Please remember that this is written by myself alone. Any reference to "we" below either refers to the five human beings that currently comprise the LoCo Council that I am part of or to the Ubuntu Realm in general. I apologize for any difficulties or consternation caused.
From the perspective of a community team, it can seem daunting when a "case management" bug is imposed relative to Verification or Re-Verification of a team. Many people wonder what that may mean. It might seem like a lot of work. It truly isn't.
In the Verification process, LoCo Council is checking to see if a community team has taken care of setting up some bare minimums. There is a basic expectation of some baseline things that all community teams should possess. Those items include:
- A "Point of Contact" is set as the team's owner on Launchpad and is reachable
- Online resources including IRC channel, wiki page, website, e-mail list, Forum/Discourse section, and LoCo Team Portal entry are set up
- Your team conforms to naming standards
Some things that are useful to mention in a write-up to the LoCo Council include but are not limited to:
- Links to your social media presences
- Do you have members of your community who are part of the Ubuntu Members set?
- What is your roadmap for the future?
- What brought you to this point?
This doesn't have to be a magnum opus of literary works. An application for this does not even need copious pictures. What the Council needs are just the facts so that members of the Council can look at a glance to review where your community stands. From there we end up asking what your community's needs are and how the Council might assist you. If you've taken over three hours to put together the application, you may have possibly put too much effort into it. It is meant to be a quick process instead of a major high-stakes presentation.
We have only a fraction of community teams checked out to show that they in fact have baseline items set up. We could increase that in this cycle to be much better. There is a page on the wiki with links to a template for building your teams own application. If your team isn't currently verified, you can write to the Council at loco-council@lists.ubuntu.com to set up a time and date when the Council can consider such.