Hi, On 26 August 2010 12:42, Paul Tagliamonte <paul...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > Can anyone think of reasons that creating a standard that dictates > that LoCo teams must foster growth at the lowest granularity possible > for their region?
I think it is appropriate to encourage "growth" at a local level, certainly. However, if such a guideline is interpreted as encouraging teams to organise themselves at a particular level of granularity, I don't think that this is appropriate, whether as a standard or as a guideline. The reality is that our local teams serve a vast variety of functions. These include face to face local support and Ubuntu advocacy (which is very well suited to low granularity organisation). But there are plenty of other functions which are well suited to high granularity organisation, including advocacy, support and discussion at a regional level. Certain functions go beyond even national granularity: see for example local teams that collaborate on support or localisation in a particular language, which can cover several countries. I think that the optimum system will allow our local communities to develop according to the different needs that vary on a geographic, cultural and linguistic basis across the world. Each local community will frequently be best placed to evaluate the different levels of granularity which are appropriate for the culture and region that they are familiar with, and we shouldn't seek to be too prescriptive. What we should encourage of course is collaboration. Collaboration between individuals within a similar region, or who share a common language, or who live in the same country. I think that this is already in pretty good shape, with the default position to be that local teams organise themselves on a national basis (albeit that exceptions could be entirely appropriate). -- Matthew East http://www.mdke.org gnupg pub 1024D/0E6B06FF -- loco-contacts mailing list loco-contacts@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts