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Elizabeth Krumbach
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Elizabeth Krumbach has been dabbling in Ubuntu since Warty, but has used and worked with Debian since 2002. Since becoming an Ubuntu Member on May 29th 2007 she has worked on a variety of projects, including US Teams, Pennsylvania LoCo California LoCo, Community Learning Project, Ubuntu Classroom, BeginnersTeam and Women. She is also a current member of the Ubuntu Americas Membership Board and in October 2009 was elected to the Community Council.
Now residing in San Francisco, she works full time as a Debian Systems Administrator at technology services provider LinuxForce based out of Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. She is also the former coordinator for Philadelphia area Linux Users Group (PLUG).
Contact
IRC: pleia2 on irc.freenode.net & irc.oftc.net and pleia2 on Twitter
Email: lyz@ubuntu.com
Launchpad: https://launchpad.net/people/lyz
elizabeth on ubuntuforums.org
Website: princessleia.com & Blog: princessleia.com/journal/
Ubuntu Community Council
First elected in October of 2009
Have taken a leadership role within the Council to push along nominations and appointments to boards and councils
Worked with dholbach on the Council to collect and make sure tasks aren't missed
Worked to maintain Team Reports for the Council and get meeting logs posted
Ubuntu Americas Membership Board
Member of the Ubuntu Americas Membership Board
Ubuntu-Women
Contact for official #ubuntu-women channel on chat.freenode.net
Administrator on Ubuntu-Women.org
Administrator in launchpad team
Contact for Ubuntu-Women Planet additions
Organization and development of Ubuntu-Women Wiki (also a Wiki Admin)
Developed parntership with Classroom project to replace our Courses
Actively working on organization and summarization of regular meetings
Contact for Full Circle Magazine monthly column on Ubuntu Women and Women Behind Ubuntu interview series
Classroom
One of the primary administrators of the project
Worked closely with RyanKavanagh to revitalize the project in 2007
Worked with BeginnersTeam for partnership in 2009
- Worked to integrate into Ubuntu Learning project in mid 2009
- Help with reorganization, defined volunteer roles for project so people know how to help
Keep wiki and #ubuntu-classroom topic updated
- Works with groups hosting classes to avoid conflicts
Ubuntu Pennsylvania LoCo Team
(have since moved)
Designed and worked with AlexLauni to develop team website: UbuntuPennsylvania.org, remains an admin of the site.
Spearheaded creation of team Planet and worked with AlexLauni to launch, remains person to contact for additions
Primary Sysadmin for Ubuntu Pennsylvania Linode server
Op in #ubuntu-us-pa channel
Administrator in launchpad team
Provided fliers and (and now name tags) for events
Volunteered at multiple events at PACS where she handed out CDs and other freebies and fielded questions from folks browsing our materials. Helping to organize the Software Freedom Day Event at PACS in 2009
Helped organize and attended several release parties
Guest on WCOJ's AM Radio Computer Corner show to introduce Ubuntu in 2007 podcast here, and a follow up show in 2008 to discuss Ubuntu Hardy, podcast here
A primary organizer of many Philadephia-based events, including:
Ubuntu California LoCo Team
Involved with planning and attended many events since moving to California in 2010 Hosting monthly Ubuntu Hours in San Francisco One of three elected leaders of team One of the two individuals responsible for identica/twitter/facebook updates for the team Writes monthly team reports and makes sure meetings happen
Ubuntu US
Board Member and Mentor on the team
Help out folks who come into #ubuntu-us looking for LoCo resources
- Worked with Ubuntu-US-TN team
- Worked with the Ubuntu-US-NH team
- Worked with Ubuntu-US-NY team (now approved!)
- Ongoing work with the Ubuntu-US-KS team
Redeployment of USTeams Planet in 2009, primary contact for additions
Worked with JohnCrawford to launch new USTeams Website in 2009
Launched articles series on Ubuntu-us.org in 2009
Beginners Team
Member of BeginnersTeam
Worked as part of the Education focus group (now closely tied with Ubuntu Classroom
Provides general Sysadmin-related support on IRC
Other Major F/OSS Contributions
Former maintainer for dglog and webcalendar in Debian
Former primary package maintainer on Debian LedgerSMB Team
Written documentation for Bitlbee Project
Helped with early days of Debian Women project
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
Former coordinator for Philadelphia Area LinuxChix Chapter
Former coordinator for Philadelphia area Linux Users Group (PLUG)
Administrator of the Pennsylvania Ubuntu LoCo Team
Speaker Coordinator for Bay Area Linux Users Group
Testimonials for UW Leadership
I'm so glad Lyz has put her name up for this role. Lyz has been an outstanding Ubuntu member and I can't more enthusiastically endorse her as one of the leaders for the UW group. Her accomplishments and involvement in all things Ubuntu and Floss speak for themselves and the UW group will continue to benefit from her leadership. Good luck! -- Dinda
I strongly support Liz for one of the leadership roles in the Ubuntu-Women project. I really think people like her who have a long standing commitment and a profound knowledge of the project are the most capable to lead the group. Glad to see she is running for the job -- myriam 2010-06-08 21:51:05
CaliforniaLeadership
County: San Francisco
While I have only lived in California since February 2010, I have been involved with planning numerous Ubuntu California events since moving here. I was heavily involved with running the PennsylvaniaTeam before my move and currently am on the leadership team of the USTeams project where we help struggling US LoCos find the resources they need to become successful teams.
I have greatly enjoyed my past term as a leader in the team and would like the opportunity to continue in this role.
Beyond my involvement in LoCos, I have extensive leadership experience from the Philadelphia Linux Users Group to the CommunityCouncil which I feel will benefit in helping the team move forward.