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Micah Gersten

About Me

I've been using Ubuntu since Fall 2007. I prefer Xubuntu as my Ubuntu of choice. I have been using Linux based systems since Dec 1999. Before that, I used Unix type systems for several years as well. I'm a PHP web application developer by day.

Contact Information

• Freenode: micahg

• Launchpad: https://launchpad.net/~micahg

Team Memberships

• Ubuntu Bug Control since May 2009
• Ubuntu Mozilla Team since Oct 2009
• Ubuntu Chicago Loco

Ubuntu Contributions

I have been answering questions in the Ubuntu answer tracker since Dec 2008. I started triaging bugs in April 2009.

• Top 20 contributor for Ubuntu Bugs and Ubuntu Answers
• Hosted Chicago Loco meetup on June 28, 2009
• Working with the Ubuntu Mozilla Team
  • Bug Triage for Firefox Packages
  • Fixing FTBFS for Ubuntu Mozilla Daily PPA
  • Updated Prism for Karmic Release
• Fixed a FTBFS in kvpnc for Karmic

I also answer questions in various Ubuntu IRC channels on freenode:

• #ubuntu-mozillateam
• #ubuntu-bugsquad
• #launchpad

• #ubuntu-motu <--- Simple questions like (where do I find this?)

Goals For Ubuntu's Future

• Help the Mozilla Team package and update more software
• Become a MOTU so that I can help with packaging more software and getting more packages in Ubuntu

Testimonials

• Micah has consistently been present and active on bug-control, and is very helpful and accommodating on calls for help in the IRC channels. Of the many people I have helped in #ubuntu-bugs and bug-control, he is certainly the one I am proudest of having helped. He is, without a question, one I heartly endorse for Ubuntu membership. And that's not even talking about his work with the Mozilla team! --Hggdh

• Micah has done a tremendous job since April 2009 for the mozillateam. He started contributing by working restlessly on firefox bugs which made a huge difference and took a lot of work from my shoulders. From there on he worked on improving his technical skills up to the point where he now works as a fully-empowered mozillateam member fixing mozilla daily branch breakages and other stuff that needs to get done. In his work on the mozillateam, I got to know Micah as a great ubuntu addict that you can rely on as he constantly follows through on his commitments; he has the kind of attitude towards users and technology that we need in ubuntu and is a big win for the ubuntu community as a whole. Hence, I fully backup his application for ubuntu membership; I see this only as just a first step in becoming an ubuntu developer in the not so far future. Keep up the rocking work, Micah! - asac

• I first had the opportunity to meet Micah at an Ubuntu-Chicago event, where he very graciously allowed us to meet at his office. Since then, I have frequently seen him helping users with bug triage and mozilla issues both in our LoCo IRC channel as well as in several other channels on freenode. Based on my experience with working with Micah, it is clear that he is very dedicated and hard-working. He also appears to really enjoy helping other users and contributing back to the Ubuntu community. Micah has my full support for Ubuntu membership, and I am looking forward to being able to work with him more in the future. -- nhandler 2009-11-08 18:58:02

• Micah's contributions to the Ubuntu Bug Control team are extremely valuable and his responsiveness to people in the #ubuntu-bugs channel is also tremendously helpful. Micah has also been a very helpful user of tools like five-a-day and the package status pages as he quickly points out when things aren't working. I happily support his Ubuntu membership. -- BrianMurray

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