<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> As you may be aware the time is running out for us to get our Approval Application in to the Community Council for the 17th [ Assuming I was reading the Calendar correct ] . Now we need to get this Application in at least 3 days before 17th , so lets call this the 14th.To speed this process along, and I apologise for the lateness of the posting here, Id like to suggest that we use the 13th as a day to consider what we can contribute to the Application and how you can add you own special sauce to that mix (read below ) ! Further I will be online from 9:30pm till 10.30pm tommorow Evening on the IRC channel mentioned on our main wiki page (  <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam</a> ) , Alan Pope has already provided a great howto on joining our IRC Channel (  Alan ! I couldnt find it on Google, sorry mate   ) , and Im usually online during the day at some point ( just look for LoudMouthMan ) .  Did I miss anything ? Um thats it, sorry for the short notice ! Cheers Nik Linkeee: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ApprovalApplication">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ApprovalApplication</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoTeamHowto">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoTeamHowto</a> <h3 id="head-e42aa64e531a01a6bb6d24251665577ac6664e9d">Becoming an Approved Team</h3> Ubuntu <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCo">LoCo</a> teams fall into two approximate categories: <ul> <li> New Teams - these are teams that are in the process of getting started and have not yet been officially approved as an Ubuntu <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCo">LoCo</a> team. </li> <li> Approved Teams - an approved team is a team that is up and running, has each of the required resources in operation and the team is working well. When you become an approved team, it will make you eligible for certain benefits such as marketing materials, discounts or possibilities. An approved team is also considered officially by the Ubuntu project. </li> </ul> To become approved you should first decide upon a team contact for the team. This person will act as a point of contact between the team and the rest of the Ubuntu project. This person does not necessarily need to be a leader, but just someone who is happy to act as a point of contact for the team. For more details on becoming a team contact, see the <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoTeamContact">LoCoTeamContact</a> page. Importantly, the contact should become a member of the <a class="external" href="http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts"><img src="cid:part1.00010609.03080501@reducedhackers.com" alt="[WWW]" height="16" width="16"> loco-contacts mailing list</a>. Check the ideas and good-practice information from other teams, on the <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoTeamRunning">LoCoTeamRunning</a> page. To get approved, see <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoGettingApproved">LoCoGettingApproved</a> and also see the Approval Process questions in the <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoFAQ">FAQ</a>. </body> </html>