On 06/11/12 08:56, Alan Bell wrote: > On 06/11/12 08:45, Lucas Betschart wrote >> AFAIK (according to Jono) that's not allowed. At least it wasn't for >> us (Switzerland) when I asked. We've got the same problem (3 >> languages), just in a smaller size. >> >> But the LoCo's you've listed aren't "Approved LoCo's", that's maybe >> the reason why. >> > It is certainly discouraged, but people promoting Ubuntu in different > ways and in different places is always a good thing. Part of the point > of the LoCo structure is to be geographically grouped by country so > that various free goodies can be sent out like the CDs. There is no > reason why an India LoCo couldn't have pretty much independent groups > within it for various regions and languages. You just need to show > that you are organised and active as a team to get approved status. > Yes, the USA is a bit of an exception with various states running as > independent LoCos, however if you want an India LoCo that is approved > and gets the free CDs then working as one team is the way forward. If > you don't care about that, then carry on! > > Alan. > This has come up at the last uds and the uds prior to that also, the loco council is actually trying to work out how best to deal with situations like this. Indian loco is not the only one who has come up against this issue. There are a number of large country locations that could do with being broken down like the USA has done. This is currently something we are looking into this cycle.
Laura -- Laura Czajkowski https://wiki.ubuntu.com/czajkowski LoCo Council Member Community Council Member -- loco-contacts mailing list loco-contacts@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts
