BeginnersTeam

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This team is now deprecated. Official announcement about the team's closure can be found here.

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Ubuntu Help and Support IRC Channel: #ubuntu-beginners on irc.freenode.net

Community and Team IRC Channel: #ubuntu-beginners-team on irc.freenode.net

Introduction

Contents

Introduction
Focus Groups
IRC
For Team Members
1. Meetings
2. Current Happenings

The Ubuntu Beginners Team exists to enhance the initial experience of new Ubuntu users and to guide existing Ubuntu users to become part of the global Ubuntu community. The Beginners Team helps you get involved in the wonderful world of the Ubuntu Community. Whether you are a non-technical user or a power user the Ubuntu Community has a place where you can contribute and make a difference in Ubuntu. You can find out more by using the header section at the top of this page. Feel free to poke around by reading our Mission Statement, checking out what our Focus Groups are up to, and learning about our team structure.

Focus Groups

Many members of the team contribute to the community in different ways. Focus Groups allow team members to direct their efforts in different areas of Ubuntu community. We also use Focus Groups to help keep the team organized and running smoothly.

Focus Groups are for practical purposes umbrellas, they have a POC(lead person) who coordinates that group. They will contain sub-groups or interest areas... or experts in a certain area that is under that group.

Title	IRC Channels on freenode network	Brief Description
Focus Groups	-
User Support	#ubuntu-beginners	Provide support for Ubuntu users.
Documentation	#ubuntu-beginners-wiki	Contribute to the Ubuntu Community Wiki and System Documentation.
Bugs	#ubuntu-beginners-launchpad	Help assess bugs to determine if they have enough information and assign a priority
Development	#ubuntu-beginners-dev	FLOSS/FOSS Programming and software development.

In rare cases we may form a separate Focus Group:

if there is enough interest
and large enough group of people show interest in that area
and an existing team that requests that FG to be created

note: it will take all three of those to happen

IRC

IRC is a great way for for a global team, like the Beginners Team, to communicate. In our different channels we take care of team business, help users, or just get to know each other better. Please read BeginnersTeam/IRC for channel guidelines.

BT Channels on freenode network	Purpose
#ubuntu-beginners	Support and Main channel, where the magic happens
#ubuntu-beginners-council	Leadership
#ubuntu-beginners-dev	Development
#ubuntu-beginners-team	The channel for team discussions and meetings etc.
#ubuntu-beginners-wiki	Documentation

If you do not have an IRC Client or are brand new to IRC you can quickly and easily sign on to our team channel here.

For Team Members

Meetings

The date of the next scheduled full team meeting, Focus Group meetings, and a record of previous meetings can be found on the Meetings page.

Topics for the next full team meeting can also be found on the Meetings Page. Feel free to add topics for discussion. Focus Groups should keep their agendas on their respective pages.

Current Happenings

Familiarize yourself with the new Team Structure.
Know why we are here, read the Mission Statement!
Get involved with Focus Groups! If you are a group leader, setup your next meeting soon, don't wait!
New members can introduce yourselves here.
Raise awareness of the community docs on the forums by using links! See the following subsection for details:

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You can link easily make links to the help and team wikis using the forum's bbcode.

[uwiki]Title[/uwiki] => for https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ pages.
[uhelp]Title[/uhelp] => for https://help.ubuntu.com/ pages.

Note: drop the leading "https://wiki.ubuntu.com/" or "https://help.ubuntu.com/" from the title.

Examples:

[uwiki]Uncomplicated_Firewall_ufw[/uwiki]
[uhelp]8.04/internet/C/index.html[/uhelp]

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-The Ubuntu Forums Beginners Team was created to to help new users have the best experience possible with Ubuntu. We primarily help on the Absolute Beginner Talk area of the [[http://ubuntuforums.org/|Ubuntu Forums]].  More information can be found by reading our [[BeginnersTeam/MissionStatement| Mission Statement]].
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The Ubuntu Beginners Team exists to enhance the initial experience of new Ubuntu users and to guide existing Ubuntu users to become part of the global Ubuntu community. The Beginners Team helps you get involved in the wonderful world of the Ubuntu Community. Whether you are a non-technical user or a power user the Ubuntu Community has a place where you can contribute and make a difference in Ubuntu. You can find out more by using the header section at the top of this page. Feel free to poke around by reading our Mission Statement, checking out what our Focus Groups are up to, and learning about our team structure.
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-Learn more about the internal structure of our team by visiting the [[BeginnersTeam/Structure| Structure]] page.  This is very useful knowledge for anybody interested in joining the team.

= Contributing to and/or Joining the Team =
## Describe easy ways to contribute to the team. These should look a lot like the bulleted points on the ContributeToUbuntu wiki page. Link to more detailed sub-pages as necessary.

 * Visit our [[http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=215|Ubuntu Forums Team Area]]
  * See the thread on [[http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=385084|Joining the Beginners Team]]
 * Visit our InternetRelayChat (IRC) Channel: ''#ubuntuforums-beginners'' on ''irc.freenode.net''
 * Read the [[BeginnersTeam/FocusGroups/Padawan| Padawan Focus Group]] page
 * Contact the Team Leader, [[http://www.ubuntuforums.org/member.php?&u=89054|bodhi.zazen]]
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## If you are interested in contributing to the Beginners Team, see the [[BeginnersTeam/Membership| Membership]] page.  There you will find information on getting involved, finding us on IRC, and  meeting the team.
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-Besides helping on the forums, many members of the team contribute to the community in other ways.  For this, Focus Groups allow team members to direct their efforts in different areas of Ubuntu community.  We also use Focus Groups to help keep the team organized and running smoothly.
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|| '''[[BeginnersTeam/FocusGroups| Focus Groups]]''' || - || Outline of the Focus Groups and their members.  Add yourself to those that you wish to contribute to. ||
|| [[BeginnersTeam/FocusGroups/Development| Development]] || ##beginners-dev || FOSS Programming and software development. ||
|| [[BeginnersTeam/FocusGroups/Education| Education/Mentoring]] || ##beginners-education <<BR>> ##beginners-classroom || Educate team members on different topics of your choosing. ||
|| [[BeginnersTeam/FocusGroups/IRC| IRC]] || ##beginners-help || Provide help for Ubuntu users on IRC. ||
|| [[BeginnersTeam/FocusGroups/Launchpad| Launchpad]] || ##beginners-launchpad || Help users on Launchpad by doing Answers and contributing to bug reports. ||
|| [[BeginnersTeam/FocusGroups/Padawan | Padawan]] || - || Introduce prospective members to the team and help them get oriented with the BT. ||
|| [[BeginnersTeam/FocusGroups/Security| Security]] || - || Help users become more aware of computer security, even in linux! ||
|| [[BeginnersTeam/FocusGroups/Stalking| Stalking]] || - || BT quality control - ensure that team members haven't lost their touch. ||
|| [[BeginnersTeam/FocusGroups/Wiki| Wiki]] || - || Contribute to the community wiki and other documentation. ||
+Focus Groups are for practical purposes umbrellas, they have a POC(lead person) who coordinates that group.
They will contain sub-groups or interest areas... or experts in a certain area that is under that group.
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-= Team Projects =
This is a miscellaneous group of pages that team members have created and contributed to.
 * [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Beginners/FAQ| FAQ]] - a general FAQ for Ubuntu beginners.
 * [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Beginners/Development| Development]] - used to organize some efforts on the wiki.
 * [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Beginners/BashScripting| Bash Scripting]] - intro to bash scripting.
+||<tablestyle="width:100%; background:#592441; color:#F1F1DD; margin: 1em 0em 0em 0em;">Title || IRC Channels on freenode network || Brief Description ||
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||<rowstyle="background:#F4F3F1; color:#000000"> [[BeginnersTeam/FocusGroups/Support| User Support]] || #ubuntu-beginners || Provide support for Ubuntu users. ||
||<rowstyle="background:#F4F3F1; color:#000000"> [[BeginnersTeam/FocusGroups/Docs| Documentation]] || #ubuntu-beginners-wiki || Contribute to the Ubuntu Community Wiki and System Documentation. ||
||<rowstyle="background:#F4F3F1; color:#000000"> [[BeginnersTeam/FocusGroups/Bugs| Bugs]] || #ubuntu-beginners-launchpad || Help assess bugs to determine if they have enough information and assign a priority ||
||<rowstyle="background:#F4F3F1; color:#000000"> [[BeginnersTeam/FocusGroups/Development| Development]] || #ubuntu-beginners-dev || FLOSS/FOSS Programming and software development. ||
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-## == Initial Thoughts ==
## *Develop a FAQ section on the forums. Ideally the FAQ section would ebb and flow with the types of common questions on absolute Beginner Talk and tie into the wiki.
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 * if there is enough interest
 * and large enough group of people show interest in that area
 * and an existing team that requests that FG to be created
note: it will take all three of those to happen
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IRC is a great way for for a global team, like the Beginners Team, to communicate. In our different channels we take care of team business, help users, or just get to know each other better. Please read [[BeginnersTeam/IRC]] for channel guidelines.

||<tablestyle="width:100%; background:#592441; color:#F1F1DD; margin: 1em 0em 0em 0em;">BT Channels on freenode network||Purpose||
||<rowstyle="background:#F4F3F1; color:#000000">#ubuntu-beginners||Support and Main channel, where the magic happens||
||<rowstyle="background:#F4F3F1; color:#000000">#ubuntu-beginners-council||Leadership||
||<rowstyle="background:#F4F3F1; color:#000000">#ubuntu-beginners-dev||Development||
||<rowstyle="background:#F4F3F1; color:#000000">#ubuntu-beginners-team||The channel for team discussions and meetings etc.||
||<rowstyle="background:#F4F3F1; color:#000000">#ubuntu-beginners-wiki||Documentation||
If you do not have an IRC Client or are brand new to IRC you can quickly and easily sign on to our team channel [[ http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=ubuntu-beginners-team| here]].
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-Topics for the next meeting can also be found on the Meetings Page.  Feel free to add topics for discussion.
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-== IRC ==
Know what behavior is expected from you, please read [[BeginnersTeam/IRC]] - you are responsible for yourself!<<BR>>
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||#ubuntuforums-beginners||Main channel, where the magic happens||
||##beginners-council||Leadership||

Please note that as of June 3, 2008, personal bots are no longer allowed in ''#ubuntuforums-beginners'' and ''##beginners-help'' on IRC.

This command will allow you to receive private messages from unregistered users.
{{{
/msg NickServ SET UNFILTERED ON
}}}

== Linking to the Wiki ==
Raise awareness of the community docs on the forums by using links!

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You can link easily with bbcode.
+You can link easily make links to the help and team wikis using the forum's bbcode.

Ubuntu Wiki