Richard "ys76" Verwayen
I am a system administrator working for a small company next to Moenchengladbach/Germany. I am using Ubuntu since Warthy and got infected by the ideas of Ubuntu at the Ubuntu-DE-booths at the first Linuxdays in Essen/Germany.
I am one of the guys behind the german fair team and the Ubucon-DE
Activities in 2009
presenting Ubuntu at the CeBIT 05/06.03.2009
Activities in 2008
member of the managment of the German Ubuntu Association
presenting Ubuntu at the Linuxtag in Berlin 28.05-31.05.2008
presenting Ubuntu at the Froscon
Core-Team behind the second german speaking Ubucon 17-19.10.2008
member of the server administration team Ubuntu-EU
2x Teaching/presenting Ubuntu at an governmental institution KRZN in a 2 day course called "Linux/Ubuntu for govermental use"
Activities in 2007
presenting Ubuntu at the Linuxtag in Berlin 30.05-02.06.2007
presenting Ubuntu at the Come2Linux in Essen 10./11.11.2007
Core-Team behind first german speaking Ubucon
- Edubuntu test weekend at the Unperfekthaus in Essen 17/18.02.2007
Activities in 2006
presenting Ubuntu at the LinuxWorldExpo in Cologne 14-16.11.2006
presenting Ubuntu at the Linuxtag in Wiesbaden 05/06.06.2006
presenting Ubuntu at the Come2Linux in Essen 09/10.09.2006
organizing a Release Party in Duisburg/Germany in 08.04.2006
Activities in 2005
member of the German Ubuntu Association since 12/2005
- got in touch with Julius "juliux" Bloch at the first Linux-Days in Essen (where I was responsible for the internal and external-network-connectivity
teaching/presenting Ubuntu in a 3 day course for a private public partnership project LOS!NRW
future activities
- Organizing the next german speaking Ubucon (extending it to -eu would be nice, too)
- working in the ubuntu-eu server-team
- Organizing the german fair team
Staying involved in the German Ubuntu Association
Contact
jabber: richard@jabber.verwayen.com
- irc: ys76 at irc.freenode.net
email: richard@verwayen.de
GPG: 810D4051 344D483A 95890B60 20783959 A6A9E674
Launchpad / more information
Have a look at launchpad ys76 or just ask
Testimonals
CasparClemensMierau: I know Richard as an important and reliable head member of "ubuntu Deutschland". Besides organizing central events like "Ubucon" and fair booths, he puts an emphasis on moving the German community towards an integrated and efficient structure, while being as moderate as possible. I hope to welcome him as ubuntu member soon as he plays a central role in the German Ubuntu community.
mkaufmann: Richard is a very active member of the German Ubuntuuser-Community. He is a part of the organisation team of the German Ubucon and is also very active in the event team. He is a board member of the Ubuntu Germany e.V. I hope to see him as Ubuntu Member soon.
JuliusBloch: I know Richard since 2005. I have organised with im several events like two Ubucons and a couple of fair boothes. He is on of the most realibel persones I know. He is always approchable and the puts in a lot of work into the German LoCoTeam. I am very happy to see him as an Ubuntu member soon.
Mkossick: I confirm that Richard is an active member of the german community for years now. He bears responsibility as a leader of germanys non-profit ubuntu-association. He is quite reliable and acts professionally.
DirkDeimeke: Richard is an active and valuable member of our German LoCo Team where he does a very good job in organizing events. Due to his vast knowledge I asked him to participate in the work of the ubuntu-eu.org server team where he carries out a good job as well. Let us welcome him as new Ubuntu member.