Monthly Archives: August 2010

Aug27

Spring Cleaning the wiki over UGJ Weekend

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Spring Cleaning the wiki over UGJ Weekend

There is an enormous amount of useful information on wiki.ubuntu.com however there is also a lot of duplicate triplicate and redundant material on there also.  This weekend why not get your loco reviewing a section of the wiki and help to clear up some of the pages.  I’ve noticed sometimes that a page was created in lower  case and then never used as someone else created the wiki in upper case, well then the one not used should be removed.

The LoCo Council are going to be looking over the sections of the pages LoCo Teams and if you want to help that would be great.  A lof of that information is on the LoCo Directory – I’d hope by now folks know about the directory………………

If you go through the wiki and find all the pages that are out of date, unused or the information is over on the LD already  add the Category “CategoryLoCoObsoleteâ€? to it.   We the LC will review the pages and decide their fate.  So don’t be worried.

FYI — to add a Category, just append:

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CategoryLoCoObsolete

to the bottom of a page. If there’s already a Category, do this:

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CategoryAwesomeTag CategoryLoCoObsolete

I’ll be in #ubuntu-locoteams on Satuday from 9am UTC – 4pm UTC and on Sunday from 10am UTC – 7pm UTC

Aug25

Maverick Meerkat Release Parties

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Maverick Meerkat Release Parties

Not long left till Maverick Meerkat aka 10.10 is released with that in  mind it’s time for loco teams to start to plan for their release party.  I’ve added the global event to the LoCo Directory Maverick Meerkat is scheduled for  release on the 10th of the 10th 2010. To celebrate 10.10 LoCo teams have  organised parties to celebrate these events.

Release parties are a great way to celebrate, meet new friends and often introduce new people to Ubuntu and to our local communities. Release parties are not only great way to meet people but also they are a lot of  fun.  Please add your event to the LoCo Directory

If you want to organise a release party:

* Learn more. Read the guidelines on how to run a party.  Many of the release parties are organised by Ubuntu LoCo Teams. Check with your local team to see if  you can work together on a party.

* Get advice. Ask other loco teams what they have done in the past and what to do, ask on the loco contacts list, or in #ubuntu-locoteams
* Let everyone know. Announce your party on the loco-contacts mailing list to spread the word!

If you have a release party scheduled, be sure to:

* Add your party to the LoCo directory – http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/team/add

* Spread the word. Blog about it, advertise it, tell your friends, tell local media, tell podcasts and otherwise promote it, tag it with #locoteams

* Stay in touch. Join the IRC channel #ubuntu-release-party on irc.freenode.net

* Add picture tags. If you post photos to Flickr, please tag them with *ubuntu*, *release*, *party*, *2010*, *10.10* and *Maverick*.

Jono Bacon the Ubuntu Community Manager is wanting to put together a collage of release party group photos, so take a group photo of your party people and email jono AT ubuntu DOT com with a link to the photo online and the subject *”Maverick Release Party Photo”* — ensure that you specify which LoCo Team party it is at.

Aug24

New Conference packs for LoCo Teams

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New Conference packs for LoCo Teams

I am very pleased to announce the new Conference packs for LoCo Teams, this came from a session at UDS-M in Brussels of this year but also was something we’ve been looking at for a while.  So it’s great to see an action item marked DONE (which makes bacon happy) but also has a positive effect for a lot of people.  We wanted to encourage teams to become and stay an approved LoCo Team and how we could possibly help. With that in mind we looked what was currently available, we talked to many people on what they thought might be helpful to them. When you attend an event you are representing your team and Ubuntu, so to present yourself in a professional manner we looked at things like a banner for teams.

The LoCo Council would like to thank Jane Silber for this as she was one of the people in the session who encouraged us to bring this action item to light and also we’ve had great help from Cezzaine Haugh and also Canonical for making this happen for all LoCo Teams, thank you very much!

The following has been approved for conference packs, and the wiki has been updated to reflect this

Once off gift to approved loco teams
When a LoCo Team is approved, part of what they need to do is nominate someone to receive and manage their LoCo Welcome Pack, which Canonical will provide.

  • x1 PVC banner – (one design only)
  • x1 Table cloth – (one design only)

Pack A – Approved loco teams

  • x55 Lanyards
  • x2 caps
  • x25 mixed sticker sheets
  • x25 pin-badges – (These have yet to be produced)
  • x2 t-shirts (release t-shirt) for give-away/booth staff
  • x1 Official Ubuntu Book (prize/give-away) – (Only while stocks last, we will not produce anymore than the amount received after each release)
  • CDs (250 Desktop, 25 Server, 25 Kubuntu) – (To be requested via shipit as per usual process)
  • Name badges (Loco to produce their own)
  • Ubuntu leaflets (Loco to create a project to produce their own ideas)
  • Ubuntu video (Canonical to provide – will be available for d/l on wiki once completed)

Pack B – UnApproved loco teams

  • x25 mixed sticker sheets
  • x55 Lanyards
  • CDs (75 Desktop) – (To be requested via shipit as per usual process)
  • Name badges (Loco to produce their own)
  • Ubuntu leaflets (Loco to create a project to produce their own ideas)
  • Ubuntu video (Canonical to provide – will be available for d/l on wiki once completed)

Also discussed and decided last week on was:

  • Ubuntu leaflets – not relevant in most countries due to various languages. Loco council will introduce a community driven project for loco teams to design their own Ubuntu leaflets based on brand guidelines and access to assets. Assets for these can be found at: http://design.canonical.com/the-toolkit/ubuntu-brand-guidelines/
  • Name-badge designs - this is mainly when hosting their own events. Again Loco’s to create their own using assets and brand guidelines.
  • Ubuntu video to run on machines at events – Canonical is currently working on a generic Ubuntu video in English and a few other languages – this will be added to the wiki page once completed.