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

[Nathan Haines]

On 10/14/2014 02:06 PM, Felipe Gil Castiñeira wrote:
> Of course, a community can ask for an exception, but that doesn't solve
> the real problem. This isn't about CDs or stickers (who uses CDs or even
> DVDs these days?). Many communities that are built around their culture
> feel offended by being considered a "sub-something".  This is the real
> problem, and from my point of view, the LoCo Council should reconsider
> this policy.

This policy *only* applies to Verified teams, and that's *only* relevant 
to LoCos who want DVDs and stickers.  It literally doesn't apply to any 
team built around a culture--just those built around countries.

The *real* problem is that this policy was written with a giant "if you 
think this doesn't apply to you, please let us know and we can talk 
about granting an exception", and everyone is on here ranting about how 
the policy doesn't apply to them and there are no exceptions (even 
though exceptions are being made for the exact circumstances the 
Galacian team finds themselves in).

This does seem to indicate that they didn't read the new policy 
thoroughly.  But now the problem is starting to become that certain LoCo 
teams don't like policies that don't apply to them because they think 
those policies don't fit them.  That's madness.

Once again, the policy is directed at cities that want their "own" team, 
as well as safeguarding regional representation for teams that do decide 
to promote smaller regional teams.  It has nothing to do with "cultural" 
teams.

I hope that by taking a couple deep breaths, the offended teams can 
reread the policy and ask themselves "does this affect our operations?" 
and "do we think it would be useful to work with geographically similar 
community members or would the community be better served by working 
autonomously?"  And then following through on that.

Regards,
Nathan

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