On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 12:52 PM, Darcy Casselman <dscas...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 5:10 AM, Valorie Zimmerman > <valorie.zimmer...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hey Paul, we are dealing with these issues while trying to kick-start >> Washington LoCo into life again. It was originally registered by the >> official Contact who lives in Olympia, the capital city. However, most >> of the active members are in Seattle, a couple of hours away. >> >> Now, he's sort of rolled his work with OlyLUG into his LoCo work -- >> sort of leaving the rest of the state out. We Seattle folks want to >> regain this state-wide focus, while having local fun in Seattle too. >> It's a bit of a fine line to walk. > > Hi Valorie, > > I'm curious about the LoCo Council's opinion on what you should be > doing, but I thought I'd offer my suggestion as someone who's been > independently building a city group: Keep going!
On behalf of the Council -- Keep rocken!!!!!!! You're 100% right, Darcy. Keep going! > > Nothing should stop you from holding events Seattle and getting people > there involved in Ubuntu. Sure, it would be great if your LoCo > contact was in the same town to help you out, but the fact that he's > in a different city shouldn't hinder you at all. You should have > access to things like the wiki and the LoCo directory. If you need > access to other things like the website to help get the word out about > events, you should ask for it. > > If he's actively impeding your activities, I'd definitely take that up > with the council. If he just doesn't have the time or resources, > offer to help! We're here to help! Any issues with a LoCo blocking city level "startups" is frowned upon ( and soon, if we can finish up this thread, a nice and tidy violation of standards ). > > I'd love to have more people in other cities take the lead in > organizing themselves, holding events and volunteering their time for > the regional LoCo. Damn straight! > > Darcy. > > -- > loco-contacts mailing list > loco-contacts@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts > -Paul -- #define sizeof(x) rand() :wq -- loco-contacts mailing list loco-contacts@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts
