[ubuntu-us-mi] ubuntu-us-mi expired from team

[Robert Citek]

Same here.  Life and the real world have gotten in the way of any form
of LUG, conference, or LoCo participation.

Yet, I still run Ubuntu every day, starting up and tearing down
several VMs, or cloud instances, or Docker containers of Ubuntu.  And
for those, I don't need physical media (e.g. CDs or USB sticks).  I
use pre-built images and then customize from there.

Back in the day when I ran Ubuntu on my servers, on my desktops, and
on my laptops, LoCos and LUGs provided a way to get media and help
with installs/configurations.  But today, with running Ubuntu in the
cloud and help just a Google search away, a geography-based LoCo seems
less meaningful.  If my Ubuntu instance is running in San Francisco,
CA, and I am connected to it while on a flight from Portland, OR, to
Atlanta, GA, what LoCo should I be a member of?  Or should I be a
member of all LoCos in the USA?

But that's just my perspective and I reserve the right to be
completely misguided.

Regards,
- Robert

On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 4:27 AM, Wolfger <wolfger at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm a little sad, but since I'm also uninvolved in Ubuntu lately... it is
> what it is. My current participation amounts to cheerleading from the
> sidelines.
>
> On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 7:30 AM, Craig Maloney <craig at decafbad.net> wrote:
>>
>> * Robert James Clay (jame at rocasa.us) wrote:
>> > On Monday, November 30, 2015 12:17:41 AM you wrote:
>> > > Hello RJ Clay,
>> > >
>> > > The membership of Ubuntu-Michigan (ubuntu-us-mi) in the Verified LoCo
>> > > Teams (locoteams-verified) team has expired.
>> > > <https://launchpad.net/~locoteams-verified>
>> > >
>> > > Regards,
>> > > The Launchpad team
>> >
>> >    What exactly does that mean?
>>
>> For the day-to-day running of the team? Not much.
>>
>> The team went from verified status to unverified status. From a tangible
>> perspective it means no more optical media and conference packs until we
>> get back to a verified state (which doesn't mean much as most folks
>> don't use optical media to install Ubuntu any more, and we haven't had a
>> presence at a conference save Penguicon for a while now).
>>
>> From a participation status it means we're in line with our current
>> level of participation, which is not a whole lot.
>>
>> Not that becoming unverified is not a punishment or anything like that;
>> it's just a flag for teams that are maintaining a level of
>> participation. We haven't maintained that level so the verification
>> ended.
>>
>> It's not hard to regain verified status, but this is more in-line with
>> where we're at.
>>
>> Hope this answers the question but if not please feel free to email me
>> and we can discuss further.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> --
>>   Craig Maloney  (craig at decafbad.net)        http://decafbad.net
>>     "Work hard, rock hard, eat hard, sleep hard, grow big,
>>      wear glasses if you need 'em." -- The Webb Wilder Credo
>>
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