[DC LoCo] The "if anything" option for the Washington DC USA LoCo Team.

[flint]

Dear Jeff,

Thank you for your kind response.  Often I respond with passion and
bravado, and fully understand that things must proceed at their own pace. 
In the spirit of "Release Early And Often" I am including the LoCo
Community in our correspondence as they need to understand this context
for
what it is worth...

FYI, Ally put the garden to bed last evening, Vermont grows tawny and
crisp...

Kindest Regards,

Paul  

On Mon, 8 Oct 2012 15:04:35 -0400, Jeff Elkner <jeff at elkner.net> wrote:
> Thanks for once again setting sparks in what otherwise may have been a
> dull pro forma discussion.  I will, as I often do, completely disagree
> with you, but I appreciate your entry into this discussion non the
> less.
> 
> Kevin and I discussed the things that the LoCo council is asking us to
> do before we started this undertaking.  My personal feeling was that
> they were overwhelmingly good things to do if we actually wish to be
> more effective promoting Ubuntu and free software in general, and I
> most certainly do want to be more effective.
> 
> Thanks again.
> 
> jeff
> 
> On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 2:10 PM, flint <flint at mail.flint.com> wrote:
>>
>> Kevin,
>>
>> I believe that we need to examine this issue via the other side of the
>> looking glass.
>>
>> Here you, Jeff and a whole lot of very smart people in Washington DC,
our
>> nations Capital, are willing to spend time in this Local Community
>> activity.  I am wondering why you need the approval/rubrics of some
>> central
>> London based martinet or bureau of plutocrats?  Process is fine for all
>> that, but the esprit of hacking needs to challenge this meaningless
>> churning of "official renewal".  This is, in the vernacular of the
>> Commonwealth - "Bloody Poppycock".  As the founder of the DC LoCo, I
just
>> want to make it clear that there continues to be too much cob-webbing
and
>> red tape then the smart thing to do for the DC LoCo may be to become
>> something like the Vermont Area Group of Unix Enthusiasts
>> (http://www.uvm.org/vague/wiki/index.php/Main_Page note that this page
>> is a
>> "bit" moribund, as it was last updated two years ago :^).  To put this
in
>> in simple terms, I believe that you are not a franchisee of the Ubuntu
>> Local Community, but rather you ***are*** the DC Ubuntu Local
Community,
>> and need to be treated with organizational respect, not with blackmail
>> regarding status...
>>
>> But hey, this is just my opinion, Your Mileage May Vary...
>>
>> On Mon, 8 Oct 2012 12:44:13 -0400, Kevin Cole <dc.loco at gmail.com>
wrote:
>>> On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 10:57 AM, Jeff Elkner <jeff at elkner.net> wrote:
>>>> On Sun, Oct 7, 2012 at 12:11 PM, Sujit Joshi
>>>> <sjosh.theonlyone at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Hi Jeff,
>>>>> My answers are embedded:
>>>>>
>>>>> 1. Should we work to get the DC Ubuntu LoCo officially re-approved?
>>>>>       --- Yes. Although I dont know how we should do it.
>>>>
>>>> Kevin has a pretty good idea what needs to be done, and it isn't a
>>>> giant hurdle to jump.  Mostly, we need to use the approved Ubuntu
>>>> channels to document what we are doing and then apply to the LoCo
>>>> council for re-approval. (please confirm or correct, Mr. Cole!)
>>>
>>> Yes. As mentioned previously: Evidence of activity includiing meeting
>>> logs, photos, and postings on our web site.  See prior e-mails.
>>>
>>>>
>>>>> 2. What do you think is the role / purpose of the LoCo?  What kinds
of
>>>>> things should we do?
>>>>>       --- My sole purpose of joining this group was to promote
Ubuntu
>>>>>       any
>>>>> which ways possible. But I think we need to expand our ambit of
>>>>> operations
>>>>> and not just focus on Takoma park high school. I am pretty sure
other
>>>>> schools would be willing to have Ubuntu if they knew what it is.
>> That's
>>>>> where we come in. And why high schools only, what about small
>>>>> businesses?
>>>>> After all we are near DC.
>>>
>>> To that end, I'm following the evolution (I hope) of the Mini-Maker
>>> "un-Faire" and plan to table for it, assuming it comes to pass.  Once
>>> again the bat-time / bat-channel for that is November 17 at MLK
>>> library.  Further details when/if they evolve.
>>>
>>>
>>>>> Going off topic here but I uploaded few snaps from TPFF on flickr.
:)
>>>
>>> Please send your Flickr ID to Mackenzie, she can add you to the Flickr
>>> LoCo list so that you include your uploads in the LoCo group.  Thanks.
>>
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