Category Archives: Ubuntu LoCo Council

New SubLoCo Policy

By Pablo Rubianes | Published: September 16, 2014

Hi, after a lot of work, thinking and talking about the problem of the LoCo Organization and the SubLoCos, we came up with the following policy: Each team will be a country (or state in the United States). We will call this a ‘LoCo’. Each LoCo can have sub-teams. This sub-teams will be created at […]

Want to get your DVD Pack first? Pre-order now!

By José Antonio Rey Cama | Published: April 3, 2014

We have just received news from Canonical that all verified LoCo Teams contacts who have pre-ordered a 14.04 DVD pack will receive it from the first shipment. This will only apply for those who register until April 8th, 2014. So, if you are the contact for a verified team and have not pre-ordered your DVDs […]

Get involved with App Development during Global Jams!

By Bhavani Shankar | Published: March 26, 2014

Calling all Local Community teams! Do you wanted to know what App Development in Ubuntu and Ubuntu touch is all about? Then read on… Daniel and David from the Canonical Community Team have put together some materials on App Development in Ubuntu and they are planning sessions to help you also to contribute to the […]

Interim Report on 2014 Census Effort

By Stephen Michael Kellat | Published: February 16, 2014

With regards to the recent census effort by the LoCo Council, it is necessary to provide an interim report as to our results. Out of the 161 teams that could potentially be contacted, members of the Council were able to send messages to 156. Five teams were not contacted: New Zealand, Yemen, Panama, Idaho, South Dakota. […]

Team Check-Ins, coming soon to your LoCo Team!

By José Antonio Rey Cama | Published: January 25, 2014

Hello again! This time we would like to announce that we have just started a process of team check-ins. Most team contacts should get an email from any of the members of the LoCo Council with some questions, so please make sure to respond to it as soon as you have time to. This will […]

Defining Bug Status for the ubuntu-locoteams Project

By José Antonio Rey Cama | Published: January 13, 2014

And as promised, more news from us are coming in. We are starting this year with new plans, new ideas, and trying to refresh some things. The ubuntu-locoteams Project on Launchpad is where issues against LoCo Teams can be filed, but is mostly used by the LoCo Council to keep track of the (re-)verification processes […]

New Logos Announced!

By José Antonio Rey Cama | Published: January 11, 2014

As many of you know, we opened a contest to find the new logos for the LoCo Teams and LoCo Council. After a while, we have finally decided that the winner is… Sam Hewitt! You should be seeing the new logos in place in a couple minutes on the ~locoteams and ~ubuntu-locouncil teams on Launchpad. […]

The Situation in Thailand

By Stephen Michael Kellat | Published: December 9, 2013

A prime minister fled police protection. Protesters are assaulting police who have been ordered not to resist the assaults. A financial wire notes on their Twitter feed that the Army chief won’t step in to stop the political unrest. Protesters even sought the removal of barriers to police headquarters and Government House as part of […]

Three Teams Verified

By Stephen Michael Kellat | Published: November 15, 2013

Due to time zone constraints, LoCo Council also handles Verification check-ins with teams via private bug e-mails in Launchpad. The Council recently closed out three separate check-ins with communities across the planet. Communities that have been recently verified include: Ubuntu Morocco (Check-in Application) Ubuntu Brazil (Check-in Application) Ubuntu Portugal (Check-in Application) Leaders of Ubuntu communities […]

LoCo Logo Contest!

By Pablo Rubianes | Published: October 26, 2013

Hello all! Here in the LoCo Council we think that out current logos are quite old, so we are opening a proposal for everyone who would like to participate. We are asking you to design one logo for the LoCo Teams and one for the LoCo Council, so we use that logos in all our […]