Author Archives: lyz

Interview with Charles of the Ubuntu Community Council

By lyz | Published: 2015-01-21

The Ubuntu Community Council is the primary community (i.e., non-technical) governance body for the Ubuntu project. In this series of 7 interviews, we go behind the scenes with the community members who were elected in 2013 serve on this council with Mark Shuttleworth. In this, our first interview, we talk with Charles about his experience […]

Ubuntu LoCo Team Global Jam Packs

By lyz | Published: 2015-01-20

For a long time now Canonical has provided Ubuntu LoCo Teams with material to use in the promotion of Ubuntu. This has come in the form of CDs and DVDs for Ubuntu releases, as well as conference packs for booths and shows. We’ve also been sent several packages, when requested by an Ubuntu Member, to […]

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 400

By lyz | Published: 2015-01-19

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is issue #400 for the week January 12 – 18, 2015, and the full version is available here. In this issue we cover: Introducing Ubuntu Find-A-Task Ubuntu Stats Qt Day 2015, March 13-14th, Florence LoCo Events Ubuntu Cloud News Nicholas Skaggs: PSA: Community Requests Ronnie Tucker: Ubuntu Phone […]

Vacant Developer Membership Board seats: Call for nominations

By lyz | Published: 2015-01-19

We will soon have four vacant Developer Membership Board seats. Benjamin Drung, Iain Lane, Scott Kitterman and Stéphane Graber will reach the end of their terms on 2015-02-17. This is a call for nominations. The DMB is responsible for reviewing and approving new Ubuntu developers, meeting for about an hour once a fortnight. Candidates should […]

Ubuntu Online Summit dates: 5-7 May 2015

By lyz | Published: 2015-01-06

Hello everybody, I heard no objections when I asked, so the next Ubuntu Online Summit is going to happen: 5-7 May 2015 Thanks a lot everyone. Originally posted to the Community-announce mailing list on Tue Jan 6 15:57:22 UTC 2015 by Daniel Holbach