Re-Energizing LoCo Teams

Sat Aug 31 01:10:49 UTC 2013

I've got a few suggestions,
1. Allocate a time weekly, fortnightly or monthly  where the whole
team get's together to translate one program
2. An ubuntu-AU meetup, that we can try and get everyone to attend
3. Get everyone possible to run an install-fest, similar to the one
ran at brisbane university
4. Try and get every ubuntu contributor from australia on the mailing
list and on the -AU IRC channel, so we are communicating and helping
each other.

On Sat, Aug 31, 2013 at 10:57 AM, Jared Norris <jrnorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> Good morning all,
>
> I came across this message on the Loco Contacts mailing list today and
> thought I'd pass it on. Jono is essentially seeking Loco re-energisation as
> well as getting some enthusiastic and commited people to the Loco Council
> (which has a call for nominations current and linked in Jono's message).
>
> I realise we as a team aren't hyper active but it doesn't mean we can't
> think of ways to improve that or for any individual to be elected to the
> Loco Council board. If anyone has any suggestions for the re-energisation of
> the Loco please share them with the list, if you want to bounce them off
> someone before making them public you're always welcome to send me an email
> any time.
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Jono Bacon <jono at ubuntu.com>
> Date: 31 August 2013 05:30
> Subject: Re-Energizing LoCo Teams
> To: "Ubuntu local community team (LoCo) contacts"
> <loco-contacts at lists.ubuntu.com>
>
>
> Hi All,
>
> I believe that in the entire history of Ubuntu we are at the most
> exciting time we have ever experienced.
>
> With Ubuntu we set out with a clear mission: to build an elegant,
> beautiful, Free Software platform that brings powerful, easily
> accessible, technology to all. We are gritted in our determination
> around this mission.
>
> All the pieces are starting to come together. A powerful converged
> platform, a beautiful user experience, a new SDK and app upload
> process, powerful cloud orchestration technologies, and a growing
> eco-system of users, app developers, and devops.
>
> Awesome technology is not enough though. Silicon Valley is littered
> with the corpses of many great technologies that didn't catch on. The
> key to successful, living, breathing technology is *adoption* and
> *passionate users and developers*.
>
> ## Building Adoption
>
> LoCo Teams are a *critical* piece of how we drive this adoption.
>
> LoCo teams are our front-line troops out there living Ubuntu and
> sharing it with others. If we have successful LoCo teams we will have
> a successful Ubuntu.
>
> In recent years we have faced some challenges with LoCo Teams though.
> Fewer people have been participating in teams, we have some rather
> bureaucratic processes in place for how and where people can form
> teams, and LoCo teams are not as optimized for success as they could
> be. Put simple, I feel our LoCo Team community could benefit from
> stronger and more visible leadership.
>
> I want to change this. I want to re-energize our LoCo community to
> bring out the best in our wider community and to open doors to more
> and more people who can be touched by Ubuntu. I am not talking about
> just welcoming Linux fans to LoCo teams...but app developers, content
> creators, devops, partners, general users, and more.
>
> The potential is tantalizing.
>
> For us to achieve this though we need a crisp strategy.
>
> At UDS the other day we had a session that I found personally rather
> frustrating. At every UDS we always have a session about LoCo Teams,
> and there are always lots of ideas around what LoCo teams should be
> doing and how we can support them. These ideas are usually expressed
> as "*we should do XYZ*" or "*the problem with LoCo teams is XYZ and we
> need to fix that*". We always have lots of ideas but few people are
> willing to sign up to work items to deliver that work.
>
> Ideas are easy to have, delivering real practical solutions that drive
> improvements is harder, and we need more of the latter. We need people
> who are *willing to make change happen* in a practical way.
>
> There is too much opportunity with Ubuntu and bringing technology
> freedom to people to let our LoCo Teams wither on the vine.
>
> ## Help Us Lead
>
> Recently the LoCo Council announced a re-election for seats on the
> next council
> (http://lococouncil.ubuntu.com/2013/08/28/call-for-nominations-to-the-loco-council-2/).
> The LoCo Council is the most natural place for this leadership to
> occur, and I want to encourage those of you who are willing to commit
> the time and effort to bring change to LoCo Teams to apply to join.
>
> I want to transition the mental model of how the LoCo Council works
> from merely joining meetings and reacting to agenda items and tending
> to the business of the week. I want to see the council bring
> leadership, challenge the norms, challenge our bottlenecks, and build
> a culture of innovation and change around our LoCo Teams.
>
> Our community is laden with great people who can bring this kind of
> leadership, and I want to encourage you to join the council.
>
> We need people who are willing to commit more than providing +1 and -1
> votes on our LoCo Council meetings, but people who want to think about
> the next generation of LoCo Teams and what work needs to be completed
> to achieve that vision, and commit to driving it forward. I would ask
> that only those of you willing to (a) lead and (b) commit time to
> actively participate in the strategy the council focuses on should
> apply. If you can only commit to joining the LoCo Council meetings and
> not driving strategy and leadership forward, please don't apply to
> join.
>
> This is not to suggest our existing and previous LoCo Councils has and
> have not been doing great work; I am tremendously thankful for their
> remarkable contributions. I just think we need to amp up our game, in
> much of the same way we have been amping up the Ubuntu platform. Now
> is our opportunity and we need to grasp it with both hands.
>
> This is a tremendous opportunity for great leaders to have a real
> world-changing impact on Ubuntu and Free Software in general.
>
> If you are excited about the opportunity of re-energizing LoCo Teams,
> bringing leadership, and challenging the norm, I strongly encourage
> you to apply. Please share your ideas for leadership and change in
> your application.
>
> I am doggedly committed to helping to make our LoCo Teams successful
> and I have some ideas around how we do this when the new council is
> formed. I am looking forward to working with our new generation of
> leaders to help our LoCo Teams to do incredible world-changing work
> with an incredible world-changing platform.
>
> Thanks,
>
>     Jono
>
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