Meetup.com offering for LoCo teams

[Nathan Haines]

On 09/30/2015 08:06 AM, David Planella wrote:
> As community and LoCo team members, at this point I'd like to ask you
> for your input and thoughts on how to move forward with this proposal.

I think the LoCo Directory Portal is very useful for internal 
organization, but underutilized.  But it fails as an external outreach 
nexus because it isn't discoverable.

The proposal makes it clear that the plan isn't to replace the LoCo 
Directory, but to use Meetup to supplement outreach, and to strengthen 
the utility of the LoCo Directory.  That's something I think can be very 
useful.

LoCos aren't fan clubs, they're Ubuntu advocacy groups.  Not every LoCo 
meeting or event will be appropriate for Meetup, but when LoCos are 
planning real-world outreach, Meetup is definitely the place to be.  So 
I think the kind of integration being proposed would be a big advantage 
for those LoCos who also choose to use Meetup.

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Nathan Haines
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