[loco-contacts] Our teams reject the new LoCo Council policy

[Elizabeth K. Joseph]

On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 11:15 AM, Nathan Haines <nhaines at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> On 10/14/2014 10:54 AM, Marcos Lans wrote:
>>
>> So how you can force a loco becoming a sub-loco? I don't get it.
>
>
> They're only "forced" in that previously these teams weren't formally
> recognized at all.
>
> This isn't a major change in policy.  Only country-level (state-level in the
> US) teams were allowed before, with previously-existing teams allowed to
> continue to exist.  Subteams were something that informally existed.  This
> policy is to guide very large teams that need to work in local groups.  A
> lot of major cities want to start their "own" LoCo team and this is
> counter-productive and a waste of resources.  Volunteers should be working
> together in a bigger picture when the only difference between them is the
> amount of vehicle traffic.
>
> Now subteams can become independent, verified LoCos if extraordinary
> circumstances allow it.  A independent, unique culture almost certainly
> qualifies--but the LoCo Council isn't going around and making a list of
> cultures to include and exclude.  That's the job of each organized
> team--once they are large enough to work independently--to determine they
> need and bring the issue to the LoCo Council.

Eloquently said, Nathan, thank you!

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