Recognising Ubuntu organisations

[SilverLion]

Good morning everybody,

I've read all the mails regarding this
topic now and still I think that "Membership" is not quite suitable for
NGOs etc. My thoughts are more directed to something like "Ubuntu
Ambassador" which still would recognize the work of the specific
organization. But in my personal opinion a "member" should be a human
and not an organization.

Regarding review I'd say that we should ask
them to provide a video or odp for us to inform about their work. If
they are convincing us (aka the Loco-Team-Council) they get access to a
special "Ubuntu Ambassador" Logo for their website and the Right to
carry the title "Ubuntu Ambassador".

This way the effort for us is kept
to a minimum and still we are able to "reward" organizations for their
work in promoting *buntu.

Regards,
Silverlion

Am 09.09.2014 09:58
schrieb Daniel Holbach:
> Hello everybody,
> 
> Prakash and I just had a
conversation after an enquiry of an NGO which
> was looking to be
recognised for their work done as a service provider
> for schools,
hospitals, etc.
> 
> Unfortunately so far we don't have an elaborate
certification programme
> for NGOs/NPOs yet. There are no "Ubuntu
Certified Labs", no "Ubuntu
> Campus Ambassadors" or "Ubuntu Community
Service Partners" or anything
> of that sort, as we don't have training
materials, certification
> standards or certification boards for
activities like this yet.
> 
> Still, I think it would be fantastic if
we could recognise people who,
> every day, go out there and integrate
Ubuntu into the rest of the world.
> 
> If we don't want to spend a lot
of time implementing standards, review
> procedures and more (which
would be quite understandable to me), I could
> imagine something like
this working:
> 
> - One member of the group which is looking to be
recognised
> applies for Ubuntu membership for the team's efforts and
points
> this out as part of the application.
> - Some of these groups
might be less involved with other Ubuntu
> members, which might things a
bit more difficult in terms of
> endorsements.
> - We design a nice logo
for "member of the Ubuntu community" (or
> something like that), so they
can put this onto their website
> and maybe we could even link all these
organisations on a page
> somewhere?
> - Mark's Ubuntu membership
certification would probably need slight
> changing as well. :-)
> 
>
All in all, I got the feeling that a lot of the activities that could
>
fall into this new category would be sort of like advocacy, but maybe
>
less tied to LoCo activities.
> 
> If we can recognise organisation (who
care about this) and give them a
> confidence boost, learn more about
what people are doing with Ubuntu and
> invite them to work closer with
the rest of Ubuntu community, I think
> that'd be absolutely
worthwhile.
> 
> What do you think?
> 
> Have a great day,
> Daniel
> 
>
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