Category Archives: Ubuntu LoCo Teams

Regular LoCo Council Meeting for 21 October 2014

Meeting information #ubuntu-meeting: Regular LoCo Council Meeting for October 2014, 21 Oct at 20:00 — 21:33 UTC Full logs at http://ubottu.com/meetingology/logs/ubuntu-meeting/2014/ubuntu-meeting.2014-10-21-20.00.log.html Meeting summary Opening Business The discussion about “Opening Business” started at 20:00. Listing of Sitting Members of LoCo Council (20:00) For the avoidance of uncertainty and doubt, it is necessary to list the members […]

New SubLoCo Policy

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!

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!

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 […]

14.04 DVDs/CDs: Pre-Orders now open for verified LoCo Teams!

Hello, everyone! As you read it, pre-orders for 14.04 DVDs/CDs are now open for verified LoCo Teams. Only the team contacts should request this DVD/CD pack, which will be sent to the address they specify. These packs contain 150 Desktop DVDs and 25 Server CDs. Packs will start shipping when available, which is estimated to […]

LoCo Teams Update On Air!

As you read it. From now on, Philip Ballew, Nathan Haines, Pablo Rubianes and I (José Antonio Rey) will be hosting a monthly LoCo Teams Update session at Ubuntu on Air!. For these to be a success, we need your help. The updates will have news from the LoCo Council, and will also highlight what […]

Interim Report on 2014 Census Effort

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!

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

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!

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. […]