[Ubuntu-be] About the Belgian Local Community Team (Belgian LoCo Team)

[jean7491]

Hi to all,

As introduction, a few words from Steven's mail:

"If someone has time to spare during the holidays, they can always read the following.
It is a bit of a long term idea, and it might be something interesting to keep in mind."

Related to the last mails, a few considerations as contribution.

First I think that a lot Ubuntu LoCo Teams are facing the organization
problem.

The readers of the Ubuntu-be mailing list are a wide community (+/- 400)
and the Belgian LoCo Team (125) is only a part of the mailing list.
On 04/07, answering to the question "Who is now in charge of our loco
team?", Jan wrote "Nobody is "in charge" really".
The existing Wiki BelgianTeam/Responsibility page is not updated with a
few exceptions: the official point of contact of the team,
administrators of website, mailing list and IRC, owners of the Belgian
LoCo Team (in Launchpad) and bank account (money).
As result, nobody is competent for taking action when necessary, outside
the technical problems.

Example, since 2 months the problem of new posters and flyers is a topic
in the mailing list and we are still debating again and again about all
aspects of the project, with no decision.
This topic should have been be worked on by a marketing team, presented
to the LoCo Team members and adopted  by a leading  group mandated to
take action (including money).

The effectiveness and the future of the Be LoCo Team needs a clear
organization and structure in support of the volunteers: it can not be
based on a mailing list or individuals, but on team-work.
An informal organization willing to be active can not work for the long
time.

Another aspect is the legal issue (statute) of the Be LoCo Team: to be
recognize as a credible interlocutor in contacts with institutions (city
services, ...), enterprises (looking for sponsoring, ...) and medias
(presenting the association, ...), we additionally need a recognized
legal statute, more than a de facto association, a club of friends
promoting Ubuntu.
 
We should start with a thinking-group (with a small group of interested
persons) on this issues. Coordinated proposals could be later posted in
the mailing list for evaluation by the LoCo Team members and finally an
"in real life" meeting should be organized for decision making.

This is a long term process and I don't expect results within weeks.

The first step should be to identify people interested in thinking on
these issues: feel free to postulate for the thinking-group !
-- 
Jean
/Ubuntu Belgium Events Team/

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