[DC LoCo] What (if anything) do we want from our LoCo Team?

[Brian Curtis]

Hi gang,

Please feel free to add items either yourself or by e-mailing me/the
group/list. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DistrictOfColumbiaTeam/MeetingNotes/20121015

On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 7:51 PM, Kevin Cole <dc.loco at gmail.com> wrote:
> This is a mishmash of a recent chat with Brian Curtis.
>
> Since the IRC traffic on Sunday mornings has been... slow to put it mildly,
> let's shoot for monthly meetings in the evening, during the week.
>
> Lets try for next Monday (2012-10-15) at 7:00 to 8:00 PM.  If it works well,
> we can try to fall into a regular 3rd Monday, same Bat-Time, same
> Bat-Channel.
>
> In our discussion, Brian proposed meeting topics:
>
> 1: Monthly Meeting official new date.
> 2: Upcoming Events (Insert upcoming events list for the next 2 months)
> 3: Advertising mailing list Unix/Linux help "hotline"
> 4: Gathering information about our members and where they are with the
> Ubuntu experience
> 5: Ideas for the LoCo going forward
>
> hotline would be the mailing list for help
> promote in the e-mail to come to meeting with ideas and we'll gather them
> all together
>
> These ideas can be put up on the wiki and those who've gotten logins can
> massage it into better shape if you're so inclined.
>
> If you cannot attend but have something you want to have brought up at the
> meeting, send an "agenda item" request in e-mail and we'll bring up issues
> for you in meetings.
>
> You can also offer solutions / ideas via e-mail, and request that they be
> put into the wiki -- though it would probably be easier for all if you can
> add info directly.
>
> Brian said "a successful LoCo doesn't need to have formal meetings as long
> as they have a good way to gather 'wisdom from the crowds'."
>
> Brian has offered to attempt to fill up the wiki again and submit our
> minutes to that newsletter he once did..
>
> The other thing: We have a sorely underutilized dc.ubuntu-us.org site. I can
> add users and give edit permission. It doesn't need to be constantly
> updated, but it should probably be set up so that it doesn't actually look
> stale.  (I think the first thing you see is an upcoming event: TPFF 2011.
> My bad for not putting more there and at least keeping up with TPFF
> announcements.)
>
> We should end meetings with a "task list" and submit them to the LoCo to
> work on. Where the more regulars can take the not-so-easy-and-not-taken ones
>
> Brian uses mediawiki so Drupal and wiki formatting shouldn't be an issue.
>
> All this discussion can be added to a preliminary "newsletter" for next
> week. Maybe a wiki page.
>
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