubuntu-wiki]] which supports the Stellenbosch University Ubuntu community. * [[https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-za/2010-January/004906.html|ML thread]] on Wiki Jam and Peanut butter day held to clean up the old ubuntu-za wiki. |
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| * ''Global Jam'' - * Lucid [[http://blog.smartcube.co.za/2010/03/29/za-jammed-like-champions/|report and pics]] and [[http://my-ubuntu-day.blogspot.com/search/label/Global%20Jam|report and poster]] [[https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-za/2010-March/005542.html|ML thread]] planning the Jam. * ''Release Parties'' - . * Lucid: [[http://my-ubuntu-day.blogspot.com/search/label/Release%20Party|pins, cake and pics]], [[http://jonathancarter.org/2010/05/03/ubuntu-za-cape-town-lucid-release-party/|more pics]] and [[http://blog.smartcube.co.za/2010/05/02/release-party-awesomeness/|more]] [[https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-za/2010-April/005750.html|ML thread]] on Gauteng party, [[https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-za/2010-April/thread.html|ML thread]] on Freestate party * Karmic: [[http://jonathancarter.co.za/2009/11/08/ubuntu-za-karmic-release-parties/|Cape Town]], [[http://www.ubuntu.sun.ac.za/wiki/index.php/Release_Party-9.10 |Stellenbosch]], [[https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-za/2009-November/004487.html|ML thread]] Gauteng party plans * Jaunty: [[http://flug.org.za/index.php/Bloemfontein|Bloemfontein]] * ''Packaging Jams'' - [[http://blog.glock.co.za/packagejam-2009-south-africa|Johannesburg 2009]] * ''Bug Jam'' - [[http://blog.glock.co.za/global-bug-jam-2009-south-africa|Johannesburg 2009]] [[http://picasaweb.google.com/stefan.lsd/GBJ2009#|more pics]] * ''Ubuntu Hour'' - First Friday of the month in [[http://my-ubuntu-day.blogspot.com/search/label/Ubuntu%20Hour|Stellenbosch]]. * ''Freedom Toasters'' - The team maintains the Freedom Toaster at the [[http://www.freedomtoaster.org/node/14?q=node/20|Shuttleworth Lab]] and at the [[http://www.freedomtoaster.org/node/14?q=node/43|JS Gericke Library]] recently moved to US Student IT Centre. * ''SFD'' - * [[https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-za/2009-September/004022.html|ML Thread]] to 2009 planning and the [[https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-za/2009-September/004021.html|Cape Town]] event together with CLUG * ''[[http://www.firga.sun.ac.za/isr/images/ISR%20POSTER_3rd%20term_lowres.jpg|Computer Redistribution Project]]'' - ubuntu-za-maties subteam is working with the Student Community to collect old pc's, install ubuntu and redistribute them to high school learners. [[https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-za/2010-July/006293.html|ML thread]] * ''[[http://spreadubuntu.neomenlo.org/en/material/unusual/small-25mm-badge-pins|Badge Pins]], [[http://spreadubuntu.neomenlo.org/en/material/poster/globaljam-2010-poster-cape-town-afrikaans|Poster]], Cake and [[http://blog.smartcube.co.za/2009/05/26/ubuntu-pc-badges-for-za/ |Stickers]]'' {{http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IMDTCDbQeWY/S9yP7z2LZBI/AAAAAAAAAGw/_QX8hSgApPw/s320/badges.resized.JPG|Ubuntu Pins|height=200}} {{http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IMDTCDbQeWY/S9yQEsSTS1I/AAAAAAAAAG4/du4so-FpfVw/s320/cake.resized.JPG|Ubuntu Cake|height=200}} {{http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IMDTCDbQeWY/S6DAJbkzXNI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/jwwS6dZjm-g/s320/GlobalJamPoster2_1_afr.png|Ubuntu Poster Afrikaans|height=200}} {{http://blog.smartcube.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/stickers-300x292.jpg|stickers}} * Ubuntu demo to 50 school learners at the February [[http://www.umonya.co.za|Python course]] run by [[http://algorithm.cs.uct.ac.za|UCT Algorithm Circle]] in Cape Town, including Ubuntu CD distribution. Repeating this to 110 learners in August in Cape Town and 30 learners in September in Stellenbosch. |
==== Jams ==== ==== Release Parties ==== ==== Ubuntu Hour ==== ==== CD distribution ==== ==== Other ==== Geeknic |
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| {{http://saturnlaboratories.co.za/files/ubuntu-za_visitors.png|Page hits since revamp|height=300}} - Note the spike of almost 200 people on the first two days after the site was launched. A number of other LoCo's liked our new theme. |
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| * The LoCo is doing well, with active an mailing list, IRC channel and some regular events. -- [[LaunchpadHome:stefanor]] <<DateTime(2010-07-31T18:13:10+0130)>> * We have some members who really stepped up and have been doing some great work the last 6 months, keep up the good work! -- [[LaunchpadHome:jonathan]] <<DateTime(2010-08-01T00:07:35-0500)>> * Love the LoCo, great people who are always willing to help the not-so Ubuntu orientated newcomers. -- [[LaunchpadHome:t3rminatr]] <<DateTime(2010-08-01T11:30:15+0130)>> |
* The community email list really helped smooth over the rough edges of joining a platform I had no experience in. Learning from others problems/queries improves my knowledge but also has enabled me to help others. The list together with the regular launch parties and distribution of launch cd's has made for an active and friendly Ubuntu LoCo. There are so many projects to pick from such as Ubuntu Hours, fortnightly meetings, IRC etc etc that there's actually too much to do. Which is great - space for everyone to find their niche. Ubuntu ZA LoCo helped turn and keep me on as an Ubuntu user. -Lionthinker * To whom it may concern - I am an older, semi-disabled person, an ex-diesel mechanic and farmer, with little computer knowledge or background. I tried Windows 98, Millenium and XP, but the virus threats made me look for another OS and by chance I came upon Ubuntu. I was given an Ubuntu 9.04 CD and a new world opened up for me, with help of course from the Ubuntu-ZA LoCo mailing lists and #ubuntu-za on IRC. Without the understanding and support from the community there I could never have learned how to use Linux/Ubuntu. Through every release apart from 11.10 I have been helped with CD's and support to sort out things I didn't understand, and the odd bug here and there. Today I can do my own installations and most of what is needed to keep me going online, and #ubuntu-za is like a second home to me. I get great pleasure out of being able to help the odd newbie with basic things, knowing that the rest of the guys will help me out where I go wrong. Kudos #ubuntu-za for the vast amount of knowledge you all share so freely and the friendly manner in which you accepted me into the fold. Thank you so much. -Miles Sharpe (Kilos) |
Ubuntu-za (aka Ubuntu South Africa) has been an approved Loco since July 2005. We work with the local LUGs to support the Ubuntu community. There are some factors that make activity in the South African communities unique. We are distributed over large areas and our bandwidth is expensive. It is important for us to spread Ubuntu in the form of install DVDs and repositories to people so they can avoid downloading.
To this end we have Global Jams and Release parties and we take part in Software Freedom days. We have also built a distribution network in South Africa to get CDs to regional contacts.
We now have 4 ubuntu members on our team. We have a sub team in Stellenbosch. We connect with CLUG, LEG, TLUG, FLUG, UCT Algorithm Circle, SULUG, GLUG, LEAD
The leadership changes in the past 2 years have been smooth (another thread).
This document was a team effort.
From our long term goals at our previous ReApproval in 2010 we made progress on the following items:
- More events outside of Cape Town / Stellenbosch
- More Ubuntu Hours
- More non-geeky users at events
We have made good progress this last year in involving different members of the community to take tasks such as chairing meetings, writing monthly reports and organising events. This is great because the load is spread among people and also it means that the community does not implode if a key figure becomes busy.
Key Details
Date - November 2012
Team Contact - Maia Grotepass <maiatoday-a-t-ubuntu.com>
Membership - 115 active members as of 22 November 2012 see ~ubuntu-za
Website - http://ubuntu-za.org/
Mailing List - ubuntu-za on lists.ubuntu.com - ?? subscribed as of ?? November 2012
IRC - #ubuntu-za or #ubuntu-afr (for our Afrikaans users) on freenode - ?? active participants as of November 2012
Roadmap
Immediate future
- Continue to have events
- Continue to distribute DVDs
- Continue to provide support on the mailing list and in IRC
Long term
- Involve more people so that we have a better presence in more areas in South Africa and that we increase the diversity of our Ubuntu community.
Experience
Online Activities
IRC support
Mailing list
IRL Activities
Jams
Release Parties
Ubuntu Hour
CD distribution
Other
Geeknic
Stats
Website Traffic
LPMembership
IRC
Testimonials
The community email list really helped smooth over the rough edges of joining a platform I had no experience in. Learning from others problems/queries improves my knowledge but also has enabled me to help others. The list together with the regular launch parties and distribution of launch cd's has made for an active and friendly Ubuntu LoCo. There are so many projects to pick from such as Ubuntu Hours, fortnightly meetings, IRC etc etc that there's actually too much to do. Which is great - space for everyone to find their niche. Ubuntu ZA LoCo helped turn and keep me on as an Ubuntu user.
- -Lionthinker
To whom it may concern - I am an older, semi-disabled person, an ex-diesel mechanic and farmer, with little computer knowledge or background. I tried Windows 98, Millenium and XP, but the virus threats made me look for another OS and by chance I came upon Ubuntu. I was given an Ubuntu 9.04 CD and a new world opened up for me, with help of course from the Ubuntu-ZA LoCo mailing lists and #ubuntu-za on IRC. Without the understanding and support from the community there I could never have learned how to use Linux/Ubuntu. Through every release apart from 11.10 I have been helped with CD's and support to sort out things I didn't understand, and the odd bug here and there. Today I can do my own installations and most of what is needed to keep me going online, and #ubuntu-za is like a second home to me. I get great pleasure out of being able to help the odd newbie with basic things, knowing that the rest of the guys will help me out where I go wrong. Kudos #ubuntu-za for the vast amount of knowledge you all share so freely and the friendly manner in which you accepted me into the fold. Thank you so much.
- -Miles Sharpe (Kilos)
- Add your testimonial here ubuntu-za member
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