Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter #123 -- Part 3

Submitted by k4tz on Mon, 01/05/2009 - 11:18

LoCo Teams

==== German Team(Berlin) ====

  • 2008-12-03: ubuntu-berlin user meeting (Stammtischtreffen)
  • 2008-12-09: our regular BugJam at the c-base
  • 2008-12-10: Talk "Einführung in LaTeX unter GNU/Linux" (Introduction to LaTeX - the full story in german language: http://www.ubuntu-berlin.de/node/98)
  • 2008-12-11: Tux Origami Workshop

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==== Japanese Team ====

==== Tunisian Team ====

Chicago Team

  • Made initial plans for participation in the February 2009 Global Bug Jam
  • Additional planning meeting set for Saturday, January 17th.
  • Set tentative 6-month plan for Ubuntu-Chicago Loco activities. Activities to include:
  • Bug Jam - February
  • Ubuntu and Free Software advocacy activity day - March
  • Ubuntu-Chicago at "Flourish" FLOSS conference - April (Presenters & Ubuntu-Chicago representation)
  • Jaunty Release Party & Install Fest - Early May
  • Packaging Jam - June

==== Georgia Team ====

  • Preparing plans and schedules for 2009.

==== New York Team ====

  • Completed a redesign on the entire team wiki page including the creation of several additional sub-areas and pages.
  • Held elections for new officers: PrivateVoid was elected Vice President, the-stace was elected treasurer and NewJack was elected to the at-large position for the down state region.
  • The Newsletter team held two meetings (IRC and SIP) and is on its way to producing the teams first newsletter. The team is being headed by DaraAdib.
  • A meet-up was held at the Barnes & Noble @ RIT in Rochester, NY on December 4th.
  • A meet-up was held at Potato Republic in New City, NY on December 6th.
  • Plans are being finalized for events from January through May including an Open Street Map event and participation in the Global Bug Jam.

==== Pennsylvania Team ====

==== Arizona Team ====

  • Working on installfests to be held at the two major Arizona college campuses. On at U of A in Tucson, and one at ASU in Phoenix.
  • Starting work on our second open source state conference(ABLEconf) to be held in 2009.

Upcoming Meetings and Events

Monday, January 5, 2009

==== EMEA Membership Meeting ====

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

==== Server Team Meeting ====

==== Desktop Team Meeting ====

==== Kernel Team Meeting ====

  • Start: 17:00 UTC
  • End: 18:00 UTC
  • Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
  • Agenda: Not listed as of publication

==== Community Council Meeting ====

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

==== America's Council Meeting ====

==== Ubuntu-us-pa LoCo Team Meeting ====

  • Start: 12:30 UTC
  • End: 13:30 UTC
  • Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-us-pa
  • Agenda: None as of publication

==== Foundation Team Meeting ====

  • Start: 16:00 UTC
  • End: 17:00 UTC
  • Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
  • Agenda: None listed as of publication

==== QA Team Meeting ====

==== Edubuntu Meeting ====

Thursday, January 8, 2009

==== Ubuntu Mobile Team Meeting ====

  • Start: 12:00 UTC
  • End: 13:00 UTC
  • Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
  • Agenda: None listed as of publication

==== Desktop Team Meeting ====

==== Ubuntu Java Meeting ====

  • Start: 14:00 UTC
  • End: 15:00 UTC
  • Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
  • Agenda: None listed as of publication

Updates and Security for 6.06, 7.10, 8.04, and 8.10

Security Updates

Ubuntu 6.06 Updates

  • None Reported

Ubuntu 7.10 Updates

  • None Reported

Ubuntu 8.04 Updates

Ubuntu 8.10 Updates

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Additional Ubuntu News

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Conclusion

Thank you for reading the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter.

See you next week!

Credits

The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is brought to you by:

  • Nick Ali
  • John Crawford
  • Craig A. Eddy
  • Kenny McHenry
  • Dave Bush
  • And many others

Glossary of Terms

1. acpid - Advanced Configuration and Power Interface Daemon
1. API - Application Programming Interface
1. FOSS - Free Open Source Software
1. FTBFS - Fails To Build From Source
1. GUI - Graphicical User Interface
1. IRC - Internet Relay Chat
1. LTS - Long Term Support
1. LTSP - Linux Terminal Server Project
1. MOTU - Master Of The Universe - Developers responsible for the Universe and Multiverse repositories.
1. NTR - Nonprofit Technology Resources
1. OS - Operating System
1. OSS - Open Source Software
1. PDA - Personal Digital Assistant
1. UDS - Ubuntu Developer Summit
1. USB - Universal Serial Bus
1. VGA - Video Graphics Array
1. VPN - Virtual Private Network
1. WPA - Wi-Fi Protected Access

Ubuntu - Get Involved

The Ubuntu community consists of individuals and teams, working on different aspects of the distribution, giving advice and technical support, and helping to promote Ubuntu to a wider audience. No contribution is too small, and anyone can help. It's your chance to get in on all the community fun associated with developing and promoting Ubuntu. http://www.ubuntu.com/community/participate

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