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Some flags as icons to illustrate the local pages - see above.

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• Add your name below under your country (please add your country, too, if it isn't in the list, yet)

- Please use the template as shown below! -

• sign up for the local-discuss mailing list
• We are now organizing the team, please join our ml if you want to help.
• join irc://irc.libera.chat/#mageia
• team leader: vacant
• deputy team leader: vacant
• deputy team leader: vacant

Register below for the Local Communities Team: help to spread Mageia in different users groups, manage communication and relations with development team, work with atelier team...

Use the following template to register:

• <FirstName Lastname> (<nick>) - <email> - <how you can help>

For example:

• <AbdusSalam> (<Barket>) - <abdussalam.bd09@gmail.com> - <Marketing>

Please insert your name in alphabetic order.

List of registered people

Australia

• Trish Fraser (trishf42) - press@ contact and user help for Mageia users in Australia/NZ

Bangladesh

• AbdusSalam - barket - abdussalam.bd09@gmail.com - Help Bangladeshi to introduce Mandriva inshaAllah.
• Muntasim-Ul-Haque (Jeeshan) - tranjeeshan@gmail.com - Encourage people to use Mageia in Bangladesh.

Belgium

For Flemish part, see Users_Community_team#Dutch_language

Brazil

• Adjamilton Júnior - ajunior at brasifort.com.br - i18n-pt_BR Team Leader. Help with brazilian free software community.
• Aracele Torres - araceletorres at gmail.com - Help with brazilian free software community.
• Filipe Saraiva - filip.saraiva at gmail.com - Help with brazilian free software community.
• Lucas Emanoel - lucasemanoel AT valedosambito DOT com - Help with brazilian free software community.
  • Mail bounced: 550 #5.1.0 Address rejected
• Paulo Ricardo G de Oliveira - User and student programming "C and PHP".
• macxi - terra agua at gmail com, documentation, translation and community support.
• Michael Martins - michaelfm21 at gmail.com - documentation, translation and community support.

Canada

• Glen Millard - bartockbat - szilverthorne AT gmail DOT com - Need a presence in The Great White North - help with FSF in Canada
• J.P. Pasnak - Linegod - pasnak AT warpedsystems DOT sk Dot ca - work with Canadian LUGs

China, Mainland of (PRC)

• Jiang Yike - futureway (at) asia.com - The Chinese Community of Mageia and Mandriva Linux

Dutch language

• Maarten Vanraes - AL13N
• Marja van Waes - marja
• Remco Rijnders - remmy

English Speaking International Users Community

• Fini Decima - finid [AT] LinuxBSDos.com - Publisher of http://linuxbsdos.com
• Glen Millard - szilverthorne AT gmail DOT com - Let me know what you need!
• Paul Willard - paul at loudas dot com - English community manager

Finland

• Renni Reposalo - renni at pcuf dot fi - Finnish community

France

• Arnaud Vacquier (aranud87/aranud) - aranud at mageia-debutant.fr (PGP:0xFBC19522) Admin mageia-debutant.fr
• Benoît Audouard (baud123) - baud123 at tuxfamily.org Moderator LinuxFr.org & French community, advertising at events, support on irc chans either in english, french, spanish, cooperation/contact with international communities possible
• Frank Kober (dharanamrs) - goemusic#yahoo#fr - interactions with international and French linux audio user communities (linuxaudio.org, linuxmao.org)
• Frédéric Cuif - fredux86 AT gmail.com - French community, law team, comm team
• Jean-Luc CINELLI (Enzolyte) - enzolyte AT mageialinux-online DOT org - Admin MLO, a forum dedicated to help beginners and spread the word on Mageia. Communication, advertising and events, interacting with international and french communities, working and helping various community projects. (French community)
• Marianne Lombard (jehane) - jehane at tuxette dot fr - french community, advertising Mageia on events, organising stands on events, translations, support on irc chans (french and english)
• Michael Scherer (misc) - misc@zarb.org - packaging community, ex cooker chef
• Olivier Méjean (goom) - omejean at yahoo.fr - French community, relation with devel team, comm team; Mageia community magazine
• Pascal VERDIEL (yopman) - Admin MLO,a forum dedicated to help beginners and spread the word of Mageia.(French community)
• Patrick DUBEAU (DaaX) - daax at mageialinux-online dot org - Webmaster MLO, a forum dedicated to help beginners and spread the word on Mageia. Communication, advertising and events, interacting with international and french communities, working and helping various community projects. (French community)
• Roddy FOLETTE - roddy.folette@rfconseilsinfos.com (French community : dedicated to help beginners and spread the word of Mageia in Réunion, ile Maurice and around the Indian Ocean countries)
  • E-mail address bounces: DNS Error: Domain name not found
• Thomas Lottmann (Skiper) - skiperdrake AT gmail DOT com - French community, communication, advertising and events, interacting with international and french communities, working and helping various community projects.
• Yvan Munoz (muny) mr.yvan.munoz@gmail.com (French Community : atmosphere)
• Jean Marie Dubosc (JMGLV) -jean.marie.dubosc_at_gmail-dot_com -French Community-
• LSDM (Yves Specht) - lsdm@laposte.net -

German (not just Germany)

• Florian Hubold (doktor5000) - doktor5000 AT arcor DOT de - German community: moderate forum, interacting with international community
• Oliver Burger (obgr_seneca) - oliver.bgr AT gmail DOT com - German community: moderate forum, advertising Mageia on events, interacting with international community
• Wolfgang Bornath (wobo) - molch.b@googlemail.com - founder & admin of the German Mandriva user community, regular participation at German events, interested in international communication

Greece

• Dimitrios Glentadakis (dglent) - dglent AT free DOT fr - Greek community (mageia-gr.org)
• Dimitris Tsiamasiotis (dtsiamasiotis) - dtsiamasiotis AT gmail.com - Greek community
• Xaris Yfantis (Xaris) - sinzoda1 (AT) otenet (DOT) gr - Greek community
  • Mail bounced: 550 5.1.1 ... Usern unknown

India

• Anshul Jain (anshuljain) - anshulajain (at) gmail (dot) com- Promotion at various Linux User Groups in India, communicating with the corporate world for Linux as a desktop & deployment platform

Iran

• Mahmoud Fereydouni (fereydouni) - fereydouni (at) gmail (dot) com, admin (at) mageia (dot) ir - Persian Users Community Founder & Manager, Translator, Customized package developer and QA.

Indonesia

• Luthfi Emka (panahbiru) - panahbiru at gmail dot com - Indonesian Mageia Blogs and Forums (mageia.web.id)
• Muhamad Abdullkadir - muhamad at iscs dot cc - Spread Mageia in Indonesia

Italy

• Angelo Naselli - anaselli at linux dot it - packager, developer, mentor, Italian community member (mageia online - mageiaonline.it).
• Marcello Anni - marcello.anni at alice dot it - Italian community: translations, howtos, relation with devel team, relation with international communities, moderate forum, PR, press releases
• Matteo Pasotti - matteo dot pasotti at gmail dot com - packager, developer, translator, Italian community member (mageia online - mageiaonline.it).
• Stefano Negro - stblack at gmail.com - translator, tester at QA team

Netherlands, The

see Users_Community_team#Dutch_language

New Zealand

• Ben McMonagle (benmc) - westel at xtra dot co dot nz - tester at QA team

Norway

• Olav Dahlum (olorin_) - odahlum at gmail dot com - Norwegian community member

Pakistan

• M Younis Soomro (mysoomro) - myounis.mcs@gmail.com - Trying to introduce and spread Linux (Mageia & other distros) in Pakistan.

Paraguay

• KSEltar (kseltar) - kseltar(at)gmail.com - Deshn FLOSS community: promotion of Mageia, translations, howtos, interactions with the international communities, etc.

Poland

• Daniel Napora (napcok) - napcok at gmail dot com - Polish community ([1])

Portugal

• Manuela Silva - Manuela - mmsrsATskyDOTcom - Interpreter/translator and proof-reader

Romania

• Cazacu Bogdan (Bogo) - cazacu DOT bogdan AT gmail DOT com - Romanian community. forum moderation, achieving deadlines as part of the romanian group for the international group.
• Florin Cătălin RUSSEN (Piratu) - cfrussen AT yahoo DOT co DOT uk - Romanian community: moderate forum, interacting with international community
• Florin Pulbere (Gremlin) - kernelgremlin AT gmail DOT com - Romanian community.

Russia

• Alexey Loginov (AlexL) - loginov DOT alex DOT valer AT gmail DOT com - Russian community administrator, maintainer, translator
• Alexey Dolotov (sevo44) - dolotov44 AT yandex DOT ru - Mageia Russian Community website, wiki, chat and forum: https://mageia.org.ru/
• Mitya (mitya) - mitya AT cargosoft DOT ru - promotion at Russian opensource news sites (https://www.linux.org.ru/), #mageia-ru

Serbia

• Toma Janković (tomaja) - tomaja@linuxo.org - Serbian community: promotion of mageia, translations, howtos, interactions with the international communities, etc.

Slovenia

• Filip Komar (filip) - filip(at)mageia.org - translation

South Africa

• Rory Albertyn (Gripen) - nicodeamus(at)gmail.com - South African community

Spanish (not just Spain)

• barsalatino - barsalatino - barsalatino@gmail.com - Spanish-speaking community (Blogdrake)
• Drakedalfa - drakedalfa - drakedalfa at gmail.com - Spanish-speaking community (Blogdrake)
• Diego Bello - jacen - dbello at gmail.com - Spanish-speaking community (Blogdrake)
• Felix Martos (asinkeBOFH) - felix.martos AT gmail DOT com - Spanish-speaking community (BlogDrake)
• Fernando Anthony Ristaño (Drakor) - drakorbofh AT gmail DOT com - Spanish-speaking community (Blogdrake) and Argentina community (Ardriva) - - promoting mageia on events in Argentina
• Gonzalo Igartua (GregoryBravas) - gigartua@ AT mail.com DOT - Spanish-speaking community (BlogDrake)
  • E-mail bounces when leaving out the dot "." after "com" 550 5.1.1 ... User is unknown {mx-us011}
• Sinner from the Prairy (SinnerBOFH) - sinnerbofh AT gmail DOT com - Spanish-speaking community (BlogDrake)
• Tomàs Deltell (Annubis) - tomasdeltell AT gmx DOT es - Spanish-speaking community (Blogdrake)
• vfmBOFH - vfmBOFH - vfmbofh(at)gmail.com - Spanish-speaking community (Blogdrake)

Available domain names: mageia-es.org, mageia.com.ar

Swedish (not just Sweden)

• David V. Wallin (dvwallin) - david AT ngweb DOT se
  • E-mail bounced: DNS Error: Domain name not found
• Kristoffer Grundström (Umeaboy) - kristoffer dot grundstrom 1983 at gmail dot com - Founder and operator of the Swedish IRC-channels #mageia-sv and mageia-se
• Sebastian (sebsebseb) - #mageia-sv and #mageia-se - Swedish Channels IRC Operator

Taiwan

Mageia Taiwanese user group

• 姚智偉 (kira) - elegant . pegasus AT gmail . com = Taiwanese user group moderator.
• You-Cheng Hsieh (yochenhsieh) - yochenhsieh AT gmail . com - Taiwanese user group moderator.

Turkey

• Atilla ÖNTAŞ - <tarakbumba> - tarakbumba@gmail.com - Turkish community (Mandriva Turkiye).

Tunisia

• Beltaif Belgacem - <Gasston> - beltaif_bel@live.fr - Tunisia community.

United Arab Emirates

• Ali Jawad (theforsaken) - amjjawad AT gmail DOT com - Ready for anything to help out, just let me know.

United Kingdom

• Margot Lawrence - margot at otfordduckscomputers.co.uk - IRC #mageia-uk & user help for people physically located in the UK
• Sebastian (sebsebseb) - #mageia-uk irc channel - UK Users Community Founder

United States

• Alan Augustson (VoodooDali) - alan DOT augustson AT gmail DOT com - Chicago, IL, US. Longtime Mandriva user, interested in communications, marketing and artwork. NOT a programmer/developer; more like an advanced user.
• Fini Decima - finid [AT] LinuxBSDos.com - Publisher of http://linuxbsdos.com
• Kevin E. Ivey (lnxguy) - ik04[at]isot.com - Longtime Mandrake/Mandriva user and supporter since Day One. Founder of the Fort Hood Area Linux Users Group- HoodLUG. Active in advocacy efforts for Linux/FOSS.
• Tracy W. Holz - tracy[at]htredneck.com - Live in the Dallas area, Involved in the Open Source/Linux podcast area, I go by the nick - Holzster
• Josh King (dotmil) - josh AT dotmil.org - Abilene, TX area; working within F/OSS for nearly a decade now. Professional system admin, part time hacker and jack of many trades

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