ubuntu-ca expired from team

Pedro I. Sanchez psanchez at colcan.ca
Fri May 1 14:49:13 UTC 2015


Is this mailing list going to disappear then? If so, is there any other
list where "we" can get connected somehow?

-- 
Pedro

On Fri, 2015-05-01 at 14:33 +0000, CrankyOldBugger wrote:
> Well as I mentioned to you at the dinner last week, I wouldn't mind
> having my name attached to this if it's the only way to keep the
> "Ubuntu Canada" name safe and happy, but at this point in time I can't
> devote too many cycles to running things (as I'm already overloaded
> running a different charity.  My term there ends in another year so I
> might be more available then).  If we could delegate tasks out then
> perhaps we have a plan (i.e. Charles handles Ubuntu hours, Bob handles
> technical seminars, etc.)
> 
> 
> Nevertheless, you guys have done a great job and I know that the local
> Ubuntu and Linux communities were a great help to me as I jumped ship
> to Linux from a certain other OS manufacturer...  I would agree to
> "taking over the ownership" of the LoCo if for no reason other than to
> have it there for the next person who's looking into learning Linux.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, 1 May 2015 at 10:23 Darcy Casselman <dscassel at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>         I never particularly saw the value of an Ontario LoCo over a
>         Canada LoCo.  Except maybe more people could say they run a
>         LoCo, if that helps motivate people.  And we'd get more CDs.
>         
>         
>         It would mean, though, that there'd be no Ubuntu Canada forum
>         or mailing list or IRC channel.  We'd have an Ubuntu Ontario
>         list, etc.  Would people in Saskatchewan or Newfoundland join
>         that if nobody had set up a Newfoundland or Saskatchewan team?
>         I'm betting not.
>         
>         
>         
>         In-person LoCo stuff happens at a city level, not at a
>         province or country level.  But the Community Council/LoCo
>         council didn't want to have to deal with cities, so they
>         decided to make LoCos country- or state-based.
>         
>         
>         *shrug*, I don't think it matters much anymore.  I've talked
>         about this stuff before
>         (http://flyingsquirrel.ca/index.php/2011/11/04/recognizing-city-teams/).  But now I'm not convinced the LoCo model really works.  I'm not sure what does.  
>         
>         
>         Darcy.
>         
>         
>         On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 11:23 PM, John Kerr
>         <johneddie.kerr at gmail.com> wrote:
>                 Hi everyone
>                 
>                 
>                 That is a lot of work to do and in a geographically
>                 small country it can be done. It is a bit more
>                 difficult to do in Canada. Then if most of the
>                 activity is done by three guys in Ontario is it really
>                 a Canadian LoCo?
>                 
>                 
>                 The other problem is finding a good place to meet that
>                 is not too expensive for people to come out to. It is
>                 the old holding a meeting in a bar problem.
>                 
>                 
>                 So thanks for your efforts. And yes holding an Ubuntu
>                 hour in Guelph was something that I wanted to do, but,
>                 I really do have lots on my plate as it is. Work,
>                 church, Condominium board, Rotary (Mary is the
>                 president of the Guelph Trillium Rotary and we put on
>                 the Guelph Ribfest) is enough.
>                 
>                 
>                 Bob, there is a long story I have to tell you later as
>                 well.
>                 
>                 
>                 Cheers
>                 
>                 
>                 John
>                 
>                 On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 9:15 PM, Bob Jonkman
>                 <bjonkman at sobac.com> wrote:
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>                         ...and that's the end of that.
>                         
>                         If anyone is truly upset by the loss of our
>                         "Verified" status, have a
>                         look at
>                         https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoCouncil/TeamVerificationGuidelines
>                         for info on how to become re-verified.  E-mail
>                         me off-list and I'll
>                         give you some pointers on creating Team
>                         Reports, holding Team Meetings
>                         in IRC, and being a tireless
>                         spammer^H^H^H^H^H^H^H promoter of Ubuntu
>                         Canada LoCo events.
>                         
>                         - --Bob.
>                         
>                         
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>                         To: bjonkman at sobac.com
>                         From: Verified LoCo Teams
>                         <noreply at launchpad.net>
>                         Subject: ubuntu-ca expired from team
>                         Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2015 05:16:50 -0000
>                         Hello Bob Jonkman,
>                         
>                         The membership of Ubuntu Canada (ubuntu-ca) in
>                         the Verified LoCo Teams
>                         (locoteams-verified) team has expired.
>                         <https://launchpad.net/~locoteams-verified>
>                         
>                         Regards,
>                         The Launchpad team
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