As I find myself getting more involved with the Ubuntu community and specifically the packaging of Beagle, I decided that it might be about time to apply for official Ubuntu Membership. I always feel a little odd in these situations, much the same as when I applied for membership to the Gnome Foundation. It feels weird trying to itemize and quantify my contributions, and moreover, I’m not a very good bragger when it comes to computers.
While the application process isn’t my favorite, once I commit to it, I find that there are plenty of tools that simplify the process, my blog not being the least of these, as its a nice reminder of what I have worked on. The harder part is deciding when its appropriate to apply, most guidelines on such topics are pretty vague, and to compound things, the most visible members tend to be hacker rockstars that are so above and beyond the accepted norm for membership that intimidation is almost impossible to avoid. I don’t mean any of this as a critique or attack, just my personal feelings and observations as someone slowly getting more involved in the community.
But I digress, The purpose of this post was to ask for anyone who was willing to give a quick glance over my wiki page at Ubuntu (its more or less your resume near as I can tell) to do so, and if willing, share their feedback. The next Community Council meeting isn’t until April 17th, so theres plenty of time. I would appreciate any of the following:
- Feedback on if I am applying too early (ie. not enough Ubuntu experience)
- Feedback on wiki page (formatting flukes, missed information, broken links etc)
- Anything I might have worked with you on, but forgot to include
- General Comments on life and/or its meaning
So yeah, I appreciate any feedback I can get!
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I took a look at the profiles of people who got approved last time around for clues. FWIW my profile that I got approved with a few months ago is at http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DeanSas I’m certainly not a rockstar.
I’d guess that you would probably be approved. Though that may depend on how long you have been involved with your bugsquad & beagle work. If you’ve been involved for a couple of months or so you should be fine.
It’s always good to get at least one existing member vouch for your efforts though, they can do that either at the meeting or by mailing community-council@lists.ubuntu.com
Good luck!