j1mc

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About me

I've been using Ubuntu since March of 2006, and although I had some experience with other distributions prior to that time, 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 because I'm also good with computers, I ended up with a job as a Human Resources Information Systems Analyst.

At this time I'm a participating member of the Ubuntu-Chicago Loco team, the Chicago GNU/Linux User Group, and I've also made significant contributions to the Ubuntu project. My main Ubuntu-related contributions have been in the areas of Xubuntu ISO testing, Ubuntu-Chicago team activities, and Xubuntu documentation.

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 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. This has involved lots of messages to the xubuntu-devel and xubuntu-users mailing lists, lots of burnt cd's, and much wiki editing, but it has been worth it - we've had a milestone release of Xubuntu for each release since I started coordinating testing. There's still much that can be improved with the ISO-testing process, though, and I look forward to making more improvements.

I've also lead activities within our Loco team. My activities have included scheduling team meetings, preparing agendas, facilitating discussions, and ensuring that group plans are put into action.

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

Support & Bug Triage

Documentation

  • Very frequent contributor to Xubuntu Wiki pages ([:Xubuntu/]*)
  • Master bug reporter for the Xubuntu Desktop Guide during the 7.04 release cycle
  • Organized weekly summer documentation-writing sessions amongst Ubuntu-Chicago Loco Team members

Community, Advocacy, & Marketing

  • 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 also use Xubuntu as our linux distribution of choice. Smile :) Regular volunteer at [http://www.freegeekchicago.org Free Geek Chicago], a non-profit community organization, recycling used computers for use by underserved populations. We currently use Xubuntu on all of our computers.

  • On short notice, I co-facilitated the [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/openweekfeisty/xubuntu Xubuntu session] for Ubuntu Open Week.

Skill Set

I am learning shell scripting and python, and have intermediate linux system administration skills. I triage and report bugs when I'm not doing ISO testing-related activities.

Additionally, because of my background in communication, I have a broad vocabulary and am able to write in a variety of styles. I was on a national-championship speech team in college, and am comfortable speaking in front of large groups.

Plans & Goals

  • Coordinate community testing of Xubuntu, 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.
  • Ensure that Xubuntu documentation is accurate, thorough, and up to date.
  • Be master ninja bug reporter and bug triager for Xubuntu and Xfce.
  • Be an Ubuntu member.

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

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