Ubuntu-LB Steps towards getting our team approved
Zeiter Farah
zeiter.farah at gmail.com
Wed Jul 8 23:46:16 BST 2009
Finally we can get to work!!!!!!
I need to know who is interested in flushing out those points with me,
> * making the transition of users from any OS to Ubuntu/Linux as easy
as
> possible. (Zeiter Farah) [5]
> * pushing Firefox forward by developing plug-ins tailored for
Lebanese
> users (and that doesn't necessarily mean making it in Arabic).
> (Zeiter Farah) [5]
> * talking about open office and the benefits of making the switch.
Amarok
> and the online-broadcast, engineering tools gEDA, scilab, arduino,
> eclipse, source management and the list goes on and on ...
> (Zeiter Farah) [5]
I think we need to get a groupMail going, to kick ideas back and forth
before we share with the team.
Elijah are you in??
On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 5:30 PM, Elijah <thyarmageddon at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 2009-07-09 at 00:05 +0200, Ignace Mouzannar (-ghantoos-) wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > As it was said many times on the mailing list and on IRC, getting
> > approved by Ubuntu is the most crucial upcoming step for the team.
> >
> > "When you become an approved team, it will make you eligible for
> > certain benefits such as marketing materials, discounts or
> > possibilities. An approved team is also considered officially by the
> > Ubuntu project." [1]
> >
> >
> > As stated in the "Getting your LoCo team approved" page on Ubuntu's
> > wiki [2], we should check each of the following points, and see if
> > they apply to our team:
> > - Resources
> > - Membership
> > - Roadmap
> > - Experience
> >
> > Resources and Membership seem to be already fulfilled: we are 29
> > members [3] (we may be more, knowing that some are only subscribed to
> > the mailing list), we have a mailing list and an IRC channel, which
> > are both active.
> > As I see it, two parts are missing or partially missing today :
> > Roadmap and Experience
> >
> > > Roadmap - Do you have an idea of what you want to achieve and which
> projects
> > > the group should work on?
> >
> > We currently have a roadmap page:
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LebanonTeam/Roadmap.
> > What do you think about adding the following to the roadmap:
> > 1- Prepare presentation slides presenting Ubuntu, Open Source and it's
> > community. Here are a couple of points/ideas from the wiki and mailing
> list
> > that could help us with writing the slides:
> > * Checking out the structure of Jocelyn's presentation [4]
> > * making the transition of users from any OS to Ubuntu/Linux as easy
> as
> > possible. (Zeiter Farah) [5]
> > * pushing Firefox forward by developing plug-ins tailored for
> Lebanese
> > users (and that doesn't necessarily mean making it in Arabic).
> > (Zeiter Farah) [5]
> > * talking about open office and the benefits of making the switch.
> Amarok
> > and the online-broadcast, engineering tools gEDA, scilab, arduino,
> > eclipse, source management and the list goes on and on ...
> > (Zeiter Farah) [5]
> >
> > 2- Check out what place could be used as a locale for the team.
> > (Jad Yammine) [6]
> >
> > 3- Assemble a list of universities we can reach, and start contacting
> them in
> > order to plan presentations at their premises. The list of
> universities could
> > be filled here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LebanonTeam/Universities
> >
> > 4- Write articles on the main page of the team's website [7].
> > By articles, I mean little posts (technical or not) about a new
> > software, a software update, an interesting article you came accros on
> > the Internet (somehow related to Ubuntu or Open Source).
> > [I would be glad to work on this point]
> >
> > 5- Update and maintain the Wiki pages.
> > [I would be glad to work on this point as well]
> >
> > 6- Maintain the webserver hosting our website [7]. Compengi and
> > rapacity are taking care of this part today.
> >
> > 7- Sponsoring, as the Lebanese loco needs some financial resources to
> > start some
> > activities locally (Discussed in the Meeting of July 3rd) [8]
> >
> > 8- We need to start coding some stuff to help the community (Discussed
> > in the Meeting of July 3rd) [8]
> >
> > 9- Web-Based IRC (or CGI) For Ubuntu Support Channels: A place where
> > people can join and get help if they don't have an IRC application.
> > (Discussed in the Meeting of July 3rd) [8]
> >
> >
> > > Experience - What have you done so far? Have you done any advocacy,
> > > translations, exhibitions, support or other activities? We recommend
> you have
> > > done at least three activities before you apply for approval.
> >
> > Concerning this point, we already have support (IRC, mailing and forum)
> up and
> > running.
> >
> > Also, Dani Soufi (aka. compengi) did some translations [9].
> > But concerning the rest (exhibitions, advocacy, other activities),
> > I don't have the requested information. Can someone help filling this
> blank?
> >
> >
> > If anyone is interested in taking care of any of the above suggestions,
> > please reply to this thread.
> >
> > There are, for sure, many points that I did not think of or forgot to
> > quote from the last mailing list exchanges.
> >
> > I know many of you have ideas and motivation to share. So please, do
> > not hesitate to add your suggestions and ideas.
> >
> > Thank you all for reading this long email.
> >
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Ignace M -ghantoos-
> >
> >
> > [1]
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoTeamHowto#Becoming%20an%20Approved%20Team
> > [2] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoGettingApproved
> > [3] https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-lb<https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-lb>
> > [4]
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LebanonTeam/seminar#Minutes%20for%20the%20last%20Seminar%20held%20on%2022
> > [5] https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-lb/2009-May/000209.html
> > [6] https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-lb/2009-May/000208.html
> > [7] http://ubuntu-lb.com
> > [8] https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-lb/2009-July/000244.html
> > [9] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LebanonTeam/Roadmap
> >
>
> That should be our main goal for now, getting the team approved.
> So my reply is,
>
> * Personally:
>
> 1- We need people to start with the presentation slides, i am ready to
> help but alone i can't get the project done. So whoever is ready to help
> me out with one, please state so.
>
> 3- Other Members and I have some contacts in many different universities
> and as soon as the slides are done we can contact them. So no worries
> there, we can start small and get bigger as we gain experience.
>
> 4 & 5- I am ready to help ghantoos with these two points. So, I will be
> contacting him directly.
>
> 8- I am a little bit rusted on the coding part, but i am also ready if i
> have time to go back again and relearn coding from the start to help out
> with whatever is need. My major language is C++, for everyone to know.
>
> * My Thoughts:
>
> 2- About the place to meet, so far I doubt we can find that. BUT whoever
> has an idea on that subject please do share it with us.
>
> 7- In our 2nd meeting, the 5th of June (if i recall correctly), we
> discussed this topic also and someone was ready to help. AND on my last
> personal meeting with another person he also seemed to be interested and
> good at that.
>
> Thank you all,
> Elijah
>
>
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