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Re: Hi!

 

On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 3:51 PM, Emily Gonyer <emilyyrose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi there, my name's Emily Gonyer and I'm a long time Ubuntu user. I've
> been using Ubuntu in some form (Ubuntu, Xubuntu, Ubuntu GNOME mainly)
> since late 2006, and been messing with GNU/Linux since the late 1990s.
> The last 2 years you may have seen me at Ohio Linux Fest running a
> booth for the GNOME Foundation. I live in Carroll County Ohio about an
> hour south of Canton, though I find myself in Canton/Akron every few
> days and get up to Cleveland a couple times a month.
>
> I'm currently teaching a class to a small group of homeschoolers (ages
> 9-12) on free software. On Wednesday we had our first class and I gave
> out 8gb sticks each with a different version of Ubuntu 14.04 on them
> (Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu and Ubuntu GNOME). I'm looking forward to
> seeing them again in a couple weeks to see what they've discovered,
> with plans to them to the four freedoms of free software in the next
> class, as well as basic GNU/Linux administration, and later on either
> Scratch or Alice.
>
> Anyhow, I'm happy to be on the team and hope to get to know you all
> better and learn how I can better contribute to Ubuntu in the coming
> weeks/months :)
>
> Emily
>
>
Welcome to the Ohio Team! What you're doing is awesome! Keep us in the loop
as to how everything is going with the class. Perhaps it is something more
of us can branch out into!

- James

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