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!LoCo Member Recruitment Workshop

Noon, Central time, 3rd floor, Presidente room

IRC channel: #ubuntu-uds-presidente

gobby document from gobby.ubuntu.com: community-lucid-loco-member-recruitment-workshop

UDS Calendar http://summit.ubuntu.com/uds-l/2009-11-20/

=== Summary ===

Little guidance is given to !LoCo leaders 

=== Detail ====


=== Brainstorming ===

A benefit of all open source development is the ability to participate.  What alternatives to open source allow participation like this?  Certainly not windows

 * Recruiting active & a diverse membership
 * sharing stories between locos
 * Lowering the barrier to entry for LoCo members & leaders
 * Crossing the chasms between
   * [[LoCoTeams|LoCo]] membership
   * Ubuntu [[Membership]]
   * !LoCo leadership

 * What [[LoCoTeamHowto#Things your LoCo can do|activities]] give end users and !LoCo members a way to contribute?
   * [[LoCoRunningReleaseParty|Release Parties]]
   * Speaking about & representing Ubuntu at shows
   * answering questions via IRC, forums and mail list
   * Installfests
   * Ubuntu distribution point - CDs and ISO images
   * [[LoCoTeamHowto#Ubuntu Advocacy|advocacy]]
   * end user education - UbuntuOpenWeek & [[LoCoTeamKnowledgeBase]]
   * tech support
   * translations (needs vary)
   * LoCoTeamRunning
   * [[LoCoWorkingWithOtherGroups]]
   * reporting bugs - UbuntuBugDay
   * triaging bugs - UbuntuGlobalJam
   * fixing bugs, development education - UbuntuDeveloperWeek
   * [[ActivismGuide|digital freedom advocacy]]
   * [[LoCoTeamHowto#Specialist LoCo Teams|international Ubuntu distributions]]
   * Localized artwork
   * Speaking about Ubuntu to the media