[ubuntu-in] [Non Tech] Some Thoughts in General

[Mir Nazim]

On 10/26/07, Parthan S R <parth.technofreak at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi,
>
> Taking note of things happening in the past few weeks, I would like to
> put some thoughts I have though I want to forbid myself from replying
> to any particular post/thread.
>
> [1] Recently the mailing list of the Ubuntu India Loco Team is being
> frequently informed about starting up of new groups and teams.
> [2] The necessity for taking up indic related works for Ubuntu is felt
> and stressed by a lot of people.
> [3] Often discussion happens on contribution in terms of documents to
> the existing document base of our wiki
> [4] Rejuvenation (or how ever you call it) of the Ubuntu India Web Site.
>
> But a few things have been felt concerning to the team which we feel
> there is a need to sort it out and make some things clear. If any one
> wants to concentrate on specific regions of the Ubuntu project and
> feel that the Loco team is not actively concentrating on it, then..
>
> [1] Raise the issue with concrete steps on what you think need to be
> done. Just rants on things not being done will lead to /dev/null
> [2] Instead of going for new teams, start projects under the Loco team
> itself. You can make use of the wiki and mailing list (by using a
> special [tag] to indicate related mails).
>
> Thus if you feel language "foo" doesn't have enough focus and work on
> it, then start a ubuntu-in-foo *project* under ubuntu-in loco team
> instead of starting a ubuntu-foo team itself. This is because
>
> [1] You cause the loco team not to be aware of anything happening in
> the foo teams.
> [2] People might get confused of the many foo teams which might exist
> in parallel to the lubuntu-in oco team
> [3] This is nearly breaking the loco team into parts which work in
> their own ways. Also this will lead to formation of 100s of foo thinks
> as and when some one think they need to.
>
> Please refrain from formation of ubuntu-foo teams which can otherwise
> comfortably operate inside the loco team. When one part of the Loco
> team is trying to spread the awareness about it, there are other
> groups which are proving to be distractive to the process. Please
> understand Loco team is nothing about leadership, authority or fame.
> It is more about unity and contribution.
>
> If you are anyways not satisfied with the performance of current
> responsibility holders, then publicly seek to take up the
> responsibility in this mailing list and the matter will be looked up asap.
>
> Hope this makes people understand what our concerns are and do not
> again make us repeat the same points in future.
>
> - --
> With Regards,
> Parthan aka Technofreak
>
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Bang on, Parthan. Perfect reply and this should put end to all things taht
deserve >> /dev/null

Plus there is a feature in mailman called Topics. we can use that for
different projects under India LoCO team.


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We must not go to smaller fragmented teams.
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