LoCo Outreach via Team Cross-Pollination

[Dan Trevino]

On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 6:44 AM, Amber Graner <akgraner at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 12:46 AM, Nick Ali <nali at ubuntu.com> wrote:
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>> This is an idea on how to get new LoCo members interested in different
>> parts of the Ubuntu community.
>>
>> The wiki is a great resource, where new members of the community can
>> learn about all the teams that make up the community, what they do,
>> how they do it, how to get involved, and much more. But some folks
>> still feel intimidated or overwhelmed by the wiki. Some just learn
>> differently. Thats why Ubuntu Classroom and Open Week are great, they
>> provide a different way to present the material to interested
>> individuals.
>>
>> But Ubuntu Classroom and Open Week are pull methods, the user has know
>> thats what they are interested in before attending.
>>
>> I suggest a push method. Lets take IRC LoCo meetings. Assuming a LoCo
>> has regular IRC meetings, wouldn't it be great if someone from the Art
>> Team stopped by and discussed how the Art Team works? How about
>> someone talking about how to translate Ubuntu into their native
>> language? What if the Documentation Team discussed what needed to be
>> updated for the next cycle? This can be extended to every community
>> team. Tie in slides and web pages with Lernid and the discussions
>> become more powerful.
>>
>> The advantage to LoCos is that they get someone who is very
>> knowledgeable about a specific aspect of the community to present to
>> their LoCos. And it might make LoCo meetings less boring :-)
>>
>> This would obviously require the various teams to make an effort to
>> reach and communicate with LoCos, but the advantage to teams is that
>> they are actively recruiting from a pool of individuals who they know
>> are already interested in the Ubuntu community.
>>
>> Thoughts? Criticisms?
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> Nick,
> I like this idea.
> How can we as LoCo's make it easy to for the various teams participate in
> our meetings?  Can we for example add a column to the Main LoCo Teams wiki
> [1] or to the LoCo directory that would include the times for the LoCo
> Meetings? Or created another wiki off the main for information like this?
> This would let both Projects and Other LoCo teams know who would be
> interested in having folks volunteer to pop in on LoCo meeting discuss
> everything from Art, the Q&A, to Ubuntu Women and more.
>
> [1] - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoTeamList
> Thanks for working this!
> Amber
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We've tried to reach out before, but the effort has been spotty.  I
think this is a great idea, but in my opinion we need some
organisation, and someone to actively recruit for this.

I think that, given the work some of these teams are doing (and their
workloads), it would be better for "us" to go to them and request
time, rather than expecting them to go out and find a loco to talk to
themselves.  But you don't want 43 different loco teams jumping into
#ubuntu-kernel, all asking for someone to come speak to their teams.

IMO:
There should be an easy way for dev/community teams to communicate availability
There should be a consistent and  easy way for loco teams to request
or schedule a speaker
There should be a coordinated message to the dev/community teams that
we'd like to hear from.

dan
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