Ubuntu Team Approval Meeting

[Francis Earl]

On Thursday 05 June 2008 11:38:21 Shane Lofgren wrote:
> I wanted to share this with the group.  Come visit the Ubuntuaz team in IRC
> or via our email list.
> -Shane Lofgren
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: John Crawford <johnc4510 at cox.net>
> Date: Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 11:22 AM
> Subject: Ubuntu Team Approval Meeting
> To: slofgren at gmail.com
>
>
> On Wednesday June 4, 2008, the Ubuntu Arizona LoCo Team went before the
> LoCo Council to submit their application to become an "Officially
> Recognized Approved LoCo Team. We had many team members and even some non
> team members(LUG & other Ubuntu LoCo affiliates) present to cheer on the
> team. I'm happy to announce that everything went well, and LoCo Council
> voted unanimously to approve our team.
>
> By gaining approval, our LoCo is now eligible to apply for and receive
> Ubuntu marketing material to use at Installfests, Release Parties, and any
> other event we might be hosting, or co-hosting. Materials include such
> things as bulk shipments of Ubuntu CDs and banners, to mention just a few.
>
> The team has worked very hard to get to this point, and we intend to
> continue that work by hosting, or co-hosting events with any of the state
> LUGs, to further promote not only Ubuntu, but all Open Source projects. We
> believe that by working in cooperation with the LUGs, together, we will be
> able to make a real impact on open source computing in the State of
> Arizona.
>
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ArizonaTeam
>
> John Crawford aka johnc4510
> IRC channel #ubuntu-us-az  irc.freenode.net

Congratulations, sorry I couldn't be at the meeting to cheer folks on, had a 
personal obligation. Great news though, should be very helpful if the BarCamp 
does go through, should make it much more attractive :)