lyz
Elizabeth Krumbach (formerly Bevilacqua)
Elizabeth has been dabbling in Ubuntu since Warty, but has used and worked with Debian since 2002.
She works full time as a Debian Systems Administrator at LinuxForce, which now supports several Kubuntu desktops.
Elizabeth became an Ubuntu Member on May 29, 2007.
Contact
IRC: pleia2 on irc.freenode.net & irc.oftc.net
Email: lyz@ubuntu.com
Launchpad: https://launchpad.net/people/lyz
elizabeth on ubuntuforums.org
Homepage: http://www.princessleia.com & Blog: http://www.princessleia.com/journal/
Ubuntu Americas Membership Board
Member of the Ubuntu Americas Membership Board
Ubuntu-Women
Contact for official #Ubuntu-Women channel on irc.freenode.net
Administrator on Ubuntu-Women Website
Administrator in launchpad team
Contact for U-W Planet additions
Organization and development of Ubuntu-Women Wiki (also a Wiki Admin)
Developed parntership with Classroom project to replace our Courses
Worked with Vidya Ayer to launch Mentoring Project
Actively working on organization and summarization of regular meetings
Ubuntu Learning
Board member on team
Meeting organization
Coordination with other teams
Ubuntu Classroom
One of the administrators of the project
Worked closely with RyanKavanagh to revitalize the project in 2007
Developed a partnership with Ubuntu Women
- Many wiki page edits to help with reorganization
- Defined volunteer roles for project so people know how to help
- Other general organization tasks
- Working with Beginners team for partnership in 2009
- Worked to integrate into Ubuntu Learning project in mid 2009
Ubuntu Pennsylvania LoCo Team
Designed and worked with AlexLauni to develop team website: MeetLinux.com, remains an admin of the site.
Spearheaded creation of team Planet and worked with AlexLauni to launch, remains person to contact for additions
Op in #ubuntu-us-pa channel
Administrator in launchpad team
Provided fliers and (and now name tags) for events
Volunteered at several events, including multiple events at PACS where I handed out CDs and other freebies and fielded questions from folks browsing our materials, being a guest on WCOJ's AM Radio Computer Corner show to introduce Ubuntu podcast here and working as the primary organizer of our summer 2007 Ubuntu BBQ
Ubuntu US
Help out folks who come into #ubuntu-us looking for LoCo resources
- Worked with Ubuntu-US-ME to secure ubuntuforums space for the team
- Worked with Ubuntu-US-TN to handle missing leader
Other F/OSS Contributions
Maintainer for dglog and part of two person maintenance team for webcalendar in Debian
Primary package maintainer on Debian LedgerSMB Team
Written documentation for Bitlbee Project
Helped with early days of Debian Women
Active member of LinuxChix
IRC support for Ubuntu, Bitlbee and irssi
Published several popular How-To documents on PrincessLeia.com. As well as articles on Debian-Administration.org and the O'Reilly Linux DevCenter Blog
Local Involvement
Coordinator for Philadelphia Area LinuxChix Chapter
Coordinator, Primary Contact and Website Admin for Philadelphia area Linux Users Group (PLUG)
Administrator of the Pennsylvania Ubuntu LoCo Team