Re: Loco team contact change in Ubuntu-bo

2009-07-29 Thread Efrain Valles
On an important note, please make sure you change team ownership in launchpad. this will be needed when we start using the new LoCo Directory. Regards On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 11:29 PM, Mauricio Peñaloza S. wrote: > El lun, 27-07-2009 a las 14:41 -0400, Rolando Espinoza La Fuente > escribió: >> De

Re: Loco team contact change in Ubuntu-bo

2009-07-29 Thread Pedro Franco
El mar, 28-07-2009 a las 23:59 -0400, Mauricio Peñaloza S. escribió: > El lun, 27-07-2009 a las 14:41 -0400, Rolando Espinoza La Fuente > escribió: > > Dear all: > > > > I want just to inform you that the new Ubuntu-bo team contact will be > > Mario Cesar Señoranis Ayala. We just want to make sure

Free Official Ubuntu books for Approved LoCo Teams

2009-07-29 Thread Jono Bacon
Hi all, Recently I have been talking to Prentice Hall, the rather spanky-awesome publishers of The Official Ubuntu Book (http://www.informit.com/store/product.aspx?isbn=0137021208) by Mako, Matthew Helmke and Corey Burger, and the brand new Official Ubuntu Server Book (http://www.informit.com/

Re: Free Official Ubuntu books for Approved LoCo Teams

2009-07-29 Thread Bret Fledderjohn
Great opportunity! I've already submitted my request! Thanks Jono! - Bret 2009/7/29 Jono Bacon > Hi all, > > Recently I have been talking to Prentice Hall, the rather spanky-awesome > publishers of The Official Ubuntu Book > (http://www.informit.com/store/product.aspx?isbn=0137021208) by Mako

Re: Free Official Ubuntu books for Approved LoCo Teams

2009-07-29 Thread Martin Owens
On Wed, 2009-07-29 at 10:59 -0700, Jono Bacon wrote: > Hi all, > > Recently I have been talking to Prentice Hall, the rather spanky-awesome > publishers of The Official Ubuntu Book > All in all a pretty sweet deal, methinks. Enjoy! Thanks for organising and pushing for this Jono, a sweet deal

Re: Free Official Ubuntu books for Approved LoCo Teams

2009-07-29 Thread Maciej Danielski
This is great Jono, thanks! I will order the books for the Irish LoCo now. They'll come handy for the Ubuntu-ie booth/stand at OSSBarCamp in Dublin on 19th September. Also will start passing the books around to the team members as soon as they get delivered. Cheers, Maciej Danielski aka Mean-Ma

Re: Free Official Ubuntu books for Approved LoCo Teams

2009-07-29 Thread Neal McBurnett
Great idea - thanks! But using a wiki for authentication is an awful idea, not one we want to promote to either the locos or the publishers. How about using the launchpad team owner instead? How about getting the launchpad folks to write a little app with their api to do this in a way that would

Re: Loco team contact change in Ubuntu-bo

2009-07-29 Thread Jan Claeys
Op donderdag 30-07-2009 om 06:15 uur [tijdzone +1930], schreef Efrain Valles: > On an important note, please make sure you change team ownership in > launchpad. this will be needed when we start using the new LoCo > Directory. Uh, currently not all team contacts are owner of their locoteam on Laun

Re: Free Official Ubuntu books for Approved LoCo Teams

2009-07-29 Thread Jono Bacon
On 07/29/2009 11:54 AM, Neal McBurnett wrote: > Great idea - thanks! > > But using a wiki for authentication is an awful idea, not one we want > to promote to either the locos or the publishers. > > How about using the launchpad team owner instead? > > Because not every team is in LP. this will

Re: Loco team contact change in Ubuntu-bo

2009-07-29 Thread Dave Walker
Jan Claeys wrote: > > Uh, currently not all team contacts are owner of their locoteam on > Launchpad (and vice versa), so how exactly is this going to be used? > > If this is really needed, we'll have to warn about it and give people > the time to change things. > > There are really a few ways

Ubuntu LoCo Team Lists?

2009-07-29 Thread Michael S. Mason
To Whom It May Concern: Hello, my name is Michael Mason. I am interested in getting my group added to the official 'Ubuntu LoCo Team/Group List?' Could someone direct me with the proper procedure? My current Ubuntu LoCo Team/Group is located at the following sites: 1) http://www.burbanklu

Re: Free Official Ubuntu books for Approved LoCo Teams

2009-07-29 Thread Martin Owens
On Wed, 2009-07-29 at 12:22 -0700, Jono Bacon wrote: > Because not every team is in LP. this will be easier when the LoCo > Directory is online. :-) I thought that a launchpad team, properly organised was a requirement for official recognition. Perhaps it's worth going that route and fixing team

Re: Loco team contact change in Ubuntu-bo

2009-07-29 Thread Martin Owens
On Wed, 2009-07-29 at 20:25 +0100, Dave Walker wrote: > There are really a few ways this could be cleanly implemented, not > necessarily meaning the LoCo team leader is the Launchpad admin. Perhaps > we should discuss this at the next LoCo meeting, which we should have > soon. :) There isn't alway

Re: Loco team contact change in Ubuntu-bo

2009-07-29 Thread Dave Walker
Martin Owens wrote: > There isn't always a clear leader, we have team contacts (who connect a > team to the wider loco community) and team leaders OR team councils. > Those titles though are more internal affairs. > > Best to use clear language, so we don't get 5 people from a loco team > council

Re: Ubuntu LoCo Team Lists?

2009-07-29 Thread Martin Owens
On Wed, 2009-07-29 at 12:30 -0700, Michael S. Mason wrote: > > Hello, my name is Michael Mason. I am interested in getting my group > added to the official 'Ubuntu LoCo Team/Group List?' Hey Michael, So are you wanting to set up an Ubuntu Local Community group within your existing LUG? What loc

Re: UDS follow up - Improving Conference Pack

2009-07-29 Thread Joe Smith
On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 09:18:11PM +0300, Adi Roiban wrote: > I agree. We should start with creating the standard materials for the > conference pack. > Maybe we can work together with spreadubuntu website and make them > available there. > > Jono, as a start, do you think we can have the source

Re: Ubuntu LoCo Team Lists?

2009-07-29 Thread Michael S. Mason
Hello, Martin! Thank you for your quick response to my message: YES! So are you wanting to set up an Ubuntu Local Community group within your existing LUG? I would like to begin contributing with the following; installfests of future release parties? Then move forward with getting a local

Re: Ubuntu LoCo Team Lists?

2009-07-29 Thread Michael S. Mason
Good Day, Mr. Bassett! Thank you for your timely reply, I understand that you are very busy person. But, when may we get together to speak further? I am free this evening and I have my 'Burbank LUG' meeting tomorrow evening. I'll try to connect with you soon on your IRC Channel. Thanks a mi