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    Nice, Ben! Yew rawk. <br>
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    JVLB <br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/26/2014 03:54 PM, Benjamin
      Kerensa wrote:<br>
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      <div dir="ltr">I actually got the membership certificate added as
        a perk and the gandi partnership :)<br>
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          <div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 12:57 PM,
            Thomas Mashos <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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              .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span>On
                Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 11:34 AM, Walter Lapchynski <<a
                  moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:wxl@ubuntu.com"
                  target="_blank">wxl@ubuntu.com</a>> wrote:<br>
                > On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 11:28 AM, Scarlett Clark
                <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                  href="mailto:sgclark@kubuntu.org" target="_blank">sgclark@kubuntu.org</a>>
                wrote:<br>
                >> On Wednesday, November 26, 2014 11:23:50 AM
                Walter Lapchynski wrote:<br>
                ><br>
                >>> I don't think this is the only reason to
                become a member but here's<br>
                >>> some of the perks:<br>
                >>>  * certificate signed by Mark Shuttleworth
                himself<br>
                >> Wow I did not get this :(<br>
                ><br>
                > Well, did you sign up for it? :)<br>
                > <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                  href="https://forms.canonical.com/certificate/"
                  target="_blank">https://forms.canonical.com/certificate/</a><br>
                ><br>
                <br>
              </span>This is new in the last few months. The certificate
              wasn't a thing<br>
              when I became a member.<br>
              <span><br>
                >> skills you obtain are transferable to many
                fields, not just CS.<br>
                ><br>
                > I could not agree more with this!!!<br>
                ><br>
                >>> You might be thinking that this is just for
                developers. Not at all.<br>
                >>> The community and its projects need a lot
                of different forms of help:<br>
                >>>  * documentation<br>
                >> Great entry point, this is where I started, I
                am now a developer.<br>
                ><br>
                > I started by asking a question on #lubuntu and the
                folks there were so<br>
                > inviting and helpful I stuck around and started
                helping others. And<br>
                > now I'm the Release Manager!<br>
                ><br>
                >> I am here to help as well, if anyone has any
                questions! It is well worth it!<br>
                ><br>
                > Also, correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't Kubuntu
                have its own<br>
                > membership board/process?<br>
                > --<br>
                > @wxl<br>
                > Lubuntu Release Manager, Head of QA<br>
                > Ubuntu PPC Point of Contact<br>
                > Ubuntu Oregon LoCo Team Leader<br>
                ><br>
                > --<br>
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                > <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                  href="mailto:Ubuntu-us-or@lists.ubuntu.com"
                  target="_blank">Ubuntu-us-or@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br>
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                  Thanks,<br>
                  <br>
                  Thomas Mashos<br>
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