<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 12:46 AM, Nick Ali <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nali@ubuntu.com">nali@ubuntu.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
This is an idea on how to get new LoCo members interested in different<br>
parts of the Ubuntu community.<br>
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The wiki is a great resource, where new members of the community can<br>
learn about all the teams that make up the community, what they do,<br>
how they do it, how to get involved, and much more. But some folks<br>
still feel intimidated or overwhelmed by the wiki. Some just learn<br>
differently. Thats why Ubuntu Classroom and Open Week are great, they<br>
provide a different way to present the material to interested<br>
individuals.<br>
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But Ubuntu Classroom and Open Week are pull methods, the user has know<br>
thats what they are interested in before attending.<br>
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I suggest a push method. Lets take IRC LoCo meetings. Assuming a LoCo<br>
has regular IRC meetings, wouldn't it be great if someone from the Art<br>
Team stopped by and discussed how the Art Team works? How about<br>
someone talking about how to translate Ubuntu into their native<br>
language? What if the Documentation Team discussed what needed to be<br>
updated for the next cycle? This can be extended to every community<br>
team. Tie in slides and web pages with Lernid and the discussions<br>
become more powerful.<br>
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The advantage to LoCos is that they get someone who is very<br>
knowledgeable about a specific aspect of the community to present to<br>
their LoCos. And it might make LoCo meetings less boring :-)<br>
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This would obviously require the various teams to make an effort to<br>
reach and communicate with LoCos, but the advantage to teams is that<br>
they are actively recruiting from a pool of individuals who they know<br>
are already interested in the Ubuntu community.<br>
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Thoughts? Criticisms?<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Nick,</div><div><br></div><div>I like this idea. </div><div><br></div><div>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? </div>
<div><br></div><div>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.</div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>[1] - <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoTeamList">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoTeamList</a></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks for working this! </div><div><br></div><div>Amber</div></div>
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<br><br>Just me Amber.<br><br>There are lots of Linux users who don't care how the kernel works, but only want to use it. That is a tribute to how good Linux is.<br>Linus Torvalds <br>