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

[Nathan Haines]

On 10/14/2014 03:57 PM, Felipe Gil Castiñeira wrote:
> On 14/10/14 23:20, Nathan Haines wrote:
>> 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.
>
> The policy [1] is easy to read, and the statements are very clear (maybe
> excluding the "exception rule").

Well, I think so too, but some teams are obviously worried about things 
the LoCo Council does not seem to have intended.  :)

> Finally, you say that *"**No existing LoCo teams are being
> reclassified". *This wasn't clear at all, and is great news for us.
> Nevertheless, I hope this policy won't cause problems to future teams in
> countries with "a complex organization".

Yes, to which I would ask, "Where does it say that existing teams are 
being reclassified?"  So assuming that this is true is a little bit 
alarmist.  But even so, the logical thing to have done in my mind would 
have been to contact the LoCo Council and say "I'm concerned about this 
policy because I believe my LoCo has been considered an independent LoCo 
and I'm worried that it might not be now."  Instead, the emails here 
accused the LoCo Council of targeting cultural LoCos even after they've 
denied that the changes will affect them.

The LoCo Council isn't flawless.  It would be distracting to bring up my 
grievances here, but suffice to say that I'll be the last one to say 
that they don't make mistakes.  So I do understand the alarm.  But at 
the same time, we're all working in support of the greater Ubuntu 
community, and conversations are what will helps us all work through 
very understandable concerns--not accusations and refusal to listen.

Which I think is a good reminder not only for the LoCo Council members 
and the concerned team members here, but for all of the LoCo contacts to 
think about from time to time.

Regards,
Nathan

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Nathan Haines
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