<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/3.28.3"> </HEAD> <BODY> On Sat, 2010-03-06 at 21:23 +1100, Melissa Draper wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <TT>So this thread is your invitation to note what you've done as a</TT> <TT>participant of this team.</TT> </BLOCKQUOTE> My involvement with the ubuntu-au community has been in a shared role as the ubuntu-au mailing list moderator.  This is a rather important part of keeping the mailing list clean from the plentiful spam that continues to bombard us on a daily basis. Also as the Australian list is also syndicated to Google Groups & Gmane there is also incoming emails that come from these two sources that need to be approved etc... The more timely manor a message gets processed then the better the chance of the person asking feeling that they get a good result from consulting with the ubuntu-au community. Although to talk of the amount of "conversions" you have managed as an individual is being discouraged, I think that this is a good decision! especially in my case I only have a small circle of friends, and I've certainly informed them that there are choices, I have to admit defeat in that there has to be a better way to promote FOSS other than relying on your immediate family! <IMG SRC="cid:1267875519.3130.11.camel@scott-desktop.vk7hse.hobby-site.org" ALIGN="middle" ALT=":"-)" BORDER="0"> I have attempted to hold a small for release party for both Jaunty & Karmic via TASLUG, but was sadly disappointed when no one from the greater Hobart region was interested. There was however some interest from the north of the state but due to the distance nothing was arranged. I did attempt two times to apply for ubuntu membership but was rejected on the grounds of not contributing enough, I have since decided to not pursue this any further (ubuntu membership) but I'm happy to remain as active as one can be for my little part of the planet! I do participate by sharing my thoughts on both IRC and through the ubuntu-au-planet & ubuntu -au mailing list... Outside of ubuntu-au (since October 2009) I'm involved with the marketing of Icinga (fork from Nagios) and I have learnt quite a deal during this time as this if something I have not done before! It's good to branch into tasks you are not 100% confident on because if you manage a good job of it you get the rewards in knowing you can achieve almost anything if you apply yourself. Ok I'm starting to just rant so I'll leave it at this unless I think of more!  <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="100%"> <TR> <TD> -- Scott Evans VK7HSE Phone: +61362291658 Mobile: +61417586157 Skype: vk7hse <A HREF="mailto:scott@vk7hse.hobby-site.org">scott@vk7hse.hobby-site.org</A> <A HREF="http://www.vk7hse.hobby-site.org">http://www.vk7hse.hobby-site.org</A> PGP/GPG Key ID 437E00F9 <IMG SRC="cid:1267874919.3130.0.camel@scott-desktop.vk7hse.hobby-site.org" ALIGN="bottom" BORDER="0"> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </BODY> </HTML>