Call for New Operators in the #ubuntu, #ubuntu-offtopic and #ubuntu-ops channels

By nhandler | Published: 2010-11-03

The IRCC is now taking applications for a number of new operator positions in the following channels: #ubuntu, #ubuntu-offtopic and #ubuntu-ops.

So if you’re active on our IRC channels and you are available in the specified times (or at least part of them), and if you’ve been aching to help, you should consider applying! You might get your chance if:

In general, please do not consider becoming an operator because it could be “fun”. It is not, it’s hard work. However, it is often quite rewarding, and you get to operate with a great team of people. You don’t need to be an IRC guru, but you do need to know enough to be able to learn more.

As a special case, applicants for #ubuntu-ops will be restricted to operators in core channels. If you apply to be an operator in #ubuntu-ops, but are not an operator in a core channel, your application will be rejected.

Please be aware that *many* applicants will not become operators for various reasons. This will not necessarily be because we think you would make a bad operator. Only a limited number of operators are ever needed, some timezones are better covered already than others, and so on.

IMPORTANT: Please follow the application process and additionally note your available times on your wiki page. Having your wiki page listed on your LP page is also useful to aid us in finding your information.

We look forward to your applications!

Originally sent to the ubuntu-irc mailing list by Terence Simpson on Wed Nov 3 21:24:06 GMT 2010

Ubuntu Cloud Community needs You

By nhandler | Published: 2010-10-29

“I’m interested in Ubuntu and the cloud, how do I get involved” is a question I got a few times already. I thought it would be a good idea to answer this as a blog post. I believe one of the very first things you’d want to do, is to make sure you’re on the main communication channels, talking to the community, asking questions, seeing other questions being answered, trying to answer some yourself, sharing opinions and generally “connecting” with the rest of the community. That is a great first step. So I’ll highlight the main communication venues for the Ubuntu cloud community, as well as way to get kick-started.

Places to be

  • Ubuntu Cloud Forums, while pretty young, there has been some pretty good stir in the forums. While IRC and mailing lists may be more focused on “asking questions”, the Forums are a great way to get in touch with other community members. To share your experience building your private clouds, the hardware used, software configuration, tuning and optimization, challenges faced …etc. Come join in, if you would like to ask questions, or if you would like to share opinions, tips or tricks, get on the forums and make some splash 🙂
  • The Ubuntu-Cloud mailing list is a great technical resource where most of the experts and developers are subscribed. For very technical discussions, questions, feature suggestions, RFEs, development discussions the mailing list is a great resource.
  • The EC2Ubuntu mailing list is a great resource that focuses on running Ubuntu in the Amazon EC2 public cloud. This list is active with a wealth of info on the topic
  • IRC chat has long always been a primary real-time communication tool used by free software enthusiasts. The Ubuntu cloud IRC room is (surprise, surprise) #ubuntu-cloud on Freenode. Jump in, and engage

Once connected, things you can do include playing with the latest technology such as creating yourself a private UEC cloud, verifying latest features work as advertised, report and fix bugs, suggest features, design and implement new projects to advance the state of Ubuntu on the cloud. While the community is very welcoming, I definitely understand we need to create better new-comer friendly engagement paths, more hand-holding if you will. A better mentoring program from senior members as well as low hanging fruit are things the Ubuntu cloud and server communities need to identify and improve to make it easier to attract and engage fresh talent

Originally posted by Ahmed Kamal here on Friday, October 29, 2010 at 6:04 PM

Help the Graner Family

By boredandblogging | Published: 2010-10-29

As many of may of heard, Amber Graner, Ubuntu community member extraordinaire, and Peter Graner received horrible news this week while at UDS: their house caught on fire.

Thankfully their children and dog are fine!

Rikki Kite has started a fund to help out the Graner family.

In the spirit of community, please donate whatever you can.

Call for votes: Vacant Developer Membership Board seat

By nhandler | Published: 2010-10-20

The Developer Membership Board has started a vote to fill the vacant position.

The Developer Membership Board is responsible for reviewing and approving new Ubuntu developers. It evaluates prospective Ubuntu developers and decides when to entrust them with developer privileges.

The vote closes at Friday, 2010-11-05 23:59 UTC.

Ballots got mailed to all members of ~ubuntu-dev who have a public e-mail address stored in LP. Those ~ubuntu-dev members who don’t have a public e-mail address in LP (18 of 171 members) can contact me (Michael Bienia <geser@ubuntu.com>) to get added to the voters list and get a ballot too.

Originally sent to the ubuntu-devel-announce mailing list by Michael Bienia on Wed Oct 20 09:29:16 BST 2010

Emmet Hikory replaces Richard Johnson on Ubuntu Community Council

By pleia2 | Published: 2010-10-19

Due to a range of other commitments, Richard Johnson has stepped down from the Ubuntu Community Council.

The current members of the CC want to thank Richard Johnson for all the work he put into Ubuntu Governance. He will be missed. Everybody wishes him all the best on his next endeavors.

Emmet Hikory is replacing Richard Johnson, based on the outcome of the last Community Council vote.

Welcome aboard Emmet!

Originally posted on the ubuntu-news-team mailing list by Elizabeth Krumbach on Tue Oct 19 20:31:47 BST 2010