Do you want to see an official Australian Ubuntu LoCo?

[bwright]

Yes for me we need to have an official Australian LoCo we can't just
be cut off from Ubuntu as an entire country :/

On May 16, 2:43 pm, Paul Gear <p... at libertysys.com.au> wrote:
> On 14/05/10 14:03, Lisa Milne wrote:
>
>
>
> > Well, with comments such as "you are flogging a dead horse" floating
> > around it appears there are some who don't want to see an official
> > Australian Ubuntu LoCo. Which is fine, if you don't want one, you don't
> > have to be involved.
>
> > There are of course many that do want such a thing to exist, there may
> > be varying opinions on what the structure should be, who should be in
> > charge, etc. etc. But lets get down to basics, regroup, and see who's
> > willing to get involved:
>
> > Do you want to see an official Australian Ubuntu LoCo?
>
> > yes or no?
>
> > (yes from me)
>
> Part of this may be a perverse need on my part to differentiate myself
> from the crowd ;-) but i feel compelled to be the first NO.
>
> Now, let me qualify that a little: the LoCo council has refused
> re-approval because they believe we're not in a position to be a LoCo at
> the moment.  I think their concerns are justified.  I say it's time to
> hit the pause button, take a few deep breaths (quite a few, actually),
> get some positive grass-roots action happening, and come back to discuss
> this again when we have a few more months of getting along well with
> each other under our collective belt.
>
> I asked on IRC the other night and i haven't yet been given any reason
> that we /absolutely require/ an approved LoCo in order to do the things
> we want to do.  (As far as i can tell, we won't immediately lose our
> mailing list, web site, IRC channel, or anything like that.)  Sure, some
> things might be /better/ with a LoCo, but we don't /need/ one in order
> to work together.
>
> Not only that, we're actually a bit lacking in actual ideas for local
> promotion of Ubuntu.  My perception is that most of what people are
> calling for at the moment is just nailing down structure.  I ask: even
> if the structure is set up ideally to your liking, what then?  What will
> you do with that ideal structure?  Why not start making positive
> contributions now, without the ideal structure?  (My next email will
> contain my suggestion for one such grass-roots action.)
>
> Regards,
> Paul
>
> P.S.  Harrisony: i want my $5. :-P
>
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