Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Account Expirations

2015-05-29 Thread Scott DuBois
On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 11:49:32PM -0700, Nathan Haines wrote: > People who are not in California should join their state or > country's Local Community team and should certainly not be a member > of the California LoCo on Launchpad. This wasn't a problem until > the Local Community Council steppe

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Account Expirations

2015-05-28 Thread Nathan Haines
On 05/28/2015 09:22 PM, Scott DuBois wrote: On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 01:45:30PM -0700, Nathan Haines wrote: It's also why when you first sign up, your membership expires in 2 weeks. A lot of people serially click "join" links, but after a couple of weeks of looking around, they'll know that Ubun

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Account Expirations

2015-05-28 Thread Scott DuBois
On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 01:45:30PM -0700, Nathan Haines wrote: > It's also why when you first sign up, your membership expires in 2 > weeks. A lot of people serially click "join" links, but after a > couple of weeks of looking around, they'll know that Ubuntu > California isn't a LUG or user group

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Account Expirations

2015-05-28 Thread Nathan Haines
On 05/28/2015 12:27 PM, Scott DuBois wrote: Much better than "ever expanding" lists full of old, dead, email addresses or as you state "UNSUBSCRIBE ME!11". Impressive forethought into the process; very nice. It's also why when you first sign up, your membership expires in 2 weeks. A lot of p

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Account Expirations

2015-05-28 Thread Scott DuBois
On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 11:46:42AM -0700, Elizabeth K. Joseph wrote: > In order to keep the list in the Ubuntu California Launchpad team full > of only active members, we expire everyone on a cycle (1 year, I > believe?), so if they're no longer interested enough to click the > "renew" button, they

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Account Expirations

2015-05-28 Thread Elizabeth K. Joseph
On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 9:06 AM, Scott DuBois wrote: > Hey, > > I just got an email that my Launchpad account was about to expire. Not a > problem > to go in and renew again, but what's up with the expirations? In order to keep the list in the Ubuntu California Launchpad team full of only active

[Ubuntu-US-CA] Account Expirations

2015-05-28 Thread Scott DuBois
Hey, I just got an email that my Launchpad account was about to expire. Not a problem to go in and renew again, but what's up with the expirations? -- Scott DuBois "The true sign of intelligence is... BSIT/SE not knowledge but imagination" EFF ID: 1731778