If you want to help the Ubuntu LoCo team project, consider helping out in ubuntu-us-wa. and make sure your resources point Ubuntu users in your area to something more ON TOPIC. I don't consider you current setup of Resources Ubuntu related at all...
Efrain Valles On 9/27/07, Pomeroy Lab <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ya the state is the lowest level. I just want to be there somewhere. lol > > *Chris Rohde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* wrote: > > As far as I can recall, the current city teams are already approved, but > I thought we were trying to stick to state being the lowest level, with > those states subsequently delegating out cities as far as inner-loco > organization goes? > > Or I could be entirely off track > > bordy > > > > Efrain Juvenal Valles Pulgar wrote: > > My Reply between the lines > > > > On Sep 26, 2007 at 3:10 PM, > > Pomeroy Lab Wrote: > > > > I only see one problem with the LoCo Locomotive. There is too much room > for > > politics. I like the idea of several LoCo teams all over the world and > one > > site pointing to each of them. The thing is even if we don't like > everything > > they are all doing and saying we don't have to try to control them. > > > > > > The Council tends to keep our hearts in the same plase. It is not > supposed > > to control how a team goes about helping the ubuntu proyect as a whole. > The > > idea Jono originally brought up, which I support, is to have a council, > a > > group that can handle very detailed coplexities that involve the LoCo > team > > proyect. I am a Jono Generation Ubuntu user and his sometimes salomonic > > decisions have been pretty on target. (Hats off to Mr Bacon for clearing > the > > way for spanish LoCo's to meet eye to eye), but I do believe a Council > is a > > great way to have a better insight on the different issues that arise in > > different scenarios in different places around the world. Several other > > Councils have been set up and I do believe it has been the key to > successin > > the improvement of the communication in IRC team and ubuntuforum team. > just > > my humble opinion. > > > > Just having a general list of locations of LoCo computer labs is a good > > idea and advertising this list. > > > > Fantastic Idea, Good Ethics. Free education. > > > > I know there is politics involved in WA State because no one will even > add > > my LoCo team to the list. > > > > What's your loCo team again? wa-pomeroy ?? a branch of the > > WashingtonTeam > > all the resources you have set up do not have any direct promotion of > > ubuntu. so what exactly makes you a LoCo team. you could very well start > > one. there are many city-based LoCos. but your current set up of > services is > > not very ubuntu-oriented. please read the > > LoCoTeamHowto. > > > > and I can't remember anyone adding my team for me in the Team List... > you > > add it yourself (proir to checking if a team exists... ) you add > yourself as > > a new team. > > > > > > > > I understand a set of rules that work such as the Safe Guide To Scouting > > for the Boy Scouts. This is a plain and simple set of rules that makes > it > > impossible to get in trouble if you follow them and would work great > with > > the LoCo teams if you just took the parts about camping out unless you > > wanted to allow Linux teams to go on camp outs as part of club > activities. > > The thing is there should be some suggested guidelines but unless the > Ubuntu > > LoCo federation is directly responsible for the actions of each LoCo > team I > > would not worry to much about controlling them. > > > > You are not controlled by the LoCo team council yet. cuz it hasn't been > > approved yet... there is no such thing as a LoCo federation (yet). The > only > > thing you should abide by is the Ubuntu Code of Conduct. and if you are > > bringing in other elements into the equation. (like lug participation in > > events and interaction with third parties), You still have to follow the > > code of conduct. plain and simple. > > > > > > I would worry much more about advertising the whole thing. To tell you > the > > truth a simple advertising campaign on TV or Radio in the US would be a > very > > good idea. This way you could charge a monthly fee of $10.00 to be > listed on > > the LoCo site as a location and this money would go towards adds for the > > site. I don't see any problem here. Please let the LoCo team know what > you > > think about this? > > > > Teams are welcome to work their way how they see fit. In two years, I > > haven't seen ads on Ubuntu team sites. mainly because people find ads > > Anoying. Canonical provides loCo teams with basic resources web site, > > mailing list. so the need to advertise to pay for hosting is not that > > popular. to receive donations is not forbidden as long as there is a > clear > > objective as to what will be done with the money. > > > > In WA State and Idaho it seems like pulling teath to get anyone to help > me > > promote my LoCo. > > > > To be honest with you... Your resources do not prove you are not running > a > > loCo team, there is hardly any promotion of ubuntu in any of the > resources > > you set up. I would gladly help you set up an Ubuntu Community in your > city. > > but first you should consider joining the existing team and giving them > a > > well-deserved hand. > > > > A very usefull read... https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoTeamHowto > > > > Cheers.. > > > > Efrain Valles > > ubuntu-ve co-contact > > http://launchpad.net/~effie-jayx <http://launchpad.net/%7Eeffie-jayx> > > > > > > begin:vcard > fn:Chris Rohde > n:Rohde;Chris > email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > tel;cell:941-256-3448 > x-mozilla-html:TRUE > version:2.1 > end:vcard > > -- > loco-contacts mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts > > > > -- > loco-contacts mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts > >
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