Czajkowski

LoCo Council Health Check session will be run on the 1st Tuesday of the month in #ubuntu-locoteams from 17:00-19:00 UTC  It’s open for everyone to come along and ask questions about how to get the most from your team.  If you have suggestions on how to improve the information and also any issues you need clarified.

Todays minutes are located on the wiki page If you want to take part in the next meeting come along.  If you have any questions for the council or other teams add it to the agenda items

Aloha! I’ve been doing more thinking lately ( this lack of working thing is doing my noggin in and leaves me a lot of time to ponder) Some folks hang out in #ubuntu-locoteams on IRC mostly the guys working on the development of the LoCo Directory, there are others there who just idle or pop in and out.

It would be great to have more people dropping in and chatting and meeting more people from all other teams, chat, bounce ideas off one another and get to know others in the community.  This channel is open to everyone, a lot of the LoCo Council hang out in here also so if you’re looking for us it’s a good place to start if you want to talk to us on IRC.

It would be great if more people utilised this channel more and encouraged their team members to join here.

While I’m at it, the # tag for locoteams is really taking off and great to see teams using it.  Don’t forget if you’ve an idea or planning an event tweet/dent it and add #locoteams to it and let more people know the work you are planning on doing.

So I’ve been pondering and mulling  trying to figure out how best to interact with LoCo Teams.  I’m on IRC and run a screen session so even when not there folks leave me a message.  It’s handy but I know not everyone uses IRC. Then we have a mailing list LoCo contacts list which isn’t being used as much as it can be, we’re working on that.  Then there are the forums, I’ve never been a forums user.  Finally we have social media Twitter and Identi.ca. So there are lots of ways to share your information with one another.

I thought it might be an idea for teams, members, anyone who wants to really to use the tag #locoteams If you create a search on what ever client you use, then you’ll be able to see what teams are planning, discussing, or announcing.  This would be a great way to kick start discussions and also share information with one another.

The Ubuntu community is a large international group of very enthusiastic and smart people who come up with new and exciting ways of sharing and promoting Ubuntu. Why not share that information with more people, use the #locoteams tag when you tweet and tell people about the work you are doing or just to get ideas flowing, maybe you’re stuck and want to bounce ideas off one another.

I am on twitter and identi.ca @czajkowski and do post a lot on Ubuntu, but also on rugby you have been warned! but I will as will other LoCo Council members be using the #locoteams tag where we can

Finally we got around to applying for our official status. The Irish LoCo has been active for over 2 years.   Now we’re approved. We’ve ran release parties,  face to face meet ups and organised software freedom day.

Recently one of our members has taken over Irish Translations so hopefully we’re gonna get moving on that.  At UDS we discussed bug jams, but also the need for other types, so I’m organising a Summer Jam. A day of bug squashing and translations followed by a BBQ.

Hopefully we’ll have more events and spread the ubuntu hugs n love, minus the ubuflu.

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