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Randall Ross, widely known as the Ubuntu Vancouver "Buzz Generator" is the Community Manager of the Ubuntu Vancouver LoCo.

Randall has been an Ubuntu user since 2006. Before that, he used a long string of GNU/Linux distro's dating back to approximately 1996. He is a strong FLOSS advocate and supporter and a strong believer in the need to fix Bug #1.

Randall founded the "Ubuntu Vancouver Evangelism, Advocacy & Marketing" team in March 2009 as a way to rapidly spread Ubuntu in Vancouver Canada. See: Ubuntu Vancouver Evangelism, Advocacy & Marketing At that time the Ubuntu community in Vancouver was "struggling". Randall rapidly launched a number of marketing channels including: Meetup, Facebook, identica, Myspace, Linkedin, and twitter to get the word out that spreading Ubuntu in Vancouver was a priority.

At last count (late March 2009) Randall had organized more than 34 meetings of Ubuntu Vancouver LoCo in support of local community building and the larger goal of spreading Ubuntu everywhere. (Refer to http://meetup.com/ubuntuvancouver) Ubuntu Vancouver currently averages 3-4 meetings per month.

Randall has created several novel Ubuntu events that are designed to be 'viral' (in the meme sense), including SupportSaturday, TreatTuesday, and "A Cup of Ubuntu". SupportSaturdays are a successful local community support resource in Vancouver. TreatTuesdays are a successful way to attract people to Ubuntu in neighbourhood settings. "A Cup of Ubuntu" remains a conceptual project with its first instance entitled "Ubuntu Vancouver Ambassadors", currently running as a pilot.

Randall is active in Ubuntu bug reporting, Launchpad Answers, ubuntu-marketing, and the Ubuntu Canada mailing list and web site.