ReApproval Application for Ubuntu-US-DC

Key Details

Roadmap

• Teach/Demo at DISCOvering TECHnology Fair (Disco Tech) III - Date to be determined

  • Discussion

• Hold regular (monthly?) IRC meetings to better plan and coordinate the work of the LoCo team.

• Collaborate with Uplift, Inc.?

(Old roadmap items to be reviewed / renewed)

• Develop high school computer science curriculum materials using Python on Ubuntu.

• Contribute to SchoolTool and CanDo development.

• Expand the use of Ubuntu in the computer science programs in Arlington Public Schools.

• Develop GASP (Graphics API for Students of Python) for use on the XO laptop (OLPC).

• Continue collaborating with the OLPC / SugarLabs DC team.

• Pursue leads with local government (particularly the DC Public Library System) and Open Source for America lobby.

Experience

• Jeremy Bicha, Brian Curtis, Mackenzie Morgan and Daniel Chen maintain and contribute to several packages.

  • Jeremy Bicha's Related Software page on Launchpad

  • Brian Curtis' Related Software page on Launchpad

  • Daniel Chen's Related Software page on Launchpad

  • Mackenzie Morgan's Related Software page on Launchpad

• Mackenzie Morgan is a regular contributor to Ask Ubuntu and blogs at Ubuntu Linux Tips & Tricks

• Brian Curtis Promotes Ubuntu at George Mason University and is often referred to for Ubuntu/Linux help. He hands out Ubuntu CD's and has gotten a majority of grad students to switch to Ubuntu.

• Marco Ceppi elected by the Ask Ubuntu Community as a Moderator

• Marco Ceppi became the first community member to become an official Juju Charmer

• Marco Ceppi (along with others) helped migrate OMG! Ubuntu! to use Juju

• Rik Goldman contributed a CompTIA Linux+ curriculum to Byte Back (a computer training facility for low-income adults).

2013

• Add Here

2012

• Table at Hearst Community E-cycling Day - May 5, 2012

• Table at Software Freedom Day (SFD) 2012 at the Takoma Park Folk Festival (TPFF) - September 9, 2012

• Kevin Cole demonstrated Ubuntu and other FOSS at DISCOvering TECHnology Fair (Disco Tech II), February 25, 2012

  • Discussion

• Release party / InstallFest at Taste of India (Washington, DC)

  • Discussion

2011

• Sanjay Jain, Frank Winstead, and Kevin Cole tabled at the Hearst Community E-cycle (electronics recycling) event, April 2, 2011

  • Flickr Photos

• Several team members (Chuck Glenn, Mackenzie Morgan, Barry Warsaw, N.C. Weber, Jerry, Matthew Langbehn, Katie, Jeff Elkner, and Kevin Cole) tabled again for a be-earlied Software Freedom Day (SFD) at the Takoma Park Folk Festival (TPFF), September 11, 2011

  • Discussion

  • Flickr Photos

  • TPFF Poster Children

• Kevin Cole demonstrated Ubuntu and other FOSS at DISCOvering TECHnology Fair (Disco Tech I), November 5, 2011

• Brian Curtis Attended UDS-O as a community member and focused on continuing his assistance with the Desktop Team.

• Marco Ceppi Attended UDS-O as a community member to represent Ask Ubuntu

2010

• Several team members (Mackenzie Morgan, Jeremy Bicha, Brian Curtis, Jeff Elkner and Kevin Cole) tabled again for a be-earlied Software Freedom Day (SFD) at the Takoma Park Folk Festival (TPFF), September 12, 2010

  • Flickr Photos

• Worked the Open Source booth at Federal Office Systems Expo (FOSE) 2010

• Weekly bug jams at Taste of India

  • Flickr photos

  • (Flickr photo including photographer of previous photos)

• Marco Ceppi Selected as Pro-tempore Moderator on Ask Ubuntu

2009

• Continued Cleveland Park Library computer clinic

• TPFF 2009 - tabled at the Takoma Park Folk Festival (TPFF), September 2009, Takoma Park, MD --> photos

• Worked the Open Source booth at Federal Office Systems Expo (FOSE) 2009

• Jaunty release party at Taste of India

  • Flickr photos

  • More Flickr photos

• Karmic installfest at GWU --> photos

2008

• Cleveland Park Library computer clinic (three Saturdays per month)
• Became a regular host and organizer for the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) Learning Club DC

• TPFF 2008 - tabled at the Takoma Park Folk Festival (TPFF), September 2008, Takoma Park, MD --> photos

• Federal Office Systems Expo (FOSE) 2008

• Hardy installfest
• Intrepid installfest

2007

• FOSE 2007 - distributed CD's at the largest U.S. federal government technology convention, March 2005, Washington DC

• Feisty installfest
• Gutsy installfest

• TPFF 2007 - tabled at the Takoma Park Folk Festival (TPFF), September 2007, Takoma Park, MD

• Federal Office Systems Expo (FOSE) 2007

2006

• Many InstallFests

• FOSE 2006 - distributed CD's at the largest U.S. federal government technology convention, March 2006, Washington DC

• NECC 2006 - demonstrated Ubuntu and distributed CD's at the National Educational Computing Conference (NECC), July 2006, San Diego

• TPFF 2006 - tabled at the Takoma Park Folk Festival (TPFF), September 2006, Takoma Park, MD

• SFD 2006 - tabled at Mount Rainer Library for Software Freedom Day, September 2006, Mt. Rainier, MD

• Support - set up and provide on-going support for several Edubuntu labs

2005

• SFD 2005 - tabled at Mount Rainer Library for Software Freedom Day, September 2005, Mt. Rainier, MD

• FOSE 2005 - distributed CD's at the largest U.S. federal government technology convention, March 2005, Washington DC