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LoCo Council is Open for Business
The Community Council has delegated LoCo-related governance to the LoCo Council, similar to the recent creation of regional boards for Ubuntu membership. The LoCo Council is responsible for approving new LoCos, re-approving LoCos (more on that below), conflict resolution, resource allocation, mentoring, growth, and highlighting best practices.
The approval process for LoCos has not changed. New teams should continue referring to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoGettingApproved as the reference guide for approval. In the near future, the LoCo Council will be documenting how to bring conflicts in front of the council and how to privately communicate on sensitive issues. The LoCo Council is also working on ways to make it easier for LoCos to request resources, like mailing lists and Canonical-provided hosting.
Approved LoCos will need to be re-approved every year. This is to make sure LoCos have the resources and help needed to continue supporting their area. Re-approval is similar to the initial approval application, simply documenting what the LoCo has done in the previous year and laying out plans for the future. LoCos needing to be re-approved will be contacted by the LoCo Council, and provided a timetable to submit their application. If a LoCo is not ready to be re-approved, the LoCo Council will work with the team to refocus and establish itself again.
Meetings will be held at least once a month. LoCos wanting to be approved or wishing to discuss any issues are welcome to add themselves to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoCouncilAgenda.
The next LoCo Council meeting will be held 04-June-2008, 16:00 UTC.
Hardy party in Tehran!
Mehdi Hassanpour from the Iranian team, reports that the Iranian Team held a Hardy party yesterday, in Tehran. With more than 50 people in attendance, inspite of looming university examinations, it definitely made a great day for the Team.
They had the following presentations :
- Ubuntu Installation,
- Kubuntu 3.5 Tour,
- KDE 4 features and Tour,
- Desktop Effects in Ubuntu,
- Ubuntu Overview and Hardy Tour,
- Iranian Team report and future plan.
The team also distributed K/ED/Ubuntu CD’s, DVD’s, stickers and mugs. In future, they plan to hold Install fests to enable more face-to-face talk and free chatting.
Enjoy some shots of the event and read the full story and presentation available on their website.
LoCo Team Advocacy Success Story
You may have already read about it, heck you may have already heard it yourself! The Minnesota (USA) LoCo team went about contacting local media outlets and agencies to inform them about the recent Ubuntu 8.04 release, the Loco Team’s release party, and the exciting possibilities of using an open source operating system. Jon Gordon of National Public Radio (NPR) hosts a daily segment called Future Tense which brings its listeners the latest technology topics in daily five-minute capsules. Future Tense is heard in the United States during broadcasts of the CBC’s As It Happens. Gordon contacted our very own Tony Yarusso for an interview which was sent over the airwaves this mid last week.
Apparently it went well, as he decided to run it, so without further ado I’m happy to announce that I was on the radio, talking about Ubuntu! So, I got the double-whammy of getting myself personally on the news, plus getting an Ubuntu story in mainstream media (and a quite large, respected outlet of such at that). Nifty.
The premise of the five minute sound bite asks: Is Ubuntu ready for the mainstream?
You can hear Tony’s answer by visiting the show’s archive at Future Tense. MP3, RealAudio, and AAC formats provided.
Kudos and congratulations to Tony and the rest of the Minnesota (USA) LoCo team for their awesome job.
Want to get involved in advocating Ubuntu? You can see this kind of success too! Visit the advocacy page and LoCo Team knowledge base on the Ubuntu wiki for more information, tips, and hints on advocating as a team and as an individual.
Help spread the great news and be sure to pat Tony on the back the next time you see him!
Mugs from Germany for your LoCo team!
Imagine with Ubuntu logo
The German LoCo team is organizing a bit of a mass mug purchase and has invited any you or your LoCo teams to join in. The mugs are made in a contemporary straight-sided style with an elegant white finish and your favourite part, an Ubuntu logo. For those with a dishwasher, your new mug can happily make a trip through that as well.
Time is limited. Julius Boch needs to know by Wednesday of next week, January 23rd at the latest. Mug ordered will cost between € 3.81 to € 3.13 depending on the total number ordered and will need to be shipped from Germany before you can enjoy a fine beverage of your choice in them. You can read the full announcement in a loco-contacts list post by Julius or contact Julius directly via email.
Update: Julius has asked us to mention that the minimum order per person or LoCo team is 5 mugs, so bang on those doors and get more of your friends/coworkers/worst enemies involved.
Mozilla Team needs YOU!
Alexander Sack and the Mozilla Team are working on updated Firefox packages for Dapper, Edgy and Feisty releases and they need YOU to test them! To help you help them, a special QA report page has been created. This Firefox testing effort is a great way to contribute to Ubuntu and is important for helping Ubuntu to raise the quality of every release. Testing will take just a few minutes:
Feel free to contact any member of the Mozilla Team in the #ubuntu-mozillateam IRC channel on Freenode or on the ubuntu-mozillateam’s mailing list if you have additional questions or you are just interested in joining the team.
September Ubuntu Project Team Report
Jono Bacon is pleased to announce the availability of the very first Ubuntu Project Team Report - this is for September 2007. This report provides a summary of work for the following teams:
- Desktop Team
- Kernel Team
- Kubuntu
- MOTU
- Mythbuntu
- Screencast Team
- Server Team
- Ubuntu-IRC
- Ubuntu Women
- US LoCo Teams Project
The report provides a nice chunk of information about what the different teams have been working on and provides a one-stop-shop to see what the project as a whole is working on. This will help the project improve communication and make a better Ubuntu.
You can always read the monthly reports here on the 24th of every month.
Every Ubuntu team is encouraged to provide a summary of their work each month. To make this as easy as possible, each team can follow these simple instructions. Thanks so much to the teams who kicked off this new reporting infrastructure. We look forward to seeing more and more teams getting involved with the new reports.