[07:27] <nhaines> qskwood: Well, it's not easy.  But probably the first thing to do would be to reach out to the LoCo team admin and see if there's any activity there.
[07:28] <nhaines> From there you can see if they're interested in contributions, you can try to guage local interest, and start from there.
[07:34] <qskwood> The local team admin is named "Iowan" and is nowhere to be found
[07:34] <qskwood> the only other member is Francis Ginther, who is idle and unresponsive in IRC
[07:36] <nhaines> qskwood: which LoCo team?
[07:38] <qskwood> Iowa, USA
[07:42] <nhaines> It doesn't look like there's been any substantial activity since... perhaps August 2011.  Nothing at all since June 2013.
[07:43] <qskwood> Yeah
[07:44] <nhaines> And there *was* a forum, but it's been removed.
[07:45] <qskwood> I saw that
[07:46] <nhaines> Well, there's a process, and I don't have it at hand, but basically if the old leadership can't be found, and someone wants to take over, we can transfer responsibility over the various Launchpad/mailing list/etc. resources to a new person.
[07:47] <qskwood> Got it
[07:50] <nhaines> So if that's you, then we'd want to hear more about your plans for the LoCo, and then we'll try to contact current leadership as well, and it all gets sorted out.
[07:52] <qskwood> Alright, I'll sleep on it
[07:52] <nhaines> The LoCo Council usually handles that, but all positions are vacant at the moment, so the Community Council would handle things.
[07:53] <nhaines> Sleep on it, and if you do want to request anything, you can email us at community-council@lists.ubuntu.com
[07:55] <nhaines> (Or you could make a post about it on the Ubuntu Community Hub at https://discourse.ubuntu.com/ to see if there are any other comments to be had.)
[08:10] <qskwood> Before I go to bed, could you outline the basic responsibilities of a LoCo team admin?
[09:28] <nhaines> qskwood: It really does vary from team to team, but basically someone to herd cats, manage any online presence, help set up local or online events, and so on.  All of those things can be delegated of course, depending on whether or not there are volunteers to do them!