Ubuntu SC March 27th IRC Meeting Topics

[Brian]

*Ubuntu SC March 27th IRC Meeting Topics*


 Xarquid has announced that Ubuntu Team South Carolina will be applying for
"Official Status" before the Ubuntu LoCo Council in May. If this goal is to
be accomplished, we must meet certain standards. The Ubuntu Council requires
4 things from LoCo's to be awarded official status according to their FAQ:



   -

   *Resources* - you should have a mailing list set up, IRC channel on
   Freenode and have some wiki pages set up on http://wiki.ubuntu.com/.
   More details on setting these resources up can be found in
   LoCoTeamHowto <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoTeamHowto>.
   -

   *Membership* - Do you have members in your group? Are the mailing list
   and IRC channel resources active?
   -

   *Roadmap* - Do you have an idea of what you want to achieve and which
   projects the group should work on?
   -

   *Experience* - What have you done so far? Have you done any advocacy,
   translations, exhibitions, support or other activities? We recommend you
   have done at least three activities before you apply for approval.



    *Things we have accomplished*

*Things we Must accomplish*

Mailing List

RoadMap

IRC Channel

Wiki needs work

Wiki (needs work)

We need a list of the things we have accomplished

Membership (more are always welcome)

Website needs work



 Before the Team can move forward, these topics must be addressed in the
time frame given. (the end of April) Xarquid also has proposed the idea of
sub teams (click here <http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=714167> for
discussion) With the formation of sub teams we can easily accomplish these
few goals.


 With all that being stated, these should be the topics of the meeting on
March 27th:



   -

   We need to establish a bit of structure to the team by forming
   sub-teams consisting of


   1.

      A Wiki Team
      2.

      A Website Team
      3.

      A Charter Team



   -

   The Website Team has the following responsibilities


   1.

      Getting the website and blog in order ie. adding graphics and
      pertinent information
      2.

      Making sure that all of the links work.
      3.

      Collect ideas from the Team in the forums and/or IRC and
      implement them.
      4.

      Graphic design


 The website itself is actually in pretty good shape, it seems to function
well, but it might need a thorough review just for proofreading, link
checking, and functionality; Also there is a link to the teams blog there.
Everyone is welcome to submit posts to the Website Team for the blog.
Everyone has an opinion, and everyone has had various experiences regarding
Ubuntu or perhaps the team itself. Lets each take a few minutes and put some
of those opinions and experiences down and submit them to the Website Team
for the blog!




   -

   The Wiki team has the following responsibilities which are pretty much
   the same as the Web Team


   1.

      Add graphics and change the order of the Wiki itself
(Discussion<http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=714167>was
started but needs more input from the team)
      2.

      Collect ideas from the team as to what other content we want
      displayed on the Wiki and implement them
      3.

      Link checking and proofreading
      4.

      Graphic design


 Discussion was started about the layout of the Wiki, but *voice your
opinion, *Look at other team Wiki's
<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoTeamList>for some ideas. I don't think we
need to copy, but this is our face the
public and prospective members see. Lets make it, (the Wiki) the Website,
and Blog look nice, and provide valuable information to visitors!



   -

   The Charter Team (also called a Core Team) has the following
   responsibilities:


   1.

   Coordinate all efforts around other teams
   2.

   Come up with ideas for the teams
   3.

   Contribute to the efforts of the teams
   4.

   Roadmap Ideas
   5.

   Compile a list of accomplishments of the group


 As far as the Roadmap goes, the team belongs to all of us. What do
*YOU*want to do in Team South Carolina? What would
*YOU* like to see Team South Carolina Involved in? I don't believe this
topic has been addressed yet. (or very little) An I have had, is
distributing Distro CD's (Ubuntu Kubuntu Xubuntu Gobuntu) within the state,
or supporting local public school systems with installing and educating them
on Ubuntu/Linux has been mentioned several times in the forums. These are
longer term goals, but we need ideas to put on paper for the official status
to be awarded to us. Lets start discussions – throw out some ideas and
dreams, then report them to the Charter Team!


 In summation, we need to *discuss and form* the 3 groups. We need to
have *ideas
and proposals* for each of the groups, and we need *volunteers to commit*!
As Xarquid has stated: this isn't a job, it should be fun! What are your
talents and how do they fit in to the agenda? Can you spend a little time to
help the group and have a good time in the process?


 We should have a new meeting on IRC in mid April to discuss the approval
application, and to start tying up the loose ends from the March projects,
and making sure we have crossed our i's and dotted our t's!

If you have problems reading this a copy can be obtained at
http://webpages.charter.net/brian1027/Ubuntu SC March 27th IRC Meeting
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