RafaelCarreras

Occupation

I work as a Laboratory technitian in LGAI in Cerdanyola del Vallès, near Barcelona. I do tests on fire detectors, heat radiators and thermal conductivity of construction materials. In my payed work, there is not much related to computers.

I began using GNU/Linux with a Mandrake in 1999 and I remained quite attached to it until Ubuntu Warty came. I have been running the GLUG Caliu (CAtalan GNU/LInux Users) since 2001 as its Secretary. I organize the Software Freedom Day in Barcelona every year since 2005.
I translated KOffice and kdenetwork GUI and documentation packages, web pages and press releases of Free Software Foundation Europe into Catalan, among other Catalan translations.

Launchpad: https://launchpad.net/~rafael-carreras

IRC(freenode): rafael_carreras

Jabber: rcarreras [at] caliu [dot] cat

Email: rcarreras [at] ubuntu [dot] cat

Blogs: Catalan English

Ubuntu Involvement

• CatalanTeam LoCoTeamContact and founder

I tried to launch a Catalan Ubuntu mailing list in May 2006 but failed to achieve an ubuntu.com one and I did not found so much support in other Catalan lists. But in December 2006 I tried again, and convinced a friend to start a list on a University.

• IRC & Mailing Lists

• IRC Op of #ubuntu-cat

• Conductor, drafter and act writer of every Catalan LoCo meeting

• Wrote some pages and lots of editing in CatalanTeam wiki

• Blog entries for our Planet

• Organization of Catalan LoCo Team Release parties

  • Approvation party

    Feisty, more photos

    Gutsy, more photos

    Hardy, more photos

    Intrepid photos

    Jaunty photos

I help on an Ubuntu and Xubuntu guide project in Catalan. The Xubuntu Guide should be translated into English in version 9.10.

I participated on last UDS in Barcelona, specially in LoCo Teams and Kubuntu tracks.

To Do

• Involving in LoCo Teams management.

• Start doing something for Kubuntu, starting with translating documentation into Catalan.

Testimonials

• OrestesMas I know Rafael for a long time (about 8 years, wow!). We have been involved in many Free Software promoting activities through a local LUG (Caliu) and, more recently, also through Ubuntu's catalan LoCo Team. So I can undoubtely say that Rafael is someone in whom you can trust, a very serious worker, and his leadership has contributed decisevely to the success of our LoCo team. I enthusiastically support Rafael's application to be an Ubuntu Member.

• JosepSànchez Rafael is with no doubt one of our best values. He was the person that had the idea and made the effort, not only once, to gather some people to form a LoCo. But he didn't stop at this point. He has continued heading the group, being the promotor of most of our activities, working for our growth and maintenance, working hard to expand our activities and make us, and the open source software movement, known as much as possible. All my support for his Ubuntu Member's application.

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