The Ubuntu Membership
Board is
responsible for approving new Ubuntu members. The interview goal is for
the Community to get to know them better and get over the fear of
applying to Membership.
The interviewee is Svetlana
Belkin:
What do you do for a career?
Currently I'm working at my local supermarket in the produce
department but I'm job seeking for a lab tech position within
biology or even chemistry. But I'm also starting research on how to
create better non-technical Open \* communities.
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What was your first computing experience?
My family had a Windows 3.1 almost 20 years ago. I was only four,
but when I was a bit older, I played computer games on it and even
was able to break the system without knowing it or how I did it. As
kids, we are natural hackers.
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How long have you been involved with Ubuntu?
Since July 2013, but I was using Ubuntu since 2009.
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Since you are all fairly new to the Board, why did you join?
Wow, I don't even remember why I wanted to join. Perhaps as a
leadership position or to help others.
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What are some of the projects you’ve worked on in Ubuntu over the
years?
I reamped the Ubuntu Women's "Get Involved with Ubuntu!" page, was a
track lead for UOS may times, and tried to clean up the Community
Help Wiki.
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What is your focus in Ubuntu today?
Community building and some Ubuntu (Touch) testing.
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Do you contribute to other free/open source projects? Which ones?
Just Ubuntu, though I'm involved in the Mozilla Science Lab
community.
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If you were to give a newcomer some advice about getting involved with
Ubuntu, what would it be?
Consider the skills that you have and seek out those teams. Once you
find them subscribe to their mailing-lists and introduce yourself
and ask what tasks that they have for you with the skills that you
have.
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Do you have any other comments else you wish to share with the
community?
Don't be afraid to ask questions (even the question of if you have
enough contributions to apply for Membership).
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