[DC LoCo] The "if anything" option for the Washington DC USA LoCo Team.

[flint]

Kevin,

I believe that we need to examine this issue via the other side of the
looking glass.

Here you, Jeff and a whole lot of very smart people in Washington DC, our
nations Capital, are willing to spend time in this Local Community
activity.  I am wondering why you need the approval/rubrics of some central
London based martinet or bureau of plutocrats?  Process is fine for all
that, but the esprit of hacking needs to challenge this meaningless
churning of "official renewal".  This is, in the vernacular of the
Commonwealth - "Bloody Poppycock".  As the founder of the DC LoCo, I just
want to make it clear that there continues to be too much cob-webbing and
red tape then the smart thing to do for the DC LoCo may be to become
something like the Vermont Area Group of Unix Enthusiasts
(http://www.uvm.org/vague/wiki/index.php/Main_Page note that this page is a
"bit" moribund, as it was last updated two years ago :^).  To put this in
in simple terms, I believe that you are not a franchisee of the Ubuntu
Local Community, but rather you ***are*** the DC Ubuntu Local Community,
and need to be treated with organizational respect, not with blackmail
regarding status...

But hey, this is just my opinion, Your Mileage May Vary...  

On Mon, 8 Oct 2012 12:44:13 -0400, Kevin Cole <dc.loco at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 10:57 AM, Jeff Elkner <jeff at elkner.net> wrote:
>> On Sun, Oct 7, 2012 at 12:11 PM, Sujit Joshi
>> <sjosh.theonlyone at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi Jeff,
>>> My answers are embedded:
>>>
>>> 1. Should we work to get the DC Ubuntu LoCo officially re-approved?
>>>       --- Yes. Although I dont know how we should do it.
>>
>> Kevin has a pretty good idea what needs to be done, and it isn't a
>> giant hurdle to jump.  Mostly, we need to use the approved Ubuntu
>> channels to document what we are doing and then apply to the LoCo
>> council for re-approval. (please confirm or correct, Mr. Cole!)
> 
> Yes. As mentioned previously: Evidence of activity includiing meeting
> logs, photos, and postings on our web site.  See prior e-mails.
> 
>>
>>> 2. What do you think is the role / purpose of the LoCo?  What kinds of
>>> things should we do?
>>>       --- My sole purpose of joining this group was to promote Ubuntu
>>>       any
>>> which ways possible. But I think we need to expand our ambit of
>>> operations
>>> and not just focus on Takoma park high school. I am pretty sure other
>>> schools would be willing to have Ubuntu if they knew what it is.
That's
>>> where we come in. And why high schools only, what about small
>>> businesses?
>>> After all we are near DC.
> 
> To that end, I'm following the evolution (I hope) of the Mini-Maker
> "un-Faire" and plan to table for it, assuming it comes to pass.  Once
> again the bat-time / bat-channel for that is November 17 at MLK
> library.  Further details when/if they evolve.
> 
> 
>>> Going off topic here but I uploaded few snaps from TPFF on flickr. :)
> 
> Please send your Flickr ID to Mackenzie, she can add you to the Flickr
> LoCo list so that you include your uploads in the LoCo group.  Thanks.