Darcy Casselman

About Me

• LoCo Contact, CanadianTeam (since 2010)

• Founder of the Kitchener-Waterloo Chapter (since 2009)

• President of Kwartzlab, a hackerspace in Kitchener-Waterloo

• Mild-mannered software developer by day.

Contact Information

Contributions

Overview:

• Using Ubuntu since 2005 (SuSE before that)
  • full time since 2008
• Member of KWLUG since 2007
• Founded Ubuntu Waterloo in 2009

• LoCo Contact for Ubuntu Canada since 2010

Ubuntu Waterloo:

• Founded November 2009 with txwikinger

• Blog post announcement

• On Launchpad

• On identi.ca

Ubuntu Canada:

• Team Contact since mid-2010

• Chair of IRC meetings since May 2010

• LoCo Diretory

• 2010 Reapproval

• Team Reports

Events

• Volunteered to help run the Ubuntu table at Ontario Linux Fest 2009.
• Release parties for 9.10, 10.04 and 10.10.

  • Custom cakes!

  • Printed "limited edition collector CDs" with release-themed artwork
  • Attended Toronto's 10.04 release party
  • Blog posts:
    • 9:10:

      • http://www.kwartzlab.ca/2009/10/ubuntu-910-release-party/

      • http://www.kwartzlab.ca/2009/11/ubuntu-release-party-wrap/

    • 10.04:

      • http://www.kwartzlab.ca/2010/05/very-lucid-release-party/

    • 11.04:

      • http://ubuntu-ca.org/?q=node/343

• Hosted Ubuntu Global Jams in Mar 2010, Apr 2011.
  • Helped organize Aug 2010 Jam, but was unable to attend
  • Preparing for the Sept 2011 Global Jam
  • Blog Posts:

    • Mar 2010: http://www.kwartzlab.ca/2010/03/ubuntu-global-jam/

    • Apr 2011: http://www.kwartzlab.ca/2011/03/ubuntu-global-jam-april-2/

• Ubuntu LAN Party, Aug 2010

  • Blog post: http://www.flyingsquirrel.ca/index.php/2010/08/24/ubuntu-lan-party/

• Monthly Ubuntu Hour in Kitchener-Waterloo starting Sept 2010
• Hosted Software Freedom Day, Sept 2010
  • Blog Posts:

    • http://www.kwartzlab.ca/2010/09/software-freedom-day-2010/

    • http://www.kwartzlab.ca/2010/09/software-freedom-day-2010-reca/

• IRC Meetings IRL since Apr 2011

  • http://ubuntu-ca.org/?q=node/310

• Set up an Ubuntu table (with Kwartzlab) at Toronto Mini Maker Faire

• Gave a talk at KWLUG May 2011

Future Goals

• Continue to grow Ubuntu Canada, encouraging events in cities other than Kitchener-Waterloo.
• More release parties, Jams and Hours!
• Give a talk at FSSOS/Toronto Linux Fest (Oct 2011) on the Ubuntu community (proposal submitted)

• Reach out to other nearby LoCos and LUGs and other groups.

• Pitch Ubuntu as an app development platform to local development groups.
• Start an upstream project/contribute patches/work on Ubuntu (some day; in my copious free time).

Testimonials

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