<div dir="ltr"><div><div>My vote would be for calling it like it is: Sponsored.<br><br>Anything that appears to confer special status or recognition ends up with similar problems to "approved."<br><br></div>It makes the pitch a lot easier too: "Go through our process and we give you stuff. If not, coo'. Either way, keep spreading Ubuntu!"<br>
<br></div>Darcy.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 2:54 PM, Alexandru Cucu <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:alexandru.cucu@ubuntu.ro" target="_blank">alexandru.cucu@ubuntu.ro</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi,<br>
<br>
I think "verified" sounds best as the term is widely used and understood [1][2][3].<br>
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[1] <a href="https://twitter.com/verified" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/verified</a><br>
[2] <a href="http://support.google.com/plus/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1620074" target="_blank">http://support.google.com/<u></u>plus/bin/answer.py?hl=en&<u></u>answer=1620074</a><br>
[3] <a href="http://pages.ebay.com/help/account/paypal-verify.html" target="_blank">http://pages.ebay.com/help/<u></u>account/paypal-verify.html</a><br>
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Alexandru Cucu<br>
Contact for ubuntu-ro<br>
<a href="https://launchpad.net/~alexandru.cucu" target="_blank">https://launchpad.net/~<u></u>alexandru.cucu</a><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br>
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On 02/06/2013 09:23 PM, Laura Czajkowski wrote:<br>
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A topic that comes up frequently on blog posts we've seen and also from<br>
talking to people is the word "Approved"LoCo it doesn't empower people<br>
at times. The feedback is that the word approved loco is not great<br>
to motivate others who have not been approved or at some point were<br>
approved and then not approved.<br>
<br>
There are many ways to look at this, and it may not change, but if we<br>
don't discuss it then we'll forever seen these comments elsewhere.<br>
Currently we have the group LoCo Teams and then two subsets, Approved<br>
and unapproved. Neither of which are particularly great but do convey in<br>
all languages what they mean. We also appreciate not everyone feels this<br>
way and many like the word approved so lets see if we could possibly<br>
find something better.<br>
<br>
Ideally the unapproved loco team would just be called LoCo Team and then<br>
the Approved LoCo team could be called or their status level could be:<br>
<br>
* verified loco team<br>
* evaluated loco team<br>
* sponsored loco team<br>
* reviewed loco team<br>
<br>
status = Verified, Evaluated, Reviewed, Sponsored<br>
<br>
*Ubuntu LoCo Teams ($status)* -- for the team that has been recognised<br>
as a team in good standing and that receives sponsored items from Canonical<br>
<br>
*Ubuntu LoCo Teams --* for regular teams that are just formed and have<br>
not been evaluated.<br>
<br>
If you have a better suggestion why not let us know. This was discussed<br>
at the last LoCo Council IRC Meeting -<br>
<a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoCouncil/Minutes/20130115" target="_blank">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/<u></u>LoCoCouncil/Minutes/20130115</a><br>
<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
<br>
Laura - on behalf of the Ubuntu LoCo Council<br>
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Laura Czajkowski<br>
<a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/czajkowski" target="_blank">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/<u></u>czajkowski</a><br>
LoCo Council Member<br>
Community Council Member<br>
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