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 * '''Project :''' Xubuntu Community Volunteer  * '''Project :''' Xubuntu GNU/Linux project
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 * '''O/S :''' Ubuntu w/Xfce4 (''Xubuntu'')  * '''O/S :''' Xubuntu
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I've been using Ubuntu since March of 2006, and it was the first GNU/Linux distribution that got me "hooked" on Linux. Prior to using Ubuntu, I had used Red Hat Linux 9, Mandrake Linux (back when it was actually called "Mandrake"), and even had several failed-usage attempts involving Gentoo. My name is Jim, and I've been using Ubuntu since March of 2006. Although I had some experience with other distributions since the Red Hat 9 days, Ubuntu was the first GNU/Linux distribution that got me "hooked" on Linux.
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My involvement with the GNU/Linux community at large has been steadily increasing, and I'm now a participating member of the Chicago GNU/Linux User Group and the Ubuntu-Chicago Loco team. I studied communication in school, and was part of national-championship speech team, but developed other interests and eventually found work in Human Resources. At my first full-time job, I was the only person in my department who knew much about computers, so they let me wreak havoc on the HR database. I now do implementations of HRIS systems for companies with between 100-1000 employees.
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Not only that, but I am also a regular volunteer/community member of Free Geek Chicago, an organization dedicated to helping the "needy get nerdy." Free Geek Chicago recycles used technology to provide computers, education, internet access and job skills training to the underserved communities of Chicago. We also happen to use Xubuntu as our Linux distribution of choice. :-) Outside of work and social activities, I'm a participating member of the [http://chi.ubuntu-us.org/ Ubuntu-Chicago] loco team, the [http://www.chicagolug.org Chicago GNU/Linux User Group], and am a regular volunteer at [http://www.freegeekchicago.org Free Geek Chicago]. My main Ubuntu-related contributions have been in the areas of Xubuntu ISO testing, Xubuntu documentation, and the Ubuntu-Chicago team activities.
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In terms of my online Ubuntu-related activites, you will often find me in irc rooms such as #xubuntu, #ubuntu-chicago, #ubuntu-iso, #ubuntu-marketing, #xubuntu-devel, and #ubuntu-devel. I am not the most technically-savvy person in terms of coding skills, but I'm a decent writer, and am willing to donate time and energy to these worthwhile projects. == Ubuntu-Specific Contributions ==
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== Skill Set == A lot of my contributions don't involve me getting any additional karma points on Launchpad. :( However, I'm a very active member of the Xubuntu team, and am also very involved with the Chicago Loco Team.
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== My Contributions == I've contributed the most to the community ISO testing group, and have built up Xubuntu testing from a mostly non-existent group to one that is on-par with the rest of the Community testing teams. Due to the help of many others, I'm glad to say that we've had a Xubuntu release for each milestone since I started coordinating testing. I also receive the Xubuntu daily CD health check emails, and follow-up with the uploaders of recent packages to resolve issues that prevent our ISOs from building correctly.

Within the Xubuntu community, I've done a good deal of leg-work for Xubuntu developer team, including arranging and facilitating meetings, and (on short notice) co-facilitating the [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/openweekfeisty/xubuntu Xubuntu session] during Ubuntu Open Week (My participation starts at about 03:13). I also regularly assist end-users with questions on the #xubuntu irc channel and in the xubuntu-users mailing list.

Within the Ubuntu-Chicago loco team, my activities have centered around herding Chicago-based cats, and encouraging learning and participation. I've helped schedule team meetings, set agendas, facilitated team discussions, and worked to put team plans into action. We're finally on a roll in terms of regularly scheduled meetings (in the past we've had difficulty in finding a regular meeting spot), and are collaborating more with members of the University of Illinois at Chicago LUG, and the Chicago GNU/Linux User Group.
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 * Member of ISO Testing Team (Approved)
 * Member of Ubuntu Chicago LoCo Team (Approved)
 * Member of Ubuntu Illinois LoCo Team (Approved)		  * Member of ISO Testing Team
 * Member of Ubuntu Chicago LoCo Team
 * Member of Ubuntu Illinois LoCo Team

=== Documentation ===

 * Significantly edited and reorganized all of the [:Testing/Community:ISO testing community] wiki pages for the Gutsy Gibbon release.
 * Collaborating with [:FreddyMartinez:Freddy Martinez] to completely rewrite Xubuntu documentation for the Gutsy Gibbon release.
 * Very frequent contributor to Xubuntu Wiki pages ( [:Xubuntu/Meetings:Meetings], [:Xubuntu/Meetings/Archive:Meeting Archives], [:Xubuntu/ReleaseNotes/FeistyFawn:Feisty Release Notes], & [:Xubuntu/Testing:Xubuntu Testing] ) ''Note: the Xubuntu Testing pages will be deleted shortly. I've just left them up for now to document my contributions.''
 * Organized weekly summer documentation-writing sessions amongst Ubuntu-Chicago Loco Team members
 * Frequent bug reporter for the Xubuntu Desktop Guide during the 7.04 release cycle
 
=== Community & Advocacy ===

 * I'm a regular volunteer/community member of [http://www.freegeekchicago.org Free Geek Chicago]. Free Geek Chicago "helps the needy get nerdy," providing computers, education, internet access and job skills training to under-served communities of Chicago. We use Xubuntu on all computers that we prepare. :)
 * I'm particularly glad that I've gotten members of both the Chicago Linux User Group and Ubuntu-Chicago loco team to volunteer at Free Geek Chicago.
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 * Tech support on #xubuntu on irc.freenode.net
 * Regular [https://launchpad.net/people/jwcampbell/+karma bug triaging] on launchpad and [https://launchpad.net/people/jwcampbell/+reportedbugs bug reporting].		  * Tech support on #xubuntu on irc.freenode.net and the xubuntu-users mailing list.
 * Occasional [https://launchpad.net/people/jwcampbell/+karma bug triaging] and [https://launchpad.net/people/jwcampbell/+reportedbugs bug reporting] on launchpad .
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=== Documentation === == Skill Set ==
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 * Very frequent contributor to Xubuntu Wiki pages ([:Xubuntu/]*)
 * Master bug reporter for the Xubuntu Desktop Guide ;-)		 === Documentation-related skills ===
 * A working knowledge of docbook-xml
 * Solid writing and editing skills
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=== Community, Advocacy, & Marketing === === Team-building skills ===
 * Well organized, capable of running a decent meeting
 * Comfortable speaking with and in front of groups
 * Have good Ubuntu karma in the non-Launchpad sense of the word
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=== Other skills ===
 * Data modeling
 * Rudimentary (i.e., caveman-like) shell scripting and python skills
 * An interest in learning shell-scripting and python so that I can out-script a caveman
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=== Code, Packaging, & Development ===

 		 === Things I'm not skilled at ===
 * Throwing chairs
 * Going into outer space on a rocket ship
 * Playing sports where the ball moves a lot
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 * Ensure that Xubuntu documentation is accurate and thorough.
   * Assist with the creation of Xubuntu-specific end-user training materials.
 * Contribute to upstream Xfce documentation.
 * Help coordinate community testing of all flavors of Ubuntu, ensuring that our images are well-tested, and that our tests are well-reported on, prior to all milestone releases.
 * Promote and lead activity within the Chicago Ubuntu Loco team, focusing on both Ubuntu advocacy and loco-team member learning activities.

== Testimonials ==

 * Jim has done a great work with Xubuntu testing, coordinating all volunteers and testing himself a lot. I've worked with him in the ISO Testing Team and can say he rocks :) So I fully support his application to get CommunityCouncil! - EmilioPozuelo
 * Jim has shown solid leadership in release testing of Xubuntu and participated in testing other flavours as well. He's active in the #ubuntu-iso channel and forum section helping others testers and has taken responsibility for keeping the testing wiki pages in shape. A solid and sustained contribution to Ubuntu without question. -- heno
 * Jim has spent a lot of time and energy improving Xubuntu testing in Ubuntu as well as working on the ISO Testing wiki pages (looks way more up to date now :)) I fully support his application and hope he'll be one of us on Tuesday. - StéphaneGraber
 * Jim has been an invaluable asset to the Xubuntu project at large. His enthusiasm to contribute and help others contribute has been a driving force within the Xubuntu project. Jim is a strong leader and, with his strong skill set, will continue to play an important role in the Xubuntu community, Xubuntu documentation, and Xubuntu development. I fully endorse Jim's application for membership. -- CodySomerville [[DateTime(2007-06-23T19:14:53Z)]]
 * Jim is without a doubt one of the most valuable members of the Xubuntu development team. He has been the driving force for updating the documentation for Xubuntu for Gutsy. We have meet multiple times in person to work and Jim has always put out a great deal of valuable work. Jim's contribution have and will significantly improved the Xubuntu project and Ubuntu in general. --FreddyMartinez
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'''Note''': ''Thanks to Cody Somerville for allowing usage of his awesome personal-wiki-page template!! :-) '''Note''': Thanks to [https://launchpad.net/~cody-somerville Cody Somerville] for allowing me to use his personal wiki page template.

About me

My name is Jim, and I've been using Ubuntu since March of 2006. Although I had some experience with other distributions since the Red Hat 9 days, Ubuntu was the first GNU/Linux distribution that got me "hooked" on Linux.

I studied communication in school, and was part of national-championship speech team, but developed other interests and eventually found work in Human Resources. At my first full-time job, I was the only person in my department who knew much about computers, so they let me wreak havoc on the HR database. I now do implementations of HRIS systems for companies with between 100-1000 employees.

Outside of work and social activities, I'm a participating member of the [http://chi.ubuntu-us.org/ Ubuntu-Chicago] loco team, the [http://www.chicagolug.org Chicago GNU/Linux User Group], and am a regular volunteer at [http://www.freegeekchicago.org Free Geek Chicago]. My main Ubuntu-related contributions have been in the areas of Xubuntu ISO testing, Xubuntu documentation, and the Ubuntu-Chicago team activities.

Ubuntu-Specific Contributions

A lot of my contributions don't involve me getting any additional karma points on Launchpad. Sad :( However, I'm a very active member of the Xubuntu team, and am also very involved with the Chicago Loco Team.

I've contributed the most to the community ISO testing group, and have built up Xubuntu testing from a mostly non-existent group to one that is on-par with the rest of the Community testing teams. Due to the help of many others, I'm glad to say that we've had a Xubuntu release for each milestone since I started coordinating testing. I also receive the Xubuntu daily CD health check emails, and follow-up with the uploaders of recent packages to resolve issues that prevent our ISOs from building correctly.

Within the Xubuntu community, I've done a good deal of leg-work for Xubuntu developer team, including arranging and facilitating meetings, and (on short notice) co-facilitating the [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/openweekfeisty/xubuntu Xubuntu session] during Ubuntu Open Week (My participation starts at about 03:13). I also regularly assist end-users with questions on the #xubuntu irc channel and in the xubuntu-users mailing list.

Within the Ubuntu-Chicago loco team, my activities have centered around herding Chicago-based cats, and encouraging learning and participation. I've helped schedule team meetings, set agendas, facilitated team discussions, and worked to put team plans into action. We're finally on a roll in terms of regularly scheduled meetings (in the past we've had difficulty in finding a regular meeting spot), and are collaborating more with members of the University of Illinois at Chicago LUG, and the Chicago GNU/Linux User Group.

Team Membership

  • Administrator Xubuntu Testers
  • Member of Xubuntu Documentation Team
  • Member of Xubuntu Users
  • Member of ISO Testing Team

  • Member of Ubuntu Chicago LoCo Team

  • Member of Ubuntu Illinois LoCo Team

Documentation

  • Significantly edited and reorganized all of the [:Testing/Community:ISO testing community] wiki pages for the Gutsy Gibbon release.

  • Collaborating with [:FreddyMartinez:Freddy Martinez] to completely rewrite Xubuntu documentation for the Gutsy Gibbon release.

  • Very frequent contributor to Xubuntu Wiki pages ( [:Xubuntu/Meetings:Meetings], [:Xubuntu/Meetings/Archive:Meeting Archives], [:Xubuntu/ReleaseNotes/FeistyFawn:Feisty Release Notes], & [:Xubuntu/Testing:Xubuntu Testing] ) Note: the Xubuntu Testing pages will be deleted shortly. I've just left them up for now to document my contributions.

  • Organized weekly summer documentation-writing sessions amongst Ubuntu-Chicago Loco Team members
  • Frequent bug reporter for the Xubuntu Desktop Guide during the 7.04 release cycle

Community & Advocacy

  • I'm a regular volunteer/community member of [http://www.freegeekchicago.org Free Geek Chicago]. Free Geek Chicago "helps the needy get nerdy," providing computers, education, internet access and job skills training to under-served communities of Chicago. We use Xubuntu on all computers that we prepare. Smile :)

  • I'm particularly glad that I've gotten members of both the Chicago Linux User Group and Ubuntu-Chicago loco team to volunteer at Free Geek Chicago.

Support & Bug Triage

Skill Set

  • A working knowledge of docbook-xml
  • Solid writing and editing skills

Team-building skills

  • Well organized, capable of running a decent meeting
  • Comfortable speaking with and in front of groups
  • Have good Ubuntu karma in the non-Launchpad sense of the word

Other skills

  • Data modeling
  • Rudimentary (i.e., caveman-like) shell scripting and python skills
  • An interest in learning shell-scripting and python so that I can out-script a caveman

Things I'm not skilled at

  • Throwing chairs
  • Going into outer space on a rocket ship
  • Playing sports where the ball moves a lot

Plans & Goals

  • Ensure that Xubuntu documentation is accurate and thorough.
    • Assist with the creation of Xubuntu-specific end-user training materials.
  • Contribute to upstream Xfce documentation.
  • Help coordinate community testing of all flavors of Ubuntu, ensuring that our images are well-tested, and that our tests are well-reported on, prior to all milestone releases.
  • Promote and lead activity within the Chicago Ubuntu Loco team, focusing on both Ubuntu advocacy and loco-team member learning activities.

Testimonials

  • Jim has done a great work with Xubuntu testing, coordinating all volunteers and testing himself a lot. I've worked with him in the ISO Testing Team and can say he rocks Smile :) So I fully support his application to get CommunityCouncil! - EmilioPozuelo

  • Jim has shown solid leadership in release testing of Xubuntu and participated in testing other flavours as well. He's active in the #ubuntu-iso channel and forum section helping others testers and has taken responsibility for keeping the testing wiki pages in shape. A solid and sustained contribution to Ubuntu without question. -- heno

  • Jim has spent a lot of time and energy improving Xubuntu testing in Ubuntu as well as working on the ISO Testing wiki pages (looks way more up to date now Funny :)) I fully support his application and hope he'll be one of us on Tuesday. - StéphaneGraber

  • Jim has been an invaluable asset to the Xubuntu project at large. His enthusiasm to contribute and help others contribute has been a driving force within the Xubuntu project. Jim is a strong leader and, with his strong skill set, will continue to play an important role in the Xubuntu community, Xubuntu documentation, and Xubuntu development. I fully endorse Jim's application for membership. -- CodySomerville DateTime(2007-06-23T19:14:53Z)

  • Jim is without a doubt one of the most valuable members of the Xubuntu development team. He has been the driving force for updating the documentation for Xubuntu for Gutsy. We have meet multiple times in person to work and Jim has always put out a great deal of valuable work. Jim's contribution have and will significantly improved the Xubuntu project and Ubuntu in general. --FreddyMartinez

Note: Thanks to [https://launchpad.net/~cody-somerville Cody Somerville] for allowing me to use his personal wiki page template.

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