Re: Sponsored LoCo Teams (was re: Approved LoCo Teams - Discussion)

2013-02-11 Thread Craig Maloney
On 02/11/2013 04:09 AM, Benjamin Kerensa wrote: I realize that we don't do it to have DVD's (I don't know anyone in my LoCo who still uses disc media to install Ubuntu.) but instead the DVD's is just another tool to further the effort. I wonder how many groups do go through the approval / reap

Re: Sponsored LoCo Teams (was re: Approved LoCo Teams - Discussion)

2013-02-11 Thread Benjamin Kerensa
LoCo teams need not be approved to manage a website or register a domain containing the Ubuntu wordmark. On Feb 11, 2013 1:32 AM, "Christophe Sauthier (Huats)" < christophe.sauth...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 9:50 AM, YoBoY wrote: > > Le 11/02/2013 09:09, Benjamin Kerensa a éc

Re: Sponsored LoCo Teams (was re: Approved LoCo Teams - Discussion)

2013-02-11 Thread Christophe Sauthier (Huats)
On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 9:50 AM, YoBoY wrote: > Le 11/02/2013 09:09, Benjamin Kerensa a écrit : > >> >> IMHO contributing at the local community level should be the least >> bureaucratic and easiest process in the community. >> > > Hi Benjamin, > > And it is the easiest way to contribute for lot o

Re: Sponsored LoCo Teams (was re: Approved LoCo Teams - Discussion)

2013-02-11 Thread Benjamin Kerensa
Hi YoBoy, On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 12:50 AM, YoBoY wrote: > Le 11/02/2013 09:09, Benjamin Kerensa a écrit : > >> >> IMHO contributing at the local community level should be the least >> bureaucratic and easiest process in the community. >> > > Hi Benjamin, > > And it is the easiest way to contribu

Re: Sponsored LoCo Teams (was re: Approved LoCo Teams - Discussion)

2013-02-11 Thread YoBoY
Le 11/02/2013 09:09, Benjamin Kerensa a écrit : IMHO contributing at the local community level should be the least bureaucratic and easiest process in the community. Hi Benjamin, And it is the easiest way to contribute for lot of users in my community. They contribute to the localised resso

Re: Sponsored LoCo Teams (was re: Approved LoCo Teams - Discussion)

2013-02-11 Thread Benjamin Kerensa
Hi YoBoy, But that’s the issue the resources being sponsored are not community resources they are entirely from the commercial side of Canonical. It is not the LoCo Council or Community Council handing this stuff out and there are no other benefits of becoming approved except for getting those res

Re: Sponsored LoCo Teams (was re: Approved LoCo Teams - Discussion)

2013-02-10 Thread Benjamin Kerensa
I agree with the phrase "Sponsored" while at the same time I think YoBoy has pointed out a seemingly important issue. Which is sponsorship is nice albeit its not a reward or recognition the reality is that LoCo's do a lot of hard work marketing Ubuntu to get this label of recognition just so they

Re: Sponsored LoCo Teams (was re: Approved LoCo Teams - Discussion)

2013-02-09 Thread Bhavani Shankar R
On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 2:07 PM, YoBoY wrote: > Le 09/02/2013 01:20, Grant Bowman a écrit : > >> +1 for "Sponsored" which seems to have a majority from my unscientific >> view reading along. >> > > Really? Another fork of the topic? > > The "sponsored" term just make me smile, and it's so linked wi

Re: Sponsored LoCo Teams (was re: Approved LoCo Teams - Discussion)

2013-02-09 Thread YoBoY
Le 09/02/2013 01:20, Grant Bowman a écrit : +1 for "Sponsored" which seems to have a majority from my unscientific view reading along. Really? Another fork of the topic? The "sponsored" term just make me smile, and it's so linked with the commercial part of Canonical. We are not really spons

Re: Sponsored LoCo Teams (was re: Approved LoCo Teams - Discussion)

2013-02-08 Thread Martin Owens
On Fri, 2013-02-08 at 16:20 -0800, Grant Bowman wrote: > I am with "Ubuntu California" This is where you have to decide if your an actor on behalf of the Ubuntu California Local Community, or an individual associated with other individuals in the Local Community. In my travels, I hardly ever say

Sponsored LoCo Teams (was re: Approved LoCo Teams - Discussion)

2013-02-08 Thread Grant Bowman
+1 for "Sponsored" which seems to have a majority from my unscientific view reading along. I also like the term "Teams." If a discussion of terms has come about, I feel a more substantial and little discussed issue is the shortened version of Local Community, LoCo, crazy in Spanish. This term is