[CoLoCo] Call for Leadership

[David Overcash]

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On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 2:32 PM, Alexander Stokes <stokes91 at gmail.com>wrote:

> CoLoCo team,
>
> I am Alexander Stokes, and I am pretty sure non of you guys know me. I
> have been an Ubuntu evangelist among my small group of geeky comp sci
> friends, and my passion for this OS has grown beyond those shoes. So I
> joined my local team, ...you guys! And I am now in the strange position of
> asking to lead. It's really silly to ask, but what I lack in experience, I
> make up in enthusiasm. I love to learn, and thank goodness, I love to
> socialize. We should keep this group alive! And if that means I make a
> giant leap to lead, I guess all I need is your help, guidance and support.
> If nay, that's totally cool, we just need to find a second option. I would
> hate to see this group fizzle out!
>
> I am a student at the University of Colorado, and I think it would be fun
> to plan for an "Ubuntu table" at the various university event days. I could
> help organize and do setup/ teardown. I just need a few people to show up
> and glow with knowledge.
>
> Elsewhere, we could call upon high school and university computer clubs to
> schedule disk distribution in bulk,l ultimately fostering involvement with
> the people who we will by competing/working with in the future.
>
> Heh there are so many possibilities! We could show off some creative
> talent in computer design at art shows, do bake sales(kidding), meet and
> greets with lawmakers, Ubuntu picnics, bugging parties. I could go on.
>
> It kinda saddens me that my inbox isn't spammed with possible events and
> things to get our creative community out there. I can sure help fix that,
> but its doubtful I can take over leadership (yet). ...Let's fix that!
>
> Sincerely,
> Alexander Stokes
> On Sep 19, 2012 2:07 PM, "David Overcash" <funnylookinhat at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Would love to see those ( coordinated or not ).  We were having geek
>> meetups for a while, but the attendance dropped quite low.
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 2:03 PM, <telecon at infosyndicate.net> wrote:
>>
>>> How about install and support meet-ups once a month, co-ordinated with
>>> a local HackerSpace?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 10:56 AM, David Overcash
>>> <funnylookinhat at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > Hello Team!
>>> >
>>> > So here's the deal - our LoCo is up for re-approval before the LoCo
>>> Council
>>> > ( bug at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-locoteams/+bug/1007194 -
>>> you need
>>> > to login to Launchpad before the link will work ).  Generally this
>>> requires
>>> > pulling together a short wiki doc on our activity, explaining future
>>> > endeavors, etc.  Coincidentally, I'm looking for someone to take over
>>> this
>>> > team ( and push us through the approval process )!  So if any of you
>>> are
>>> > interested, please toss your hat into the ring.  The duties involve,
>>> at the
>>> > least, holding onto all of our CDs, banners, and official Ubuntu books,
>>> > while coordinating ( at a bare minimum ) release parties.  I'm going
>>> to be
>>> > honest though, the LoCo council will probably not re-approve the team
>>> if our
>>> > only goal is to have release parties twice a year.  If you've got some
>>> great
>>> > ideas for events, are willing to send some emails and hop on IRC every
>>> once
>>> > in a while, and love Ubuntu, you're the perfect candidate!  We'll
>>> probably
>>> > have some sort of official changing of the guard ceremony at the next
>>> > release party.
>>> >
>>> > We're also technically looking for a deputy team lead in case anyone is
>>> > interested in having a position with less responsibility.  Feel free
>>> to toss
>>> > your name in for that as well.
>>> >
>>> > Cheers,
>>> > David
>>> >
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