Good conversations and information here. Thanks everyone who has taken the time to share their perspectives.
At the risk of sounding like a broken Rush record from the 70's played with a very cheap cartridge... We still don't seem have a crisp Problem Statement. We don't write code without a Blueprint or a spec, do we? Or, do we? ;) This is the Problem Statement that I propose we work on ASAP. (Chosen from the list of 4 that were tossed around yesterday on the list). Note that I am but one lone voice in a city situated in a Canadian temperate rainforest so this might not precisely match your vantage point: ++ *Proposed* Problem Statement: ++ "LoCo's are not local enough". We need to create an environment/ecosystem where truly local communities are encouraged to form and where the barriers to formation are as low as possible. We need to send a clear signal to Ubuntu users worldwide that they should strive to (intentiaonally) meet their Ubuntu neighbours and partner with them in advocacy, support, and the enjoyment of Ubuntu. We need clear language that the formation of truly local LoCo's is not only acceptable, but also highly desirable and urgent. We need to be ready to nurture truly local communities (when they need us) in ways that make sense locally. ++ *Proposed* Goal: ++ 100 truly local LoCo's (at the city/town level) by the end of the Narwhal cycle. (April 2011). Does this work? I'm happy to Blueprint this for UDS-N with further input from you. I can't promise to write the code though. My Mono and C# skills are more than a bit rusty ;) Cheers, Randall Ubuntu Vancouver LoCo -- On 10-08-24 08:40 AM, Laura Czajkowski wrote: > On 24/08/10 16:33, Darcy Casselman wrote: >> Thanks your suggestions, by the way. They're very helpful. >> >> On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 10:36 AM, YoBoY<yoboy.legu...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> There is no rules. >>> >> I'm not so much looking for rules as--as the subject says, I >> suppose--best practices and guidelines. >> >> It looks like you guys (in France and California and elsewhere) have >> been doing a lot of the things I've been struggling to figure out how >> to do on my own. It would be helpful, I think, if you (maybe not you >> specifically, but people who've done so successfully) document how you >> work with, foster, support and create local groups. >> >> Something for the LoCo Council to put on the backlog for next cycle, maybe? >> >> Darcy. >> >> > As an example in my team, Ubuntu-ie we have mainly operated out of > Dublin for the last 3 years. We have tried in the past to get other > areas involved but there was either only 1 person or nobody really > interested. What we did was organise events in Dublin and try and let > as many people all over ireland know about it. We mailed colleges and > sometimes students came from other areas. > > This year (3+years later) we have gotten Ubuntu hours outside of Dublin, > this is very new and we're trying to test the waters. We have them on > Cork and Limerick now, but there would be no point in setting up a LoCo > yet or any time in the future with only 2 people, we all work and > promote Ubuntu under the Ireland umbrella. We have our global jam this > month in Dublin, as again venue and people are there, but what we are > doing is to to have one day face to face and on Sunday we can work > remotely on IRC. So there are lots of different ways to get your > community involved. > > What I have noticed on this thread, is that many of the issues raised > seem to be USA centric. I think we can all learn from other teams and > how they do things, perhaps this is a topic for the LoCo Health Check > next month if someone wants to bring it up we can kick off a discussion > there and from there work on some guidelines > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoCouncil/LoCoHealthCheck > > > Laura > -- loco-contacts mailing list loco-contacts@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts
