[ubuntu-us-ut] Still a team?

[Aaron Toponce]

On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 10:00:35PM -0600, Rob Oakes wrote:
> But with that said, it hasn't really been clear about how contribute to Ubuntu-Utah.  There isn't much structure, nor is there a way to suggest ideas.  And I don't have any experience with the LoCo structure.  If it's anything like traditional open source projects, sometimes the best option is to lurk for a while, learn the culture and then become involved.  But other than join the mailing list and volunteer to speak at the Utah Open Source Conference, I wasn't aware that there are other opportunities.  Does the group meet regularly?  If so, is there a calendar of activities?

We don't really have a calendar that I'm aware of. However, I think we
could definitely benefit from one. It would help define things. Get us
on track.

> Because there aren't any clear initiatives, I've never been sure what types of projects the team might be interested in tackling.  Based on the information on the Wiki, it seems like a lot of the group's previous activities have been aimed at Ubuntu promotion (writing articles, handing out CDs, etc).

Yeah. That's what has seemed to work well for us in the past. It's
simple so anyone can get involved, and it usually requires littel
effort.

> Have you done other things?  Might there be an interest in tackling a coding or design related project related to Ubuntu?  Right now, I've been interested in tackling problems associated with open source publishing technologies.  Does the group have any similar large scale interests?
> 
> (As a specific project example, I've long been frustrated by the lack of high quality templates for Scribus, OpenOffice and AbiWord.  Are there any design minded individuals who would be interested in packaging ten to twenty templates/design assets that could be donated upstream?)
>
> (In the aforementioned push for templates, I got myself started but haven't had time to return to it, http://blog.oak-tree.us/index.php/2010/08/21/modern-templates)
> 

I like this idea. Getting the LoCo involved with coding is good, but not
everyone is a developer. In fact, I would say that software development
is probably the minority with members in the team. However, getting
templates into Abiword, OpenOffice.org, etc is a good idea. I think most
of us could probably handle something like that.

> In addition to the wiki, maybe a good next step would also be to organize regular meetings and talk about the scope of activities that the group would like to sponsor?

We do have regular meetings, although I'm unsure where they are held,
the date and time. We do have http://utah.ubuntu-us.org as our main
page, and I tried keeping it up-to-date with the next meeting. Seems
it's a few months out of date.

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