{"id":4759,"date":"2011-07-22T08:22:01","date_gmt":"2011-07-22T15:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/princessleia.com\/journal\/?p=4759"},"modified":"2016-11-03T10:50:23","modified_gmt":"2016-11-03T17:50:23","slug":"ucw-working-with-other-groups-in-your-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/princessleia.com\/journal\/2011\/07\/ucw-working-with-other-groups-in-your-community\/","title":{"rendered":"UCW: Working With Other Groups In Your Community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday for <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.ubuntu.com\/UbuntuCommunityWeek\">Ubuntu Community Week<\/a>, a week long series of sessions in IRC (Internet Relay Chat), I did a presentation titled &#8220;Working With Other Groups In Your Community&#8221; where I explored some of the projects that LoCo (Local Community) teams I&#8217;m involved with have worked on over the years.<\/p>\n<p>I was inspired to do this talk primarily because I frequently encounter folks who are afraid to do LoCo events in their area because they don&#8217;t want to be seen as competing or replacing some long-established Linux User Group (LUG) in their area. I wanted to highlight the fact that LoCos and LUGs can easily co-exist and that LoCos can help the existing LUGs in a lot of ways.<\/p>\n<p>I highlighted just some ways LoCos I&#8217;ve worked with have helped LUGs I was a part of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You can providing presenters specializing in Ubuntu-related topics for meetings and events<\/li>\n<li>Your LoCo team may bring new members into the LUG: a lot of newcomers to Linux find Ubuntu LoCos before they even know what LUGs are<\/li>\n<li>You may be providing a supply of Ubuntu CDs to their attendees (whether they be burned or pressed ones that approved teams get)<\/li>\n<li>Often times you can offer their members a more diverse set of planned events to attend beyond the standard LUG meetings, many LUGs in my area <em>ask<\/em> me to cross post our Ubuntu events to their mailing lists!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>But there are groups beyond LUGs, so I talked about getting involved with other tech groups, hackerspaces, computer recycling programs, adult learning centers, universities and public school programs. Larry Cafiero mentioned the Farmer&#8217;s Markets that FeltonLUG has a table at and that gave me the perfect opportunity to mention Charlene Tessier&#8217;s presentation earlier in the week, <a href=\"http:\/\/frenchfortunecookie.wordpress.com\/2011\/07\/20\/ucw-marketing-ubuntu-at-local-festivals-and-markets\/\">Marketing Ubuntu at Your Local Farmer&#8217;s Market<\/a> and to mention other local festivals that LoCo teams I&#8217;m familiar with have been involved with.<\/p>\n<p>Full logs from my presentation can be found here: <a href=\"http:\/\/irclogs.ubuntu.com\/2011\/07\/20\/%23ubuntu-classroom.html#t19:00\">http:\/\/irclogs.ubuntu.com\/2011\/07\/20\/%23ubuntu-classroom.html#t19:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I answered a few questions during the presentation but if you were unable to attend and have questions about anything I covered I&#8217;d be happy to answer them here in comments or via email (you can reach me at lyz@ubuntu.com).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday for Ubuntu Community Week, a week long series of sessions in IRC (Internet Relay Chat), I did a presentation titled &#8220;Working With Other Groups In Your Community&#8221; where I explored some of the projects that LoCo (Local Community) teams I&#8217;m involved with have worked on over the years. 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