[Ubuntu-be] A new communication channel must be created - website update

[jean7491]

A few comments on this question, the term "new communication channel"
can be confusing:

1. The initial problem is an update of the Ubuntu-be website, pages
Events team (http://ubuntu-be.org/nl/node/25 , ... en/node/26,
...fr/node/27).
Activities: these pages are outdated likely since september 2008 or before.
About contacts related to events, 2 email addresses  are mentioned
(bart#ubuntu.com - Wesley#ubuntu.com), with no idea  if these are 
correct. Additionally it is a private communication channel.

2. The bug #364128 Update page Event Team (EN, NL, FR) has been reported
on 2009-04-20, with text-proposals in en, nl and fr.

3. During the IRC meeting on 08/04/2009, it was decided to activate the
event-team (already mentioned in the website) to help organizing and
coordinating events and activities. This Ubuntu-be sub-team was proposed
by mongolito404 and created by Jan on 12/04/2009. This is as a public
moderated team with actually 6 active members and open for new members.

4. In the bug report #364128, I proposed to replace the 2 email
addresses by a link to this Events Team (see point 5). Ubuntu-nl is
using a special email address "events op ubuntu-nl.org".
People willing to contact Ubuntu-be about organizing events should first
contact the Events Team to receive a coordinated answer. First contact
is  easier  with  small  team of motivated  members.  Once contact
established, information will be pass  in IRC meeting and to the mailing
list.
Pointing directly to the mailing list has several disadvantages: people
does not know who they are writing to, everybody and nobody is directly
concerned and it introduces the risk of multiple non coordinated answers.

5. The only problem (for me) is how to create an email address with mail
forwarded to all members of the Events Team or how to open an Events
Team mailing list?

6. In fact, the question we are here working with is very limited to
people or clubs requesting help of Ubuntu-be to organize an
event/activity, no more. The update of the Events Team pages is more urgent.

This topic can be added to the next IRC meeting.

jean7491

Jan Claeys a écrit :
> Op vrijdag 05-06-2009 om 23:53 uur [tijdzone +0200], schreef Mark Van
> den Borre:
>   
>> Keep it simple. When this list starts overflowing with activity,
>> _then_ we can think of splitting off some of the volume.
>>     
>
> Exactly what I was thinking.
>
> There is a good reason why most open source projects prefer public
> communication (like mailing lists & IRC) over private communication: it
> spreads a message such that everybody who has the time & the skills to
> help can do so.
>
> Everybody can mail this list, they don't even need to be subscribed
> (although it makes things much easier of course, and the amount of mail
> one gets from this list is very small).
>
>
> Pointing to the mailing list in all relevant places might be useful
> though.
>   
-------- Message original --------
Sujet: 	[Ubuntu-be] A new communication channel must be created
Date: 	Fri, 5 Jun 2009 21:27:33 +0200
De: 	Alain Baudrez <a.baudrez op gmail.com>
Répondre à :: 	Ubuntu Belgium <ubuntu-be op lists.ubuntu.com>
Pour :: 	Ubuntu Belgium <ubuntu-be op lists.ubuntu.com>



L.S.

One of the recurrent topics in the weekly IRC meetings is the
organization of events. Up to now the events have been Dipro and/or
Computer fair based.
If a dedicated Ubuntu user wants to create a demo or another event in
his town or school or ... he/she cannot contact the events team
directly. Our website lacks a Event Team contact page and email address.

I propose to create a workgroup consisting of one Point of Contact per
province.

Communication can be done as follows:

One global "events request/support" email address. All members of the
Events Team must receive the event request/support email and
automatically take action. That person then becomes the sole point of
contact for the person requesting or support.
or
Create an event request/support form on a webpage with an option list
consisting of all the provinces. Based on the selected province, the
representativate of that province receives the mail as well as the the
coordinator.

Once the rest of the Events Team has been informed and the request is
withheld, the information can be delivered to the other members of the
Belgian Loco Team using this maillist or an IRC meeting.

A new webpage should also be created explaining the what/where/how of
requesting our support in creating an event

Your comments are welcome and who will lead the way in this project?

Alain
aka Wamukota