Comments on: Approval and Re Approval Process http://www.lczajkowski.com/2010/07/22/approval-and-re-approval-process/ Ramblings, Ravings and Rantings Fri, 09 Dec 2011 14:55:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: YoBoY http://www.lczajkowski.com/2010/07/22/approval-and-re-approval-process/comment-page-1/#comment-11389 YoBoY Fri, 23 Jul 2010 09:29:46 +0000 http://www.lczajkowski.com/?p=793#comment-11389 Hi, I wrote the French Approval Application page (i don't put a "re" in front of that because it is like an approval application like Laura said). Because I'm not smart, i asked to our LoCoCouncil contact paultag what they expect to find in this page after writing a first draft. They love photos, photos with lot of people on them. The charts are good too, they can see in one view the importance of what you want to show. I can't help for the photos, but i can help for the charts. First the irc channels charts, one of our team member point me to this site http://fr.gogloom.com/ it's excellent to show the amount of users frequenting your channels. For example http://en.gogloom.com/FreeNode/ubuntu-locoteams/Graphic+View for the #ubuntu-locoteams channel. Second the mailing lists charts, I choose to show the number of posts per months, it's easy to count. You only have to go to the list archive, and for each month you have the number of posts. You can also use the size of the gz files they are an indicator also of the activity. Finally the websites charts. I can't help for that, you have to use tools, or to make your own tools to count on data-files or databases significant informations like number of new users, number of posts, ... don't take too much time on that if you can't do that easily. Oh, and another important thing, you are a team, don't do that alone, i had help to find the informations, to review the page, to correct my bad english, ... In prevision of that application we made a meeting in June asking for reports on each part of our activities. Have fun Hi,
I wrote the French Approval Application page (i don’t put a “re” in front of that because it is like an approval application like Laura said). Because I’m not smart, i asked to our LoCoCouncil contact paultag what they expect to find in this page after writing a first draft. They love photos, photos with lot of people on them. The charts are good too, they can see in one view the importance of what you want to show.

I can’t help for the photos, but i can help for the charts.

First the irc channels charts, one of our team member point me to this site http://fr.gogloom.com/ it’s excellent to show the amount of users frequenting your channels. For example http://en.gogloom.com/FreeNode/ubuntu-locoteams/Graphic+View for the #ubuntu-locoteams channel.

Second the mailing lists charts, I choose to show the number of posts per months, it’s easy to count. You only have to go to the list archive, and for each month you have the number of posts. You can also use the size of the gz files they are an indicator also of the activity.

Finally the websites charts. I can’t help for that, you have to use tools, or to make your own tools to count on data-files or databases significant informations like number of new users, number of posts, … don’t take too much time on that if you can’t do that easily.

Oh, and another important thing, you are a team, don’t do that alone, i had help to find the informations, to review the page, to correct my bad english, … In prevision of that application we made a meeting in June asking for reports on each part of our activities.

Have fun

]]> By: Robert Wall http://www.lczajkowski.com/2010/07/22/approval-and-re-approval-process/comment-page-1/#comment-11386 Robert Wall Fri, 23 Jul 2010 09:20:12 +0000 http://www.lczajkowski.com/?p=793#comment-11386 I've been following the re-approval happenings with interest, so I have an idea of what to expect when <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam" rel="nofollow">the LoCo I'm in</a> comes up for re-approval. So far, it looks like the process mirrors initial LoCo approval and Ubuntu Membership meetings in that the keys are 1) documentation, 2) documentation, and 3) documentation :) As you mentioned, team reports are a really good way of keeping track of things. I'm also thinking that an ongoing "portfolio" of events (updated after each event) would be a good idea, so that when re-approval comes around, everything is done already, and there's no scrambling at the last minute. One thing I've been wondering: for re-approvals, does the council want applications to focus on just things that happened since the last (re-)approval, or should they contain information on everything since the LoCo started? I’ve been following the re-approval happenings with interest, so I have an idea of what to expect when the LoCo I’m in comes up for re-approval. So far, it looks like the process mirrors initial LoCo approval and Ubuntu Membership meetings in that the keys are 1) documentation, 2) documentation, and 3) documentation :)

As you mentioned, team reports are a really good way of keeping track of things. I’m also thinking that an ongoing “portfolio” of events (updated after each event) would be a good idea, so that when re-approval comes around, everything is done already, and there’s no scrambling at the last minute.

One thing I’ve been wondering: for re-approvals, does the council want applications to focus on just things that happened since the last (re-)approval, or should they contain information on everything since the LoCo started?

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