setup a Loco

[Jared Norris]

On 27 October 2010 12:10, Tom Sparks <tom_a_sparks at yahoo.com.au> wrote:
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> --- On Wed, 27/10/10, Joel Pickett <jpickett at une.edu.au> wrote:
>> > I have been converting people to
>> runing ubuntu in my local area :)
>> > I am starting to think about setting up a Loco
>> >
>> > tom_a_sparks
>> > "It's a nerdy thing I like to do"
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>> Well it wouldn't hurt to tell us where you are, generally
>> speaking.
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> lightning ridge, walget shire
>  How many people have you got
>> willing to
>> help?
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> it just me, I have converted 4-5+ people into using ubuntu
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> --- On Wed, 27/10/10, Ryan Macnish <nisshh.ubuntu at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>There is no point setting up a seperate loco, we already have one, it just needs re-approving.
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> I was not think of a seperate loco, but a branch loco
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>>    Ryan Macnish
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> tom_a_sparks
> "It's a nerdy thing I like to do"
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Tom,

First off, GREAT WORK. Secondly, thanks for coming to us for help when
you weren't sure.

I think the best way of approaching this would be to get them to sign
up to the mailing list, join the Ubuntu-AU team (see
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AustralianTeam/Members for details) and then
set up a wiki page off the main one at
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AustralianTeam. If you're not sure how to go
about this I'd look for ideas on the
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AustralianTeam/Brisbane page as this was set
up for a specific location as well. If you're not sure on the nuts and
bolts of how to set it up then feel free to drop into IRC (my nickname
is head_victim) or send an email off list (just so we don't flood the
list with a WIKI101) as I'm pretty conversant with the version of wiki
that is being used on the Ubuntu website by now.

The Loco itself is a great way to have an umbrella group to provide
help and resources (launchpad, website, wiki, IRC channels, mailing
list, etc) over any number of smaller, linked groups especially in a
geographically large space with low density population like we have in
Australia. We just need people to contribute content to them.

I would encourage anyone else out there wanting to do something
similar to get in and give it a go as well.


Regards,

Jared Norris
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris