Time to regroup and move on.

Fri May 27 03:57:34 UTC 2005

yup, when things died down here again though we had two projects that were 
struggling. We decided it was better to come back and focus on one project. 
I think it is working out well. 

Thanks!
Andrew 

On 5/26/05, Alex Combas <alex.combas at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Andrew?!?
> 
> Didn't you leave to start your own project?
> How did that work out for you?
> 
> More the merrier.
> Welcome back.
> 
> 
> On 5/26/05, Andrew VanSpronsen <avanspronsen at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Quick update:
> >
> > I put my name in for the LoCo Community Contact and removed Alex's as he
> > had requested. Anyone else interested should sign up ASAP. Maybe we 
> could
> > vote starting Monday May 30th and end Saturday 5th at midnight?
> >
> > I would also volunteer to work on getting the website sorted out.
> > McMahonm, theantix, and Myles I am hoping would help me. I know they 
> have
> > been interested/involved. We can sort out the options and consolidate to 
> a
> > single, professional, flexible web presence. Sound OK?
> >
> > Myles, did you say you knew something about the Linode arrangement?
> >
> > avanspronsen
> >
> >
> > On 5/25/05, Ryan Thiessen <ryan at ryanthiessen.com> wrote:
> > > On Wed, 25 May 2005, Daniel Robitaille wrote:
> > >
> > > > 1) mailing list
> > (http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-ca)
> > > > Obviously it is working :) Who has administrative access to it? And
> > > > out of curisity, how many users do we have?
> > >
> > > Alex is the administrator of that list. At one time I asked him for 
> the
> > > ability to help manage the list, he agreed to this but I do not 
> currently
> > > have the access to the subscriber list.
> > >
> > > > 2) IRC channel (#ubuntu-ca)
> > > > Also working; but awfully quiet most of the time I'm on it (but I 
> tend
> > > > to be on it late evenings west coast time). Who is channel op? It's 
> nice
> > > > to see the logger is running (
> > http://threeducks.net/ubuntu-ca-log/).
> > > > Who is doing that?
> > >
> > > I registered the channel, and set myself, alex, and Corey as channel 
> ops.
> > > This can be altered pretty easily by either of us and was set 
> arbitrarily.
> > > We don't have much of a need for channel ops on such a small channel, 
> I
> > > hoped that between the three of us we'd have some sort of permanent
> > > ability to maintain operators.
> > >
> > > To answer the other question, the logger was set up after a request 
> from
> > > Alex, which I run off my server, full source code (modified from the
> > > example python-twisted irc log bot) provided on the site you linked 
> to.
> > >
> > > > 3) Contact person.
> > > > We need one, period. This is the person that represent us to the
> > > > Ubuntu world, and on the other side, the person the "world" talk to.
> > > > Important point: it is NOT a leader job; it is just the contact 
> person
> > > > to make sure information flow in and out between the LoCo team and 
> the
> > > > rest of the Ubuntu community.
> > > >
> > > > Right now we have a voting page, with one person on it (Alex):
> > > > http://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/CanadianLocoContactVote
> > > >
> > > > Alex? Do you still want the job? Anyone else wants to throw their
> > > > hat in the ring?
> > >
> > > As you've said before, we have some high profile members of the Ubuntu
> > > community on this list. I suggest that Corey or Daniel take on this 
> role
> > > as they have a very stable presence in the wider Ubuntu community. I
> > > don't think this needs to be a politicized process, if one of you 
> would
> > > like to wear this hat I suggest we just act on it with no voting or
> > > debate.
> > >
> > > > 4) Leader. Do we want one? Do we need one? Personally I don't think 
> we
> > > > need that job, but that's only my personal opinion. A community
> > > > leadership for a group like this one is not a function of a specific
> > > > leader, but is very much a function of various individuals putting 
> the
> > > > effort into the portions of the community and getting things done. 
> It
> > > > should pretty clear to anyone what needs to be done. It's not rocket
> > > > science here, but only a Canadian LoCo team. But maybe people feel 
> more
> > > > confortable with a "leader", who may or may not be the same person 
> than
> > > > our contact person.
> > >
> > > I concur, I don't think we need a person designated as leader and 
> think
> > > that would just lead to more conflict. Obviously we have several 
> people
> > > interested in the ongoing nature of Ubuntu Canada -- shown by the fact
> > > that you and Andrew have kickstarted discussions when they went stale.
> > > What we need is for people to understand who is responsible for what 
> and
> > > act accordingly. This email is a step in the right direction.
> > >
> > > On Wed, 25 May 2005, Andrew VanSpronsen wrote:
> > >
> > > > I am partial to the ubuntu/ca site. I would like to see ubuntu-org
> > redirect
> > > > to ubuntu.ca <http://ubuntu.ca> <http://ubuntu.ca> to unify the 
> presence. There is a cost
> > to
> > > > the current hosting situation with ubuntu.ca <http://ubuntu.ca> <
> http://ubuntu.ca>;
> > however, I
> > > > would like to followup with a note on the
> > > > http://udu.wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoTeamProcess page that
> > talks about having a
> > > > linode setup. This would give us the flexibility we need to run what 
> we
> > want
> > > > and sounds like it might be free? maybe once we have the conatct 
> sorted
> > out
> > > > they could followup? It would also give us the added clout of 
> running on
> > a
> > > > ubuntu platform.
> > >
> > > I don't think we need to spend money out of pocket on this. For one, I
> > > already have a linode with spare capacity running Ubuntu Hoary right 
> now,
> > > and of course Mathias has offered us free hosting as well (even though 
> it
> > > is uncertain who can currently access it). If the long term goal is 
> for
> > > Ubuntu LoCo groups to be hosted on a Xen virtual server at Linode, we
> > > should work with that in mind. In the interim we can work on getting
> > > either ubuntu.ca <http://ubuntu.ca> or ubuntu-ca.org<http://ubuntu-ca.org>up to speed, I am not partial to either
> > > but I am currently contributing to ubuntu.ca <http://ubuntu.ca> as 
> that is the server I have
> > > access to.
> > >
> > > In the end I agree fully with Daniel, we should only have one website 
> and
> > > all work together on it. Eventually once everything is merged I would
> > > like to see ubuntu.ca <http://ubuntu.ca> abandoned or point at the 
> more official and
> > > permanent ubuntu-ca.org <http://ubuntu-ca.org>. That should not be 
> taken as a sign that I am
> > > unappreciative of the efforts by the people who set up ubuntu.ca<http://ubuntu.ca>--
> > > instead I thank the people involved for keeping things moving when 
> they
> > > are stalled.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > -Ryan Thiessen-
> > >
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