Monday, November 23, 2015
You’ve heard of “Black Friday” and “Cyber Monday”. Now here comes “Giving Tuesday“, an effort to formally kick off the season of giving. Giving Tuesday was started by a New York City community organization called 92Y, which is an educational organization on 92nd Street and Lexington Street in New York City. We at Partimus focus […]
Monday, November 26, 2012
You’ve heard of “Black Friday” and “Cyber Monday”. Now here comes “Giving Tuesday“, an effort to formally kick off the season of giving. Giving Tuesday was started by a New York City community organization called 92Y, which is an educational organization on 92nd Street and Lexington Street in New York City. We at Partimus focus […]
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Partimus co-founder Maile Urbancic has outdone herself again. As we blogged about here, Boutique Academia, a small company run by Partimus co-founder Maile Urbancic, has created some beautiful gold-colored and silver-colored earrings created in the shape of the Ubuntu human family logo. Now, she has added gold-colored and silver-colored rhodium necklaces with the Ubuntu theme. […]
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Several months ago James Tatum donated a Raspberry Pi to Partimus to use or sell as a fundraiser. This past week we were finally able to take the time to organize a silent auction at a Bay Area Linux Users Group meeting. Photo by Sameer Verma There were 3 bidders in the auction, all of […]
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
The Ubuntu earrings from Boutique Academia are quite popular! In only three months between September and December, these beautiful earrings generated $174.00 in donations to Partimus from sales of the earrings from Boutique Academia. It is great to see that these earrings have such staying power. We first blogged about these earrings on June 13, […]
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Partimus is happy to announce that it has received its first check from the Boutique Academia Ubuntu earrings drive! As we blogged about here, Boutique Academia, a small company run by Partimus co-founder Maile Urbancic, has created some beautiful gold-colored and silver-colored earrings created in the shape of the Ubuntu human family logo. Maile has […]
Back in June we shared details for our first product-based fundraiser: Fundraiser: Ubuntu Earrings from Boutique Academia. One of the pieces of feedback we received was that people wanted the option to buy these in a silver color rather than gold. Maile came through and you can now buy rhodium plated Ubuntu earrings! (rhodium is […]
Partimus co-founder Maile Urbancic now runs Boutique Academia, a small business that specializes in math, science, and technology themed accessories for women. She was recently granted permission by Ubuntu logo trademark holder Canonical to make Ubuntu earrings and immediately set to work. These earrings are now a reality! You can buy them here: Boutique Academia […]