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Darcy Casselman

About Me

Cutting the cake at the Karmic release party

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:

Ubuntu Canada:

Events

SFD 2010 (that's me in the back) 10.04 Lucid Release Party at Kwartzlab IRC meeting IRL at Hacklab in Toronto, after the Toronto Maverick release party with Bob Jonkman

more photos

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

If you know me and have something nice to say, please leave a comment here.


Hi Darcy: Glad to help:

I've been attending Ubuntu Release Parties since 8.04, but always had to travel to Toronto. There was no sign of local Ubuntu activity in Waterloo Region, except for a few disks at the local LUG. Once Darcy arrived on the scene we've had local Ubuntu Release Parties, Global Jams, regular Ubuntu Hours, and a supply of Ubuntu promotional materials including CDs, stickers and buttons. Darcy has done much to raise the profile of Ubuntu locally, and now that he's taken on a Canada-wide role there is much more interactivity between Ubuntu communities. Thanks to Darcy's work I've been able to distribute CDs at various other events, such as the KW Web Developer's Meetup and the Guelph Web Makers Meetup (and soon, the Hamilton Ubuntu Hour).

[BobJonkman]



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