[Ubuntu Oregon] Ubuntu membership

[paddyhayes at ubuntu.com]

I think it has actually been around for a year or so.  I think most of us on the UF staff found out about the certificate when one of us ran across something somewhere saying that we could get a back-dated copy.

I waited by the mailbox every day for mine!  :)

On November 26, 2014 12:57:29 PM PST, Thomas Mashos <thomas at mashos.com> wrote:
>On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 11:34 AM, Walter Lapchynski <wxl at ubuntu.com>
>wrote:
>> On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 11:28 AM, Scarlett Clark
><sgclark at kubuntu.org> wrote:
>>> On Wednesday, November 26, 2014 11:23:50 AM Walter Lapchynski wrote:
>>
>>>> I don't think this is the only reason to become a member but here's
>>>> some of the perks:
>>>>  * certificate signed by Mark Shuttleworth himself
>>> Wow I did not get this :(
>>
>> Well, did you sign up for it? :)
>> https://forms.canonical.com/certificate/
>>
>
>This is new in the last few months. The certificate wasn't a thing
>when I became a member.
>
>>> skills you obtain are transferable to many fields, not just CS.
>>
>> I could not agree more with this!!!
>>
>>>> You might be thinking that this is just for developers. Not at all.
>>>> The community and its projects need a lot of different forms of
>help:
>>>>  * documentation
>>> Great entry point, this is where I started, I am now a developer.
>>
>> I started by asking a question on #lubuntu and the folks there were
>so
>> inviting and helpful I stuck around and started helping others. And
>> now I'm the Release Manager!
>>
>>> I am here to help as well, if anyone has any questions! It is well
>worth it!
>>
>> Also, correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't Kubuntu have its own
>> membership board/process?
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