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On Thu, 1 Oct 2009 21:58:51 -0700
Grant Bowman <grant...@ubuntu.com> wrote:

> It has been brought to my attention that the written guidelines for
> acting as a loco-contact are a bit vague.  LoCo wiki pages [1] say you
> need to be subscribed to the loco-contacts list and act as a point of
> contact however they do not say anything about forwarding select
> emails to LoCo mail lists, either unmodified or in a rewritten form
> which requires significantly more volunteer time.
> 
> As I have been reprimanded by our official loco-contact for forwarding
> items from this list to our local list I am hoping this can be
> clarified and documented for myself and others.
> 
> In my mind, not forwarding relevant information that LoCo Team members
> might find useful is more harmful than too much email.  Points of
> contact should act in both directions.  It seems obvious to me that
> forwarding select emails is very much in keeping with the spirit of
> acting as a point of contact but I acknowledge that this is not
> currently within the letter of the published guidelines.  It has even
> been suggested that forwarding emails such as Jono's "Getting key
> languages over the 80% translated level" is specifically not an
> approved practice and even goes "against local team policy" though I
> know that this "policy" is not written anywhere.  I welcome others to
> share their best practices in this area and help clarify the written
> LoCo documentation.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Grant Bowman
> Ubuntu Member
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam
> 
> 
> [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoTeamHowto
>     https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoTeamContact
>     https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoTeamRunning
>   

That sounds rather disturbing. There's nothing in this list that
shouldn't be accepted into any other LoCo list unless it shouldn't be
in this list either.

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Michael Lustfield
Kalliki Software

Network and Systems Administrator
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Michael Lustfield
Kalliki Software

Network and Systems Administrator
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