#format wiki #language en == Grant Bowman == {{attachment:grb2.jpg|Grant's picture|align="right"}} * Name: Grant Bowman * Location: San Francisco Bay Area, CA, USA * Email: grantbow AT ubuntu DOT com * Launchpad: https://launchpad.net/~grantbow * Blog: [[http://grantbow.wordpress.com|grantbow.wordpress.com]] * IRC: grantbow on freenode.net * Twitter: [[http://twitter.com/grantbow|grantbow]] * Personal website: [[http://www.grantbow.com|www.grantbow.com]] * PGP Key ID: [[http://keyserver.ubuntu.com:11371/pks/lookup?search=0xF7D785E8312ACFD3&op=index|312ACFD3]] * Home LoCo: http://ubuntu-california.org ----- === About === I first started using Unix in 1989 and have been using Linux since 1994 when I co-founded Silicon Valley Public Access Link (SV-PAL or [[http://www.svpal.org|www.svpal.org]]), a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free-Net|FreeNet]] for Santa Clara County that is still a self-sustaining not for profit Internet service provider (ISP) today. While running various Linux distributions I have contributed bugs and patches to several open source software projects as I have "scratched my own itch." I am a retired Debian Developer because packaging is not a passion of mine though I have great respect for those that do this important work. I was a full time employee with the US branch of SuSE from 1999 to 2001. From 2000 - 2002 I consulted directly with [[http://www.dougengelbart.org/|Dr. Douglas Engelbart]] on his [[http://www.dougengelbart.org/about/ohs.html|Open Hyperdocument System]] project. === Ubuntu Contributions === Summary: I have worked since 2008 attending and organizing events in California including release parties, global jams, Linux User Groups and OSCON. I was approved as an Ubuntu [[Grantbow/TestimonialsAndMembership|member]] in 2009. I was elected as a leader of the California team in 2012. Detailed: Since June, 2008 I have been active with the [[CaliforniaTeam|California LoCo]]. I have represented Ubuntu at [[http://www.lindependence.net/|Lindependence]] in Felton, CA in June 2008 and numerous Linux [[CaliforniaTeam/Projects/UserGroupContacts|user groups]] (LUGs) while handing out CDs, answering questions, participating on mail lists and in participating in LUG activities. Due to the density of Linux activity in northern California I feel it makes sense to work with and support [[CaliforniaTeam/Projects/UserGroupContacts/Groups|LUG]] efforts. I helped organize and/or attended [[CaliforniaTeam/Projects/JauntyRelease|Jaunty launch parties]] and was a co-organizer of our [[CaliforniaTeam/Projects/OSCON2009|OSCON]] booth. I have worked to improve our team's [[CaliforniaTeam|wiki]] presence. I have been working with the team to expand the ways we communicate to include [[http://identi.ca/ubuntucalifornia|identi.ca]]/[[http://twitter.com/ubuntu_us_ca|twitter]] and [[http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=33733199182|Facebook]] with positive results. During my trip to Nairobi, Kenya I worked to build the [[KenyanTeam|Kenyan Team]]. In San Francisco I am a director of [[http://www.partimus.org|partimus.org]] helping middle schools prepare donated computers with Linux for labs and students. === Present & Future Goals === Continue to support local user groups and the [[CaliforniaTeam|team]]. I am always looking for ways to help promote the adoption of Ubuntu and Linux more broadly in support of [[https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1|bug #1]]. === Sub Pages === <> === Related Pages === [[Related|Related pages]] shows the search results for all the wiki pages that contain my user name, but not all that I have edited. ---- CategoryHomepage