<html><head></head><body>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! :) <div class="gmail_quote">On November 26, 2014 12:57:29 PM PST, Thomas Mashos <thomas@mashos.com> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> <pre class="k9mail">On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 11:34 AM, Walter Lapchynski <wxl@ubuntu.com> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #729fcf; padding-left: 1ex;"> On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 11:28 AM, Scarlett Clark <sgclark@kubuntu.org> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #ad7fa8; padding-left: 1ex;"> On Wednesday, November 26, 2014 11:23:50 AM Walter Lapchynski wrote: </blockquote> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #ad7fa8; padding-left: 1ex;"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #8ae234; padding-left: 1ex;"> 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 </blockquote> Wow I did not get this :( </blockquote> Well, did you sign up for it? :) <a href="https://forms.canonical.com/certificate">https://forms.canonical.com/certificate</a>/</blockquote> This is new in the last few months. The certificate wasn't a thing when I became a member. <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #729fcf; padding-left: 1ex;"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #ad7fa8; padding-left: 1ex;"> skills you obtain are transferable to many fields, not just CS. </blockquote> I could not agree more with this!!! <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #ad7fa8; padding-left: 1ex;"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #8ae234; padding-left: 1ex;"> 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 </blockquote> Great entry point, this is where I started, I am now a developer. </blockquote> 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! <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #ad7fa8; padding-left: 1ex;"> I am here to help as well, if anyone has any questions! It is well worth it! </blockquote> Also, correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't Kubuntu have its own membership board/process? -- @wxl Lubuntu Release Manager, Head of QA Ubuntu PPC Point of Contact Ubuntu Oregon LoCo Team Leader -- Ubuntu-us-or mailing list Ubuntu-us-or@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-or">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-or</a> </blockquote> </pre></blockquote></div></body></html>