Best Practices and Guidelines

[Paul Tagliamonte]

On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 12:52 PM, Darcy Casselman <dscassel at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 5:10 AM, Valorie Zimmerman
> <valorie.zimmerman at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hey Paul, we are dealing with these issues while trying to kick-start
>> Washington LoCo into life again. It was originally registered by the
>> official Contact who lives in Olympia, the capital city. However, most
>> of the active members are in Seattle, a couple of hours away.
>>
>> Now, he's sort of rolled his work with OlyLUG into his LoCo work --
>> sort of leaving the rest of the state out. We Seattle folks want to
>> regain this state-wide focus, while having local fun in Seattle too.
>> It's a bit of a fine line to walk.
>
> Hi Valorie,
>
> I'm curious about the LoCo Council's opinion on what you should be
> doing, but I thought I'd offer my suggestion as someone who's been
> independently building a city group:  Keep going!

On behalf of the Council --

Keep rocken!!!!!!!

You're 100% right, Darcy. Keep going!

>
> Nothing should stop you from holding events Seattle and getting people
> there involved in Ubuntu.  Sure, it would be great if your LoCo
> contact was in the same town to help you out, but the fact that he's
> in a different city shouldn't hinder you at all.  You should have
> access to things like the wiki and the LoCo directory.  If you need
> access to other things like the website to help get the word out about
> events, you should ask for it.
>
> If he's actively impeding your activities, I'd definitely take that up
> with the council.  If he just doesn't have the time or resources,
> offer to help!

We're here to help! Any issues with a LoCo blocking city level
"startups" is frowned upon ( and soon, if we can finish up this
thread, a nice and tidy violation of standards ).

>
> I'd love to have more people in other cities take the lead in
> organizing themselves, holding events and volunteering their time for
> the regional LoCo.

Damn straight!

>
> Darcy.
>
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-Paul

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