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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 a four-year member of my university's speech and debate team, but developed other interests and eventually found work in Human Resources. I currently perform implementations of HRMS systems for companies with between 100-1000 employees.

Outside of work and social activities, I'm a participating member of the [:ChicagoTeam:Ubuntu-Chicago] LoCo team and the [http://www.chicagolug.org Chicago GNU/Linux User Group]. My main Ubuntu-related contributions are currently centered on Xubuntu documentation and the Ubuntu-Chicago LoCo team, but I have also done considerable work for Xubuntu ISO testing during the Feisty and Gutsy release cycles.

Ubuntu-Specific Contributions

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.

As I mentioned above, my current contributions are focused on the Xubuntu documentation effort. I was recently given commit-rights to Xubuntu documentation, and have been committing patches on a regular basis. My goal is to make the Xubuntu-Hardy documentation accurate and thorough.

I also make frequent contributions to the Ubuntu-Chicago LoCo team. I'm presently one of the team administrators on Launchpad, but my present focus within the team is to coordinate team learning opportunities. I try to balance team learning around both team interests, and new features that are present in Ubuntu. Thus far I've presented about how to use bazaar for both Ubuntu-related and personal projects.

Previously, I made significant contributions to the Xubuntu-testing effort, building up Xubuntu testing from a mostly non-existent group to one that was on-par with the rest of the Community testing teams. We had a Xubuntu release for each milestone during the time that I coordinated testing, but I've had to stop my involvement with testing due to my new job responsibilities.

Within the Xubuntu community, I've done a good deal of leg-work for Xubuntu developer team, including arranging and facilitating meetings during the Gutsy release, and (on short notice) co-facilitating the [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/openweekfeisty/xubuntu Xubuntu session] during the Feisty-cycle 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.

Team Membership

• Administrator of Ubuntu Chicago LoCo Team

• Administrator Xubuntu Testers
• Member of Ubuntu Documentation Commiters Team

• Member of Ubuntu LoCo Enthusiasts

• Member of Xubuntu Users

• Member of Ubuntu Illinois LoCo Team

Documentation

• Presently one of the primary contributors to the Xubuntu documentation effort. Submitted a number of documentation patches during the Gutsy release cycle.

• Significantly edited and reorganized all of the [:Testing/Community:ISO testing community] wiki pages 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

Support & Bug Triage

• 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 .

Skill Set

Documentation-related skills

• 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

Ubuntu-related Plans & Goals

• Ensure that Xubuntu documentation is accurate and thorough.

• Promote and lead activity within the Chicago Ubuntu LoCo team, focusing on LoCo team member learning activities.