USA LoCo Consistency

[Sridhar Dhanapalan]

On Wednesday 24 January 2007 04:59, Jono Bacon <jono at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> I would like to see every LoCo in the USA being organised at a state
> level, and each LoCo having smaller sub-regional groups. So, you may
> have ubuntu-texas and then have a houston group as part of that LoCo.
> The key point here is that each team looks after a state - this works
> well with the US and geographically makes sense. But, as I say, we
> should encourage regional city based meetings as part of the state-level
> team.

Is it truly worthwhile to have so many tiers of 'governance'? I can see some 
benefits from such an arrangement, but also take note that it can distance 
users from the top-tier and hinder independent decision making as groups feel 
compelled to compromise and co-ordinate with one another. Co-operation is a 
good thing, but teams should take care to remain nimble and to not burden 
themselves in unnecessary 'bureaucracy'.


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