Ubuntu California is a group of volunteers who advocate and promote Ubuntu and Free Software in California. We attend and plan events statewide, contact and work with LUGs and other local groups, and act as the public face of the Ubuntu community in California. The group is open to everybody in the state with an interest in spreading and discussing Ubuntu.

Key Details

• Date - 2011 August

• Team Contact - Elizabeth Krumbach lyz@ubuntu.com

• Leadership Team - Jack Deslippe, David Wonderly, Elizabeth Krumbach

• Membership - 142 as of August 14 2011

• Launchpad - https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-california

• Mailing List - ubuntu-us-ca on lists.ubuntu.com (230 subscribed as of August 14 2011)

• IRC - #ubuntu-us-ca on Freenode (IRC meetings every other Sunday)

• Forums - http://california.ubuntuforums.org/

• Team Reports - CaliforniaTeam/TeamReports

• Bi-Weekly Team Meetings - CaliforniaTeam/Meetings

• Microblogs - Identi.ca, Twitter (same data as identi.ca)

• Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/ubuntu-us-ca

• Other - Facebook, Linux.com

Roadmap

Upcoming Events

• Several regular Ubuntu Hours across the state, see LoCo Directory:

  • http://loco.ubuntu.com/teams/ubuntu-california

• August 27, 2011: Picnix 20

Goals

• Seek out more conferences and events where the team can have a booth
• Work with developing QA teams to bring testing to more of our events

Experience

October, 2009: Karmic Global Jam

• Karmic Global Jam Project page

October, 2009: Karmic Release

• Karmic Release Project page

February, 2010: Booth and Ubucon at the 2010 Southern California Linux Expo

• Scale8x Project page

March, 2010: Lucid Global Jam

• Lucid Global Jam Project page

  • 26 March 2010: East SF Bay: at A'cuppa Tea

    • Announcement

    • LoCo Directory Entry

  • 27 March 2010: Orange County: Chapman University

    • LoCo Directory Entry

  • 28 March 2010: Berkeley: Bobby G's Pizzeria

    • Announcement

    • LoCo Directory Entry

    • Wrap-Up Post

April-May, 2010: Lucid Release

• Lucid Release Project page

  • 25 April 2010: Pre-Party in Berkeley
  • 29 April 2010: Party in San Francisco

    • LoCo Directory Entry

    • Photos: Gidget Kitchen, Sameer Verma

    • In the blogosphere: Elizabeth Krumbach's recap

  • 30 April 2010: Party in Walnut Creek

    • Photos: Gidget Kitchen

    • In the blogosphere: Elizabeth Krumbach's recap

  • 1 May 2010: Party in Felton (Santa Cruz) at FeltonLUG
  • 2 May 2010: Party in San Francisco at SF-LUG

  • 8 May 2010: Party in SoCal

    • LoCo Directory Entry

    • Recap at May 16, 2010 meeting by Yasumoto

• 30 May 2010: Installfest at Noisebridge in San Francisco

  • Photos: by Christian Einfeldt, by Elizabeth Krumbach

  • Summary blog post: Ubuntu California Installfest at Noisebridge by Elizabeth Krumbach

August 2010: Picn*x 19

• Picn*x19 Project page

  • Picn*x is a picnic held annually in the San Francisco Bay Area, from their site: "This is a celebration of all the accomplishments of Open Source Software since the release of the first Linux kernel in August 1991. Participants and enthusiasts of Open Source software, more than just Linux, are welcome."

  • Date: Saturday August 21, 2010
  • Time: 11AM - 4PM

  • Location: Sunnyvale Baylands Park

  • LoCo Directory Entry

  • Mark's photos (Picasa)

  • Elizabeth's photos (Flickr)

  • Elizabeth's recap

September 2010: Solano Stroll

• Solano Stroll 2010 Project page

• "The Solano Stroll event is a ~ mile long street fair held once a year in Berkeley California on Solano Ave. There are over 500 vendor and non-profit booths. Attendees are ordinary folks from the Berkeley/SF-Bay area who may or may not have a technical background. It is, thus, a good opportunity to advertise Ubuntu to a general audience."

• LoCo Directory Entry

October 2010: Code Camp 2010

• Code Camp 2010 Project page

• "Code Camp was a no-cost (free as in beer) event focused on developers, that happened on October 9th and 10th 2010 at Foothill College, in Los Altos (in the San Jose/So. Bay Area, Silicon Valley)... We put on a 75 minute session of lightning talks around the topic Beginning Ubuntu Gnu/Linux Development on Saturday, 5pm. Follow the above links for more info."
• Visit the project page for links to videos and slides from this event

October 2010: East Bay Make Faire

• East Bay Maker Faire

• "Similar to our booth at the Solano Stroll, we are going to be mostly demoing Ubuntu on various hardware and distributing Ubuntu discs, brochures and pamphlets. Additionally, we are located next to the Fixit Clinic - and the organizer is encouraging people to bring in old laptops etc... to try Ubuntu on. If he repairs their computer hardware, we can give them an Ubuntu disc to take home with them."

• LoCo Directory Entry

October 2010: Lighting The Maverick LAMP

• Lighting The Maverick LAMP Project page

• Date: Thursday, October 28, 2010
• Location: Yahoo! Sunnyvale, Building E, Classroom 8
• Time: 5:30pm
• Presentations:

  • Ubuntu: Lighting the way on Community by Mark Terranova (video)

  • PHP the Ubuntu Way by James Tatum (slides)

October 2010: Maverick Release

• Maverick Release Project page

• Several informal events were held throughout the state, often in combination with local groups

December 2010: Holiday Peace Faire

• Holiday Peace Faire Project page

• FLOSS table at 28th Annual Holiday Peace Fair
• When: December 4th, 2010, 10-4
• Where: Campbell United Methodist Church
• Who: Makers, crafters, cooks, musicians, parents, and kids

• LoCo Directory Entry

February 2011: SCaLE9x

• Scale9x Project page

  • Friday, 25th: Ubucon run by team member NathanHaines

    • Several teams members spoke, see Sessions

  • Saturday and Sunday, 26-27th: Exhibitor Booth

    • Photos from Elizabeth Krumbach

    • Photos from iheartubuntu

    • Elizabeth's Recap

    • Gave out approx 300 pressed CDs and 300 burned CDs

April 2011: Natty Global Jam

• NattyGlobalJams Project page

  • LoCo Directory: Walnut Creek on April 1st

    • Photos by Mark Terranova

  • LoCo Directory: Berkeley on April 3rd

    • Photos by Elizabeth Krumbach

    • Blog post summary

April 2011: Natty Release Party

• Natty Release Party Project page

  • San Francisco on April 28th

    • Photos

    • Blog post summary

May 2011: Meetup with Florida LoCo

• Jamal Fanaian, formally of the Florida LoCo organized a meetup with FL LoCo members who were in San Francisco for Google I/O

• Loco Directory Entry

June 2010 - Present: Ubuntu Hours

Ubuntu California has been hosting Ubuntu Hours across the state regularly since June of 2010.

Areas which have hosted Ubuntu Hours so far:

• Lake Forest
• San Francisco
• San Diego
• San Jose
• Mountain View
• Santa Cruz
• Palo Alto
• Vallejo
• Los Angeles
• Pasadena
• Roseville

See our Events History or Team Reports for details.