<somerville32> Hi LoCo peps :)

<somerville32> I need some LoCo news for the UWN :)

<ulinskie> hello somerville32

<somerville32> Hi :)

<ulinskie> somerville32: will try to write later... some ubuntu-ph members will be joining the asia source 2

<somerville32> Awesome

<ulinskie> brb

<atoponce> somerville32: i have some news, if you're still looking

<somerville32> I am

<atoponce> somerville32: the Utah team (lead by Zelut and I) and the Ohio team (led by Zorian (steve stalcup)) are creating a USTeams project

<somerville32> What is the USTeams project?

<atoponce> somerville32: http://wiki.ubuntu.com/USTeams

<somerville32> Ok, once I'm done editing the wiki, you can add it

<atoponce> somerville32: basically, we want a LoCo Team in every state by the end of the year

<atoponce> somerville32: basically, the idea is this: use existing tools provided by the LoCo Teams to help support struggling US teams and help set up new ones in the States

<somerville32> Awesome :)

<somerville32> Have you talked with Jono about it yet?

<atoponce> somerville32: no, actually, i was hoping he would be here tonight, but it looks like he just left

<somerville32> Oh, ok

<somerville32> Well, lets put it in UWN 29 then

<somerville32> Once you've had a chance to speak with Jono

* atoponce just sat down to the comp

<atoponce> sounds good

<atoponce> somerville32: meet in #ubuntu-us this sat at 17:00 utc

<atoponce> s/meet/irc meet/

<somerville32> Is it on the fridge?

<atoponce> yeah

<somerville32> Are you _sure_?

<atoponce> yup.

<Zelut> sounds like it might not be

<somerville32> Is this it? Ubuntu US LoCo Team Mentor Meeting

<atoponce> unless someone removed it

<atoponce> somerville32: yeah

<somerville32> ok ok

<somerville32> Already in the UWN :)

<Zelut> looks like its there. just checked

<atoponce> somerville32: cool. thx

<atoponce> speak of the devil. :)

<atoponce> jono: Zelut and i have something we want to run by you

<somerville32> hehe

<jono_> atoponce: shoot :)

<atoponce> jono_: Zelut, myself and vorian (steve stalcup) have started a new loco teams project in the US, and we wanted your input

<atoponce> jono_: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/USTeams

<jono_> atoponce: cool, fill me in :)

<atoponce> basically, we want a strong LoCo Team in every state by the end of the year

<atoponce> sooo, the strong teams help new or struggling teams become successful

* dthacker is listening

<atoponce> we hope to do this by building on the already existing documentation, but hope that successful state LoCos will be motivated to step in and help

<atoponce> we started #ubuntu-us as the irc channel for all thing US LoCo specific just for that

<atoponce> Zelut: anything i'm overlooking?

<Zelut> atoponce: I don't think so..

<atoponce> jono_: already, we have helped set up two teams: Nebraska and Kentucky

<Zelut> jono_: I like to think of it as a way for existing teams to 'mentor' growing or struggling teams to share successes and help build

<jono_> atoponce: I think this is great, the US has quite a few 'dry spots'

* etank representing Kentucky

<jono_> atoponce: but you need to make sure thatit is state level and not building a ubuntu-us team with branches

<atoponce> jono_: yeah. that's what we recognized also.

<jono_> Zelut: sounds great

<dthacker> welllll, Nebraska was set up, but we did appreciate the irc help

<jono_> this is an excellent project :)

<atoponce> jono_: right. all LoCo teams will be state based. USTeams is just a process, not a team

<Zelut> jono_: right. from the beginning I wanted to make it clear that it is not a new team or anything that oversees all US teams

<Zelut> just a better solution to communicate and work together to make a stronger US base of teams

<dthacker> atoponce, why another layer of organization? why not build 1 to 1 mentoring relationships with existing teams?

<jono_> I would be grateful if you could document your experiences doing this so that we can look at other continent or region level mentoring processes

<jono_> your work could be useful for others

<jono_> this is planned, for example, for Africa

<atoponce> dthacker: we are not creating a new layer of organization. all mentoring and liasons will be state-to-state

<Zelut> jono_: sure. I'd like to work to improve existing LoCo docs to make a better framework or step-by-step for anyone, wherever they might be, to do the same

<somerville32> I'll also mention this to Burgundavia

<atoponce> jono_: yeah. we will be documenting heavily, for sure. :)

<jono_> Zelut: yes indeed - this can be done to the Knowledge Base docs as an example :)

<somerville32> I'm sure he could pull from your experiences to help do the same in Canada :)

<jono_> atoponce: you guys got blogs?

<atoponce> we just want to put Ubuntu on the US map. :)

<atoponce> jono_: pthree.org

<Zelut> jono_: I'm the one who floods the planet with all those tutorials

* atoponce admits it was for perl, python and php, but that never caught on

<atoponce> jono_: as soon as mako approves my membership, i'll post to the planet

<jono_> cool, this needs to be regularly blogged about

<dthacker> atoponce, ok.

<jono_> would be nice to make it an open process too - lets bring it up at the next Loco meeting

<atoponce> jono_: ok. cool. when is the next meet?

<Zelut> jono_: we are also planning meetings in #ubuntu-us for all us-based teams. this week, jan 20 & 1700 UTC

* dthacker wants recruiting advice, that has been far more difficult than creating the supporting infrastructure

<atoponce> dthacker: utah can definitely help you with that. we have experience there. :)

<somerville32> atoponce, Maybe once you've finish the US, you could expand to include all of North America?

<atoponce> somerville32: lol. sure, why not? :)

<Zelut> somerville32: I think the framework we'll be putting in place could be translated to any region

* somerville32 nods.

<somerville32> atoponce, Heck... why not the whole world? :]

<somerville32> lol

* atoponce is on it

<dthacker> atoponce, how does this fit with all the "regional" us locos on the startup list now?

<dthacker> ubuntu-midwest, for example?

<Zelut> dthacker: personally I prefer organization on the state level but I want to get feedback on that during the upcoming meeting.

<atoponce> dthacker: i would like to see it split up to a state level, as in-person meetings would be easier to accomodate

<Zelut> dthacker: I wonder if it isn't a good solution in some areas

<atoponce> monthly in-person meets, really strengthen a loco, if you ask me.

<atoponce> Zelut: yeah. we definitely need to bring it up at the meet, and get feedback

<atoponce> the demographics might make it difficult to do state-level in some areas

<dthacker> Zelut: in the northeast, it may make sense. The midwest region is huge.

<Zelut> dthacker: our team is statewide (utah) and we are pretty spread out, but I'm trying to work with regional LUGS for better localization within the team

<jono_> sorry chaps, currently in a conf session

<jono_> back in a sec

<dthacker> localization?

<Zelut> jono_: np. mainly wanted to make you aware of the project before we *really* dived in

<jono_> thanks guys, keep me informed :)

<Zelut> dthacker: the team is the statewide utah team but we've got smaller sub-groups in the north, south, etc..

<dthacker> Zelut: everyone in our group is within 60 miles of Omaha (on the eastern edge of the state).

<dthacker> so we're working on a 3-4 hour driving radius from Omaha at this point.

<dthacker> we're including western Iowa until another group springs up to carry the torch

<Zelut> dthacker: there are a few of us that drive 1hr-ish to attend meetings

* atoponce drives about 45 minutes to the monthly meet

<jono_> atoponce: Zelut - have you posted this to loco-contacts?

<atoponce> jono_: mailing list? not yet. we wanted to run it by you first

<Zelut> jono_: again, wanted to notify you before it became too public

<Zelut> jono_: but I think things look ok to take to that step now

<jono_> atoponce: ahhh cool

<atoponce> somerville32: is there a link to the existing UWN wiki?

<somerville32> for the next release?

<atoponce> yeah

<jono_> atoponce: yeah go ahead - I think this sounds great, just make sure everything is out in the open and publically discussed - which I know you will do

<somerville32> yup

<somerville32> linked on main page

<atoponce> jono_: no problem

<jono_> great! :)

<jono_> kick ass, in fact :)

<Zelut> jono_: if you can attend on sat I think that would help.. if you're available

<atoponce> jono_: haha! will do!

<dthacker> jono_: any chance of getting artwork for that "Not Afraid of Open Source" T-Shirt you mentioned in your blog the other day?

<somerville32> jono_: Do you think you could encourage people to feel free to add their LoCo news to the UWN? :)

<somerville32> One complaint we get is not enough local Ubuntu news

<lisander_> hello everybody

<lisander_> anyone online belong to the laptop team

<dthacker> not me, but hello anyway

<lisander_> i have a new toshiba m45-s359

<lisander_> running edgy

<lisander_> and i have a little wierd behaivor

<lisander_> with the keyboard

<lisander_> i cant find the proper keyboard layout

<dthacker> have you talked with the folks in #ubuntu? Or checked the forums? There might be an answer there.

<lisander_> any time i press left shift key the keyboard goes crazy loco

<lisander_> and i have to log out and login back

<lisander_> until i press shift and start all over

<lisander_> im coming insane

<dthacker> *sigh*

<jdsanderson> ? this thing working

<Burgundavia> yes

<jdsanderson> ? so where am i ,, am i really running with no bill gates attached ?

<Burgundavia> are you running Ubuntu?

<jdsanderson> on this partition debian on the other

<Burgundavia> ah

<jdsanderson> i am attempting to load ubuntu server on hugh of borg my backup server he is kinda small and old and stupid

<jdsanderson> ? is this the place to ask folks who are in the know the trifling ignorant questions

<lisander_> need support with my keyboard with edgy

*** yolynne is now known as ulinskie

<atoponce> when is the next locoteams meeting?

* atoponce checks the fridge

<atoponce> not on the fridge

*** jenda changes topic to "Welcome to the Ubuntu LoCo project! Full team list at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoTeamList | Next Meeting: TBA | Everyone! Go and add questions to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoFAQ - Approved Teams: Get your Edgy CDs see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoGettingCds | Does your LoCo Team need a forum? http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=181"

<alefteris> Hi. Anyone knows whom i need to contact to get my loco team details in http://www.ubuntu.com/support/local ??

<mdke> alefteris: please file a bug here: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu-website/+bugs - I will do it later this evening

<alefteris> mdke, ok thanks

*** mark__ is now known as markvandenborre

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