Re-Approval Application for Belgian Team (ubuntu-be) 2010 - Draft

In accordance with our mission statement, the Ubuntu Belgian Team wants to grow the local ecosystem of individuals, companies, non-profits and governmental and intergovernmental institutions in Belgium working (or wanting to work) with Ubuntu. We want to do that by organizing and supporting promotional, educational and community activities.

Because Belgium is a small country with 3 official languages (and many other spoken by immigrants and expats), and all those languages are primarily spoken outside Belgium, we work together with the respective LoCoTeams of those languages (currently mainly ubuntu-nl & ubuntu-fr) so that their and our efforts aren't split up. Many Belgian Team members are also members of their respective language-related teams, e.g. to give support and/or to help with translations or writing documentation.

Key Details

• Date - 2010-xx-xx

• Team Contact - Jan Claeys <ubuntu@janc.be>

• Membership

  • xxx volunteers listed on https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-be as of 2010-xx-xx

  • xxx people subscribed to the mailing list

• Mailing List - ubuntu-be on lists.ubuntu.com

• IRC - #ubuntu-be on Freenode

• Web - http://ubuntu-be.org/

Roadmap

• Support points map v2 development

• Activation of the Ubuntu Belgian Events Team in charge of initiating and organizing activities and events

  • https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-be-events

• Presence at more computer and other fairs

  • Ubuntu-be.org volunteers will participate with booths in most of the Dipro computer fairs in Belgium

2010 Planned Schedule Antwerp, Hobby & Computerdagen, 20/02/2010 – 21/02/2010 in cooperation with the computer club HCC regio Vlaanderen, Brugge, 28/02/2010, Charleroi, 07/03/2010, Mechelen, 14/03/2010, Oostmalle, 21/03/2010, Genk, 28/03/2010, Ghent, 18/04/2010, Antwerp, 09/05/2010

• http://wiki.ubuntu.com/BelgianTeam/ComputerFairs

• More about the fairs at: http://www.dipro.be/1/index.htm or http://www.dipro.be/1/indexfr.htm

• ...

Experience

Activities Ubuntu-be since October 2006

(This is not complete, but it's representative.)

Release Parties

- Karmic Koala : Ubuntu-be participated to RP's in Antwerp on 01/11/2009 and Mechelen on 02/11/2009.

- Jaunty Jackalope Ubuntu-be organized a RP in Ghent on 21/04/2009 (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BelgianTeam/ReleaseParty/Jaunty/Ghent) and participated to RP's in Hasselt on 25/04/2009 and Brussels on 03/05/2009.

- Intrepid Ibex : Ubuntu-be participated to RP's in Brussels on 02/11/2008, Mechelen on 03/11/2008 and Hasselt on 22/11/2008.

- Hardy Heron : Ubuntu-be organized a RP in Herk-de Stad on 03/05/2008 (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BelgianTeam/ReleaseParty/Hardy/Herk-De-Stad_03-may-2008) and participated to a RP in Brussels on 24/04/2008

- Gutsy Gibbon : Ubuntu-be organized a RP in Roeselaere on 24/10/2007 (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BelgianTeam/ReleaseParty/Gutsy/Roeselare24-10-2007) and participated to RP's in Hasselt on 20/10/2007 and Brussels on 21/10/2007.

Ubuntu-be.org volunteers participate with booths in most of the Dipro computer fairs in Belgium

(https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BelgianTeam/ComputerFairs)

2010 Hasselt, 24/01/2010, Ghent, 31/01/2010, Kortrijk, 07/02/2010

2009 Bredene, 2009/01/25,Brugge, 2009/03/01,Kortrijk, 2009/03/22, Ghent, 2009/04/19, Antwerpen, 2009/05/24, Ghent, 06/09/2009, Antwerpen, 13/09/2009, Hasselt, 27/09/2009, Kortrijk, 04/10/2009, Charleroi, 11/10/2009 in cooperation with local LUG, Ostende, 18/10/2009, Oostmalle, 25/10/2009, Ghent, 08/11/2009, Antwerpen, 29/11/2009, Genk, 06/12/2009, Mechelen, 13/12/2009

2008 Genk, 2008/03/09, Gent, 2008/05/11, Brugge, 2008/10/19, Bredene, 2008/11/02, Antwerpen, 2008/11/09, Gent, 2008/11/23, Mechelen, 2008/12/07

2007 Hasselt, 2007/01/07, Antwerpen, 2007/01/14, Gent, 2007/01/21Antwerpen, Hobby & MicroComputerdagen, 24-25 februari 2007, Kortrijk, 2007/03/18, Mechelen, 2007/04/01, Gent, 2007/05/06, Antwerpen, 2007/05/13, Hasselt, 2007/05/20, Antwerpen, 2007/09/09, Gent, 2007/09/16, Charleroi, 2007/09/30, Kortrijk, 2007/10/14, Oostende, 2007/10/28, Antwerpen, 2007/11/11, Gent, 2007/11/25, Genk, 2007/12/02

2006 Leuven, 2006/10/15, Liège, 2006/10/22, Oostende, 2006-10-29, Kortrijk, 2006-11-05, Gent, 2006-11-26, Mechelen, 2006-12-10, Namur, 2006/12/17

Other fairs

• Ubuntu-be.org was present at the International Fair Accenta 2009 in Fanders Expo - Ghent on 19-20/09/2009 (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BelgianTeam/Accenta_2009).

• Ubuntu-be was present at the Reva 2009 fair in Fanders Expo - Ghent on 23-25/04/2009 (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BelgianTeam/Reva2009).

FOSDEM

Ubuntu-be.org volunteers participate at FOSDEM (Free And Open Source Software Developper'sEuropean Meeting) FOSDEM is a free and non-commercial event organized by the community, for the community. Its goal is to provide Free and Open Source developers a place to meet.

- 06-07/02/2010 (planned - http://www.fosdem.org/2010/)

- xx/xx/2009

- 23-24/02/2008

- 24-25/02/2007

Other events

• Ubuntu-be participated to a meeting organized by Digipolis – Section Ghent (http://www.digipolis.be/) on 14/12/2009. The subject was the development of 77 Public computer rooms in Ghent area. The Be LoCo Team presented Ubuntu and other FOSS as alternative.

• Ubuntu-be participated to the Software Freedom Day 2009 (19/09) in collaboration with the computer club HCC regio Vaanderen organizing an Open Door Day (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BelgianTeam/HCC_Vlaanderen_OpenDeurDag_2009-09-19)

• Ubuntu-be.org was present at the Flemish education conference BelgianTeam/VLOD_2007 (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BelgianTeam/VLOD_2007).

• Ubuntu-be.org was present at the Wetenschap Expo-Sciences fair on May 3-5, 2007 BelgianTeam/WEXS_2007, together with the BxLug (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BelgianTeam/WEXS_2007).

• Ubuntu-be initiated train station actions with distribution of flyers and presentation on wide screens at the stations in Leuven on Sunday evening 21/10/2007, in Leuven on Sunday evening 28/10/2007 and in Liège on Sunday 21/10/2007.