[01:41]  * MarkDude was at the OSCON Ubuntu booth, as an Oregon member
[01:42]  * MarkDude had resigned from Cali team at that time
[01:42] <MarkDude> 2010 is key
[01:42] <MarkDude> Fedora asked me to help with their booth
[01:42]  * MarkDude said nope. Need to do footwork to help Oregon
[01:42] <MarkDude> Fedora gave a blessing
[02:18] <slangasek> bkerensa: I'm puzzled by your latest post - do you really mean to say that the number of people showing up to the IRC meeting would affect the LoCo's approval?
[02:48] <MarkDude> slangasek, there is a VERY arbitrary nature to local team approval
[02:48] <MarkDude> ALL sorts of stuff can factor in
[02:49]  * MarkDude had a few hassles regarding logging of this channel (and others) there may be some residue of that still
[02:50] <MarkDude> There are nearly as many people in this irc channel as in Cali
[02:51] <MarkDude> From the start - I tried to explain to council that the PNW was differnet than most places. Mainly being independent. They consider irc meetings very important, some more so than *in person*
[02:53]  * MarkDude can say this for sure. Knowing this is a logged channel. If the Oregon Team is not approved in a simple straight forward manner.... 
[02:53]  * MarkDude will freak the hell out
[02:54] <MarkDude> Nicely of course. But, I don't think it will be needed. Councils like to do their job, every so often people get too excited.
[03:20] <c_smith> bkerensa, may I get some help with naming an email to Ethan about the SLUG? hopefully I got the person correct....
[03:21] <c_smith> also, hopefully the Ubuntu LoCo LoCo approval.
[07:38] <bkerensa> slangasek: Unfortunately yes I was informed by pleia2 that I should try and have as many as possible show up....
[07:40] <bkerensa> <pleia2> aaand I would suggest having other members of the team attend the approval meeting, you're a very out-there person so it may seem like you're the only active member of the team, they loco council will want to see that there are other members around
[07:42] <bkerensa> c_smith: I'm not sure I understand what you mean by naming a e-mail? and yes if you want to post about our applying for approval that would be great
[07:44] <bkerensa> slangasek: Like MarkDude said the whole "approval" process is a bit odd in my opinion and other LoCo leads have expressed the same.... I mean if you form a regional based group for other FOSS projects you dont have to apply really or go through any hoops
[15:09] <slangasek> bkerensa: I think *requiring* central approval for recognized status is consistent with Ubuntu culture in other areas; as for the particular criteria being used, well, this one at least seems a little odd :)
[17:36]  * MarkDude a start to his zombie comic book. Anyone brave enough to look at it? 
[17:36] <MarkDude> Nothing NSFW or too sketchy
[17:53] <kees> sure!
[18:08] <MarkDude> https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/105095769731159704550/albums/5692031109692390289
[18:09] <MarkDude> ZOMBIES
[22:08] <bkerensa> slangasek: I think the idea is they want to make sure there are enough people actually contributing to the loco and Ubuntu project versus just showing up to some events for food and swag now and then
[22:08] <bkerensa> But I have reviewed the LoCo Council's logs for a few sessions and they do seem to be pretty stern when it comes to the process and asking who is involved
[22:09] <bkerensa> I think using the word "Approved" versus something else is perhaps a bit counter-productive since there are so many LoCo's that are unapproved that do lots of good things
[22:34] <MarkDude> bkerensa, consider freeGeek
[22:35] <MarkDude> They could be there own Local Team
[22:35] <MarkDude> they do more installs than just about anyone
[22:35] <MarkDude> They chose not to
[22:35] <MarkDude> they thought there was too much red-tape
[22:35] <MarkDude> It has gotten much better and easier , IMHO
[23:15] <bkerensa> MarkDude: I don't know that FreeGeek will be running Ubuntu come LTS since their hardware cannot possible support Unity or even Unity 2D
[23:15] <bkerensa> hopefully they will choose a variant like Lubuntu or Xubuntu