My vote would be for calling it like it is: Sponsored. Anything that appears to confer special status or recognition ends up with similar problems to "approved."
It makes the pitch a lot easier too: "Go through our process and we give you stuff. If not, coo'. Either way, keep spreading Ubuntu!" Darcy. On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 2:54 PM, Alexandru Cucu <alexandru.c...@ubuntu.ro>wrote: > Hi, > > I think "verified" sounds best as the term is widely used and understood > [1][2][3]. > > -- > [1] https://twitter.com/verified > [2] > http://support.google.com/**plus/bin/answer.py?hl=en&**answer=1620074<http://support.google.com/plus/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1620074> > [3] > http://pages.ebay.com/help/**account/paypal-verify.html<http://pages.ebay.com/help/account/paypal-verify.html> > > -- > Alexandru Cucu > Contact for ubuntu-ro > https://launchpad.net/~**alexandru.cucu<https://launchpad.net/~alexandru.cucu> > > > On 02/06/2013 09:23 PM, Laura Czajkowski wrote: > >> A topic that comes up frequently on blog posts we've seen and also from >> talking to people is the word "Approved"LoCo it doesn't empower people >> at times. The feedback is that the word approved loco is not great >> to motivate others who have not been approved or at some point were >> approved and then not approved. >> >> There are many ways to look at this, and it may not change, but if we >> don't discuss it then we'll forever seen these comments elsewhere. >> Currently we have the group LoCo Teams and then two subsets, Approved >> and unapproved. Neither of which are particularly great but do convey in >> all languages what they mean. We also appreciate not everyone feels this >> way and many like the word approved so lets see if we could possibly >> find something better. >> >> Ideally the unapproved loco team would just be called LoCo Team and then >> the Approved LoCo team could be called or their status level could be: >> >> * verified loco team >> * evaluated loco team >> * sponsored loco team >> * reviewed loco team >> >> status = Verified, Evaluated, Reviewed, Sponsored >> >> *Ubuntu LoCo Teams ($status)* -- for the team that has been recognised >> as a team in good standing and that receives sponsored items from >> Canonical >> >> *Ubuntu LoCo Teams --* for regular teams that are just formed and have >> not been evaluated. >> >> If you have a better suggestion why not let us know. This was discussed >> at the last LoCo Council IRC Meeting - >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/**LoCoCouncil/Minutes/20130115<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoCouncil/Minutes/20130115> >> >> >> Cheers, >> >> Laura - on behalf of the Ubuntu LoCo Council >> >> -- >> Laura Czajkowski >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/**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<https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts> >
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