Ubuntu IRC Council Position

By pleia2 | Published: 2012-05-17

There is currently an empty virtual seat on the IRC Council and we are now accepting nominations to fill it. If you are an Ubuntu Member with a competent technical knowledge of IRC, a passion for IRC and a willingness to help maintain effective governance of our IRC community then you could be the leader we are looking for.

The Process

You can read about the Charter and Appointment Process for the IRC Council here https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IRC/IrcCouncil It starts with an open call for nominations (you are reading it now), applicants will make themselves known to the IRCC via an email to irc-council at lists.ubuntu.com and will fill out a wiki page outlining their work in the community and why they would be a good candidate.

The current IRCC will administer this process and at the end of the nomination period will provide a full list of applicants to the Community Council along with any feedback and comments for the CC to review.

The Community Council will set up a vote for the Ubuntu IRC Members to vote on qualified candidates

The Community Council will then finalise the appointment, which will be for a term of about 18 months, expiring concurrently with the sitting IRCC.

Timescales

Nominations are open now, until the end of May (midnight UTC to be precise, but don’t wait until then). There will be a short gap while feedback is considered and the vote is set up, then the vote will be open for 2 weeks.

Voting Details

Voting will be done by the Ubuntu IRC Members group using the Condorcet Internet Voting Service at http://www.cs.cornell.edu/andru/civs.html and we will be using the Schulze method for completion. The voting group is made up of people who have been awarded Ubuntu Membership and consider themselves stakeholders in our IRC system, if you think you should be in that group and are not then you do have time to apply for membership if you have made a significant and sustained contribution to the Ubuntu Project. If you are already an Ubuntu Member but not in that group then please contact a member of the IRCC to be added.

If you have any questions about the process, or the IRCC and what we do, then please find us on IRC.

Originally posted to the ubuntu-irc mailing list by Alan Bell on Thu May 17 21:45:13 UTC 2012

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 265

By pleia2 | Published: 2012-05-15

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is issue #265 for the week May 7 – 13, 2012, and the full version is available here.

In this issue we cover:

The issue of The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is brought to you by:

  • Elizabeth Krumbach
  • Jasna Bencic
  • Chris Druif
  • D. Can Celasun
  • mikewhatever
  • Matt Rudge
  • And many others

If you have a story idea for the Weekly Newsletter, join the Ubuntu News Team mailing list and submit it. Ideas can also be added to the wiki!

Except where otherwise noted, content in this issue is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License BY SA Creative Commons License

EA Games and Ubuntu

By akgraner | Published: 2012-05-08

Electronic Arts are delivering two games into Ubuntu, Command & Conquer Tiberium Alliances and Lord of Ultima. They are currently available in the Ubuntu Software Center.

While some may focus on the fact that these are loading web apps, the really exciting opportunity here is that EA have identified Ubuntu as an exciting channel to deliver their content. I would like to encourage our community to welcome EA to Ubuntu, and download and enjoy the games.

Let’s not get side-tracked by the fact that these are web games and not native to Ubuntu: EA are dipping their toes in Ubuntu as a channel of opportunity, and let’s welcome them with open arms.

Originally posted by on Tuesday, May 8, 2012 by Jono Bacon here.

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 264

By pleia2 | Published: 2012-05-07

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is issue #264 for the week April 30 – May 6, 2012, and the full version is available here.

In this issue we cover:

The issue of The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is brought to you by:

  • Elizabeth Krumbach
  • Jasna Bencic
  • Bojan Bogdanovic
  • Can Celasun
  • Feyisayo Akinboboye
  • mikewhatever
  • Mathias Hellsten
  • Matt Rudge
  • And many others

If you have a story idea for the Weekly Newsletter, join the Ubuntu News Team mailing list and submit it. Ideas can also be added to the wiki!

Except where otherwise noted, content in this issue is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License BY SA Creative Commons License

Call for IRC operators

By pleia2 | Published: 2012-05-04

The IRCC is now taking applications for a number of new operator positions across several channels.

* #ubuntu
* #ubuntu-offtopic
* #kubuntu
* #kubuntu-offtopic
* #edubuntu
* #ubuntu-mythtv
* #xubuntu
* #xubuntu-offtopic
* #ubuntu-bots
* #ubuntustudio
* #ubuntu-server
* #lubuntu
* #lubuntu-offtopic

(that is everything except #ubuntu-meeting #ubuntu-ops #ubuntu+1 which have slightly different rules)

If you’re active on our IRC channels and you are available, and if you’ve been aching to help, you should consider applying! You might get your chance if:

* You are great at resolving conflicts
* You are very patient. Superhuman nerve control is a basic IRC operator feature
* You can take criticism
* You are happy when helping and advising others
* In addition to the Code of Conduct http://www.ubuntu.com/community/conduct and our IRC Guidelines https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IRC/Guidelines, you are happy to also adhere to the Leadership Code of Conduct http://www.ubuntu.com/community/leadership-conduct and the Operator Guidelines https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IRC/IrcTeam/OperatorGuidelines

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.

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. We are particularly interested in applications from people who are frequently online during the 00:00 UTC to 08:00 UTC timeframe. There are quite a few people who have already applied to a team, you don’t need to re-apply we will process all the pending applications.

IMPORTANT: Please follow the application process https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IRC/IrcTeam/OperatorRequirements 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 posted to the Ubuntu IRC Council Blog on Friday, May 4th, 2012