Yes for me we need to have an official Australian LoCo we can't just be cut off from Ubuntu as an entire country :/
On May 16, 2:43 pm, Paul Gear <p...@libertysys.com.au> wrote: > On 14/05/10 14:03, Lisa Milne wrote: > > > > > Well, with comments such as "you are flogging a dead horse" floating > > around it appears there are some who don't want to see an official > > Australian Ubuntu LoCo. Which is fine, if you don't want one, you don't > > have to be involved. > > > There are of course many that do want such a thing to exist, there may > > be varying opinions on what the structure should be, who should be in > > charge, etc. etc. But lets get down to basics, regroup, and see who's > > willing to get involved: > > > Do you want to see an official Australian Ubuntu LoCo? > > > yes or no? > > > (yes from me) > > Part of this may be a perverse need on my part to differentiate myself > from the crowd ;-) but i feel compelled to be the first NO. > > Now, let me qualify that a little: the LoCo council has refused > re-approval because they believe we're not in a position to be a LoCo at > the moment. I think their concerns are justified. I say it's time to > hit the pause button, take a few deep breaths (quite a few, actually), > get some positive grass-roots action happening, and come back to discuss > this again when we have a few more months of getting along well with > each other under our collective belt. > > I asked on IRC the other night and i haven't yet been given any reason > that we /absolutely require/ an approved LoCo in order to do the things > we want to do. (As far as i can tell, we won't immediately lose our > mailing list, web site, IRC channel, or anything like that.) Sure, some > things might be /better/ with a LoCo, but we don't /need/ one in order > to work together. > > Not only that, we're actually a bit lacking in actual ideas for local > promotion of Ubuntu. My perception is that most of what people are > calling for at the moment is just nailing down structure. I ask: even > if the structure is set up ideally to your liking, what then? What will > you do with that ideal structure? Why not start making positive > contributions now, without the ideal structure? (My next email will > contain my suggestion for one such grass-roots action.) > > Regards, > Paul > > P.S. Harrisony: i want my $5. :-P > > -- > ubuntu-au mailing list > ubuntu...@lists.ubuntu.comhttps://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au > > paul.vcf > < 1KViewDownload > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ubuntu-Au" group. > To post to this group, send an email to ubuntu...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > ubuntu-au+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/ubuntu-au?hl=en-GB. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au