On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 4:29 PM, Dan Trevino <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 6:44 AM, Amber Graner <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 12:46 AM, Nick Ali <[email protected]> wrote: >>> This is an idea on how to get new LoCo members interested in different >>> parts of the Ubuntu community. >>> >>> The wiki is a great resource, where new members of the community can >>> learn about all the teams that make up the community, what they do, >>> how they do it, how to get involved, and much more. But some folks >>> still feel intimidated or overwhelmed by the wiki. Some just learn >>> differently. Thats why Ubuntu Classroom and Open Week are great, they >>> provide a different way to present the material to interested >>> individuals. >>> >>> But Ubuntu Classroom and Open Week are pull methods, the user has know >>> thats what they are interested in before attending. >>> >>> I suggest a push method. Lets take IRC LoCo meetings. Assuming a LoCo >>> has regular IRC meetings, wouldn't it be great if someone from the Art >>> Team stopped by and discussed how the Art Team works? How about >>> someone talking about how to translate Ubuntu into their native >>> language? What if the Documentation Team discussed what needed to be >>> updated for the next cycle? This can be extended to every community >>> team. Tie in slides and web pages with Lernid and the discussions >>> become more powerful. >>> >>> The advantage to LoCos is that they get someone who is very >>> knowledgeable about a specific aspect of the community to present to >>> their LoCos. And it might make LoCo meetings less boring :-) >>> >>> This would obviously require the various teams to make an effort to >>> reach and communicate with LoCos, but the advantage to teams is that >>> they are actively recruiting from a pool of individuals who they know >>> are already interested in the Ubuntu community. >>> >>> Thoughts? Criticisms? >> >> Nick, >> I like this idea. >> How can we as LoCo's make it easy to for the various teams participate in >> our meetings? Can we for example add a column to the Main LoCo Teams wiki >> [1] or to the LoCo directory that would include the times for the LoCo >> Meetings? Or created another wiki off the main for information like this? >> This would let both Projects and Other LoCo teams know who would be >> interested in having folks volunteer to pop in on LoCo meeting discuss >> everything from Art, the Q&A, to Ubuntu Women and more. >> >> [1] - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoTeamList >> Thanks for working this! >> Amber >> -- >> Amber Graner//akgraner// >> http://amber.redvoodoo.org/ >> http://www.ubuntu-user.com/Online/Blogs/Amber-Graner-You-in-Ubuntu >> >> >> Just me Amber. >> >> There are lots of Linux users who don't care how the kernel works, but only >> want to use it. That is a tribute to how good Linux is. >> Linus Torvalds >> >> -- >> loco-contacts mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts >> >> > > We've tried to reach out before, but the effort has been spotty. I > think this is a great idea, but in my opinion we need some > organisation, and someone to actively recruit for this. > > I think that, given the work some of these teams are doing (and their > workloads), it would be better for "us" to go to them and request > time, rather than expecting them to go out and find a loco to talk to > themselves. But you don't want 43 different loco teams jumping into > #ubuntu-kernel, all asking for someone to come speak to their teams. > > IMO: > There should be an easy way for dev/community teams to communicate > availability > There should be a consistent and easy way for loco teams to request > or schedule a speaker > There should be a coordinated message to the dev/community teams that > we'd like to hear from.
I like this idea. The scarce resource is the dev/community team participation, right? Amber linked the list of LoCo teams. If a dev/community team is organized and recruited, what next? I think a missing component is a list of ready, willing and able dev/community contacts that LoCo leaders can use to request a guest IRC appearance or Lernid style "webinar." Would this list be some dev/community self-selected subset of an existing list? https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Teams looks to me to be missing some teams. Maybe a subset of https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IRC/ChannelList Grant Bowman https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam -- loco-contacts mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts
