asking to join the mentoring programme

[Jonathan Jesse]

On Thursday 26 July 2007 10:39:51 Dave Mawdsley wrote:
> Hello,
>
> My name is David Mawdsley.  I'm applying to be part of the mentoring
> programme, to be useful in document writing of some sort.  I have some
> time, though not a lot, that I can give to this mentoring programme.  Most
> of my workdays are filled with customer visits, repairs, installations,
> etc.
>
> I regularly maintain webpages with HTML that occasionally have JavaScript
> routines, though I don't consider myself a programmer.  I maintain five
> active websites.
>
> As a sole proprietor, I've run my company, MadMod Computing, for almost 7
> years--fixing Windows PC's, fixing and securing networks, and giving
> instruction for individuals and small businesses.  I do very little work
> with servers.  Before retiring to run my company, I was a public high
> school mathematics teacher for 37 years.
>
> My certifications with CompTIA are  A+, Network+ and Security+.
>
> In my lab are 3 notebooks running Windows XP Home, Windows ME and a new
> Dell E1505n running Ubuntu 7.04.  I also have an old white-box tower now
> running Ubuntu 7.04 upgraded from an earlier Ubuntu 6.10 install.  Either
> the Windows ME or the Dell E1505n computer travels with me on customer
> visits depending upon the customer need.  The other computers stay in my
> lab.
>
> I'm experienced with Windows and many software packages, but I'm mostly a
> half-year newbie with Ubuntu--staying mostly away from command-line methods
> unless I have to.  My computers are all running successfully at present
> with the software installed that I need.  The Ubuntu computers I use are
> basically trouble-free.   The tower does AIDS research in a distributed
> computing environment--working in the background while I do other things on
> the computer.
>
> The Ubuntu computers are gradually taking on more and more of my business
> environment.  (At present, I have no plans to work with or include Windows
> Vista in any of my work and have told my customers that I don't support
> Windows Vista--at least until SP1 comes out.)  I may soon have a customer
> who wants to try out Ubuntu.
>
> Let me know if I fit in with your requirements in a useful way.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Dave
>
>
> David Mawdsley - MadMod Computing (http://madmod.com)
> A+, Network+ and Security+ Certified Service Technician (PC's)
> Visit madmod.com to access a free computer health clinic
> or to read the free The MadMod Computing Newsletters.

David,

Welcome aboard.  I think the best place to start is to find some area of the 
doucmentation that you find interesting and then start looking.  The best 
thing to do is start with a setup of Gutsy and see where the documentation 
differs between what was created in Feisty and what is in Gutsy

Jonathan