UbuntuOhio Tonight's Meeting

[Anthony]

Hi everyone! I'm sad to say I wont be able to attend tonight's meeting, 
since I've been drafted by work to do an all night shift to strip and 
re-wax our floors. However, there are a couple of points that I wanted 
to mention for tonight's meeting.

*Ubuntu Ohio HR* */ Recruiting*

Okay, so the words Human Resources are never really a positive thing, 
but I feel some similar effort may help. Our team is continuing to grow 
at a decent rate (we are over 110 members now). The one thing that does 
concern me, is that there has only been a slight increase in activity, 
and we don't seem to be pulling in many new members into sub-teams or 
projects, or even to the meetings or mailing list discussions. One idea 
may be that once a member joins, we can send them an email asking them 
their likes, dislikes, whatever, and suggest a project or team they 
might enjoy working on. Another idea may be to try and contact members 
that are currently on the team who we have not seen, maybe by email again.

*Upstream Ubuntu Teams / Projects*

I'm not sure if the term "upstream" has ever been used for teams before. 
I know many of our teams are still in their fledgling stages, and some 
may be looking for projects to work on. One idea may be to have our 
local teams contribute to various upstream projects. For example, the 
communication team might be able to help produce content for the new 
Full Circle mag being developed by the Ubuntu Marketing team (by maybe 
writing an article about LoCo's, or doing a behind the scenes for Ubuntu 
Ohio on the different groups, the future hopes, the people in the team, 
whatever a person decides). Then Ubuntu Ohio's loco marketing team can 
help spread the magazine around Ohio, maybe to new converts or having 
local computer shops offer it. Also the Education Team might be able to 
port guides and how-to's to the magazine, either gathered or created 
(remember, must be CC-licensed as both the Education Team materials and 
the Full Circle mag is CC).

*Spreading Thin*

This is a lighter concern, but may affect the overall health of our 
members ;) A lot of us are very active in both our personal life and in 
several projects for Ubuntu. I just want to remind everyone that you 
dont need to be superman for Ubuntu! The last thing I want to see is 
someone burning out, so dont forget to take some time for yourself. If 
you feel you are spread too thin among several different projects, dont 
be afraid to consolidate yourself to one or two projects to focus on. 
Dont worry, no one will be offended.