Approval Application for the Colombian Loco Team (ubuntu-co)

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Key Details

• Team established on October 18, 2006

• Date - December 2007

• Team Contact - FabianRodriguez

• Membership - 54 direct members, 96% of them ubunteros, 261 mailing list subscribers as of December 11, 2007. See our [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ColombianTeam/ColombianTeamAnalysis full analysis of membership of the Colombian Team in Launchpad].

• Mailing List - [https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-co ubuntu-co] on lists.ubuntu.com

• IRC - #ubuntu-co on Freenode

Roadmap

The Ubuntu Colombian Local Community Team follows the [http://www.ubuntu.com/community/ubuntustory/philosophy Ubuntu project principles and philosophy], while proposing its own mission and objectives.

Mission

To promote the use of free software, formats and content licencing in Colombia, by using Ubuntu. To foster local social and economic development, discussion and ideas exchange around the different aspects of technology freedom. Encourage and facilitate collaboration with other groups and networks with compatible or similar mission and objectives.

Objectives

Our general objectives are:

• Increase visibility and usage of Ubuntu in Colombia, in both events and local media
• Bring together the highest possible number of users around a friendly and active community
• Lead specific projects that will benefit Colombian Ubuntu users in Colombia and abroad

Experience

• Creation of the [https://edge.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-l10n-guc Ubuntu in Wayuunaiki] translation project

• [http://www.softwarefreedomday.org Software Freedom Day] - pictures, presentations, active CD distribution

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