Team Member Participation

[Neil Coetzer]

Hi all,

As a relatively young team I would like to seek advice from some of the
more experienced teams around the world.

When the Zimbabwe Team was initially formed, there was a lot of
enthusiasm and a number of people signed up. However, we have never seen
or heard from many of them since, despite our attempt to get them
involved and motivate them. It has come down to a handful of people
doing all the work while most others do not participate at all. We have
monthly meetings, but it is always the same old faces (and sometimes
totally new faces who have not joined the team yet). On 1st November we
held the first ever Ubuntu Release Party in Zimbabwe, and only four team
members were present. Some of the more active members are starting to
feel very frustrated by this and questions are being raised as to
whether or not the stagnant people should be kept on the list at all.

Since LoCo's are very open-door and completely voluntary, the idea of
forcibly removing people from the team list could lead to further
problems, but as other members have pointed out, the team listed on our
wiki site does not accurately reflect the team in reality.

I would appreciate any guidance on how best to handle this issue in a
way that will keep active members happy, without discouraging other
people.

Regards,
Neil