[Ubuntu-US] Now What Do I Do?

[Steve Stalcup]

Howdy!

I have noticed several teams have been consistently holding meetings,
planning and hosting events, and all around good ole fashion Ubuntu
Advocacy.

I think there are several teams that are well on the way (if not already
ready) to become Approved teams.

-from https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoGettingApproved

In the LoCo project there are two types of LoCo team:

1. New Teams - these are teams that are in the process of getting started
and have not yet been officially approved as an Ubuntu LoCo team.

2. 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, CD's, and free hosting provided by
Canonical for your teams website (with a
http://yourstate.ubuntu-us.orgdomain). An approved team is also
considered officially by the Ubuntu
project.

What do we need to do to become an Approved team?

The first thing you want to do is review the following points:
1. Resources - you should have a mailing list set up, IRC channel on
Freenode and have some wiki pages set up on http://wiki.ubuntu.com/.
2. Do you have members in your group? Are the mailing list and IRC channel
resources active?
3. Experience - What have you done so far? Have you done any advocacy,
translations, exhibitions, support or other activities? We recommend you
have done at least three activities before you apply for approval.
4. Roadmap - Do you have an idea of what you want to achieve and which
projects the group should work on?

It is recommended that your teams roadmap be part of your team wiki page.

If these are all things your team has accomplished, then you might be ready
for approval.

Approval is a formalized process, and for time being, is to be handled in
the following way.
1. Create an Approval Application - Your application to become an approved
team largely rests in the application wiki page - you should call it
<yourteam>ApprovalApplication and place it in your LoCo team's sub-pages.
You can see an example application at
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoExampleApplication. This shows you the kind of
structure that the page should form. Before we look at the sections, here
are some important tips:

   - *Keep to the structure of that page* - use the same section headings
   and structure of the
LoCoExampleApplication<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoExampleApplication>page
- this makes it easier to read the page for those of us who consider
   your application
   - *Use lots of links and references* - this is *essential*. In the
   Roadmap and Experience sections and elsewhere on the document, you should
   provide web links to websites, blogs, mailing list archives and such that
   confirm the points you make on the application. So, as an example, if you
   have an activity listed in the Experience section, provide some web links to
   show what you did, or where it was discussed on the mailing list / IRC
   channel / forums.
   - *Be concise, detailed and clear* - we don't want to see thousands of
   words - just list the key points clearly and concisely.

When you have finished your application, email the link to Jono so he can
review it.  If he feels everything is up to snuff, he'll give you the go
ahead to put your team on the Community Council Agenda for approval.

If you have any questions about these steps, please feel free to email me,
or any of the mentors for guidance.  We will be more than happy to help you
along the way to become an Approved Team!

Lets make that map GREEN!

~Steve
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