Agree with all. This idea would definetelly energize the meetings a bit. this is something that should happen. I am a but unsure if we are talking about the LoCo teams meeting o a specific LoCo meeting.
This would be a great idea and I volunteer to help out in any way, either organizing or what eve3r is needed. maybe a list of topics or areas of interest? and a list of meetings? this would be great On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 8:58 AM, Grant Bowman <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > -- Efrain Valles Ubuntu LoCo Council Member https://launchpad.net/~effie-jayx -- loco-contacts mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts
