Please keep the subject the same as the email thread, this looks like a new thread.
2010/7/24 Daniel Van‵Stone <webmas...@catcodesigns.net>: > To:loco-contacts@lists.ubuntu.com> > Dear loco-contacts and other subscribers to this list, > > In the end it boils down to the view of the Council. > > While we may each have our belief. > > The current council works on thier each(8) view There are 6 LoCo Council members. > > The council members > https://launchpad.net/~communitycouncil/+members > can be reached by sending an email to >> community-coun...@lists.ubuntu.com > I have met many supporters, contributors and have > helped others while the whole time learning. Well sure. LoCo Council is ubuntu-lococouncil on Launchpad. > > I beliee that the community needs more relaxed methods > so at a minimum a college class could create a LoCo Team. That is write out. There should be at most one a state. Sub-teams should be just that, sub-teams. Officially, USA should be one LoCo. Rules have been bent, and US States are treated like a country. If we allow anyone to create a LoCo we have to support a *huge* number of groups, and allocate resources ( such as CDs ) in a fair way. > > As many focus on one item > it may take focus from the community aspect > in a different area. > > May be that the responsibility of the Team needs another > scribe or such to assist them as their duties are great. > > I personally will not criticize the members > of the council, I have never held the responsibities that > they have and do. > > Cordially, > > Daniel Van`Stone > > On Sat, 2010-07-24 at 02:22 +0200, Neil Coetzer wrote: >> On Fri, 2010-07-23 at 17:21 -0400, Indigo196 wrote: >> > Neil: >> > >> > I think it depends on how you view the LP team -- is it a list of >> > 'active' members or is it just a list of people who are associated with >> > using Ubuntu and your LoCo team. I lean towards the latter and would not >> > require 'activity' in order to be 'listed' on the team. I do have the >> > expiration set to one year which will auto-prune folks who are no longer >> > interested in being listed. >> > >> > Charles >> > NY State LoCo >> >> Hi Charles, >> >> Thanks, and very valid point. >> >> While we also have expiration set to one year, many of the members have >> joined in the last year. We have noticed a trend here where people sign >> up and sometimes attend one meeting, and then seem to slip through the >> cracks. So our intention here is certainly not to force people into >> being active as such, but rather to avoid losing potential contributors >> simply because we haven't provided them with any necessary information >> and encouragement. As also mentioned previously, many of the people who >> are non-technical seem to be intimidated into not contributing because >> they think their contributions will be "less" than those who are >> technical - so this is also a mindset that we are trying to change at >> the moment, particularly as we feel that marketing is probably the most >> crucial need in our area right now. >> >> And of course, this is just part of a drive to increase interest in the >> Team, because the consistently active members are unfortunately few. >> >> Regards, >> Neil >> >> > > > -- > loco-contacts mailing list > loco-contacts@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts > > -- #define sizeof(x) rand() :wq -- loco-contacts mailing list loco-contacts@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts
